Main Gallery

Eastern Edge’s Main Gallery is our primary exhibition space, featuring contemporary work from provincial, national, and international artists. Our Main Gallery programming seeks to facilitate critical dialogue concerning issues in contemporary art and society, actively encouraging emerging and established artists whose work speaks to feminist, multicultural, queer, and other diverse perspectives.

The space is programmed through an annual call for submissions, with the exception of two exhibition slots; each year, we present an Annual Members’ Exhibition in the Summer, and an exhibition in partnership with First Light NL for Spirit Song Festival in the Fall.

Current Exhibition

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Upcoming Exhibitions

**Jongwook Park, One Breath, Many Echoes | 숨·결들**

June 12 – July 25, 2026

This exhibition explores how adult language acquisition shapes identity, rooted in my move from Seoul to the bilingual environment of Montreal. At the core of the installation are hand drawings that integrate Minhwa (Korean folk art) and Hangul (Korean script). By removing vibrant colors and breaking characters into unreadable shapes, the work illustrates how one’s own culture shifts and transforms when trying to understand another.

The monochromatic imagery becomes a migrant pattern that reflects different methods of communication. These patterns move across mediums—directly on paper, scaled up through digital prints, and becoming undulated imagery by carving into wet clay. Each material presents a different threshold, mirroring the physical and mental effort of adjusting to a new environment. Through the presentation of these various mediums across the space, I aim to visualize the complexities of linguistic adaptation, reflecting human flexibility while showing the slippage through visual fragmentation.

Eastern Edge Annual Members’ Exhibition

August 7 – September 19, 2026

EE’s Annual Members’ Exhibition is open to our membership and will feature over 50 talented artists from across the province.

Annual Members’ Exhibition 2025

Kristi Poole-Adler, You Sound Like Absolute Trash, I Think I Like You

February 5 – March 20, 2027

You Sound Like Absolute Trash, I Think I Like You, explores how narrative can take on a physical presence – something that can not only be read, but held and felt. This exhibition engages themes of identity, intimacy, vulnerability and the desire for connection; drawing from personal experiences I had meeting and dating men online and in person. It critically reflects on screen fatigue as everyday life becomes increasingly attention-driven and streams of content become limitless, like a 24-hour buffet. Digital platforms, shaped by algorithms and performative selfhood, can encourage detachment, where endless scrolling replaces human touch, and emojis stand in for emotions.

The work in this exhibition is hand woven and embroidered: a quiet, contemplative, and meditative practice that creates space for slowness, where time is momentarily suspended. Through softness, repetition, and care, I attempt to reclaim the emotional labour often minimized in online exchanges; transforming ephemeral conversations into tactile and lasting forms. Touch becomes a way to speak to my fear of intimacy while exploring questions such as: can the screen mediate our interactions in ways that foster meaningful connections? What do we lose or gain through virtual communication?

Kristi Poole-Adler, The Scream, Hand Embroidered on Felt and Found Fabric, 9 x 16 inches, 2025

Past Exhibitions

Current Exhibition

Upcoming Exhibitions

Jongwook Park, One Breath, Many Echoes | 숨·결들

Eastern Edge Annual Members’ Exhibition

Kristi Poole-Adler, You Sound Like Absolute Trash, I Think I Like You

Past Exhibitions

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

**Jongwook Park, One Breath, Many Echoes | 숨·결들**