Salt Lake Area Exhibitions

Press releases for current visual art exhibitions in Salt Lake City and surounding area.

Rick Silva: Dirt Nap at UMOCA

Salt Lake City June 26, 2026 – January 2, 2027 Dirt Nap is a video installation consisting of 46 one-minute excerpts showing artist Rick Silva napping in landscapes across the Western United States. Recorded between September 2024 and January 2026, the work presents a simple premise—a body at […]

Alexis Rausch: Rapture | Rupture at UMOCA

Salt Lake CityJune 26 – September 12, 2026 In Rapture | Rupture, Alexis Rausch examines the uneasy space between spiritual exaltation and violence, drawing on the visual language of roadside memorials, religious imagery, and billboard evangelism. Through paintings and installations, Rausch explores how gestures associated with communal worship, […]

Alfredo Jaar: The End at UMOCA

Salt Lake CityJune 26 – September 5, 2026 In The End, internationally acclaimed artist Alfredo Jaar turns his attention to the environmental crisis facing the Great Salt Lake. Through a series of photographs, Jaar documents the lake’s dramatic decline, which has lost 73 percent of its water and […]

Eleanor Mahin Thorp: Snowtrickle, feldspar, dirt at UMOCA

Salt Lake City June 26 – September 19, 2026 Drawing inspiration from Gary Snyder’s Pulitzer Prize–winning collection Turtle Island, Eleanor Mahin Thorp’s exhibition Snowtrickle, feldspar, dirt explores the land as a living entity shaped by both natural forces and human intervention. Through paintings informed by the geothermal activity […]

Bootstrap: A World Cup Art Show and Community Celebration

Salt Lake City June 19-July 12 Event: June 19, 7–11 pm Fice Gallery presents Bootstrap, a World Cup-themed art exhibition and community celebration by Miranda Musso. Centered on football culture and the communities that surround the game, the event brings together art, sport, music, food, and neighborhood gathering […]

Summer Group Show at 15th Street Gallery

Salt Lake City June 19-July 12 Presenting the annual Plein Air/On Site Painting Event for June Gallery Stroll. In addition to the artists painting on site there will be a Summer Group show with all gallery artists.   15th Street Gallery 1519 S 1500 East Salt Lake City […]

Without Care by Michelle Wentling at Finch Lane Gallery

Salt Lake City June 8 – July 17, 2026 Receptions:
Friday, June 19, 6–9pm: Opening Reception & Salt Lake Gallery Stroll Friday, July 17, 6–9pm: Salt Lake Gallery Stroll In Without Care, Michelle Wentling presents a body of work examining fragility, control, and the quiet tensions embedded within domestic […]

Summer Solstice Event at A Gallery

Salt Lake City June 19 – July 10 Reception: Friday, June 19, 6–9 pm A Gallery/Allen+Alan Fine Art welcomes summer with a group exhibition featuring new work by gallery artists. The exhibition brings together a selection of recent paintings and other artworks, offering visitors an opportunity to see […]

Year of the Horse at Modern West

Salt Lake City June 19 – August 14, 2026 Reception: June 19, 6–9 pm   Inspired by the symbolism of the Chinese New Year Fire Horse, Year of the Horse brings together paintings, photography, sculpture, and mixed-media works that explore the horse as subject and symbol. The exhibition […]

Mercedes Ng: A Retrospective in Color at Anderson Foothill Library

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 […]

SLC Queer at Urban Arts Gallery

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 […]

Thomas Dunford at Jewish Community Center

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, […]

Sophia Esterman: Explorations at Marmalade Library

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 […]

Flowerhood Chapter of Life at Glendale Branch Library

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 […]

In Bloom at MOMU

Salt Lake CityMay 1 – 31, 2026Reception: Friday, May 15, during Salt Lake Gallery Stroll In Bloom is a group exhibition featuring work inspired by flowers, botanicals, and garden landscapes in all their forms. Spanning a wide range of styles and media, the exhibition explores the visual and […]

The Aerodynamics of a Cow at Books & Supply

Salt Lake CityMay 8 – May 9, 2026Reception: Friday, May 8, 6–9 pm The Aerodynamics of a Cow is a collection of ceramic work by Andrew Bos, presented at Books & Supply. The exhibition and sale showcases Bos’s inventive approach to clay through a series of sculptural and […]

Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt at UMFA

Salt Lake City February 21 – June 21, 2026 Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt, drawn from the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, surveys more than three decades of work by multimedia artist Marie Watt. A member of the Seneca Nation with German-Scots ancestry, […]

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