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BC Art Galleries

Use the historical BC Art Galleries A-Z list below to see which galleries were located in BC, or which frequently exhibited works by BC Artists, VPL keeps a file on. These files, which are largely comprised of news articles, gallery mailings, and miscellaneous pamphlet material, are located at the Central Library on Level 7. Please ask an information staff member for access. Note that gallery files are reference items and can only be used in the library.

Galleries A-F

Gallery Name Operating Period Address
Aardvark Arts 1989-? 1141 Davie St., Vancouver
Ace Gallery

1970-?

1980-?

1724 Davie St., Vancouver

418 W. Georgia St., Vancouver

Alex Fraser Gallery ?-1986-? 2027 W. 41st Ave., Vancouver
(Keith) Alexander Gallery

?-1992

1993-?

1249 Howe St., Vancouver

647 Howe St., Vancouver

Alliance Francaise Gallery 1997-2000? 6161 Cambie St., Vancouver
Amelia Douglas Gallery ?-1993-? 700 Royal Ave. N., New Westminster
Arnold Mikelson Mind and Matter Gallery 1990-? 13743 16th Ave., White Rock
Art Beatus Gallery

1996-?

?-

888 Nelson St., Vancouver

808 Nelson St., Vancouver

Art Collector Gallery of Fine Art 1982-? 2918 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver
Art Emporium

1897-?-

1975?-

Georgia & Hornby Streets, Vancouver

2928 Granville St., Vancouver

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

1946-1947

1949-1951

1951-

Yates St., Victoria

823 Broughton St., Victoria

1040 Moss St., Victoria

Art Gallery of the South Okanagan   Penticton

Artcore (Consultants Ltd.)

     See Frans Wynans Gallery

 

 

 

Artists Gallery

     See Contemporary Art Gallery

   
Artists West

1977-1979

1980-

Ontario

 

Arts and Crafts Association of Vancouver 1900-? Molson's Bank Building, Vancouver
Artspeak (Gallery)

1988-?

1998-

311 W. Hastings St., Vancouver

233 Carrall St., Vancouver

Ashcan 1979-? 505 Hamilton St., Vancouver
Association for Noncommercial Culture 1999-1993 Vancouver

Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists

     See also Rehandart Canada

  Toronto
Atelier Gallery

1981-?

1985-1992

1993-2001?

3089 Granville St., Vancouver

3034 Granville St., Vancouver

2421 Granville St., Vancouver

Atlin Art Centre   Atlin
Atrium (Gallery)   Vancouver
Avelles Gallery 1967-1972? 1305 S.W. Marine Dr., Vancouver
Basic Inquiry Studio 1992- 901 Main St., Vancouver
Bau-Xi Gallery

1965-69

1970-72

1973-1974

1975-79

1980-

555 Hamilton St., Vancouver

555 Hamilton St., Vancouver

3003 Granville St., Vancouver

1876 W. 1st Ave., Vancouver

3045 Granville St., Vancouver

Bent-box Gallery 1979-? 1520 W. 1st Ave., Vancouver
Brackendale Art Gallery 1976-? Brackendale
BC Art League 1920-1931 Vancouver
Burnaby Art Gallery

1962-1966?

1967-1970

1970-

 

1999-

Various locations, Burnaby

6450 Gilpin St., Burnaby

6344 Gilpin St., Burnaby

Street name changed to Deer Lake Parkway, becoming:

6344 Deer Lake Parkway

1895 Willingdon Ave., Burnaby

Burnaby Art Society   1962-1966 See Burnaby Art Gallery
Canadian Craft Museum 1992-2002 639 Hornby St., Vancouver
Canadian Native Prints

1967-1969?

1972-1974?

1980-?  

250 Southern St., Vancouver

1219 Richards St., Vancouver

775 Homer St., Vancouver

 

Canadian Society for Education Through Art 1964-1980 Victoria (BC Office)
Cartwright (Street) Gallery 1981- 1411 Cartwright St., Vancouver
Catriona Jeffries (Fine Art) Gallery

1991-?

1994-?

550 Burrard St., Vancouver

1009 Cambie St., Vancouver

Central Visual Artists Association (3 envelopes) 1977-1991? 2531 W. 45th Ave., Vancouver
Centre Culturel Columbien 1977-1993? 795 W. 16th Ave., Vancouver
Children of the Raven Gallery 1978-1984? 775 Homer St., Vancouver
Coburg Gallery 1983-1984? 314 W. Cordova St., Vancouver
Community Arts Council of Vancouver (Gallery)

1977-?

1987-1996?

315 W. Cordova St., Vancouver

837 Davie St., Vancouver

Contemporary Art Gallery

?-1972-?

1976-2000

2001-

766 Homer St., Vancouver

555 Hamilton St., Vancouver

555 Nelson St., Vancouver

Convertible Showroom 1984-1986? 40 E. Cordova St., Vancouver
Craft(s) Association of BC

1977-1978?

