Exhibitions

Joi T. Arcand, ekawiya nepewisi (don’t be shy), 2017, neon channel sign. Photograph by Toni Hafkenscheid

The RMG annually programs over twenty exhibitions across six gallery spaces. With a focus on modern and contemporary Canadian art, we present a variety of exhibitions that reflect a diverse range of artistic output, including painting, photography, sculpture, film, installation and performance. Reflecting our commitment to connect our communities through art, we strive to produce innovative and timely exhibitions that recognize our collective responsibility to contend with the past and vision a more equitable, just, and expansive future.  

View a selection of online exhibition catalogues here.

That Summer: Seniors Art Competition and Exhibition 2026

August 14, 2026 - September 24, 2026

Community Partnerships

The Seniors Art Competition and Exhibition is a showcase of creativity and technical skill among members of the Oshawa Senior Community Centres, Oshawa Public Libraries, and The Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Featuring paintings, drawings, sculpture, and more, this annual community exhibition is structured around a competition theme and prizes are awarded in three categories: Novice, Hobby, […]

Everyday Matters

September 5, 2026 - August 22, 2027

Permanent Collection

Curator: Sonya Jones

In our busy lives, it is easy to overlook the beauty found in ordinary objects and moments that shape our daily existence. A simple meal, daily chores, and familiar household objects are often dismissed as mundane and given little aesthetic value. This exhibition explores how artists capture the aesthetics of everyday life through depictions of […]

Recent Acquisitions: Abstraction

September 5, 2026 - March 27, 2027

Permanent Collection

Curator: Sonya Jones

Abstract art has been a part of the RMG’s Permanent Collection story from its foundation. The collection was founded in 1967 with an initial donation of 37 works by Alexandra Luke. The artworks included in this gift shaped the RMG’s early focus on the abstract collective Painters Eleven and contemporary Canadian art and laid the […]

Zoe Ann Cardinal Cire: In Plains Air

September 26, 2026 - February 14, 2027

Special, Special Exhibition

Curator: Leila Timmins

Artists: Zoe Ann Cardinal Cire

In Plains Air marks Zoe Ann Cardinal Cire’s first museum solo exhibition in Canada, presenting new work shaped by her time on her ancestral territories in Treaty 6. In the bush, the boundaries between inside and outside fall away—the land is home, shelter, and teacher. Cire turns to this context to rethink Western plein-air painting, […]

Lana Yuan: RBC Emerging Artist Residency Exhibition

October 3, 2026 - November 29, 2026

Artist Residency

Curator: Hannah Keating

Artists: Lana Yuan

During her residency, Lana Yuan will develop a new sculptural project that examines how loneliness, routine, and displacement are inscribed onto the body through the patterned behaviours of urban life. Working across digital fabrication techniques such as 3D printing and laser cutting, alongside hand assembly and lathe work, she will construct installations that oscillate between […]

Nightfall

November 21, 2026 - April 18, 2027

Special Exhibition

Curator: Hannah Keating

Artists: Megan Arnold, Shannon Garden-Smith, Ness Lee, Shelley Niro, Chiedza Pasipanodya, Brenda Mabel Reid, and Noelle Wharton-Ayer

As the Earth rotates on its axis, the sun delivers periods of lightness and darkness to the planet, fueling numerous cycles that unfold within daily life and across deep geological time. Drawing on the transition from day to night as a poetic frame, Nightfall is an invitation to reflect on the relationship between these terrestrial […]

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