UPCOMING
June 11–21, 2026: Journey of the Mind, without SHAPE without FORM, Contemporary Calgary, Canada
September 12–October 4, 2026: Journey of the Mind, without SHAPE without FORM, Campbell House Museum, Toronto, Canada
PAST
March 7–May 24, 2026: Every Surface Is a Shrine, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Coquitlam, Canada
The Art Gallery at Evergreen is pleased to present Every Surface Is a Shrine, which brings together a selection of photo-based works by Karen Zalamea that traces the shifting boundaries between material, memory and place. Rooted in a critical exploration of photography’s expanded possibilities, Zalamea’s practice reimagines the medium not only as an image-making tool but as a methodology of care, labour and cultural inquiry.
Apr-May 2026: Read the Preview article by Michael Turner Karen Zalamea: Every Surface Is a Shrine
March 6, 2026: Read the C Magazine article Looking Closely: Karen Zalamea's "Every Surface Is a Shrine" at Art Gallery at Evergreen
February 23, 2026: Read The Source article by Amélie Lebrun An intimate experience of the everday in Karen Zalamea’s Every Surface is a Shrine
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May 2, 2026: CONTACT Photobook Fair, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
March 28, 2026: Finding Pilipino: Reclaiming Identity, Reconnecting Community, Mabuhay House Society, Vancouver, Canada
December 6, 2025–January 15, 2026: Asterism, Gallery 881, Vancouver, Canada
June–December 2025: Feminist Photography Network Online Peer-to-Peer Residency
June 13–28, 2025: Photorama, Gallery TPW, Toronto, Canada
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April 2024–March 2025: Ensemble, Anvil Centre, New Westminster, Canada
Commissioned by the City of New Westminster, this temporary public art installation was presented in partnership with Capture Photography Festival.
January 31, 2025: Read An Offering, a poetic response to Ensemble by Marc Perez.
Marc Perez is a Filipino poet and writer living in the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations.
June 19, 2024: Read the Ciel Variable article by Karen Henry on the 2024 Capture Photography Festival
April 10, 2024: Read the Pancouver article Artist Karen Zalamea celebrates Filipino culture with Ensemble at Capture Photography Festival
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February–March 2025: Barbara Spohr Memorial Award Residency, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
December 5, 2024: Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Announces Karen Zalamea Winner of the 2025 Barbara Spohr Memorial Award.
Walter Phillips Gallery at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is thrilled to announce Filipino Canadian photo-based artist Karen Zalamea as the winner of the 2025 Barbara Spohr Memorial Award. This prize, established by the friends and family of the late Canadian artist Barbara Spohr, awards a mid-career artist whose work has made a significant contribution to the field of contemporary Canadian photography a fully funded four-week residency in the Leighton Artist Studios at Banff Centre.
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July–August 2024: Woodhaven Artist in Residence Program, Kelowna, Canada
Karen Zalamea is the 2024 Woodhaven Artist in Residence, hosted by the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.
July 25, 2024: Read the UBC Okanagan News article Artist in Residence will share her passion for creating cyanotypes
August 8, 2024, 1:00–2:30 PM: Collaborative Cyanotype Workshop
Zalamea’s artist residency will include a free collaborative cyanotype workshop for the community at the Woodhaven Eco Culture Centre. Participants will work together on a large-scale cyanotype created with natural and human-made matter from the surrounding area.
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