2023-2024
Learning in Place: Legacies of Organic Architecture at Knollcrest
Curated by Dr. Craig Hanson
September 11–November 3, 2023
Typography
Curated by Chris Fox
November 13–January 26, 2024 (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas break)
INHABITING: seeking connection
Jo-Ann Van Reeuwyk and Jen Boes
February 05–April 12, 2024
Bachelor of Arts and Fine Arts Senior Art Exhibition
April 22–May 04, 2024
2022-2023
The Body of Christ
Wayne Adams
Fall 2022
Works from the permanent collection of Calvin University
Fall–Winter 2022
The Architecture of Prayer–An international survey of the contemporary church and its architecture
Curated by Amanda Iglesias
February 06–April 07, 2023
Bachelor of Arts and Fine Arts Senior Art Exhibition
April–May 2023
2020-2021
Rivalry in Print: Art and Competition in 17th-Century France
Artwork of Charles Le Brun and Pierre Mignard
Fall 2020
Bachelor of Arts and Fine Arts Senior Art Exhibition
Fall 2020
2019-2020
Wegner and more: selections from the private art collection of Nick and Claire Wolterstorff
September 3–October 19, 2019
Enhance What is Already There
John Van Ast
September 3–October 19, 2019
Audubon's Birds of America
Works of John James Audubon from the permanent collection
September 3–October 19, 2019
Where We Meet
David Wallace Haskin
Fall 2019–Winter 2020
Useless Exhibition
Chris Fox
Fall 2019–Winter 2020
The Undefeated
Kadir Nelson
Spring 2020
(Gallery closed to the public on March 13, 2020 for the pandemic and was put into use as a well-ventilated space for learning)
2016–2017
Gallery 1
September 6–October 15, 2016
Verti Call—An Installation by Joyce Yu-Jean Lee
October 21–December 20, 2016 (closed Thanksgiving break)
Mathias Alten: Through the Seasons
January 6–March 4, 2017
Most Highly Favored: The Life of the Virgin Mary
March 15–April 29, 2017
Aurora–Jamey Grimes
May 5–20, 2017
Bachelor of Arts Senior Art Exhibition
Gallery 2
September 6–October 15, 2016
Pathways to the Divine: Prayer Rugs of the Middle East
October 21–December 20, 2016 (closed Thanksgiving break)
Art Faculty Exhibition
January 6–March 4, 2017
Ecce Homo: Behold the Man
March 15–April 29, 2017
Revealed—Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection
May 5–20, 2017
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Art Exhibition
2015–2016
Gallery 1
May 6–21, 2016
Bachelor of Arts Senior Art Exhibition
March 21–April 30, 2016
An American in Venice: James McNeill Whistler and His Legacy
(Organized by the Syracuse University Art Collection)
January 22–March 5, 2016
Come to the Table (CIVA)
October 30–December 20, 2016 (closed Thanksgiving Break and Christmas Break)
The Creative Process: Drawings, Prints, Plates and Watercolors by Reynold Weidenaar
September 8–October 10, 2015
50/50—50 Alumni in 50 Years
Gallery 2
May 6–21, 2016
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Art Exhibition
March 21–April 30, 2016
Chasing Faroe—Imagining, Being, Remembering: John Donnelly
September 8–October 10, 2015
January 22–March 5, 2016
Transitional Dwellings—Sergio Gomez
October 30–December 20, 2016 (closed Thanksgiving Break and Christmas Break)
The Creative Process: Drawings, Prints, Plates and Watercolors by Reynold Weidenaar
September 8–October 10, 2015
Light: An Eternal Presence—The Donna Spaan Contemporary Collection of Art
Hallway Gallery
September 8–October 10, 2015
Calvin Emeriti
2014–2015
Gallery 1
June 11–August 7, 2015
CIVA Juried Exhibition
May 1–23, 2015
Bachelor of Arts Senior Art Exhibition
March 23–April 25, 2015
EarthWork: Collected Clay from East to West
January 9–March 7, 2015
Between the Shadow and the Light: A Traveling Exhibition Out of South Africa
(sponsored by The Nagel Institute)
October 30–December 20, 2014 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
Tracing the Past: Edward Curtis and The North American Indian
(with loans from the Muskegon Museum of Art and the Grand Rapids Public Museum and sponsored by The Mellema Program in Western American Studies)
September 2–October 18, 2014
Art Faculty Exhibition
Gallery 2
June 11–August 7, 2015
Art Faculty CIVA Exhibition
May 1–23, 2015
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Art Exhibition
March 23–April 25, 2015
Compromised Beauty: Jennifer Steensma Hoag
January 9–March 7, 2015
re-binding: sacred word into sacred object
Linda Ekstrom
