- …to unravel the bind: Maine College of Art 2020 Faculty Triennial: January 17 – March 1, 2020
- Jan Piribeck: The Qajaq Journey: December 17, 2019 – January 13, 2020
The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art features innovative exhibitions that showcase new perspectives and trends in contemporary art. Located in stunning galleries in our landmark Porteous Building, the ICA at MECA presents cutting edge work by local, national, and international artists.
Past Exhibitions
2020
2019
- DesignInquiry: Futurespective: October 4 – December 14, 2019
- Darkness and the Light: July 12 – September 20, 2019
- 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 10 – June 8, 2019
- Parasitic Honeyshoes | Visual Tensions | Letting Yourself Go: April 5 – 26, 2019
- Drawing Now: January 17 – March 22, 2019
2018
- Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways: October 5 – December 14, 2018
- Curious Nature: 2018 Alumni Triennial: August 3 – September 15, 2018
- Tim Bavington: Rock & Roll Abstraction (Bob Crewe Gallery): July 13 – October 19, 2018
- 2018 MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 11 – June 8, 2018
- You Never Know How You Look Through Other People’s Eyes: March 8 – April 20, 2018
- Off the Wall: January 17–February 23, 2018
2017
- Confabulations of Millennia: October 6 – December 8, 2017
- American Genre: Contemporary Painting: July 20 – September 15, 2017
- 2017 MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 12 – June 9, 2017
- VRAGE: April 26 – 28, 2017
- UNLOADED: March 16 – April 14, 2017
- Collective Actions II: February 1–March 3, 2017
2016
- Anguish: The Grave Misgivings of Remembrance: October 28, 2016 – January 14, 2017
- In This Realm: October 6–21, 2016
- Bounty: August 24–September 29, 2016
- Made in LA: July 1— Sunday, July 31, 2016
- Ann Hirsch: Sharing Love: July 1—August 12, 2016
- Ceramics Pop-up Shop: June 9—June 19, 2016
- Brothers, Some Good Times, and The Last Huraa: June 3–June 5, 2016
- 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 6–May 27, 2016
- Collective Actions: April 1–April, 2016
- MECA Through & Through: March 23, 2016
- Tinderbox: January 11–March 5, 2016
2015
- Razzle Dazzle Sis Boom Bah: January 21–April 5, 2015
- East to East: June 5–July 3, 2015
- The Sound Closet
- Thomas Moser Legacy in Wood: July 22–September 20, 2015
- Innocent Production: September 28–October 5, 2015
- Residual Utopia, Alumni Biennial 2015: October 9–December 15, 2015
- Fantastical Reality: December 21, 2015–January 3, 2016
- We Are What We Hide: June 2013—June 2016
2014
- Project _: August 21–October 12, 2014
- The Wrong Kind of Bars: August 21–October 12, 2014
- Rehearsal Space: Dance and Conversation: June 11–August 3, 2014
- 2014 MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 9–June 1, 2014
- Bryan Graf: Moving Across the Interior: January 22–April 6, 2014
- Idea of North: February 22, 2014
2013
- 2013 Maine College of Art Faculty Exhibition: November 7–December 22, 2013
- Allan Kaprow: How To Make A Happening: November 7–December 22, 2013
- Ardor: 2013 Alumni Biennial Juried Exhibition: August 24–October 13, 2013
- Kate Gilmore: Mind the Square: June 3–August 4, 2013
- Alex Da Corte: Fun Sponge: June 3–August 4, 2013
- Dan DenDanto and Frank DenDanto: Bump: January 23–April 7, 2013
- Ander Mikalson: A Score for Two Dinosaurs: January 23–April 7, 2013
- The Peninsula School: January 23–April 7, 2013
2012
- The World Over: 2012 MECA Faculty Exhibition: November 7–December 22, 2012
- MEGAWORDS: August 16–October 6, 2012
- Lisi Raskin + Kimberely Kay: MotorPark: June 13–October 6, 2012
- Bridgman & Packer: October 5–6th, 2012
- The Art Department: Lazer Hotel: June 13–August 5, 2012
- Francis Cape: Utopian Benches: June 13–August 5, 2012
- 2012 MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 10–June 2, 2012
- Consumption: April 17–19, 2012
- Access to Tools: Publications from the Whole Earth Catalog, 1968–1974: January 25–April 8, 2012
- Michael Bell-Smith: January 25–April 8, 2012
2011
- A Perpetual Present: 2011 MECA Faculty Selects Exhibition: November 16–December 23, 2011
- Time-Lag Records: Listening Room: October 12–26, 2011
- Miguel Calderón: Inverted Star / Poseídos: October 12–26, 2011
- Rally: 2011 Maine College of Art Alumni Exhibition: August 24–October 9, 2011
- Speak More Clearly: August 24–October 9, 2011
