Salt Lake Area Exhibitions

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

Ragnar Kjartansson: Love and Squalor at UMOCA

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, […]

Sara Serratos: Paisana at UMOCA

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 […]

Gonzalo Silva & Susana Silva: Instrumentos de silencio at UMOCA

SALT LAKE CITY January 16 – March 13, 2026 Opening Celebration: Friday, January 16, 2026, 6-9 pm Instrumentos de silencio (Instruments of Silence) brings together works inspired by art and history to explore how opposing cultures meet and how moments of dramatic contact are shaped by tools and […]

Booking a Brouhaha at UofU Marriott Library

SALT LAKE CITY December 13, 2024 – February 28, 2025 Opening reception: Friday, December 13, 4–8 pm Booking a Brouhaha showcases work by students in the University of Utah’s Book Arts Program, featuring projects created in academic book arts courses. The exhibition highlights a wide range of approaches […]

Honoring Utah Artists at Alpine Art & Frame

SALT LAKE CITY December 5 – 31Reception: Friday, December 5, 2025, 6–9 p.m. Alpine Art & Frame presents its annual Honoring Utah Artists exhibition, featuring artworks by over 50 local artists. Celebrate the season with holiday cheer, refreshments, and a wide variety of paintings, drawings, and mixed-media works […]

LatinArte: Nuestras Raíces (Our Roots) at SLCC

Salt Lake City October 9 – November 6, 2025 Reception & Awards Ceremony: Thursday, October 9, 6 pm   The George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Gallery at Salt Lake Community College presents LatinArte: Nuestras Raíces (Our Roots), an exhibition celebrating Latinx creativity and cultural expression in Utah. […]

salt 17: Adama Delphine Fawundu at UMFA

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, […]

Onishi Yasuaki: Stone on Boundary at UMFA

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 […]

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