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What's On What's going on at OCAD U See all events See all news Latest news See more Convocation celebrates Class of 2026 Convocation 2026 celebrates more than 1,000 graduands. June 22, 2026 OCAD University represents Canada at Gwangju Biennale 2026, one of the world’s most important contemporary art exhibitions OCAD University is presenting a Kanien’kehá:ka-led exhibition at the Canada Pavilion during the 2026 Gwangju Biennale in South Korea. June 19, 2026 OCAD U research on design, creativity and futures literacy to be presented at Anticipation 2026 The international conference brings together practitioners from around the world to examine futures are imagined, sensed and shaped under conditions of uncertainty. June 19, 2026 Industrial Design students win awards at provincial competition OCAD U students won several Rocket 2026 awards, a program managed by the Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario. June 17, 2026 OCAD U leads new cross-sector initiative focused on student well-being The initiative will benefit more than 84,000 students in Toronto. June 15, 2026 Exhibition by Ateneo Art Award winner Jel Suarez opens at Onsite The opening also celebrated the new exterior mural, April Hickox: Vantage Point – Passing and premiere screening of Vantage Point: Unfolding. June 11, 2026 Events and exhibitions happening at OCAD U See more We Were, We Are, We Will Be July 16, 2026 9 a.m. - July 23, 2026 5 p.m. The Great Hall International Student Art Exhibition TAGS Exhibition Announcing the Winners of Ignite Gallery’s 2026 Installation Award May 6, 2026 12 a.m. - August 10, 2026 11:59 p.m. Ignite Gallery Join us for the Ignite Gallery Installation Award Exhibition May 6, 2026 TAGS Exhibition April Hickox: Vantage Point-Passing May 1, 2026 12 a.m. - August 31, 2026 11:59 p.m. Onsite Gallery (RHD) Over the last three decades of her life, April Hickox (b. 1955, d. 2025) documented the groyne—a slab of concrete extending perpendicular to the shoreline of Lake Ontario. TAGS Exhibition Welcome Day - Fall 2026 Orientation September 8, 2026 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Main Building & Rosalie Sharp Centre for Design (MCA) All new students are invited to join us for Welcome Day! TAGS Event Skennen'kó:wa ken? Do you carry great peace? September 5, 2026 12 a.m. - November 15, 2026 11:59 p.m. Off Campus Canada Pavilion at the Lee KangHa Art Museum as part of the Gwangju Biennale September 5 to November 15, 2026 TAGS Exhibition 스간나 고와 겅? Skennen'kó:wa ken? September 5, 2026 12 a.m. - November 15, 2026 11:59 p.m. Off Campus 2026년 제16회 광주비엔날레 캐나다 국가관 전시 TAGS Exhibition rgb(0,0,0) Galleries at OCAD U 01 Previous item Next item Onsite Gallery OCAD U’s flagship, fully curated public professional gallery for art and design. Ignite Gallery Student and recent graduate exhibitions of art and design. Ada Slaight Gallery OCAD U’s public student gallery for curriculum-based art and design. Graduate Gallery A space where graduate students host exhibitions, lectures, performances, think-tanks and conferences. Great Hall OCAD U’s central hub hosting events, lectures, receptions and exhibitions of student art and design projects. Open Space Gallery An open, flexible workshop, exhibition and event space. Continuing Studies Gallery Our virtual gallery for art and design by continuing studies students. Featured student work 01 24 Previous item Next item Sarah Young View work » Amara King View work » Douglas Free View work » Jinhan Guo View work » Sid Sharp View work » Valeria Suing View work » Ryan Boyd View work » Follow us
Convocation celebrates Class of 2026 Convocation 2026 celebrates more than 1,000 graduands. June 22, 2026
OCAD University represents Canada at Gwangju Biennale 2026, one of the world’s most important contemporary art exhibitions OCAD University is presenting a Kanien’kehá:ka-led exhibition at the Canada Pavilion during the 2026 Gwangju Biennale in South Korea. June 19, 2026
OCAD U research on design, creativity and futures literacy to be presented at Anticipation 2026 The international conference brings together practitioners from around the world to examine futures are imagined, sensed and shaped under conditions of uncertainty. June 19, 2026
Industrial Design students win awards at provincial competition OCAD U students won several Rocket 2026 awards, a program managed by the Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario. June 17, 2026
OCAD U leads new cross-sector initiative focused on student well-being The initiative will benefit more than 84,000 students in Toronto. June 15, 2026
Exhibition by Ateneo Art Award winner Jel Suarez opens at Onsite The opening also celebrated the new exterior mural, April Hickox: Vantage Point – Passing and premiere screening of Vantage Point: Unfolding. June 11, 2026
We Were, We Are, We Will Be July 16, 2026 9 a.m. - July 23, 2026 5 p.m. The Great Hall International Student Art Exhibition TAGS Exhibition
Announcing the Winners of Ignite Gallery’s 2026 Installation Award May 6, 2026 12 a.m. - August 10, 2026 11:59 p.m. Ignite Gallery Join us for the Ignite Gallery Installation Award Exhibition May 6, 2026 TAGS Exhibition
April Hickox: Vantage Point-Passing May 1, 2026 12 a.m. - August 31, 2026 11:59 p.m. Onsite Gallery (RHD) Over the last three decades of her life, April Hickox (b. 1955, d. 2025) documented the groyne—a slab of concrete extending perpendicular to the shoreline of Lake Ontario. TAGS Exhibition
Welcome Day - Fall 2026 Orientation September 8, 2026 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Main Building & Rosalie Sharp Centre for Design (MCA) All new students are invited to join us for Welcome Day! TAGS Event
Skennen'kó:wa ken? Do you carry great peace? September 5, 2026 12 a.m. - November 15, 2026 11:59 p.m. Off Campus Canada Pavilion at the Lee KangHa Art Museum as part of the Gwangju Biennale September 5 to November 15, 2026 TAGS Exhibition
스간나 고와 겅? Skennen'kó:wa ken? September 5, 2026 12 a.m. - November 15, 2026 11:59 p.m. Off Campus 2026년 제16회 광주비엔날레 캐나다 국가관 전시 TAGS Exhibition
Graduate Gallery A space where graduate students host exhibitions, lectures, performances, think-tanks and conferences.
Great Hall OCAD U’s central hub hosting events, lectures, receptions and exhibitions of student art and design projects.