October 30–December 20, 2014 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
Let Me Get A Good Look At You: Lisa Walcott
September 2–October 18, 2014
Shaping the Grain: Turned and Carved Wood by Dewey Heetderks
Hallway Gallery
December 5, 2014–February 13, 2015
Linda Witte Henke
2013–2014
Gallery 1
May 2–24, 2014
Bachelor of Arts Senior Art Exhibition
March 7–April 26, 2014 (closed Spring Break)
Getting Different in Naked Woods—Mike Andrews
January 7–February 22, 2014
Beauty Given by Grace: The Biblical Art of Sadao Watanabe
(CIVA sponsored exhibition)
November 1 –December 17, 2013 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
Exquisite History 3: Visionary Workbook
September 3–October 19, 2013
EX X AXIS—Alumni Sculpture
Gallery 2
May 2–24, 2014
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Art Exhibition
March 7–April 26, 2014 (closed Spring Break)
For His Highest: Ivan Fortushniak
January 7–February 22, 2014
Striking Impressions: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Permanent Collection
November 1 –December 17, 2013 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
A Prodigal Story for the Marketplace: The Remondini and Eighteenth-Century Print Culture
September 3–October 19, 2013
Dissected Geometry: The Interaction of Forms in the work of Cyril Lixenberg
Hallway Gallery
February 28–April 19, 2014
Visual Essence—Michele Wood
2012–2013
Gallery 1
May 3–18, 2013
Bachelor of Arts Exhibition
March 1–April 27, 2013 (closed Spring Break)
Windows to Heaven
Treasures from the Museum of Russian Icons
Organized by the Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, MA
Smith Kramer Fine Art Services
January 4–February 16, 2013
Seeing Christ in the Darkness
Georges Rouault as Graphic Artist
October 26 –December 15, 2012 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
Voces—Mandy Cano Villalobos
September 4–October 20, 2012
Art Faculty Exhibition
Gallery 2
May 3–18, 2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
March 1–April 27, 2013 (closed Spring Break)
The Lotto Icons–Earl B. Lewis
Sponsored in part by the Calvin University Youth Writing Festival
January 4–February 16, 2013
Look to the Heavens: The Art of He Qi
October 26 –December 15, 2012 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
120 Years of Photography
Images from the Collection of Dr. Robert Pool
September 4–October 20, 2012
90 Years of Collecting: Looking Back & Looking Forward
2011–2012
Gallery 1
May 4–19, 2012
Bachelor of Arts Exhibition
March 2–April 28, 2012 (closed Spring Break)
Work: Curse or Calling?
January 6–February 18, 2012
Alumni Painting Exhibition
November 11–December 17, 2011 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
Light Work—Rebecca Cummins
September 6–November 5, 2011
Associated American Artists—Art by Subscription
Gallery 2
May 4–19, 2012
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
March 2–April 28, 2012 (closed Spring Break)
Bible Doodles—Graphic Novel Illustrations by Craig Thompson
January 6–February 18, 2012
In My Own Back Yard—Mary Abma
November 11–December 17, 2011 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
A Nickel and a Kopek—Photographs by Bill Franson
September 6–November 5, 2011
Associated American Artists—Art by Subscription
2010–2011
Gallery 1
Bachelor of Arts Exhibition
May 6–21
Light on New Netherland
March 28–April 30, 2011
Art Faculty Exhibition
February 11–March 18, 2011
Presence/Absence—New Work by Bruce Herman
January 5–February 5, 2011
The Humor and Wit of Pieter Bruegel the Elder
October 21–December 11, 2010
Gallery 2
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
Meredith Donnely & Sean VandenBrink
May 6–21
The Marginalia Archive: Molly Springfield
April 1–30
Transformation Tools: Alutiiq Masks of Kodiak Island
Perry Eaton
February 11–March 18, 2011
Florence Portfolio/Sacrifice
October 21, 2010–February 5, 2011
2009–2010
BA Exhibition
May 13–22, 2010
BFA Exhibition
April 30–May 8, 2010
The Unguarded Moment: Photography by Steve McCurry
March 29–April 24, 2010
Alumni Ceramics Competition
February 12–March 20, 2010
Sanctuary: Hallowed Space, Holy Place
New Work by Jo-Ann Van Reeuwyk
January 6–February 6, 2010
M22
Paintings Along the Way by Frank Speyers
November 20–December 19, 2009
Picturing the Reformer: Images of John Calvin
October 16–November 14, 2009
