Summer 2025 Exhibitions at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery

We are pleased to present five new exhibitions this summer

Sharmistha Kar, Walking together (from the series Soft Shelter), bunka on tarpaulin, 2021. Image: Toni Hafkenscheid.

We are ten thousand hands that plant seeds

June 7 – October 5, 2025
Megan Feheley, Maureen Gruben, Sharmistha Kar, Gloria Martinez-Granados, Soledad Fátima Muñoz, and Nazzal Studio
Curated by Abedar Kamgari
Co-presented with SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre)

Borrowing its title from the last poem written by Chilean singer and activist Victor Jara, this exhibition brings together artists who respond to their lived or inherited experiences of colonialism, displacement, and genocide. The artists draw on an embodied “language of textiles” to communicate—through the body—what cannot be expressed in words. Their artworks are alive and an integral part of cultural, social, and political movements reclaiming and remembering buried histories; refusing displacement and disappearance; and building towards liberation.

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Related Programming:

Noticing and Sensing: An Experimental Exhibition Tour with Abedar Kamgari
June 12, 2025, 6:30 – 8:00pm

Summer Exhibitions Opening + Launch of the Star Glyph Garden
June 21, 2025, 1:00 – 4:00pm

Pixel Heller, Jumbies, ceramics and fabric, 2024. Courtesy of the artist.

Pixel Heller: Artist Residency Exhibition

June 14 – August 10, 2025
Curated by Hannah Keating

Drawing inspiration from the masquerade (mas) tradition of Caribbean Carnival, Pixel Heller explores Black identity and resistance through costume design, performance, and photography. In this exhibition, she presents new garments and accessories for three traditional mas characters – Moko Jumbie, the Midnight Robber, and the Devil – alongside photographs of informal performances throughout Oshawa featuring the artist and her friends in costume. This work exemplifies Heller’s interest in interpreting the deep cultural history of Carnival from her perspective as a contemporary artist. Participating in the legacy of traditional mas as a tool of social critique, she embraces the art form as a tool for building community and infusing the everyday with ancestral presence.

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Related Programming:

Summer Exhibitions Opening + Launch of the Star Glyph Garden
June 21, 2025, 1:00 – 4:00pm

Georgia Fullerton, Candy Coated, 2019, watercolour and mixed media.

Georgia Fullerton: Being In and Moving Through

August 16, 2025 – January 11, 2026
Curated by Sonya Jones

Georgia Fullerton’s art tells her story of healing and self-discovery. Art has helped Fullerton navigate trauma, change and personal growth, and now, as a practitioner of expressive arts therapy, she helps others discover the transformative potential of art. This exhibition showcases Fullerton’s well-known abstract expressionist watercolours and collages as well as invites viewers into her creative process. For Fullerton, the act of artmaking is just as significant as the final piece, with both working together to illustrate how art serves as a vital tool for processing and moving through emotions.

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Wish You Were Here!

June 21, 2025 – January 11, 2026
Curated by Sonya Jones

In the early 20th century, sending a postcard was an affordable and quick way to connect with loved ones. Often costing just a halfpenny— half the price of a letter —postcards offered a simple yet effective way to share news, greetings, and sentiments. This exhibition features historical postcards from Oshawa, drawn from the Thomas Bouckley Collection. Thomas Bouckley was a passionate collector of all things Oshawa, including postcards, photographs, and ephemera. The postcards on display are more than just snapshots of time—they are windows into the daily lives, humor, and culture of a community.

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Adventure: Seniors Art Competition and Exhibition 2025

August 15, 2025 – September 25, 2025
Community Partnership

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. This year, the theme is adventure.

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The Robert McLaughlin Gallery is an accessible venue. To learn more or request accommodations, please visit our website.