Current and Upcoming
Kate and John Stirek Gallery
Exhibitions housed in the Kate and John Stirek Gallery emphasize the work of contemporary artists and their cross-disciplinary collaborators. These collaborations engage questions of science, technology and ecology and their varying reverberations into our daily lives.
At 3,000 square feet, the gallery is equipped to support experimentation across media and host rigorous conversation about timely issues in our social and cultural landscape. Our exhibitions ask how artists can shape future understanding of the world around us.
PRAx artist residency programs provide opportunities for creating and exhibiting new bodies of work. PRAx gratefully acknowledges the support of Teiger Foundation for a series of exhibitions in the Stirek Gallery in the 2025-27 period.
Currents: Experiments in Art-Science Collaboration
January 22 – March 7, 2026
A display of artists and scientists exploring their curiosities together, illuminating both the meaning and the mechanics of our world
A Tomorrow: Monsters and Relics from Asia and Africa
March 31 – June 13, 2026
Analyzing futuristic visions of the world and the appropriation of non-Western cultures
Ray Theater
Defensible Space
March 31 - April 11, 2026
Immerse yourself into the sights and sounds of a rapidly growing wildfire
Lightboxes and Arts Corridor
PRAx regularly rotates artworks in the Toomey Lobby Lightboxes and in the Arts Corridor. Installations in these spaces vary in medium and theme. Curators include PRAx staff, OSU arts and design faculty, and external partners.
Maxville & Vanport: Hidden Histories of Everyday Life
February 27 - April 11, 2026
A multimedia exhibition exploring two multiracial working-class Oregon towns lost to time, disaster and erasure
Top image: September: Orange by Julia Oldham