Exhibitions
The Sioux City Art Center’s exhibitions primarily include artworks made by contemporary artists who live and work in the upper Midwest. Exhibitions include thematic group exhibitions, one-person exhibitions, and both local and regional juried exhibitions. Large exhibitions of any kind are presented in either or both of the Art Center’s third-floor galleries, each of which has approximately 3,000 square feet of space.
Exhibitions
The Sioux City Art Center’s exhibitions primarily include artworks made by contemporary artists who live and work in the upper Midwest. Exhibitions include thematic group exhibitions, one-person exhibitions, and both local and regional juried exhibitions. Large exhibitions of any kind are presented in either or both of the Art Center’s third-floor galleries, each of which has approximately 3,000 square feet of space.
Exhibitions include thematic group exhibitions, one-person exhibitions, and both local and regional juried exhibitions.
More About Our Exhibitions
A small gallery on the third floor is reserved for the presentation of Grant Wood’s Corn Room Mural, a 1926 work that was originally created for the Martin Hotel, one block north of the Art Center. Second-floor gallery space is reserved for exhibitions with a local connection. Three first-floor galleries are used to present exhibitions of artworks in the permanent collection.
In 2003, the Art Center began a new series of exhibitions that are sponsored by the Blockbuster Partners, a group of supporters who are committed to making large-scale exhibitions accessible to the Sioux City community. Subjects of Blockbuster exhibitions since 2003 have included Rodin, da Vinci, and Pollock, and have featured subjects ranging from Colonial and early American historical objects and the photographic documentation of the western United States to motorcycles and Lego bricks.
Current Exhibitions
Siouxland Artists, Inc. Annual Competition 2022
May 7, 2022—August 7, 2022
Siouxland Artists, Inc. is an organization that is dedicated to advancing the work of regional artists. Members work in a variety of mediums and materials, and include both professional and amateur artists.
Read MoreTowers of Tomorrow
May 7, 2022—August 7, 2022
Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO® Bricks partners some of the world’s most dazzling and innovative skyscrapers with the world’s most popular building brick. The exhibit features 20 astonishing skyscrapers from North America, Asia, and Australia constructed in breathtaking architectural detail by Ryan McNaught, one of only twelve LEGO® certified professionals in the world.
Read MoreBriar Cliff Review Exhibition
April 21, 2022—July 17, 2022
The Briar Cliff Review Exhibition includes artwork by local and regional artists featured in the 2022 edition of the Briar Cliff Review, Briar Cliff University’s award-winning journal of literature and the arts, now in its 34th year.
Read MoreEarth-Water-Light
April 12, 2022—December 31, 2040
This long-term exhibition includes more than 80 artworks from the Sioux City Art Center’s permanent collection. Each gallery contains artworks that are organized by the words, Earth Water and Light.
Read MoreGrant Wood’s Corn Room Mural
June 1, 2007—December 31, 2040
For the first time since 1992, Grant Wood’s Corn Room mural is shown in its entirety. An exhibition gallery was created in the summer of 2007 in the third-floor H. H. Everist Gallery for long-term display of the mural, while at the same time allowing the remaining Jensen and Terra galleries to be used for changing exhibitions.
Read MoreUpcoming Exhibitions
Local Perspectives
July 28, 2022—November 6, 2022
Local Perspectives is the ever-popular exhibition that celebrates the diversity, talent and enthusiasm of you, YES YOU, our local artists!
Read MoreNancy Friedemann-Sánchez: Turn of the Sea
August 20, 2022—November 27, 2022
The Sioux City Art Center is delighted to present Turn of the Sea, a solo exhibition by Colombo-American artist Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez. Turn of the Sea will be an exciting opportunity for audiences to see the Lincoln, Nebraska-based artist’s largest paintings and installations together for the first time.
Read MorePast Exhibitions
Sioux City Artists in the Collection: The Last 25 Years
January 29, 2022—April 10, 2022
This exhibition includes artworks by Sioux City artists that have joined the permanent collection during the last 25 years.
Read MoreYouth Art Month Exhibition: High School Students
February 12, 2022—April 10, 2022
This annual exhibition celebrates the artwork of Siouxland students from the tri-state area. The 2022 installation includes creative expressions by high school students in diverse styles and materials.
Read MoreARTcetera 2022
February 25, 2022—April 1, 2022
The Sioux City Art Center will present ARTcetera, its triennial art auction, in early 2022 and we would love to include your artwork. The artworks in ARTcetera will be installed in our three first-floor galleries, totaling approximately 5,000 square feet.
Read MoreMolly Wood: The Poison Garden
November 13, 2021—February 6, 2022
Des Moines photographer Molly Wood has on ongoing fascination with the duality of botanicals—the seductive potential for flora to be toxic in one form and healing in another.
Read MorePast Exhibition Archive
2022
February 6, 2022
January 23, 2022
January 11, 2022
January 9, 2022
January 9, 2022
2021
November 7, 2021
October 10, 2021
September 26, 2021
August 8, 2021
July 18, 2021
May 9, 2021
April 25, 2021
April 11, 2021
January 24, 2021
January 17, 2021
2020
November 1, 2020
November 1, 2020
October 11, 2020
October 11, 2020
May 3, 2020
April 26, 2020
February 16, 2020
February 2, 2020
February 2, 2020
January 12, 2020
2019
November 17, 2019
November 3, 2019
September 1, 2019
July 21, 2019
July 7, 2019
April 14, 2019
March 10, 2019
February 3, 2019
2018
November 25, 2018
November 25, 2018
August 26, 2018
August 5, 2018
April 22, 2018
February 4, 2018
January 21, 2018
January 7, 2018
2017
October 29, 2017
October 1, 2017
August 27, 2017
July 9, 2017
June 25, 2017
April 30, 2017
March 12, 2017
March 12, 2017
February 19, 2017
February 5, 2017
2016
December 4, 2016
October 23, 2016
August 7, 2016
January 31, 2016
2015
July 12, 2015
2014
September 14, 2014
June 1, 2014
2012
April 5, 2012
2003
May 11, 2003