Kamloops Art Gallery

The Kamloops Art Gallery is a public, not-for-profit art gallery in downtown Kamloops, located at 101–465 Victoria Street within a civic building shared with Thompson-Nicola Regional District offices and the downtown TNRD Library. Established in 1978, it serves Kamloops, Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, the Thompson-Nicola region and broader Canadian audiences through exhibitions, publications, learning opportunities and community programs.

The Gallery moved into its purpose-built home in 1998. Designed by architects Peter Cardew and Nigel Baldwin, the facility includes approximately 20,853 square feet of space, with exhibition galleries, multipurpose studios and workshop rooms, collection storage, a research library and administrative areas. Its changing exhibitions feature contemporary and historical visual art, including work by local, national and international artists.

The Kamloops Art Gallery maintains a growing collection of more than 3,100 artworks reflecting its exhibition and collecting history. The holdings include historical and contemporary works by Canadian and international artists in a range of media. Selected works are displayed in Gallery exhibitions, loaned to other institutions and presented in public locations around Kamloops, helping extend access to art beyond the downtown gallery.

The Gallery is a significant visual-arts resource for the Southern Interior and provides opportunities for artists, students, researchers and the general public to engage with art. It is situated on the unceded and unsurrendered lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc within Secwepemcúl̓ecw, the traditional territory of the Secwépemc people.