2025-2026 Exhibitions

In the 2025-2026 school year the Lower Gallery presents five exhibitions, and the Project Space presents new work and installations every few weeks. Some materials from these exhibitions may be in the Department Archive. Reach out to the Art Resource Manager with any information requests.

Fall 2025 Lower Gallery Exhibition Schedule

Don’t _____ Me, I ______ For _____

  • Show Dates: August 25 - October 17, 2025
  • Reception: TBA
  • A solo exhibition of works by visiting artist Alex Lukas
    • This exhibition was awards to Alex Lukas as the result of a competitive Open Call, reveiwed by the Department's Gallery Committee. 
  • Alex will be presenting in the Department's Visiting Artist Speaker Series on Monday, September 15, 2025

Social Minimalism

  • Show Dates: October 30 - December 17, 2025
  • Reception: TBA
  • A group exhibition curated by Professor Theo. Triandos

Spring 2026 Lower Gallery Exhibition Schedule

Western New York Regional High School Students Art Exhibition

  • Show Dates: January 26 - February 20, 2026

Evelyn Rumsey Lord Travel Award Competition Exhibition

  • Show Dates: March 2 - April 3, 2026
  • Featuring work by the 2025 Winners: Laura Valkwitch, Gardner Astalos, and Aedan Peters;, and 2026 Award Applicants.
  • Participating students, application information Part I, Part II
  • For more information on the Evelyn Rumsey Lord Award, see here.

Memoria

  • Department of Art's BFA Senior Thesis group exhibition, featuring 24 artists
  • Show Dates: Arpil 21 - May 5, 2026

 

NOTE: These following two exhibitions were co-displayed in the Lower Gallery

 

Girl World

  • Prints and paintings by Sophia Litterio
  • May 14-21, 2026

Nude Figure Drawing Competition

  • Sponsored by the AANR Educational Foundation
  • Including works by 49 artists from local 6 organizations that offer nude figure drawing programs.
  • May 14-28, 2026

Project Space Exhibition Schedule

September 3 - October 4, 2025

Incoming MFA Showcase


October 7 - 17, 2025

Portraiture: ART354 Studio Photography

  • ART354: Studio Photography, group exhibition
  • Organized by course instructor Cassandra Cook

 

October 21-24, 2025

Up To Something...

  • Artworks by undergraduate Art students Sylvie Deuber and Sophia Luczak

 

October 28-30, 2025

Heart Stained Noire

  • Artworks depicting various forms of love with dark undertones, by undergraduate Art students Esrat Hossain and Vivien Ngo
  • Reception 10/30, 7pm-10pm

 

November 3-12, 2025

Spiritual Crisis Starter Pack

  • Work by Visiting Artist Speaker and Breverman Visiting Artist, Cooper Holoweski
  • Organized by Assistant Professor Noah Breuer

 

POSTPONED from late November 

  • Figure Drawing Competition Exhibition
  • Artists may apply to partcipate if they have attended a certain number of Wednesday night Open Figure Drawing sessions. Direct questions to jsherven@buffalo.edu.

 

December 4 - 9, 2025

WTF (Wood to Forage)

  • Sculpture students work, from classes taught by Professor Reinhard Reitzenstein

 

December 12-18, 2025

Eclosion

  • BFA Senior Thesis project by Aidan Schell

January 26 - February 6, 2026

Winter Blues: WNYHS Teacher Show

  • 22 High School Art Teachers answered this themed call and submitted works of a variety of media.

 

February 12-19, 2026

the work on which our national welfare depends 

  • Video and sound installation by MFA Candidate Reese Betts

 

February 24 - March 4, 2026

Skillsaw: Recent work by Fall 2025 Art333 Students

  • Fall 2025 students in the course ART333: 3D Modeling and Digital Fabrication, taught by Chris Siano, collaborated on a table saw replica project using 3D modeling software and production processes. 

 

March 7-19, 2026

ART315 Black and White Film Photography

  • Student work from Fall 2025 with Cassandra Cook

 

March 25 - April 9, 2026

Rooted in Resilience

  • UB Sustainability and the Department of Art invite UB artists to explore alternative futures shaped by hope and collective action. Rooted in Resilience will help kick off Sustainability Month programming and bring together student, staff, and faculty artists through visions of sustainable communities. 

April 21 - May 5, 2026

Memoria

  • 24 BFA Senior Thesis students' group exhibition.

See the Project Space webpage for current semester show information.

Gallery Locations

Lower Gallery

B45 Center for the Arts 
University at Buffalo, North Campus 
Buffalo, NY 14260

Project Space

155 Center for the Arts 
University at Buffalo, North Campus 
Buffalo, NY 14260

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