Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art presents two solo exhibitions: Karen Asher: Class April 26 to June 30, 2019 Ryan Trecartin: Comma Boat April 26, to June 30, 2019 Karen Asher is one of Winnipeg’s most notable photographers. Asher’s lens-based practice is expanded in the newly created […]

As part of our Respondent Series, Plug In ICA present WORK by Ming Hon, a collaborative performance that utilizes the space and installation of Asher's solo exhibition, CLASS that is currently on view. WORK is a study on the physicality […]

STAGES Speaker Series Artist Talk by Kenneth Lavallee Thursday, May 30th, 2019 | 7 pm OFF-site Location: Studio 393, 393 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB. R3B 3H9 (Portage Place sky walk between The Bay and Staples)

As a way to introduce Nasrin Himada, Plug In ICA’s new Assistant Curator, to the Winnipeg community, they will give a curatorial talk that will discuss their research process in developing select exhibitions, publications, and public programs.

Plug In ICA is proud to present an artist talk by Karen Asher in conjunction with her solo exhibition Class. Asher’s body of work engages the figure in location, the body in movement, the mundane in tension with the surreal, captured in moments of joy, melancholy and resilience.

I half hold that my life is a fine ride as long as I don’t attempt to navigate. The least critical way to describe this outlook is “bemused fatalism,” and as coping mechanisms go, there’s much to be said for […]

Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art presents: Interpreting Youth | Video Screening and Discussion: Interpreting Asher and Trecartin Wednesday, June 26, 2019 | 5:00 PM Unit 1, Plug In ICA | 460 Portage Ave On Wednesday, June 26, 2019 discover […]

Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art presents our 2019 Summer Institute Session I. The first session of the institute, Trackings and Trappings, will be led by faculty members: sound artist Anju Singh, dance artist Justine A. Chambers, and visual artist and designer Natalie Purschwitz.

In consideration of critical and alternative curatorial practices that emphasis the importance of the gallery as a space for dialogue and creative engagement, Chhay will discuss Artspeak’s recent year of programming. With a mandate to encourage dialogue between visual arts […]

Norwegian- Sámi artist/architect, Joar Nango, will be the lead faculty and facilitator for the second intensive session of the Summer Institute. Nango will focus on Indigenous architectures with a week of intensive knowledge sharing through a series of lecture programming followed by a week of production.