A directory of press releases for current visual art exhibitions in the state of Utah, organized by geographic area.
Salt Lake City June 8 – August 7, 2026 Reception: June 17, 5–6 pm In IN THIS MANILLA ENVELOPE THE RESULTS OF MY INSANITY, Isaac Cuevas presents a body of paintings that explores the uncertain territory between imagination, spirituality, memory, and perception. Working intuitively, Cuevas allows each piece […]
Salt Lake City May 30 – July 10, 2026 Reception: May 30, 3:30–5:30 pm Hong Kong-born painter Mercedes Ng presents A Retrospective in Color, a collection of oil paintings that explores memory, identity, and place through vibrant depictions of architecture, city life, and everyday scenes. Drawing heavily from […]
Salt Lake City June 2–28, 2026 Artist Reception: June 19, 6–9 pm Urban Arts Gallery presents SLC Queer, a group exhibition celebrating the self-expression, creativity, and resilience of Salt Lake City’s LGBTQ+ community. Timed to coincide with Pride Month, the exhibition highlights the many ways artists use visual […]
SALT LAKE CITYJune 1–30, 2026 Opening Reception: Thursday, June 4, 5–7 p.m. The I.J. & Jeanné Wagner Jewish Community Center presents a month-long exhibition of paintings by Salt Lake City artist Thomas Dunford. The exhibition features approximately a dozen new small-scale works alongside a selection of larger paintings, […]
PROVOJune 5 – July 11, 2026 In this solo exhibition, Kaitlund Zupanic presents a suite of tarot-inspired works centered on dragons, unicorns, and other creatures drawn from fantasy and myth. Reimagining the symbolic language of the tarot through imaginative realism, Zupanic combines narrative storytelling with richly detailed imagery, […]
PROVO June 5 – July 11, 2026 Drawing together artists working in imaginative and narrative traditions, LORE examines the enduring power of storytelling through fantasy, folklore, science fiction, and mythology. The invitational exhibition explores how artists use invented worlds, archetypal figures, and mythic narratives to address timeless questions […]
ST. GEORGE June 6 – August 22, 2026 Opening Reception: June 6, 6–7 p.m. The St. George Museum of Art presents the first major retrospective of work by Megan Knobloch Geilman, bringing together a broad selection of the artist’s meticulously constructed digital compositions. Drawing from contemporary social issues, […]
Salt Lake City June 1–27, 2026 Reception: June 3, 5:30–7 pm In Explorations, Salt Lake City artist and educator Sophia Esterman presents paintings and prints that reflect on motherhood, loss, and the cyclical nature of life. Created over several years marked by raising young children and the […]
Ogden June 5 – September 13, 2026 Reception: Friday, June 5 Members Only Happy Hour: 4–6 pm Public Reception: 6–9 pm Rooted in Ogden Contemporary Arts’ 2026 theme of Radical Joy, the Artist Factory Exhibition: Teachers & Students brings teaching artists and students into creative dialogue through a […]
St. George June 5 – August 14, 2026 Reception: Friday, June 5, 7–8 pm From Red Rocks to Glaciers: Southern Utah & Alaska Through the Lens brings together landscape photography capturing two dramatically different environments: the red rock formations of Southern Utah and the remote wilderness of Alaska. […]
Cedar CityJune 5 – September 26, 2026 Carrying the Flame Forward: 40 Years of the Larry H. Miller Utah Summer Games celebrates four decades of one of Utah’s most enduring community sporting traditions. Through photographs, memorabilia, stories, and historical materials, the exhibition traces the evolution of the Games […]
Cedar CityJune 5 – September 26, 2026 Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Southern Utah Museum of Art and the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts, Art from Abstract to Zion presents a wide-ranging exhibition drawn from SUMA’s permanent collection. Featuring works from the museum vault alongside […]
Salt Lake City May 23-June 13 Closing Reception and Performance, June 12 (Performance at 8 pm) 801 Salon, a local arts nonprofit organization, invites you to our current exhibit and upcoming closing performance: Sweet but Strident, An exhibition of work from Brooklynn Johnson and Maria Samuelson, with performance […]
Salt Lake CityMay 29 – July 3, 2026Reception: Monday, June 29, 12–1 pm In Flowerhood Chapter of Life, Lisa Zamora presents a photomontage series reflecting on the transition into motherhood through layered botanical imagery and personal narrative. Each composition intertwines blooming flowers, nocturnal moments of newborn care, and […]
OGDENMay 15 – October 15, 2026 An immersive installation by Meredith Connelly transforms Ogden’s Dumke Arts Plaza into a glowing environment of light, movement, and interconnected life systems. Featuring the illuminated works Water and Mushrooms & Snails, the exhibition explores ecology, mythology, and the fragile relationships that sustain […]
BountifulMay 22 – June 19, 2026 In An Ecological Reckoning: Tar Seeps of The Great Salt Lake, Trent Alvey presents a body of altered photographic works centered on the petroleum seeps of Rozel Point near Spiral Jetty. Emerging as the Great Salt Lake recedes, these ancient tar pools […]
BountifulMay 22 – August 28, 2026 Anthropocene is a curated group exhibition examining how artists interpret and engage with land as a site of history, transformation, memory, and intervention. Through photography, sculpture, installation, and moving image, the exhibition considers ancestral land practices, environmental change, infrastructure, displacement, and ecological […]
BountifulMay 22 – June 19, 2026 In Survival Instincts, Bianca Velasquez presents six intricate beadwork pieces examining the brutal and beautiful mechanisms of survival found in the natural world. Drawing parallels between insect behavior and human relationships, the exhibition explores themes of love, power, reproduction, and control through […]
Salt Lake City May 15 – June 13Artist Reception: Friday, May 15, 2026, 6–9 pmGallery Talk: 7 pm David Ericson Fine Art presents new work by mixed-media artist Rebecca Klundt and watercolorist Michelle Nixon. Nixon’s paintings embrace the fluid honesty of watercolor, using loose, confident brushwork to capture […]
