Past Exhibitions
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
Clay Artists at the Duluth Art Institute
Group Exhibition
February 1–May 3 John Steffl Gallery
The Visual Voice of Autism
Harrison Halker Heinks February 2–May 31, 2021 George Morrison Gallery
Personal
Ann Magnusson March 16–June 6, 2021 Corridor Gallery
Youth Art Month
Virtual Exhibition
March 1–March 31
2020
Identity
Blair Treuer
November – December John Steffl Gallery
Integument
Susanna Gaunt
October – January George Morrison Gallery
Material
Alyssa Swanson
October 13-March 8 Corridor Gallery
Transitions
Group Exhibition
October 2020 – July 2021 Depot Great Hall
Reveal
Emily Stokes
July – November John Steffl Gallery
Odysseus and Penelope Kari Halker-Saathoff
July – October George Morrison Gallery
Sisterhood
Sue Rauschenfels
July – October Corridor Gallery
Reflections
Kristen Kaas
October 2020 – February 2021 Depot Performing Arts Wing
Bloodline
Tia Keo
July – October John Steffl Gallery
Response
Open Call Group Exhibition
May – October DAI Website
Emerging Photographers March 9–29, 2020 Saint Louis County Depot Great Hall
Tignon
Chesley Antoinette
March 2020–September 2021 Smartify
War Paint
Shaun Chosa
January–March, 2020 DAI John Steffl Gallery
Youth Art Month: Take a Journey Through Art March 1–31, 2020 Whole Foods Co-Op Denfeld
Creepy Crawl
Andy Messerschmidt February 14–April 12, 2020 DAI Corridor Gallery
Minnesota Black Fine Art Show
May 2020 – June 2021 Smartify
Our Neighbors
Exhibiting Artists from Birkenstein Arts Movement
January–March, 2020 City Hall Rotunda
Annual Member Show February 6–March 1, 2020 Saint Louis County Depot Great Hall
Sharon Dawson
January–March, 2020 City Hall Mayor’s Reception Room
2019
Minnesota Black Fine Arts Show
September 17, 2019–January 2, 2020 John Steffl Gallery
Integrated Vision
Laura Andrews & Paula Gudmundson
December 2019–March 2020 George Morrison Gallery
Medium Control
Tommy Kronquist December 30, 2019– February 9, 2020 Corridor Gallery
Claudia Faith
October–December 2019 City Hall Mayor’s Reception Room
Family
Claudia Faith
September–November 2019 Corridor Gallery
Jean: The Inspiration Behind the Birkenstein Art Movement
September 17–December 3, 2019 George Morrison Gallery
Rituals
Shannon Cousino October–December 2019 Corridor Gallery
Our Neighbors
Artists from CHOICE Unlimited
October–December 2019 City Hall Rotunda
Strata
Susanna Gaunt, Russell Prather, Natalie Salminen Rude, Juliane Shibata
May 8–August 11, 2019 John Steffl Gallery
I Am What’s Wrong With The World
Allen Killian-Moore
May 23–August 11, 2019 George Morrison Gallery
Popular Opinions: A Cultural Discussion
Group Exhibit
May 30 – July 31 DAI Corridor Gallery
Kathy McTavish
July–September 2019 City Hall Rotunda & City Hall Mayor’s Reception Room
62nd Arrowhead Regional Biennial
Group Exhibit
January 17 – April 15, 2019 DAI John Steffl Gallery
Akinomaage
Vern Northrup
January 17 – May 5, 2019 DAI George Morrison Gallery
Emerging Photographers Group Exhibit
