Event Description
November 22, 2025 - April 12, 2026
Organized and circulated by The Reach Gallery Museum; guest curated by Sajdeep Soomal.
A survey of recent works by artist Simranpreet Anand, including collaborative pieces with artist and ethnomusicologist Conner Singh VanderBeek. Anand’s practice, indebted to familial and cultural community, engages materials and concepts drawn from the histories of Punjab and its diasporas. The title of the exhibition, sheesh ‘ch thareṛ, captures the fissures emerging from her ongoing encounters with matter and material culture in our globalized world. The show centres around ਬੰਦੇ ਚਸਮ ਦੀਦੰ ਫਨਾਇ / bande chasm deedn fanaai (Ang 723), a body of works that takes the synthetic, plastic-laden material culture that surrounds contemporary Sikh institutions as its starting point. Parallel to this series are works that consider the fabric of everyday life, attending to its embodied histories and gendered contexts of labour.
* Hours of operation:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10AM – 5PM
Wednesday: 10AM – 5PM
Thursday: 10AM – 9PM
Friday: 10AM – 5PM
Saturday: 10AM – 5PM
Sunday: 12PM – 5PM
*Admission is always free for:
• Visitors aged 25 and under
• AGGV Members
• Indigenous Peoples
• Support Workers
Feel Free – Free Gallery Days Supported by TD Bank Group:
Admission is free on the first Saturday of the month from 10 am – 5 pm, and every Thursday evening from 5 pm – 9 pm.
*Accessibility:
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is committed to providing a welcoming and accessible destination for all to enjoy. The main entrance is wheelchair accessible with a ramp on the left side of the entrance with no handrail. There is one set of power doors located at the left side of the entrance at the top of the ramp.
Image credit: Simranpreet Anand, हमारे स्वाद की असलियत, insatiable desires of a bourgeoisie, 2021, natural dyes and colon, 78 x 48” each. Rachel Topham Photography