Main Gallery
43rd Annual Members’ Show
January 25th – March 8th
The Members’ Show is a showcase of the abundant creativity found in Campbell River, and reflects the great natural beauty of our area, as well as the passion residents have for Arts and Culture. This year’s exhibition boasts upwards of 60+ pieces from various mediums.
Throughout the exhibition’s run the Campbell River Arts Council and Campbell River Art Gallery will co-ordinate programming that benefits the local artist community, such as an Artist Critique and Life Drawing Sessions.
The 43nd Annual Members’ Show, presented by the Campbell River Art Gallery and the Campbell River Arts Council will be held at the gallery between January 25th until March 8th.
The opening reception and celebration is on Saturday, January 25th from 1-3pm, it is a chance for the public to meet with artists in the show and view the works for the first time. Drinks and snacks will be served.
Satellite Gallery
The Body Politic
Shar Soroosh, Jackson Bailey and Khadijah Morley
August 10th to December 21st, 2024
Curated by Nadine Bariteau
This exhibition The Body Politic showcases the voices of three Toronto-based, emerging, Canadian Artists, all of whom were once students of Nadine Bariteau in the Printmaking and Publication Department at the Ontario College of Art and Design University.
During that period, a favorite assignment of Bariteau was to teach about the history of posters and their political impact, and then assign students to create work that mattered to them. The outcome was powerful and profound.
The Body Politic explores themes of personal identity, gender, and the body. Shar Soroosh (she/her), an Iranian Canadian artist; Jackson Bailey (they/them), a transgender non-binary artist; and Khadijah Morley (she/her), a first-generation Jamaican Canadian artist. Nadine Bariteau has also included an artwork from her personal collection. Thanks to Paz Pereira for her poster My Body My Choice. Each artist asserts their own narratives and choices through the artwork presented. It is not the right of anyone to speak someone else’s truth.
Our political identities are shaped not only by familial and social influences, but also by the historical context, culture, political systems, and generational experiences that surround us. These influences collectively shape our personalities. Today, the body has become a battleground for complex societal debates—a tool used to gain political leverage at the expense of minority and marginalized communities. This is not a new phenomenon; historically, it has affected Indigenous peoples, Black communities, people of colour, women, and currently, those seeking gender affirmation.
This exhibition serves as a reminder that asserting our own identity, gender, and bodily autonomy is a powerful political act. However, it is crucial that our identities are not co-opted and exploited for political gain to stigmatize members of our communities.
Artworks from Shar Soroosh, Jackson Bailey (totes and handkerchiefs) and Khadijah Morley are for sale, please email for inquiries:
Jenelle Pasiechnik
Curator of Contemporary Art
curator@crartgallery.ca