March 21–May 5, 2019 Corridor Gallery
Paul LaJeunesse
April – June 2019 City Hall Mayor’s Reception Room
Kelly Dupre
April – June 2019 City Hall Rotunda
Jazz Forest
Ray Allard
January 2 – March 5, 2019 DAI Corridor Gallery
Student Member Show April – May, 2019 Lincoln Park Building
2018
Real-Unreal
Darren Houser
November 8 – December 30, 2018 DAI John Steffl Gallery
Exceptionally Ordinary Patrick Luber
November 8 – December 30, 2018 DAI George Morrison Gallery
Nik Nerburn is a Camera Nik Nerburn
September 13 – December 2, 2018 DAI Corridor Gallery
Patricia Canelake
October – November 2018 City Hall Reception Room
Mesabi Land Portraits Aaron Squadroni September 13 – October 28, 2018 DAI John Steffl Gallery
Land/People
Amanda Breitbach September 13 – October 28, 2018 DAI George Morrison Gallery
20th Anniversary Homegrown Illustration Show
Group Exhibit, DAI & Prove Gallery Collaboration
April 27 – May 18, 2018 Prove Gallery, 21 N Lake Ave
Sonic Divide: States Payton MacDonald, and work by Kenneth D. Johnson
July 12 – September 2, 2018 DAI John Steffl Gallery
Every Spirit Tells a Story Chholing Taha
July 12 – September 2, 2018 DAI Morrision Gallery
Youth Art Month
Group Exhibit
March 2018 Whole Foods Co-op Denfeld
Querida Presencia Jonathan Herrera
May 10 – July 1, 2018 DAI John Steffl Gallery
Boreal Ornament
Tara Austin
May 10 – July 1, 2018 DAI Morrison Gallery
Territory: Emerging Photographers 2017
Riley Loew, Haley Pehrson, Wilson Johnson, Chris Wodicka, Joanna Harms, and Krista Mathes February 22 – April 9, 2018 DAI Corridor Gallery
The Cut Worm Forgives the Plow:
Russell Prather
March 8 – April 29, 2018 DAI John Steffl Gallery
Terraria Gigantica
Dana Fritz
March 8 – April 28, 2018 DAI Morrison Gallery
100 Years
Tia Keoboungpheng January 11 – February 25, 2018 DAI Corridor Gallery
Art & Craft
Penny Perry
January 11- February 25, 2018 DAI John Steffl Gallery
Type13
David Short
January 11- February 25, 2018 DAI Morrison Gallery
2017
PLAY
Robert Dewitt Adams, Elizabeth LaPensee, & Christopher Selleck
June 29 – Sept. 9, 2017 DAI John Steffl Gallery
Peripheral Vignettes Jonathan Thunder
June 29 – Sept. 1, 2017 DAI Morrison Gallery
Plein Air Duluth: Paint du Nord 2017
Group Exhibition
July 15 – Aug. 27, 2017 Blacklist Artisan Ales
Strongman
Joe Klander
April 20 – June 18, 2017 DAI Steffl Gallery
Lest We Forget
Sandra Brick & Fred Amram
April 20 – June 18, 2017 DAI Morrison Gallery
Homegrown Photo Stupor & Homegrown Music Festival Photography
Group Exhibits
May 1- 25 Red Herring Lounge
Gezielt (Targeted)
Carla Hamilton
Feb. 23 – April 9, 2017 DAI Steffl Gallery
Rooted Expression Elizabeth Kuth
Feb. 16 – April 9, 2017 DAI Morrison Gallery
Emerging Photographers 2017
Group Exhibit
Feb. 23 – April 1, 2017 DAI Corridor Gallery
Youth Art Month Exhibition: Typography Edition
Group Exhibit
March 2 – 30, 2017 Whole Foods Co-op, Denfeld
The 61st Arrowhead Regional Biennial
Group Exhibit
Nov. 10, 2016 – Feb. 9, 2017 DAI John Steffl Gallery
4North: New Work
