Art Events
As a community hub, Kafka’s proudly supports local artists by providing them with an affordable, high-visibility venue in which to exhibit their work. Our walls regularly feature rotating solo and group shows of painting, photography, graphic design and other two-dimensional work.
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December 6, 2018 to January 14, 2019 at Kafka’s Main Street Local photographer Matthew Burditt brings a series of watercolour portraits to Kafka’s this winter. A portion of all proceeds will be donated to su...
Read moreNovember 25, 2018 to March 27, 2019 at Kafka’s Great Northern Way Local illustrator Sean Karemaker is noted for his autobiographical comics. Hyperallergic remarks that Karemaker’s work “frequently challenges...
Read moreAndrea Fernandez is an editorial photographer who captures the adventurous beauty in landscape, the sense of infinite potential and nostalgia elicited by perfect light across a mountaintop or roadway. We are...
Read moreLocal illustrator Flo Wong brings a series of lighthearted images to our walls in this debut exhibit at our new location on the campus of Emily Carr University and the Centre for Digital Media. August 26, 20...
Read moreBill Wilkinson January 19, 2017 to March 6, 2017
Read moreAna Isabel, Galit Mastai and Lucy Poskitt November 17, 2016 to January 15, 2017
Read morePast Events
2011
Andrea Wan, Sibel Duzenli, Ola Volo: Observances
Keith & Aya Ikeda-Barry: Works From The Thirty Days Project, June 2011
Ashley Andel: Living Room/Breathing Space
JG Mair & Ben Skinner: Overheard Over There
Sarah Clement, Keith Weiss & Drew Young
Ron Laufer: Photograph
2012
Sean Karemaker & Laura McIntosh: Stories in Colour
Hari Alluri, Elisa Chee, Erik Haensel, Naomi Horii & Cecily Nicholson: Liminal Mined
Lindsay Chetek, Chu-Chu Kenchenten, Josh Loewen, Nicolas Lypowy, Carmen Majeau & Kelly Schmidt: Can’t Break My Bones
Steffen Quong: Static
Kajin Goh with Tessa Wetherill: Alleys of Damansara Jaya
Jackie Dives & Kyu Hwang: Illustrations
2013
Ola Volo: It’s Complicated
Joseph Wu: Harmony: New Works in Origami
Sarah Gee Miller: Facets: New Works in Collage
Keith & Aya Ikeda-Barry: Heavy Skies & Lines
Matt Bowen: Big Things Come From Small Things
Jeff Bosworth: Un/Real India
EC Salazar: DRAWFORTH
Seth Rutledge: Truth and Justice
Matt Bowen: Big Things Come From Small Things
Jeff Bosworth: Un/Real India
EC Salazar: DRAWFORTH
Seth Rutledge: Truth and Justice
2014
Rachael Ashe: Intricate Intimacy
Julia Kreutz: Stimulated Being
Sean Karemaker: Boy
Jamie Armstrong, Holton Brock and Roselina Hung, guest curated by Alex Quicho: Troublemaker
Jon Janzen: Cut Into Concept
Mark Illing: Aspiring Eccentric
Tehya Mackenzie: Sifting Memories
2015
Colin Cej: Domesticated
Pelvetica: West Coast Wildlife
Sarah Clement, Aya Ikeda-Barry, Keith Ikeda-Barry, Sean Karemaker, Sarah Gee Miller, JG Mair, Ben Skinner, Ola Volo: 5: A Special Anniversary Show Celebrating Five Years of Art at Kafka’s
Lauren Zbarsky: 5’3″
Sarah Clement: Cabinet of Curiosities
Priscilla Yu: Kaleidoscope Resort
Tristesse Seeliger: Tiling The Plane
Design Judge: This Must Be The Place
2016
Ana Isabel, Galit Mastai, Lucy Poskitt: Immersed and Enthralled
Keith Ikeda-Barry: Print 2016
Kevin McBride: Prey
Haley Hunt-Brodwin: But Not The Wild Bits
Nancy Boyd, Desiree DeRuiter, Jocelyn Fisk-Schleger, Aimee Henny Brown, Hugh Kearney, Melissa Mercier, Esther Rausenberg, and Bill Wilkinson: The Summer Set – presented in collaboration with the Art Rental & Sales Program of the Vancouver Art Gallery as part of ROVE.
Crissy Tioseco: A Natural Sort of Logic
2017
Sarah Hammond: Stills of the Pacific Northwest
Marisa Pahl: Coastlines
Nicola MacNeil: Must Be This Tall To Ride
Tierney Milne: Happy Bits
Ester Field: Confusing, Right?
Jamie Smith & Tara Galuska: Ritual and Remains
Bill Wilkinson: Metamorphosis
2018
Laura Bifano: Altars
Ilya Viryachev: Aberrant Light
Kari Kristensen: Imagined Landscape
Crissy Arseneau, Paula Barrantes, Aurora Caher, Carmen Chan, Jennifer Clark, Suzanne Goodwin, Christina James, Sandeep Johal, Laura Klassen, Kari Kristensen, Jana Rayne MacDonald, Annie Robinson, Sarah Ronald, Rosie Schinners, Lindsay Schroeder, Amy Stewart: Friend or Foe - presented in collaboration with THRIVE Art Studio
Crissy Arseneau: Suspended in a Sunbeam
Aaron Wolf: A Delicate Balance