Keerat Kaur\u2019s \u2018If Gardens Could Dream\u2019 at Surrey Art Gallery this summer<\/p>\n
Published 7:30 pm Thursday, June 25, 2026<\/p>\n
Canadian-born artist and architect Keerat Kaur is the main focus of Surrey Art Gallery exhibits and events this summer.<\/p>\n
A solo show of hers, If Gardens Could Dream, is featured from July 4 to Aug. 30 at the gallery in Bear Creek Park, where a \u201cSeeds of Imagination\u201d exhibit-opening art party happens Saturday, July 11, from 6 to 9 p.m. Admission is free.<\/p>\n
Lushness of language and nature is celebrated in Kaur\u2019s art exhibit, curated by Suvi Bains.<\/p>\n
\u201cKaur invites the viewer to consider the garden as more than a place \u2014 it becomes a living archive of memory, language and belonging,\u201d Bains says. \u201cHer work traces the journeys of stories, seeds and cultural knowledge across generations and geographies, reminding us that marginalized communities take root in many places while remaining connected to ancestral lands. I\u2019m honoured to share Kaur\u2019s work in Surrey where so many histories of migration, care, and cultural exchange continue to shape the city\u2019s landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kaur\u2019s work includes painting, sculpture, digital media, embroidery, poetry and architectural forms.<\/p>\n
If Gardens Could Dream grew from her 2023 exhibit, Panjabi Garden, featuring Panjabi and Gurmukhi scripts.<\/p>\n
Starting July 26, Kaur\u2019s artwork is also featured in a Symbol Harvesting digital-art show at UrbanScreen, at Surrey Civic Plaza, translating imagery from a three-foot-wide acrylic painting with hand embroidery and beading.<\/p>\n
At Surrey Art Gallery for a Family Art Party on July 18 from 1 to 5 p.m., Kaur will be in the Studio Theatre between 2 and 2:30 p.m. for an interactive story time and reading.<\/p>\n
On July 30, Kaur will lead a tour of her exhibition in Punjabi during Surrey Art Gallery Association\u2019s Thursday Artist Talk, 7 p.m. start.<\/p>\n
In a 35-minute video posted to Surrey Art Gallery\u2019s Youtube channel, viewers are invited to step inside Kaur\u2019s world of creativity.<\/p>\n
A connection between language, memory and the natural world involves one of Kaur\u2019s most cherished symbols, the pomegranate.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have had a lifelong attachment to this fruit as it was a delicacy during my visits to India,\u201d she says. \u201cUpon seeing a pomegranate, my synesthetic interpretation is of maroon rubies surrounded by a crimson marble encasing\u201d \u2014 a resemblance to stones and minerals symbolizing both opulence and fortitude, qualities that resonate throughout her work.<\/p>\n
Also featured at Surrey Art Centre is ARTS 2026, the Arts Council of Surrey\u2019s annual juried exhibition, with prizes awarded in five categories. See painting, sculpture, photography, digital, new media and other works until Aug. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keerat Kaur\u2019s \u2018If Gardens Could Dream\u2019 at Surrey Art Gallery this summer Published 7:30 pm Thursday, June 25,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-518832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}