Alison Aune, Kirsten Aune, Ann Klefstad, and Arna Rennan
Nov. 10, 2016 – Feb. 2, 2017 DAI George Morrison Gallery
2017 Annual Membership Exhibition
Group Exhibit
Jan. 26 – Feb. 24, 2017 Duluth Depot Great Hall
2016
Rust & Flow
David Asher Everett
Sept. 22 – Nov. 6, 2016 DAI John Steffl Gallery
Fragments/Memory
Adam McCauley
Sept. 22 – Nov. 6, 2016 DAI George Morrison Gallery
My Mind’s Eye: Portraits Inspired by Shakespeare’s First Folio
Group Show
October 3 – 27, 2016 DAI Corridor Gallery
Duluth Quantum Computing Project: Storytelling in a Digital Age
Kathy McTavish
August 1 – October 1, 2016 3 West Superior Street
In and Out of Context
Tim White
June 16 – September 7, 2016 DAI John Steffl Gallery
From the Basement
Brent Kustermann
Sept. 22 – Nov. 6, 2016 DAI Steffl & Morrison Galleries
Plein Air Duluth: Paint du Nord
Group Show
July 15 – September 9, 2016 DAI George Morrison & Corridor Galleries
Duluth Street Photographer
D.R. Martin
Curated by Kip Praslowicz
July 21 – September 6, 2016 Red Herring Lounge
Hat-Trick: A Celebration of Hockey and Art
Group Show featuring Tim Cortes
April 14 – June 2, 2016 DAI John Steffl Gallery
Team Spirit
Jen Dietrich and Robb Quisling
April 14 – July 7, 2016 DAI George Morrison Gallery
The St. Louis River: Diverse Connections
Ivy Vainio
April 4 – 10, 2016, Great Hall, Duluth Depot April 11 – May 22, 2016, DAI Corridor Gallery
Pattern Conspiracy
Naomi Christenson Performance: May 26, 2016 May 26 – June 23, 2016 DAI Depot Great Hall
Design DLH Pop-Up Shop & Exhibition
Group Show
May 12-14, 2016 Depot Great Hall
Public Domain
Ken Bloom
February 11 – April 2, 2016 DAI George Morrison Gallery
Homegrown Photo Stupor
Group Show
May 11-16, 2016 Red Herring Lounge
Homegrown Photography
Show Group
Show May 2-8, 2016 Red Herring Lounge Curated by Kip Praslowicz
Land of Wonder
Shawna Gilmore
February 11 – April 2, 2016 DAI John Steffl Gallery
Youth Art Month Exhibition
Group Show
March 3 – 26, 2016 Depot Great Hall
2016 Emerging Photographers
Group Show
January 21 – March 31, 2016 DAI Corridor Gallery
2016 Annual DAI Membership Exhibition Group Show
January 21—February 21, 2016 Depot Great Hall
All About Eve
Group Show
January 15, 2016 Depot Great Hall
2015
Portrait of an Artist & (Self) Portrait of an Artist
Sarah Brokke
October 15, 2015 – January 21, 2016 George Morrison & John Steffl Galleries
Spirit
Karen Savage Blue September 3 – October 4, 2015 George Morrison Gallery
Sorry Mom I’m so High
Flo Matamoros
October 15, 2015 – January 4, 2016 Corridor Gallery
Life of Beauty
Karen Burmeister September 10 – October 4, 2015 John Steffl Gallery
Plein Air Duluth: Paint du Nord
Group Show
July 17 – September 6, 2015 John Steffl Gallery & Corridor Gallery
Duluth Sister Cities Student Show
September 1 – 11, 2015 Corridor Gallery
Poetics of Evolution Carolyn Halliday
May 14 – July 9, 2015 DAI John Steffl Gallery
MN Comics: Paneled Pages from the Northland
Group Show
June 18 – August 27, 2015 DAI George Morrison Gallery
Port City Supply Co.
