Currently
Love Letter
Curated by Ignacio Adriasola
Until May, 9
Mónica Reyes Gallery is thrilled to host Love Letter with works by Solange Adum Abdala, Rosamunde Bordo and Amber Frid-Jimenez. Curated by Ignacio Adriasola.The exhibition will open on Wednesday, April 29 with a reception that will take place same day between 5-8pm and will continue until Saturday, May 9 ending that day with a book launch.
Springtime. A bee looks for flowers. Waves crash on the ocean. There is fire on the horizon. Someone, somewhere, has received a letter that never ceases to be written.
Amber Frid-Jimenez works at the intersection of art, culture and technology in installations, video, printmaking, code and artist’s books. Frid-Jimenez is Associate Professor at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where she directs the Studio for Extensive Aesthetics. Her work has been shown internationally, including at the Queens Museum, New York; the Maison Européenne de la Photographie; Ars Electronica, Linz; and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Solange Adum Abdala is an interdisciplinary artist based in Vancouver, whose practice engages with photography, vision, history and nature. Her work has been shown internationally and in Canada as part of solo and group exhibitions. She holds a MFA from the University of British Columbia as well as two BFAs from Centro de la Imagen (Lima, Peru).
Working through the logic of the detective genre, Rosamunde Bordo’s interdisciplinary practice probes narrative, materiality, and the construction of meaning. Her solo exhibition Magic Show will be held at the Western Front gallery from May 2nd to July 25, 2026.
Ignacio Adriasola is Associate Professor of Art History at UBC. He is also a Lacanian analyst in independent practice. He participates in NLS Initiative Toronto, and is a founding member of LOV-The Lacanian Orientation of Vancouver.
Springtime. A bee looks for flowers. Waves crash on the ocean. There is fire on the horizon. Someone, somewhere, has received a letter that never ceases to be written.
Amber Frid-Jimenez works at the intersection of art, culture and technology in installations, video, printmaking, code and artist’s books. Frid-Jimenez is Associate Professor at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where she directs the Studio for Extensive Aesthetics. Her work has been shown internationally, including at the Queens Museum, New York; the Maison Européenne de la Photographie; Ars Electronica, Linz; and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Solange Adum Abdala is an interdisciplinary artist based in Vancouver, whose practice engages with photography, vision, history and nature. Her work has been shown internationally and in Canada as part of solo and group exhibitions. She holds a MFA from the University of British Columbia as well as two BFAs from Centro de la Imagen (Lima, Peru).
Working through the logic of the detective genre, Rosamunde Bordo’s interdisciplinary practice probes narrative, materiality, and the construction of meaning. Her solo exhibition Magic Show will be held at the Western Front gallery from May 2nd to July 25, 2026.
Ignacio Adriasola is Associate Professor of Art History at UBC. He is also a Lacanian analyst in independent practice. He participates in NLS Initiative Toronto, and is a founding member of LOV-The Lacanian Orientation of Vancouver.
Upcoming
Julia Soderholm
Opening Thursday, May 14
6-8pm
Julia Soderholm
Neither Early Nor Late, 2026
72 x 59 inches
Neither Early Nor Late, 2026
72 x 59 inches
Julia Soderholm (b.1991) is a painter based in Vancouver, BC. Originally from Ontario, she is currently an MFA candidate at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Her work explores how the abstraction of landscape fosters an experience of re-enchantment with the natural world. The day comes with a colour marks the first solo presentation of the artist at MRG and we are thrilled to invite you to her opening exhibition on Thursday, May 14 from 6-8pm. Kindly RSVP.
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Mónica Reyes Gallery (MRG) has been supporting the growth and development of emerging, mid-career and established visual artists since 2013. While these artists are primarily based in western Canada, MRG’s reach extends to South America. Since its early days, MRG has been committed to exhibiting artists from the diaspora. The gallery showcases experimental approaches in various mediums such as painting, sculpture and textiles as well as media installations and billboards in public spaces. MRG often works with visual artists who employ abstraction to reflect on place in an unstable world.
MRG also initiated COMBINE Art Fair, an annual event since 2021 that is ongoing, and is the first art fair on the westcoast. Mónica Reyes Gallery is a driving force in the local art scene, recognized for its dynamic programming and social contributions. MRG takes pride in presenting a bold programme that is relevant and often challenging within a commercial context.
We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on unceded, traditional and ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories.
MRG also initiated COMBINE Art Fair, an annual event since 2021 that is ongoing, and is the first art fair on the westcoast. Mónica Reyes Gallery is a driving force in the local art scene, recognized for its dynamic programming and social contributions. MRG takes pride in presenting a bold programme that is relevant and often challenging within a commercial context.
We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on unceded, traditional and ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories.
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