Stride Gallery

Stride Gallery is excited to work again with artist Bruno Canadien @bcanadien to host two bird walks this May and June! The first walk will take place on May 16th from 8am to 10am at Dale Hodges Park (East Beaumont). The second walk will take place on June 13th from 9am to 11am in Diamond Valley, starting at Gray Park (around the Sheep River Flats area). You can sign up for one or both of the bird walks. For more information about each bird walk, please visit the link in our bio! ~ Bruno Canadien is a Visual Artist whose multidisciplinary practice investigates Indigenous presence, kinship, and relationality in the contemporary context, through painting, drawing, installation, walking/land art, public art, and digital arts. Born and raised in Denendeh (N.W.T.), Bruno has been active in the regional arts scene since graduating from the Alberta College of Art in 1993, beginning with his early involvement with the Calgary Aboriginal Arts Awareness Society, and including his recent co-curation of Big Rock River, Contemporary Indigenous Art in an Ancient Land at the Okotoks Art Gallery (2022). His work has been included in local and national exhibitions, including the Art Gallery of Alberta, the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Biennale d’Art Contemporain Autochtone in Montreal, among others. His paintings can be found in private and public collections, including Glenbow Museum, Global Affairs Canada, and the Indigenous Art Centre. Bruno Canadien is a member of the Deh Gah Got’ı́é Dene First Nation of Zhati Kǫ́ę́, Denendeh, a Deh Cho Region member of the Dene Nation. He is currently based in Diamond Valley, Alberta, gratefully grounding himself in the landscapes and traditional territories of the Siksikaitsitapi, Tsuut’ina and Îethka Nakoda Wîcastabi nations. Image: courtesy of @bcanadien big day river flats 2019 (detail) 2021 #birdwalk #stride #gallery

Simulations Kyle Anderson-Nguyen Stride Gallery May 8 - July 17, 2026 Opening Reception: May 8, 6-9pm 220-625 11 Ave SW, T2R 0E1 Simulations is comprised of works that collage photographs, iconography, found objects and pseudo internet aesthetics. Emphasizing a hesitation between past and present tense, these works explore half forgotten and confabulated memories of halcyon cyberspace. Kyle Anderson-Nguyen is a Vietnamese-Canadian artist based in Mohkinstsis (Calgary, Canada). He holds a BFA in drawing from the Alberta University of the Arts. Working in painting, drawing and sculpture, his pseudo-digital source material is manipulated to channel collective memories through exploration of 2000’s internet culture. These refracted compositions evoke nostalgia while simultaneously highlighting the haunting of lost futures. At the core of Anderson-Nguyen’s practice is the idea of discovering identity through the stretched and saturated images that have dominated internet subcultures since its inception. These images, prioritizing the sharing of ideas over technicality, invite the viewer to see the digital world as an extension of reality rather than a vehicle for entertainment.

Stride Programming Update!! As we step into Spring, we want to welcome AJ LaRiviere to the Stride Art Gallery Residency! AJ is our 2nd Resident for the 2026/2027 programming year and we are excited to see all that she comes up with during her 3 months in the studio! About AJ: 47 ziplock bags run the world. Raised in the prairies of the PNW, AJ LaRiviere is currently a Mohkinstsis based illustrator. While challenging the relationship between aesthetic and professionalism she studies the endless consumption of the self, inviting the audience to prioritise play and consider day to day cannibalism as a bonus.

Stride Gallery is excited to announce our 2026 Call for Submissions! DEADLINE: July 26th, 11:59pm MST. No late submissions will be considered. This Call for Submissions offers both a studio residency and an exhibition for each selected artist. For this call, we will be programming 7 artists, with residencies starting in Winter 2027 until Summer 2029. This is an annual Call for Submissions, taking applications each Spring, and subsequently programming 4 artists each year, with their residencies beginning Fall of the following year. Programming Philosophy & Description: Each artist will begin with a 3-month long studio residency where they are encouraged to create, research, and experiment in any way they see fit. Through peer mentorship, staff will work alongside the artist helping them reach self-appointed goals and intentions. Whether that be support in application and grant writing, learning technical skills such as installation and strike of exhibitions, or helping them reach new networks of artists and curators to build their community. After completing their residency, the artist will create an exhibition in our gallery space. We’ll be mentoring the artists through the process of creating an exhibition throughout their residency; this model gives artists a chance to both be in process and present their work to the community. Each exhibition will be 8-10 weeks long, and will take place directly after the end of the artists’ residency. We also want to relay that artists are not expected to create a full exhibition in the 3-month residency; the two parts are not interlinked unless that’s the artist’s intention. Exhibitions can feature older work, experiments made throughout the studio residency, etc. For the full call details and to apply, please click the link in our bio or visit our website!