Cody Paulson
April 9 – June 20, 2015 Corridor Gallery
A Retrospective Response
Lake Superior Watercolor Society
February 19 – May 1, 2015 DAI John Steffl Gallery
Found Horizons
Karen Owsley Nease
April 30 – June 4, 2015 DAI George Morrison Gallery
Youth Art Month
March 5 – 25, 2015 Depot Great Hall
60th Arrowhead Regional Biennial & From the Collection
November 13 – February 15, 2015 John Steffl Gallery & North Shore Bank of Commerce
Natural Contract
Ryuta Nakajima & Aya Kawaguchi
February 19—April 19, 2015 DAI George Morrison Gallery
2015 Annual Membership Show
January 23 – February 15, 2015 Depot Great Hall
2014
Ark of the Anthropocene Sean Connaughty September 11 – November 2, 2014 Steffl Gallery
Drawing at the Horizon George Morrison November 13, 2014 – February 8, 2015 Morrison Gallery
Meaning of Home
Jo Wood
October 20, 2014 – January 22, 2015 Corridor Gallery
Native Skywatchers Annette Lee, William Wilson, Carl Gawboy
May 8 – August 31, 2014 Morrison & Steffl Galleries
Signs & Wonders
Jim Klueg & Fatih Benzer September 11 – November 2, 2014 Morrison Gallery
Earl Austin: Retrospective
September 2 – October 19, 2014 Corridor Gallery
The Garden Before the Fall
Lizzie Wortham
Presented by Duluth Art Institute & Zeitgeist Arts September 7 – September 30, 2014 Zeitgeist Arts Atrium
Women In Black: We are Still on the Streets
Vesna Pavlovic
April 21 – 24, 2014 Steffl Gallery
The Space Around You Kristen Pless
February 6 – April 20, 2014 Morrison Gallery
(Un)Ordinary
Emi Lyman
April 3 – August 28, 2014 Corridor Gallery
Hero/Villain/Savior/Scoundrel: Images of Jim Carlson & Don Ness
Presented by Duluth Art Institute & Zeitgeist Arts April 5 – May 3, 2014 Zeitgeist Arts Atrium
First Spark
K-12 Youth Art Show February 20 – April 20, 2014 Steffl Gallery
Broken Threads. Lost Causes.
New Work by Scott Murphy
November 14, 2013 – January 27, 2014 Morrison Gallery
Emerging Photographers Featuring Work by UMD’s Photography Department January 23 – March 27, 2014 Corridor Gallery
Annual Membership Show 2014
January 23 – February 20, 2014 Depot Great Hall
Any Day
Kip Praslowicz
December 5, 2013 – February 10, 2014 Steffl Gallery
2013
Forgotten Tales
New Work by Robin Murphy
September 19 – November 24, 2013 Steffl Gallery
Possession
National Juried Ceramics Show
Morrison Gallery September 5 – November 2, 2013
Start Seeing Duluth
Plein Air Paintings of the Zenith City by Matt Kania October 17 – December 31, 2013 Corridor Gallery
Revisiting Twain’s Mississippi
New Photographs by Chris Faust Steffl Gallery
July 1 – September 8, 2013
Water Works Celebrating our most precious resource and the artists who share in the primitive pull towards H2O
Morrison Gallery June 20 – August 25
Canvas of Flesh
New Work by Amanda Brunner
Corridor Gallery August 29 – October 6, 2013
Boats Will Float and Bumble Bees Will Sting Jerry Allen Gilmore
Steffl Gallery June 6 – June 24, 2013
Layered Narratives
Wendy Rouse and Kate Whittaker
Morrison Gallery March 28 – May 26, 2013
A Strong Experience of Nature
Lee Englund
Corridor Gallery May 30 – August 18
David Moreira
Steffl & Corridor Galleries April 18 – June 2
Confluence/Confluencia Morrison Gallery January 16 – March 12, 2013
Emerging Photographers Corridor Gallery Jan 17 – April 7, 2013
‘Scapes: A Celebration of Youth Art Month
Depot Great Hall March 7 – March 20, 2013
From The Nest
Brent Erickson & Nora Sandstrom
John Steffl Gallery February 21 – April 7, 2013
Membership Show
Depot Great Hall January 16 – February 13
2012
2012 Arrowhead Regional Biennial
