Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Metallic wall-hanging sculpture with pinks and blues
Ed Andrews, 1 with Shadow, 2025, paint on layered aluminum

Ed Andrews: Stratified Structures

  • January 20-February 6, 2026
  • Opening Reception - Thursday, January 22, 4-6 PM
  • Artist Talk - Wednesday, January 28, 12:30-2:00 PM, ALEX AND ANI Hall 138

Curated by Rhode Island College Professor William Martin, the work in this exhibition, “Stratified Structures,” is a natural extension of the work Ed Andrews has been creating over the past eight years.  In this new series of metal wall sculptures, Andrews continues to hone his process and to make new sculptures using a wide variety of colors and compositions. This exhibition takes place in conjunction with the unveiling of Ed Andrews' new public artwork, Full Circle, commissioned by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts through the Allocation for Art for Public Facilities Act, that was newly installed on Craig-Lee Hall at Rhode Island College in November 2025.

Drawing with a cardboard box open and spewing smoke and ash
Elena Peteva, Of Smoke and Ash II, 2024, charcoal on paper, 30" x 34"

Elena Peteva: Material and Immaterial

  • February 19-March 20, 2026
  • Reception - Thursday, February 26, 4-7 PM

Elena Peteva’s drawings and installations embody individual, social, and global states. Subject and material come together as metaphors in distilled images and forms – a box with black smoke ominously rising, hands reaching into a dark tangle of lines, a large mound of charcoal. Her work creates a uniquely charged stillness that holds both the real and the ethereal, presence and absence. The viewer is invited into a contemplative space that unfolds visually, psychologically, and emotionally.

Sarah Sense: Land, Lines, Blood, Memory

  • March 26-April 24, 2026
  • Opening Reception - TBD

2026 Graduating Art Students' Exhibition

  • May 7-22, 2026
  • Opening Reception - Thursday, May 7, 4-7 PM, in the gallery
Rhode Island College entrance

Contact

Bannister Gallery

Located in Rhode Island College’s Roberts Hall, the Bannister Gallery presents 7 to 8 exhibitions a year by local, regional and international artists.

Dr. Victoria Gao

Director

Bannister Gallery and Exhibitions