Stride Gallery will be closed today for May Long Weekend. We’ll be back next week, with our regular hours. Wednesday - Friday - 11am - 6pm Saturday - 12pm - 6pm And if you joined us this morning for the Bird Walk with Bruno Canadien, thank you!! Check our stories for some photos of the walk!

Exhibition Update: Second Exhibition of 2026! Simulations Kyle Anderson-Nguyen May 8th - July 17th 2026. Opening reception on May 8th 2026, from 6-9pm Stride Gallery 220 - 625 11th Ave Sw, T2R 0E1 There will be light snacks and refreshments! Come meet the Artist and take in the work! Simulations is comprised of works that collage photographs, iconography, found objects and pseudo internet aesthetics. Emphasizing a hesitation between past and present tense, these works explore half forgotten and confabulated memories of halcyon cyberspace. Kyle Anderson-Nguyen is a Vietnamese-Canadian artist based in Mohkinstsis (Calgary, Canada). He holds a BFA in drawing from the Alberta University of the Arts. Working in painting, drawing and sculpture, his pseudo-digital source material is manipulated to channel collective memories through exploration of 2000’s internet culture. These refracted compositions evoke nostalgia while simultaneously highlighting the haunting of lost futures. At the core of Anderson-Nguyen’s practice is the idea of discovering identity through the stretched and saturated images that have dominated internet subcultures since its inception. These images, prioritizing the sharing of ideas over technicality, invite the viewer to see the digital world as an extension of reality rather than a vehicle for entertainment.

It’s the last week for Pictorial Psalms. Come out to this incredible body of work by Chish that we got to watch come to life during his time in the Stride Residency. He’s just getting started, and we are looking forward to seeing his work continue to grow and where it leads him in his career. This exhibition is on until May 1st 2026.

Stride Friends! This is your last week to get a Riso Prints from the Stride Editions Vol 3. Fundraiser! Get them for yourself! Or for Friends! Of for Family! Mother’s day is coming up, and Father’s day is right behind that! Thank you to our artists for their support, they provided us with great work, and even purchased some for themselves. We also want to shout out and thank Yolkless Press for doing the Printing of these works. Check them out for your Riso needs. The purchase of these prints go towards the continued operation of Stride so that we can keep bringing you all great programming with talented artists and fantastic exhibitions and fun events! Jules de Guzman, Ophelia Payne, Nick Johnson, bryce manyfingers/singer, Sanaz Zamani, Halie Finney, Míša Štorková, Matthew Springer, Frankie Elouise, Natali Rodrigues, Adrian Stimson, Bruno Candien, Christina Krentz, Jonathan Creese

Hello Everyone! You still have 2 weeks to get one or more of these amazing Riso Prints from the Stride Editions Vol 3. Fundraiser! Get them for yourself or friends or family. We are grateful to all of the artists who so generously provided artwork and have been supporting Stride! We’ve made some new friends and got reacquainted with some longtime friends of Stride Gallery! The purchase of these prints go towards the continued operation of Stride so that we can keep bringing you all great programming with talented artists and fantastic exhibitions and fun events! Jules de Guzman, Ophelia Payne, Nick Johnson, bryce manyfingers/singer, Sanaz Zamani, Halie Finney, Míša Štorková, Matthew Springer, Frankie Elouise, Natali Rodrigues, Adrian Stimson, Bruno Candien, Christina Krentz, Jonathan Creese

Sparks Fly is on view until April 19th! Please come out and view these amazing works by artists: Jaz Steel, Josie Stevens, Louie Fermor and Ashton Crowhurst. This exhibition was curated by Carla Salter. This exhibition is in partnership with the NaAC.

Have you had a chance to visit Pictorial Psalms by Chish yet? If not, come on down to Stride Art Gallery and see these works in person. We are open regular hours this week and staff can tell you more about the work. This exhibition is on until May 1st 2026.

Updated gallery hours this week! We will be closed this Friday for Good Friday, and Saturday in lieu of Easter Sunday/Monday. Back to regular gallery hours next week!