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OCAD U partners with Soulpepper Theatre to bring holiday magic to Toronto

Holiday installation includes a thematic multimedia installation created by OCAD U students and an alum marketplace.

November 13, 2025

OCAD U alum explores history of Chinese immigration to Toronto

Artist Kendra Yee is the City of Toronto’s artist-in-residence whose project will result in a public art project in 2026.

November 13, 2025

By students for students: new exhibition of housing solutions from industry partnership

Demo unit in the lobby of 100 McCaul St. spotlights student-designed housing solutions that focus on modularity and space-saving.

November 11, 2025

From studio to surgery: how an art professor is shaping medical training

Professor Francis LeBouthillier creates medical simulation models for groundbreaking surgical training at Mount Sinai Hospital.

November 5, 2025

Climate action gets a boost: meet the 2025-26 BMO microgrant winners

OCAD U faculty receive microgrants for their sustainability research labs and projects

October 30, 2025

OCAD U moves to become a carbon-neutral campus

The University’s multi-year decarbonization plan includes eliminating and offsetting on-site burning of fossil fuels and measures to reduce energy consumption.

October 28, 2025

Events and exhibitions happening at OCAD U

Facade of the Rosalie Sharp Pavillion featuring a large metal scrim with intricate pattern

In Conversation with Evergon

November 19, 2025 5:31 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

115 McCaul

A year-long research project that explores the practices of established Canadian artists through three in-depth interviews, led by upper-year OCAD U students.

Event

Artwork by Rosalie Favell: Left: Rosalie Favell, Terri, Facing the Cameria, NIGIG Residency Toronto, 2016, photograph, dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the artist. Right: Rosalie Favell, Tom, Facing the Cameria, NIGIG Residency Toronto, 2016, photograph, dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the artist.

Rosalie Favell: Facing the Camera: TSÍ TKARÒN:TO

May 1, 2025 12 a.m. - November 30, 2025 11:59 p.m.

Onsite Gallery (RHD)

Facing the Camera: TSÍ TKARÒN:TO is presented in conjunction with Onsite Gallery’s touring exhibition Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982–2024) and is a 2025 Core Program with the CONTACT Photography Festival.

Exhibition

Artwork by Rosalie Favell: Rosalie Favell, My first day of assimulation, 1996 (remastered 2024) from the series From An Early Age. Image courtesy of the artist.

Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982-2024)

June 18, 2025 12 a.m. - December 6, 2025 11:59 p.m.

Onsite Gallery (RHD)

Belonging is the first retrospective of renowned Red River Metis artist Rosalie Favell, showcasing a powerful curated selection of her lens-based works from 1982 to 2024.

Exhibition

Highlighting the Overlooked

July 18, 2025 12 a.m. - December 31, 2025 11:59 p.m.

Online-Only

An online exhibition featuring work from students and instructors in Continuing Studies at OCAD U.

Exhibition

"The Shared Flight" 2025 mural by Diego Santamaría (HIDROCK). An ear of corn in the centre, with Two eagles, white trilliums and orange marigolds, on a black background.

The Shared Flight, Diego Santamaría (HIDROCK)

December 8, 2025 12 a.m. - April 30, 2026 11:59 p.m.

Onsite Gallery (RHD)

In collaboration with Culturans, a Mexico City–based NGO dedicated to reimagining cities as vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable spaces, Onsite Gallery presents a new digital mural by Mexican artist Diego Santamaría (HIDROCK).

Exhibition

Artwork: Maria Simmons, Membranous Boundaries (detail), 2025. Image by Sasha Azanova. Red, Pink, Black and Dark Blue sculpture on blue and green background.

Metabolic Loop. The Delaney Family Emerging Curator's Prize.

January 21, 2026 12 a.m. - May 16, 2026 11:59 p.m.

Metabolic Loop is an exhibition exploring the in-betweenness of natural and artificial environments through the concept of metabolism.

Exhibition

Alex McLeod, 333 (detail), 2025. Image courtesy of the artist in collaboration with his PC.

Becoming (in the light of the miracle)

January 21, 2026 12 a.m. - May 16, 2026 11:59 p.m.

Onsite Gallery (RHD)

Becoming (in the light of the miracle) explores emergent phenomena, spanning deep time to AI revealing how complexity occurs from simple rule-based interactions to create a whole that is more than the sum of its parts.

Exhibition