Ryan Josey, 3 Works
DATE: Jun 26 — Sep 5, 2026
LOCATION: Gallery 203
Ryan Josey, 3 Works is the Dartmouth-born artist’s first solo exhibition in 10 years. The exhibition will feature (3) pieces: Silences for Foucault (2018) a series of oil paintings responding to the life and writings of French philosopher Michel Foucault; Forbidden Colours Redux (after FTG) (2026) a reimagining of Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ 1988 work, Forbidden Colours; and a new site-specific photo-installation, An Extraordinary Distance From The Sun (2026). Together, the works reflect on the consequences of our divisive tendencies. Equally, they honour the transmission of knowledge across generations—the horizons we share, the entanglements that join us, the places and experiences that connect us.
The exhibition will run from June 26 – Sept. 5 in Gallery 203.
Opening celebration is on Friday, June 26 from 6-8pm.
Ryan Josey (b.1993) is a Nova Scotian visual artist from Dartmouth and Kwimue’katik.
Since graduating NSCAD University in 2015, his multi-disciplinary work has featured in exhibitions across Canada, Turkey, Finland and New York.
Josey’s philosophically inflected pieces stem from ongoing explorations in observational drawing and writing. His drawings, paintings, poems and installations circulate belonging and queer the tools, systems and languages that encode identity into place. Often, they show an interplay between digital and analog ways of seeing. Often, they confront the systems and events that shape and colour contemporary life.
For his work, Josey has been awarded multiple grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and Arts Nova Scotia. He has participated in residencies internationally, including the New York Arts Practicum (New York); the Centre for Art Tapes (Halifax); the Arteles Creative Centre (Finland); the Summer Institute at Plug in ICA led by DIS.art (Winnipeg); Eastern Edge (St. John’s); and Taidetila Muijala (Finland).
He lives and works in Halifax.