- Drawn to Disaster: June 22–August 7, 2011
- Project Space Videos: June 22–Sunday, August 7, 2011
- 2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 14–June 12, 2011
- Lili Reynaud-Dewar: Cléda’s Chairs: April 26–29, 2011
- FOREST: April 19–23, 2011
- Fracturing the Burning Glass: Between Mirror and Meaning: January 26–April 10 , 2011
- ICA Collaboration with the Portland Pirates: March 1–6, 2011
2010
- 2010 Faculty Exhibition: Vivaria Particula: November 17, 2010–January 9, 2011
- Mind Bending with the Mundane: September 1–October 17, 2010
- A Meticulous Ferment: June 23–August 15, 2010
- MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 7–June 6, 2010
- Exchange: January 20–April 11, 2010
2009
- Archaeology Above Ground: November 18–December 20, 2009
- aggregate: September 2–October 18, 2009
- Magnify: June 24–August 16, 2009
- 2009 MFA Thesis: May 9–June 7, 2009
- Manifold: March 25–April 24, 2009
- Twilight: January 21–March 8, 2009
2008
- Out There: The Mediated Landscape: November 19–December 21, 2008
- Ruminant: August 27–October 19, 2008
- Send: Conversations in Evolving Media: June 11–August 10, 2008
- 2008 MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 10–24, 2008
- 2008 Senior Index Exhibition: April 2–April 27, 2008
- 2008 Winter Exhibition Series: January 25–March 16, 2008
2007
- intervals: MFA Alumni Exhibtion: October 12–27, 2007
- Maine College of Art 33rd Annual Art Auction: November 9, 2007
- Anthromorph Alumni Exhibition: August 29–October 7, 2007
- Corridor at Sea: The Performative Object: June 15–August 19, 2007
- Maine College of Art MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 12–25, 2007
- BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition: May 12–29, 2007
2006
- Robert Indiana & MECA Prints
- From Baja to Bar Harbor: Transnational Contemporary Art
- The Body Eclectic: Selections from the RBC Dain Rauscher Collection
- 2006 Faculty Exhibition
2005
- Michael Queenland: Photographs, Sculptures and Shaker Classics
- 2005 MFA in Studio Arts Faculty Exhibition
- 2005 Senior Thesis Index
- Back From Nature: The Sportsman Redux
- 2005 Maine College of Art Faculty Exhibition
- 2005 Regional Scholastic Art Awards
2004
- Living Green: Examining Sustainability
- MECA Art Auction
- Wenda Gu: Middle Kingdom to Biological Millennium
- 2004 Senior Thesis Exhibitions
- Curators’ Intuition
- 2004 Maine College of Art Faculty Exhibition
- 2004 Regional Scholastic Art Awards
2003
- MECA Alumni Exhibition
- Art Auction
- Skowhegan Faculty 2002-03
- Senior Thesis Exhibition 2003
- Sebastiao Salgado: Migrations-Humanity in Transition
- 2003 Scholastic Art Awards
- 2003 Maine College of Art Faculty Exhibition
2002
- MECA Art Auction
- William Pope.L: eRacism
- Playground
- 2002 Senior Thesis Exhibition
- Terrain: Sculpture Today
- 2002 Maine College of Art Faculty Exhibition
- 2002 Scholastic Art Awards
2001
- Maine Contemporary Furniture
- MECA Art Auction
- Two Photographers
- 2001 Maine College of Art MFA Faculty Exhibition
- Katarina Weslien, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Ulf Rolloff
- Domestic Culture: home in visual culture
- 2001 Maine College of Art Faculty Exhibition
- DAY WITH(OUT) Art
2000 & Previous
2000
- MECA Art Auction
- Translation/Seduction/Displacement
- Robert Farber: A Retrospective, 1984–1995
- Senior Thesis Exhibition 2000
- Beyond Decorum: The Photography of Iké Udé
- Scholastic Art Awards
- Congressional Art Awards
- 2000 Maine College of Art Faculty Exhibition
1999
- Rez Williams: Steel Walls and Waterlines
- Eva Marco
- The Art of Reading : Books and Non-Books
- From the Centre to the Edge
- Maine College of Art Alumni Exhibition
- Lucy Mitchell: Omnium Gatherum
- Senior Thesis Exhibition 1999
- 1999 Maine College of Art BFA Exhibition
- Maine High School Competition
- 3 Installations
- 1999 Maine College of Art Faculty Exhibition
1998
- Do It
- Tonee Harbert, Bradley McCallum,
- Martha Rosler Lesley Dill, Judy LaBrasco, Susie Brandt
- 1998 Senior Thesis Exhibition
- 1998 Maine College of Art BFA Exhibition
- Maine High School Competition
- David Thomas, Tom Friedman, Lucy White
- 1998 Maine College of Art Faculty
- Uta Barth, Nancy Chunn, Anthony Caro
- Zeke Berman, Harvey Quaytman,
- Deborah Oropallo
- Quiet in the Land
- David Ireland
- Flow Thru Out by Mierle Laderman Ukeles