On-Campus Exhibitions
Current exhibitions
![abstract black-and-white illustration](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2025-02/Vessel.jpg?h=6c8e5a40&itok=xTNjO1BR)
through Feb 14, 2025
Color Lab Picture Window Gallery
Multidisciplinary exhibition exploring the power of chromatic expression
![pink and green show poster](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2025-01/Big-Fat_0.jpg?h=e8ee222d&itok=GpC-T_o8)
through Feb 23, 2025
Gelman Gallery
Curated by Maithili Chaturvedi 25 PT and Paree Rohera 25 PT
Opening reception: Jan 16, 6–8 pm
![wall-mounted brass piece with hanging cyllinders](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2025-02/JM-recrop_0.jpg?h=cda59b1f&itok=xFX2tkEk)
through Feb 23, 2025
Closing reception: Feb 20, 6–7:30 pm
Woods-Gerry Gallery
![rectangular chunk of glass with blue undertones](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2025-02/Glass.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=lIpO_H-C)
through Mar 9, 2025
Sol Koffler Graduate Student Gallery
Opening reception: Jan 23, 7–9 pm
![blue image reminiscent of an inkblot with names of student contributors](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2024-05/Intimate-Oppositions-Exhibition.jpg?h=090bdddc&itok=j3f1NOWA)
through Apr 2025
Bowen Suite Gallery, President’s House
(open by appointment or invitation only)
curated by students in Critical Curatorial Studies course
![detail of a Japanese print](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2024-12/Road-Less-Traveled.jpg?h=615e7dea&itok=LDpejEXv)
through May 4, 2025
RISD Museum
![ornate View of Venice wallpaper](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2024-11/Wallpaper.jpg?h=9ed20178&itok=TXes20Q4)
through May 11, 2025
RISD Museum
Featuring more than 100 rare samples of salvaged wallpapers, borders, fragments and design drawings from the 1700s and 1800s.
![lace top against black background](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2024-12/Philippines-Textiles.jpg?h=1929ab36&itok=D4m58kaT)
through May 11, 2025
RISD Museum
![sepia-toned image of a woman in an old-fashioned wedding dress](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2025-01/Process-Work-Risd-Museum.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=FWx0Xa_T)
Feb 1–Jul 20, 2025
RISD Museum
Intersections of photography and print, ca. 1825 to today
![close-up of an intricate yellow ceramics bauble](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2024-06/Museum-ceramics-show.jpg?h=4a72205b&itok=WpBCCTHH)
through Jun 14, 2026
RISD Museum
curated by Emily Banas
Gallery information
From student-curated shows to a world-class museum with vibrant programming, RISD invites art lovers to enjoy a range of ever-changing exhibitions on campus. (Click any gallery name for detailed location information.)
Illustration Studies Building
One Washington Place
Architecture exhibition space
Bayard Ewing Building
231 South Main Street
132 Bowen Street
(open by appointment or invitation only)
Chace Center
20 North Main Street
Chace Center, 2nd floor
20 North Main Street
Illustration Studies Building, 1st floor
One Washington Place
Memorial Hall
226 Benefit Street
Chace Center
20 North Main Street
Photography exhibition space
Design Center, 4th floor
30 North Main Street
224 Benefit Street
Center for Integrative Technologies, 1st floor
169 Weybosset Street
20 Washington Place, 1st floor
Waterman Street Building
13 Waterman Street
Woods-Gerry House, 1st floor
62 Prospect Street
Get to know RISD
Students are invited to propose and curate group shows for this vibrant gallery located at the entrance to the RISD Museum.
RISD’s downtown venue for showing graduate student work hosts a series of ever-changing shows throughout the academic year.
Activating the first floor of a 19th-century mansion, RISD’s original student gallery is the primary venue for showing undergraduate work.