Student Gallery

Housed within The Image Centre (IMC), the Student Gallery showcases the work of current students or recent alumni (graduated within five years) from the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) community. The Image Centre is committed to providing students with a central venue and assistance in presenting their work to professional standards. Exhibitions are intended to engage audiences in dialogue with recent issues in contemporary photography, film, or new media work, presented in the form of thematic, curated group or solo exhibitions. Student work may be presented in exhibitions that include the work of Toronto Metropolitan University alumni or artists from outside of TMU as a way to feature their work in a deeper critical discussion around a given curatorial subject. On occasion, the Student Gallery may include the work of a senior artist in a group exhibition context with student work. Student Gallery programming endeavours to thematically reflect upon or compliment exhibitions in the main gallery space in order to position student work within an international forum. The Student Gallery may also be used for collection based exhibitions curated by students in the curations programs at TMU.

The Image Centre Student Gallery programming includes:

• Proposals received from an annual open call for submissions
• Curatorial proposals initiated by independent curators (these may include students) Please note this must feature the work of Toronto Metropolitan University students or alumni*
• Faculty directed or curated projects
• Graduating exhibitions from the Documentary Media MFA program
• An annual collection-based exhibition curated by students in the FPPCM MA program
• Other to be determined by IMC Director and Curator, Exhibitions and Public Engagement

*Graduated within the last five years.

The Image Centre (IMC) is now accepting submissions for the Student Gallery. The deadline to apply is May 30, 2024. If you have any questions please contact IMC Student Gallery Curatorial Coordinator, Sara Angelucci s3angelu@torontomu.ca

To submit to the IMC Student Gallery please:

• Create a Dropbox Account: www.dropbox.com/register.
• Upload all submission documents in a folder with your LAST NAME.
• Invite Sara Angelucci to share your folder at: s3angelu@torontomu.ca. (Dropbox provides instructions on folder sharing)

Please UPLOAD the following documents to your Dropbox Folder. All written documents must be in .doc or .docx format: 

1. 10–20 images representing the proposed project for exhibition. Image files should be no more than 1024 pixels wide (72 dpi) and JPEG.
2. An image list including: titles, year, mediums, and dimensions.
3. An artist or curatorial statement (one-page maximum).
4. A physical description of the proposed exhibition, including the number of works, the planned layout for the IMC Student Gallery, equipment required and/or provided, and any unusual installation requirements. Download a PDF of the IMC Student Gallery floor plan
5. A short biography of the artist(s) and/or curator (150–200 words). Please remember to include your email address and phone number.
6. 4–5 high resolution images to be used for promotional purposes (preferably a mix of horizontal and vertical in format). Images should at minimum be 3,000 pixels wide (300 dpi) and TIFF. Please include all credit information: title, date, medium).

• The IMC Student Gallery will not exhibit work that has already been shown in Toronto outside of a school context. If your work was shown as part of a group show at Toronto Metropolitan University, in Room IMA 310 or at Max Ex, it is still eligible for an exhibition at the Student Gallery.
• You may only exhibit in the IMC Student Gallery once. If you were in a group exhibition you may apply for a solo exhibition.
• The IMC Student Gallery is painted a neutral gray. Please do not request a particular colour as part of your exhibition planning, the colour cannot be changed.
• Please DO NOT send any original materials as part of your submission.
• The IMC Student Gallery does not accept material (printed) submissions or email.
• Late submissions will not be accepted.
• Please allow 8 weeks for a response.
• Selected exhibitions will receive an artist fee of $1,500.
• Selected exhibitions will also receive production support funds.

For more information, please contact IMC Student Gallery Curatorial Coordinator Sara Angelucci, s3angelu@torontomu.ca.