Past Exhibitions

The gallery features over 90 works by talented artists from all over the country. The proceeds of the 2026 Spring Gala Art Auction support living artists as well as Plains Art Museum, the only accredited art museum in North Dakota.

When the lights go out, the museum no longer behaves as a place of order, preservation, and quiet observation. Instead, objects come to life, and carefully constructed displays begin to unravel.

Local Color invites viewers on a journey through the familiar yet quietly stunning landscapes of the Upper Midwest. In her debut solo exhibition, Elizabeth Eggl captures the beauty of the Red River Valley’s winding roads, expansive fields, and tranquil waters.

Floating Beauty examines historical perspectives on women and their depiction in art in Edo Period Japan (1615–1858). Made up entirely of woodblock prints created in the ukiyo-e style.

Fifty Years of Photography and Design is a retrospective exhibition celebrating Murray Lemley’s artistic career.

This exhibition represents four centuries of art created by remarkable women who struggled against gender bias to take their places in history. Until the twentieth century, women were frequently denied formal training and often had difficulty showing and selling their work.

Color Improvisations 3 features 42 colorful, larger-than-life quilts that celebrate the expressive possibility of color in contemporary textile art.

Homing is a solo exhibition featuring the work of regional multidisciplinary artist Alicia Hauff. This body of work examines the disconnect between contemporary life and the ecological, ancestral, and somatic systems that have sustained human and non-human communities.

This annual exhibition celebrates the creativity, vision, and talent of North Dakota’s teen visual artists and writers.

Taking inspiration from a holistic nature of human experience, Convergence: Heath & Creativity – New Work by Anne Labovitz is a body of work by noted international and Minnesota-based artist Anne Labovitz.

Every other year, the Fargo-Moorhead Visual Artists (FMVA) invites its member artists to respond to a creative challenge tied to a specific theme. For this edition of Constraint, artists were asked: What Do You Think It Looks Like?

Inkpa Mani is an Indigenous, Mexican/American artist from Minnesota and Chihuahua, MX. Throughout his work, he blends modern techniques with traditional Native American aesthetics. Based in rural Minnesota, Inkpa Mani creates work that celebrates the beauty of the modern Indigenous world.