Charis: Neighbors Strangers Family Friends
Boundary Crossings
September 4–October 10, 2009
2008–2009
BA Exhibition
May 14–23, 2009
BFA Exhibition
May 1–9, 2009
Index: paintings by Jered Sprecher
March 20–April 25, 2009
Art Faculty Exhibition
February 13–March 14, 2009
The Father and His Two Sons
images of the Prodigal Son from the Larry & Mary Gerbens Collection
January 7–February 7, 2009
A Field Guide to Sprawl: text by Dolores Hayden, photographs by Jim Wark
November 14–December 20, 2008
Yazzie Art Auction
Friday, October 24, 2008, Spoelhof Center Atrium
A silent art auction of a series of paintings by Elmer Yazzie ’76
Chicago Sculpture International—2008 Juried Exhibition
October 2–November 8, 2008
Some Semblance of Order: new work by Nichole Maury
September 2–27, 2008
2007–2008
BA Exhibition
May 9–17, 2008
Sticks and Stones—BFA Exhibition
April 25–May 3, 2008
Beauty of the Spirit: Paintings and Illustrations by Kadir Nelson
March 17–April 19, 2008
Alumni Photography Competition
February 8–March 8, 2008
Highly Favored: Contemporary Images of the Virgin Mary
January 3–February 2, 2008
in hand: Helen Bonzelaar, Anna Greidanus, Jo-Ann VanReeuwyk
November 26–December 15, 2007
Between Nature and Nationality:
The Hague School in the Nineteenth Century
October 5–November 17, 2007
Southside: Repackaging The American City
Photography by Jon Lowenstein
September 4–29, 2007
2006–2007
BA Exhibition
May 4–19, 2007
Visual Stories, The Artwork of James Ransome
March 26–April 28, 2007
About That Time—BFA Exhibition
March 9–17, 2007
Art Faculty Exhibition
January 26–March 3, 2007
Robert Rauschenberg, Artist-Citizen: Posters for a Better World
was produced by the Art Gallery at California State University, Haywood, and organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
November 10, 2006–January 20, 2007
The Nature of Invasion: work by Jennifer Steensma Hoag
October 12–November 4, 2006
Northern Lights: The Arctic Through Art
August 28–October 7, 2006
2005–2006
In the Grand Scheme: California Fibers at Convergence
June 5–July 1, 2006
2006 BA Exhibition
May 12–20, 2006
LAUNCH—BFA Exhibition
April 28–May 6, 2006
Alumni Print Competition
March 27–April 22, 2006
Picturing Faith: Religious America in Government Photography, 1935–43
February 3–March 18, 2006
Searching for Patterns: work by Virginia Maksymowicz
January 4–28, 2006
BA—Art Education Exhibition
December 2–17, 2005
Impressions: a selection from the Grand Valley State University
Print and Drawing Cabinet
October 21–November 22, 2005
Ordained to Create: The Self-Taught Art of Southern Preachers, Prophets and Visionaries
September 6–October 15, 2005
2004–2005
BA Show
May 12–21, 2005
BFA Show
April 28–May 7, 2005
Writing Symbols/Drawing Conclusions: A Collaborative Installation With Albert Pedulla
April 8–23, 2005
Art Faculty Exhibition
Feburary 4–March 12, 2005
Space and Spirit: Artistic Interpretations of Sacred Place
January 5–29, 2005
Hands of a Displaced Sudan: A Cry for Compassion
Photography by Ryan Spencer Reed
December 1–18, 2004
Graphics by 20th Century Masters from the Cochran Collection
October 2–November 20, 2004
Hammer and Hand: Contemporary American Metal
August 23–September 25, 2004
2003–2004
Senior Art Exhibition
May 1–22, 2004
Bus Stop (Sculpture Class Campus Project)
April 28–May 22, 2004
Interception
April 2–24, 2004
2004 Alumni Design Competition
February 6–March 27, 2004
Talmud: in the art of Ben-Zion and Marc Chagall
January 5–31, 2004
Free Radical Gallery (Off Campus)
December 5–6, 2003
Sellout
November 21–December 20, 2003
re/construct: new work in the Terra Incognita Series
October 17–November 15, 2003
Collector's Items: Biblical Art and Private Devotion
August 27–October 11, 2003
2002–2003
Questions: Three Generations of Jewish Artists
Art Faculty Exhibition
House of God: Religious Observations within American Protestant Homes
The Good City: Burton Heights in Image and Word
Senior Art Exhibition
2001–2002
Sheesley/Witkin: Fortitude and Forebearance
The Calvin Master Plan: Through the Eyes of Frank L.W.
Printmakers of Haarlem: Rediscovering a Gift from the Rijksmuseum
Ignite (CIVA)
Demystifying Architecture
BFA Exhibition I
BFA Exhibition II
BA Exhibition
2000–2001
Windows into Eternity
Herman Miller Picnic Posters
Art Faculty Exhibition
Venerable Scripts
Disclosures
BFA Exhibiton I
BFA Exhibition II
BA Exhibition