A directory of press releases for current visual art exhibitions in the state of Utah, organized by geographic area.
Provo September 4 – October 25, 2026 Opening Reception: Friday, September 18, 6–9 p.m. In celebration of the 60th anniversary of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, the J. Kirk Richards Museum of Art presents Re-Reading, Re-Making: Art After Dialogue. The exhibition brings art into conversation with […]
Salt Lake City August 31 – September 13 Opening Reception: Monday, August 31, 5 p.m. The University of Utah Department of Art & Art History presents Just Add Air, an exhibition featuring work by nine students who participated in a plein air painting residency at the university’s Taft-Nicholson […]
Ogden August 24 – September 30 The Utah Exquisite Corpse Project brings a statewide collaborative art experiment to Ogden’s Union Station. Inspired by the Surrealist exquisite corpse method, the project brings Utah artists together to create works collaboratively, with individual contributions becoming parts of a larger whole. […]
Salt Lake City September 4–15, 2026 Reception: Friday, September 4, 7–11 p.m. Connor Weight presents a new body of sculptural work that explores form, balance, and spatial relationships through bold geometric compositions. The exhibition reflects the artist’s ongoing investigation of abstraction, transforming simple shapes into dynamic structures that […]
Logan August 29 – September 4 Reception: Friday, August 28, 6–9 p.m. In Familiar Ground, Logan painter David Koch presents a collection of plein air and studio paintings inspired by Cache Valley and other Utah landscapes. Working from direct observation as well as memory, Koch captures the distinctive […]
South Salt Lake August 29 – October 9 Reception: Saturday, August 29, 6–9 p.m. (Curator talk at 7 p.m.) Coinciding with Material Gallery’s third anniversary and the reopening of its newly expanded space, After the Unmaking: New Ground is a guest-curated exhibition by artist and educator Moses Williams. […]
Logan September 3, 2026–June 5, 2027 Pixelated explores the intersection of digital culture, public art, and contemporary sculpture through ten large-scale works installed across Utah State University’s Logan campus. Inspired by the simplified graphics of early video games such as Pac-Man and Space Invaders, Mike Whiting combines the […]
Logan September 3–December 18, 2026 In The Intervening Substance, Nicole Banowetz transforms the microscopic world into an immersive sculptural environment inspired by radiolarians, deep-sea jellyfish, and other organisms that inhabit the ocean’s least explored depths. Drawing on forms found in the animal, plant, mineral, and bacterial kingdoms, Banowetz […]
Logan August 25–December 12, 2026 Spanning five decades of work, One Thing After Another surveys the prolific career of Los Angeles artist Karen Carson, whose practice has been shaped by continual experimentation, technical rigor, and an enduring sense of play. From her early “zipper paintings,” which challenged the […]
Springville August 27, 2026–July 23, 2027 Featuring works by more than 20 contemporary master artists, Contemporary Portraiture examines the portrait as an act of interpretation rather than mere documentation. Through paintings, sculpture, and film, the exhibition explores how artists use medium, style, setting, and technique to reveal not […]
Springville July 18–September 26, 2026 Presented by the Springville Museum of Art in partnership with the Utah Valley Quilt Guild, this long-running juried exhibition showcases quilts of every style and size by some of Utah’s finest quilters. Supported by the Corn Wagon Quilt Company, the annual exhibition celebrates […]
St. George September 4–October 30, 2026 Reception: Friday, September 4, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Daniel Ray transforms everyday objects into layered photographic and mixed-media works that elevate the overlooked. Found / Framed pairs new sculptural assemblages with their photographic counterparts, alongside selections from the artist’s editorial and fashion photography career. […]
Park City August 28 – September 11, 2026 Opening Reception: August 28, 6–8 p.m. Meyer Gallery presents Songs of the Heart, a new collection of sculptures by Ryan Moffett. Through graceful, simplified forms and rich symbolism, Ward’s work invites viewers to reflect on the unseen experiences that […]
Park City August 28 – September 11, 2026 Opening Reception: August 28, 6–8 p.m. Meyer Gallery presents Headed Home, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Jared Rawle. Through luminous light, rich color, and thoughtful composition, Rawle captures fleeting moments when changing light transforms familiar landscapes into memorable […]
Salt Lake City August 13 – December 23, 2026 Opening Reception: August 13, 6–8 p.m. Salt Lake Community College presents Archive in the Wild, an immersive installation by Salt Lake City–based mixed media artist and SLCC student Izzy Beauchesne, who works professionally as De Izzy. Built from reclaimed, […]
Salt Lake City August 13 – September 25, 2026 Opening Reception: August 13, 6–8 p.m. Salt Lake Community College presents Cycles, a solo exhibition by Ogden-based mixed media artist and SLCC alumna Megan Wilson. Through layered collages that combine scientific observation, drawing, painting, and textured materials, Wilson explores […]
Salt Lake City Aug 13 – Sept 25 Opening Reception: Thursday, August 13, 6 – 8 PM Awards Ceremony at the Grand Theater from 7 – 8 PM. Salt Lake Community College, in collaboration with The Consulate of Mexico in Salt Lake City and Artes de México […]
Ogden September 4–November 20, 2026 Reception: Friday, September 4, 6–8 pm Bringing together the work of more than 30 Indigenous artists from across the Great Basin and surrounding region, Of This Place: Great Basin Neighbors celebrates the enduring relationships between people, place, and cultural memory. Featuring artists from […]
Salt Lake City August 21 – September 12 Reception: Friday, August 21, 6–9 p.m. David Ericson Fine Art presents new work by two Utah painters whose practices explore memory, place, and the emotional resonance of everyday experience. Justin Wheatley is known for luminous landscapes and architectural scenes that […]
