A directory of press releases for current visual art exhibitions in the state of Utah, organized by geographic area.
SALT LAKE CITY January 16 – June 6, 2026 Opening Celebration: Friday, January 16, 2026, 6-9 pm Altered States draws from the acid western genre that emerged in the 1970s alongside countercultural movements and a growing distrust of inherited histories. These films upended the familiar language of the Western—its […]
SALT LAKE CITY January 16 – May 9, 2026 Opening Celebration: Friday, January 16, 2026, 6-9 pm Love and Squalor takes its name from a short story by JD Salinger, which contrasts innocence with destruction. The title functions as an umbrella between two pieces by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, […]
SALT LAKE CITY January 16 – April 25, 2026 Opening Celebration: Friday, January 16, 2026, 6-9 pm Paisana is an exhibition about recognition, mistranslation, and the politics of belonging. Created during her 2024–2025 residency at UMOCA, this multimedia exhibition by Sara Serratos examines how governmental, social, and labor systems […]
Salt Lake City September 13, 2025 – June 14, 2025 Opening reception: Friday, September 26, celebration with artist and live DJ Adama Delphine Fawundu is a New York–based artist of Mende, Krim, Bamileke, and Bubi descent. Her practice embodies ancestral memory across space and time, reconnecting places, objects, […]
Springville August 20, 2025 – July 25, 2026 The Springville Museum of Art presents Enduring Beauty: John Hafen and the Power of Art, the first major retrospective of John Hafen, a pivotal figure in Utah’s artistic heritage and co-founder of the Springville Art Movement. This landmark exhibition celebrates […]
Springville June 18, 2025 – May 2027 The Springville Museum of Art invites you to experience In Search of Ourselves: Soviet Art and the Shared Human Spirit, a reexamination of its renowned Soviet and Russian Art Collection. This long-term exhibition explores themes of identity, community, labor, and leisure, […]
OgdenMay 16, 2025 – April 30, 2026Public Opening: Friday, May 16 (6-8 p.m.) On view at Dumke Arts Plaza, This was water is an interactive installation that combines sculpture, sound, and video to reflect on the precarious state of the Great Salt Lake. Created by artists Kellie Bornhoft […]
Salt Lake City, UT March 24–29, 2025 Reception: Friday, March 28, 7–11 PM Furnishings is an exhibition that highlights the distinctive beauty of Utah’s natural materials through the lens of craft. Organized by Sam Richards and Jack Orgill, the show presents works that draw from Utah’s rich landscape, […]
Salt Lake City Feb. 15, 2025 – Feb. 15, 2027 Japanese artist Onishi Yasuaki is fascinated with the molds, shells, and “reverse casts” of objects that help shape our perception of the physical world. As an installation artist, Onishi designs large-scale works that respond to a building’s architecture […]