1985-?

207 W. Hastings St., Vancouver

1386 Cartwright St., Vancouver

Craftsmen's Association of BC

See Crafts Association of BC

   
Danish Art Gallery 1965-1984 3757 W. 10th Ave., Vancouver
De Vooght Galleries

1973

1974-1979

1979-1980

761 Dunsmuir St., Vancouver

2211 Granville St., Vancouver

2215 Granville St., Vancouver

Diane Farris Gallery

1984-?

1989-2000

165 Water St., Vancouver

1565 W. 7th Ave., Vancouver

Douglas Gallery 1966-1972 1724 Davie St., Vancouver

Dutch Gallery

     See Harrison Gallery

   
Emile Walter Art Galleries 1972-1973 6278 E. Boulevard, Vancouver
Emily Carr University of Art and Design 1980- 520 E. 1st. Ave., Vancouver
Equinox Gallery

1972-?

?-1987

1988-?

?-2016

1139A Robson St., Vancouver

1525 W. 8th Ave., Vancouver

2321 Granville St., Vancouver

525 Great Northern Way, Vancouver

Exposition Gallery 1968-1979 151 Water St., Vancouver
Exposure Gallery 1991-2004 851 Beatty St., Vancouver

Federation Gallery

     See Federation of Canadian Artists

   
Federation of Canadian Artists

1950-1977

1978-1984

1985-1995?

1996-

Vancouver, no fixed address

367 Water St., Vancouver

952 Richards St., Vancouver

1241 Cartwright St., Vancouver

 

Ferry Building Gallery 1991-? 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver
Frans Wynans Gallery

1976

1977-1980

1980-?

207 W. Hastings St., Vancouver

848 W. Hastings St., Vancouver

3063 Granville St., Vancouver

Galleries G-M

Gallery Name Operating Period Address
Galerie Alan 1970-1975?           213 Carrall St., Vancouver          
Galeries Place Royale 1972-? 2952 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver
Gallery 7 1978-? 565 Hamilton St., Vancouver
Gallery Gachet 2000- 88 E. Cordova St., Vancouver
Gallery K 1984-? 367 Water St., Vancouver

Gallery Move

     See Move Gallery

   
Gallery Sansair -1994-? 112 W. Hastings St., Vancouver

Greater Vancouver Artists Gallery

     See Contemporary Art Gallery

   

Griffiths Galleries

     See Avelles Gallery

   
Grunt Gallery

1984-1995

1995-

209 E. 6th Ave., Vancouver

350 E. 2nd Ave., Vancouver

H. Faulkner Smith School of Applied and Fine Art 1931-1953? 355 Burrard St., Vancouver
Harrington Fine Art Gallery 1993-? 1455 W. Georgia St., Vancouver
Harrison Gallery

1961?-1974

1975-?

1991?-2000?

619 Howe St., Vancouver

667 Howe St., Vancouver

2932 Granville St., Vancouver

Heffel Gallery 1980- 2247 Granville St., Vancouver
Helen Pitt Gallery

1975-1984

1985-1992

1993-1996

1996-?

?

163 W. Pender St., Vancouver

36 Powell St., Vancouver

317 W. Hastings St., Vancouver

882 Homer St., Vancouver

236 E. Pender St., Vancouver

House of Ceramics

     See Gallery 7

   

Houston-Farris Gallery

     See Diane Farris Gallery

   
Images for a Canadian Heritage

1972-?

1977-?

1972 Burrard St., Vancouver

779 Burrard St., Vancouver

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver 1980-? 345 Water St., Vancouver

Island Arts Club

     See Island Arts and Crafts Society

   
Island Arts and Crafts Society 1910-? Victoria
Kamloops Art Gallery 1992- 465 Victoria St., Kamloops

Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art Inc

     See Heffel Gallery

   

Krieger Galleries

     See Children of the Raven Gallery

   
Labor Arts Guild 1944- Vancouver
Malaspina Printmakers Society

1976-1979

1980-1981

1981-

Mather House, Burnaby

167 Pender St., Vancouver

1555 Duranleau St., Vancouver

Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery 1991- University of Victoria
Maple Ridge Art Gallery 1984- 11949 Haney Pl, Maple Ridge
Marion Scott Gallery 1990- 481 Howe St., Vancouver
Mary Frazee Gallery

1966

1967

1969

2464 Marine Dr., W. Vancouver

350 1/2 Water St., Vancouver

413 W. Cordova St., Vancouver

Mido Gallery 1972-1975 936 Main St., Vancouver
Montgomery Cafe 1984-1986 433 W. Pender St., Vancouver
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery 1995- 1825 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Move Gallery

1977-1979

1980-?

