Current exhibitions

آبِ رواں Aab-e-Ravaan: Language Like Water

May 2 to August 1, 2026

Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St.
Lekwungen Territory

آبِ رواں Aab-e-Ravaan: Language Like Water explores the artistic practice of Farheen Haq, an interdisciplinary artist born into an immigrant family with roots in Bihar, India, and Karachi, Pakistan, she now lives and works on lək̓ʷəŋən territory (Victoria, BC). Through her work, Haq returns to her parents’ experience and ancestral lands, drawing on the Urdu poetry of Mirza Ghalib (1797–1869) as a source of connection, memory, and reflection.

In this exhibition, Haq looks to water as a guide in relationship building and to understand the flows of migration; as well as tracing the fluidity of language through poetry. Her work moves like a ghazal, where every droplet carries the meaning of reconnection. In آبِ رواں Aab-e-Ravaan, Urdu becomes a living current, flowing and shaping relationships. Like water, it holds memory and connects seemingly distant lands and waters to the Salish Sea, offering a space where identity remains in motion, always shifting and creating new meanings.

Curated by Anahita Ranjbar.

The opening celebration will take place on May 2, 2026, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.

Image: Farheen Haq, Aankh Band ke Dekho (Close Your Eyes and See), 2022. Video still, courtesy of the artist.

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Located on campus, First Peoples House displays artwork from the university's collection through rotating exhibitions.

Walking in Spirit: Francis and Beau Dick 

March 1, 2024 — early 2026 

First People’s House | UVic Campus 
Lekwungen Territory 

Before his passing in 2017, cousins Beau and Francis Dick frequently talked about exhibiting their work together. This exhibition seeks to honour that wish and to foster a deeper connection to their relationship as parallel artists and family.  

Walking in Spirit is an intimate display of serigraphs by Beau and Francis from the late 1970s to early 2000s, that explore the incredible cultural teachings of their artworks. 
 
Curated by Teresa Sammut with Lorilee Wastasecoot.

Image: Francis Dick, Spiritual Truth, serigraph, 1998.