VISUAL ARTS

Audain Gallery Amie Siegel’s image work Quarry (2015) proceeds from the vast underground caverns of a Vermont marble quarry to the material’s high-end destination: the opulent sales galleries for Manhattan’s newest residential skyscrapers. • Opening reception Jan. 11, 7-9 p.m., runs until March 11 • 149 W. Hastings St. • sfu.ca/galleries Back Gallery Project Solo exhibition with Vancouver raised, Toronto/L.A.-based artist Talia Shipman. Her photographic series Meet Me In The Middle explores an imagined post-apocalyptic world where water and other basic needs are replaced by consumer objects, examining the human and natural world’s propensity to change and transform. • Opening reception Jan. 5, 5-7 p.m. • 602 E. Hastings St. • backgalleryproject.com Bau-Xi Gallery Linearity. From her more representative works of snowy scenes to soft patterns of lines in circular motion and pastel hues, Pat O’Hara’s recent work continues with the motif of strings, but with a higher velocity. • Opening reception Jan. 7, 2-4 p.m., runs until Jan. 18 • 3045 Granville St. • bau-xi.com CityScape Community Art Space Art Rental Show: Semi-annual salon-style exhibition features original artworks by local artists. • Opening reception Jan. 12, 7-9 p.m., runs until Feb. 4 • 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Van • 604-988 6844, nvartscouncil.ca Fort Gallery Matrix: Contemporary printmaking by Jo-Ann Sheen and Edith Krause. • Jan. 11-29, opening reception Jan. 12, 7-9 p.m. • Fort Gallery, 9048 Glover Rd., Fort Langley • 604-888-7411, fortgallery.ca Grunt Gallery Three Cities: Prayer and Protest is a shadow-based installation that investigates sites of tension, controversy, and contact within three cosmopolitan environments. Mere Phantoms is the Montreal-based duo Maya Ersan and Jaimie Robson, who are inspired by early cinema, papercutting and shadow theatre. • Opening reception Jan. 12, 7-10 p.m., runs until Feb. 18 • 116-350 E. 2nd Ave. • 604-875-9616, grunt.ca Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery To refuse/To wait/To sleep and M&A bring together work by Goldin+Senneby, Melanie Gilligan, Gabrielle Hill, Richard Ibghy & Marilou Lemmens, Marianne Nicolson and Raqs Media Collective to investigate belief and prediction in economic models, precarious labour and illicit and marginalized markets. • Opening reception Jan. 12, 6-9 p.m., runs until April 9 • 1825 Main Mall, UBC • 604-822-2759, belkin.ubc.ca Museum of Anthropology In the Footprint of the Crocodile Man: Contemporary Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea | Layers of Influence: Unfolding Cloth Across Cultures • 6393 NW Marine Dr., UBC • moa.ubc.ca Museum of Vancouver All Together Now: Vancouver Enthusiasts and Their Collections, until Jan. 8 | Vancouver in the Seventies: Focuses on the city’s coming of age, until Feb. 26 • 1100 Chestnut St. • museumofvancouver.ca Seymour Art Gallery This annual ‘Discovery’ juried exhibition provides exposure to emerging artists. This year’s exhibition reflects the theme: Balance. • Jan. 7-28, reception and award presentation Jan. 8, 2 p.m. • 4360 Gallant Ave., North Van • seymourartgallery.com Surrey Art Gallery Fall Salon: Federation of Canadian Artists Fraser Valley Chapter | Jay Bundy Johnson: Being still (life) shows us who we are | April Hickox: Variations Primaries | Keith Rice-Jones: Monumental Sculptures | Scenocosme: Rencontres Imaginaires • 13750 88th Ave. • surrey.ca/artgallery Vancouver Art Gallery We Come to Witness: Sonny Assu In Dialogue with Emily Carr | Vancouver Special: Ambivalent Pleasures | Walker Evans: Depth of Field, until Jan. 22 | Juxtapoz x Superflat, until Feb. 5 • 750 Hornby St. • vanartgallery.bc.ca