3198 Lonsdale Ave., N. Vancouver

170 Powell St., Vancouver

Galleries N-Z

Gallery Name Operating Period Address
Ne Chi Zu Works 1977- 864 Seymour St., Vancouver
NeoArtism Gallery 1984-1986 3685 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver
New Design Gallery

1955-1960?

1961-1964

1965

1966-?

1456 Marine Dr., W. Vancouver

1157 W. Pender St., Vancouver

1386 Burrard St., Vancouver

1147 Hornby St., Vancouver

Northwest Artists Annual Exhibition 1940-1974 Seattle Art Museum
Northwest Institute of Sculpture 1955-1967 Vancouver
Northwest Printmakers Annual Exhibition 1929-1971 Seattle Art Museum
Nova Gallery 1977-1979 1972 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver
Open Space Gallery 1984-2000? 510 Fort St., Victoria
Or Gallery

1983-1988?

1990-1992

1993-1998

1999-1999

2000-?

2008-

1729 Franklin St., Vancouver

314 W. Hastings St., Vancouver

112 W. Hastings St., Vancouver

400 Smithe St., Vancouver

480 Smithe St., Vancouver

555 Hamilton St., Vancouver

Other Sights for Artists' Projects Association    
Palette and Chisel Club 1928-1933 Vancouver
Paperworks Gallery 1979-1983 1944 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver
Pendulum Gallery 1999-2001 885 W. Georgia St., Vancouver
Penticton Art Gallery

1979-?

2008

785 Main St., Penticton

199 Marine Way, Penticton

Petley Jones Gallery 1988-1991 1838 W. 57th Ave., Vancouver
Phoenix Gallery 1982-1984 2066 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver

Pitt Gallery

     See Helen Pitt Gallery

   

Pitt International Gallery

     See Helen Pitt Gallery

   
Potters Guild of BC 1983-? 1359 Cartwright St., Vancouver
Presentation House

1976-1979

1980-

209 W. 4th St., N. Vancouver

333 Chesterfield Ave., N. Vancouver

Prince George Art Gallery

     See Two Rivers Gallery

   
Richmond Art Gallery 1976-1982

7671 Minoru Gate Rd., Richmond

5951 No. 3 Rd., Richmond

7700 Minoru Gate Rd., Richmond

Rotary Club of West Calgary 1980-1982 Calgary
Roundhouse Community Centre   181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver
Satellite Video Exchange Society

1978-1986

1991-

261 Powell St., Vancouver

1160 Hamilton St., Vancouver

Sculptors Society of BC 1971-1977  
Seymour Art Gallery 1987- 1204 Caledonia Ave., N. Vancouver
Seymour Sculptors   W. Vancouver
Sharli Gallery 1987-? 53 Lonsdale Ave., N. Vancouver
Simon Fraser Gallery 1978- Simon Fraser University
Six of one Gallery 1982-? 1551 Duranleau St., Vancouver
Studio Shop and Gallery 1973-1985 2436 Marine Dr. W., Vancouver
Sunshine Coast Arts Centre   Trail and Medusa, Sechelt
Surrey Art Gallery 1976- Surrey
Threshold Gallery 1992-2002 309 W. Cordova St., Vancouver
Two Rivers Gallery

1991-2000

2000-

2820 15th Ave., Prince George

725 Civic Plaza, Prince George

UBC Fine Arts Gallery 1957-1994 University of British Columbia
UBC Museum of Anthropology   University of British Columbia

Unit/Pitt Gallery

     See Helen Pitt Gallery

   
Vancouver Art Association 1890 Vancouver
Vancouver Art Gallery

1957-1994

1994-

1145 W. Georgia St., Vancouver

750 Hornby St., Vancouver

Vancouver Artists League 1984-1988 Vancouver
Vancouver Art(s) Congress 1958-1959 Vancouver

Vancouver Association for NonCommercial Culture

     See Association for NonCommercial Culture

   
Vancouver Businessman's Art Club 1954-1984  
Vancouver East Cultural Centre Gallery   1895 Venables St., Vancouver
Vancouver Exhibition Association 1924-1932 Vancouver
Vancouver Public Library 1995- 350 W. Georgia St., Vancouver
Vancouver School of Art 1935-1978 Vancouver
Vancouver Sketch Club 1952-? Vancouver
Vancouver Studio Club and School of Art 1909 Vancouver
Vernon Art Gallery 1996-2001 3228 31st Ave., Vernon

Victoria Sketch Club

     See Island Arts and Crafts Society

   

Video Inn

     See Satellite Video Exchange Society

   
West Vancouver Sketch Club 1947-1995 West Vancouver
West Vancouver Visual Arts Society 1972-1978 West Vancouver
Western Art Circle 1952-1997 Vancouver
Western Canada Art Association 1972-1992  
Western Front 1972- 303 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver
Women In Focus

1979-1980

1981-1988

1989-?

45 Kingsway, Vancouver

456 W. Broadway, Vancouver

8949 Beatty St., Vancouver