Exhibitions

The City of Irvine has three municipal gallery spaces: Art at City Hall, Irvine Fine Arts Center, and Great Park Arts Complex. Contemporary and cultural exhibitions present work from local, regional, national and international artists with curated themes designed to attract a diverse audience.  

Learn more about exhibitions at Irvine City Hall.
Learn more about exhibitions at the Great Park Gallery

Image Credit: Christina Yasmin Fesmire and Lynk Collective, Blue Wall, 2023–25; exhibited in Metamorphosis: Mending the Wound (2025, Irvine Fine Arts Center). Photo by Ofphotostudio.


 
Arts in Irvine Exhibitions

Current Exhibitions

Art at City Hall Exhibtions 

Great Park Gallery Exhibitions

Irvine Fine Arts Center Exhibitions

41st Irvine Annual

Opening Reception: July 12, 2–4 p.m., Irvine Fine Arts Center
Professional Practices Panel: August 2, 2 p.m., Irvine Fine Arts Center

Formerly All Media, Irvine Annual is a juried exhibition that showcases artworks from local, regional, and national artists who works across a variety of visual media. The exhibition features artworks from over 70 artists, some of whom use their artistic practice to explore contemporary subjects and debates, and others who are inspired by historic and culturally specific myths, stories, and materials to explore modern themes.  

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Irvine Annual Award Winners

José Loza
"Infant Memory"
First Place

Matthew Carter
"Spirit Board'
Second Place

Emilene Orozco
"Fruit of Our Labor"
Third Place

 

Rachel Joy
"Dysmorphia"
Honorable Mention

Nikki's Darkroom
"anthrophilia xy"
Honorable Mention

Lana Licata Manzo
"Hug Your Dog"
Honorable Mention

Javier Cortes
"Cholito"
Viewer's Choice

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Guest Jurors

Elizabeth Múnzon
Artist and owner of Múnzon Gallery

Dakota Noot
Artist and curator and Acting Director of the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion at Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa California

Stephanie Sherwood
Artist and curator

 

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Upcoming Exhibitions

Tseng-Yao Terry Sun: The Charm of Chinese Leisure Seals

September 10–24
Opening Reception: September 11, 6:30–8:30 p.m.

Seal carving is a unique artform appreciated and valued by artists and collectors in East Asian cultures. Historically, people in China and Japan owned a seal with their name for official identification. Artists used special seals to authenticate paintings or works of calligraphy. Leisure seals—carved with lines of poetry or quotes from classic texts—were used by artists to add a decorative element to their artworks, or to be enjoyed as their own forms of art with profound meaning.

In the 1980s, Tseng-Yao “Terry” Sun, developed a technique of enlarging seal designs and carving them into wood, making a traditionally arcane artform more accessible to the public. His beautiful woodcuts, coupled with his own calligraphy, emphasized the beauty and meaning of each seal. He devoted his time to this artform and sharing it with a broad audience.  

Terry’s work has been exhibited in the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University, the Gallery of Palos Verdes Library, the East Asian Library at the University of Southern California, and the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum.

Ongoing Exhibitions

Past Exhibitions

 

2025 Exhibitions

2024 Exhibitions

2023 Exhibitions

2022 Exhibitions

2021 Exhibitions

2020 Exhibitions

2019 Exhibitions

2018 Exhibitions

2017 Exhibitions

2016 Exhibitions

2015 Exhibitions

Fine Arts Center Exhibitions: 2025

Metamorphosis: Mending the Wound, March 1–May 24

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Michelle Andrade: Everything's Fine, March 1–May 24

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​High School Art Exhibition, April 7–May 23

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Minna Chow: Traditional Chinese Brush Painting, December 13–March 21

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Fine Arts Center Exhibitions: 2024

High School Art Exhibition, April 8–May 24

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Reencuentros: Seeing You Again, March 2–May 18

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All Media, July 6–September 28

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​End as Beginning, November 16–January 25

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​For Me and You, November 16–January 25

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Fine Arts Center Exhibitions: 2023

High School Art Exhibition, April 3–July 21

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Aries Rising, March 11–May 20

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North Node, March 11-May 20

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All Media 2023, July 8-September 30

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Revision, November 18–February 3

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Into the Garden, November 18–February 3

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Paul Gardner: A Retrospective, December 11–March 22​ 

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Fine Arts Center Exhibitions: 2022

​Mirror, January 29–April 16

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Terrain, January 29–April 16

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​High School Art Exhibition, March 14–July 15 

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All Media, July 9–October 8

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​In This World, November 12–February 11

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Infinite Timeline, November 12–February 11

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Fine Arts Center Exhibitions: 2021

Constellation, February 1–May 8

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Soft Architectures, February 1–May 8 

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High School Art Exhibition, April 12–May 14 

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All Media 2021, October 16–December 18 

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I Shot an Arrow, October 16–December 18 

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Manos, October 16–December 18

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Fine Arts Center Exhibitions: 2020

From Here to There: A Time Machine, January 25–March 7

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A Trace is not a map, January 25–March 7

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High School Art Exhibition; Art at City Hall Preview, March 9–April 8

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High School Art Exhibition, March 20–April 11

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A Curious Horizon, July 6–September 25

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Surface, July 6–September 25

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For Modern RestingOctober 16–December 11

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Small is Beautiful, October 16–December 11

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Fine Arts Center Exhibitions: 2019

Gary Brewer: The Shape of Time - A Ten Year Survey, February 9–March 30 

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Joseph Paul Gerges: QUIETUS, February 9–March 30 

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Paul Gardner: Abstract World; Art at City Hall, March 4–22 

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High School Art Exhibition, April 12–May 4 

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All Present; Art at City Hall, May 10–June 7

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Carlos Beltran Arechiga: Place & Displace, June 15–August 10 

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Time Under Tension, June 15–August 10

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All Media 2019, September 7–October 26 

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Having Been There; Art at City Hall, September 23–October 11

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Silver, November 23–January 11

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Fine Arts Center Exhibitions: 2018

LAND, January 20–March 10

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High School Art Exhibition, March 23–April 14

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Present Tense: UCI Graduate Student Exhibition, April 27–May 26

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Lesley Kice Nishigawara: REPEAT, June 16–August 11

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Moving at a Snail's Pace in Geologic Time, June 16–August 11

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All Media 2018, August 25–October 27

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Pleasure at a Distance, November 17–January 19

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Re:balance, November 17–January 19

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Fine Arts Center Exhibitions: 2017

High School Art Exhibition, May 5–26

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You Have No Sounds: Kim Kei, June 17–August 12

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All Media 2017, August 26–October 28

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The Reverberations of Causes and the Avalanches of Creation, November 18–January 6

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Rooted, November 18–January 6

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Shelter, November 18–January 6

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Fine Arts Center Exhibitions: 2016

Y(OURS), February 13–April 16

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High School Art Exhibition & Imagination Celebration, May 6–28

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Found, June 25–August 20

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All Media, September 3–October 22

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New Dimension, November 19–January 21

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Fine Arts Center Exhibitions: 2015

In Our Nature, December 6–January 31

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flora and fauna, February 21–April 18

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History Repaints Itself, February 21–April 18 

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High School Art Exhibition & Imagination Celebration, May 1–30

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Structure Synthesis: Rob Brown & Melissa Manfull, June 27–August 8

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All Media 2015, August 22–October 24

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Near, November 21–January 23

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