Steffl Gallery December 10, 2012 – February 10, 2013
In Cahoots
Eric Dubnicka and Jeremy Schock
Morrison Gallery October 11 – December 29, 2012
Working View
Ken Marunowski
Corridor Gallery November 8, 2012 – January 1, 2013
Instant Love Polaroid, Land Cameras, and the Impossible Project
Steffl Gallery October 11 – November 23
Chris Monroe
George Morrison Gallery July 12, 2012 – September 30, 2012
A Brief Encounter with New Orleans
Jason Huntzinger
Corridor Gallery September 13 – October 28, 2012
Tasha Tudor: Around the Year
John Steffl Gallery June 28, 2012 – September 9, 2012
Brian Barber
George Morrison Gallery April 19, 2012 – May 5, 2012
Spirit of the Ojibwe: Images of Lac Courte Oreilles Elders
Sara Balbin
Corridor Gallery June 28 – September 9, 2012
Art Illustrated
John Steffl Gallery April 19, 2012 – June 14, 2012
Kathy McTavish: Birdland
George Morrison Gallery January 18, 2012 – April 8, 2012
Homegrown Music Festival: Visual Arts Edition
Corridor Gallery April 19, 2012 – May 5, 2012
Youth Art Month
John Steffl Gallery March 1, 2012 – March 25, 2012
Steve Read: (un)natural reactions
John Steffl Gallery January 18, 2012 – February 19, 2012
Emerging Photographers Corridor Gallery January 18, 2012 – March 31, 2012
DAI Annual Membership Exhibition
Great Hall Gallery January 18, 2012 – March 1, 2012
2011
Ochre Ghost: Ab Initio John Steffl Gallery Nov 10, 2011 – Jan 8, 2012
Martin DeWitt
George Morrison Gallery Nov 10, 2011 – Jan 8, 2012
Mad Women
John Steffl Gallery May 5 – July 31, 2011
Esther Bubley: On Assignment
George Morrison Gallery May 12 – August 7, 2011
Emerging Photographers Exhibitions
January 19 – March 28, 2011
Totally Warped
New Work from Members of the Duluth Fiber Handscrafters Guild
John Steffl Gallery February 17 – April 24, 2011
Reality: A Dialogue
Sasa Kolosnjaj George Morrison Gallery March 10 – May 1, 2011
DAI Annual Membership Exhibition
Great Hall Gallery January 19 – March 13, 2011
2010
2010 Arrowhead Biennial Exhibition
John Steffl Gallery November 4, 2010 – February 6, 2011
Sean Elmquist
George Morrison Gallery December 16, 2010 – February 27, 2011
Bits and Pieces: A Visual Journey
August 12 – October 24, 2010
Smithsonian Institution George Morrison Gallery Steffl Gallery May 20 – July 18, 2010
Borrowed Essence: The Ceramic Work of Elizabeth James
George Morrison Gallery September 30 – December 5, 2010
Ripple Effect: The Art of Creative Influence
March 18 – May 14, 2010
Full Circle: Contemporary Native American Beadwork
Fesler Gallery August 5 – October 24, 2010
Fresh, New, and True Work by Emerging Artists George Morrison Gallery March 18 – May 14, 2010
Wing Young Huie: Retrospective
George Morrison Gallery July 29 – September 19, 2010
Oulu Glass
Fesler Gallery March 18 – May 30, 2010
DAI Annual Membership Exhibition
Great Hall Gallery January 20 – March 14, 2010
2009
Biomorphic: the Woodworking Artistry of Tim Byrns
Fesler Gallery December 10, 2009 – February 28, 2010
All Fired Up: The Ceramic Arts in Minnesota
John Steffl Gallery December 3, 2009 – March 14, 2010
Interwoven
New Work by Wanda Pearcy
George Morrison Gallery November 26, 2009 – February 7, 2010
The Modern Primitive
New Work by Gary Swanson
John Steffl Gallery August 27 – November 29, 2009
Victory
New Work by Aaron McLeod
George Morrison Gallery August 20 – November 8, 2009
Smithsonian Institution’s Beyond: Visions of Planetary Landscapes Great Hall Gallery June 18 – August 9, 2009
Outopia: The Perfect Landscape
Great Hall Gallery May 14 – July 26, 2009
Emerging Photographers Exhibition Corridor Gallery May 8 – August 30, 2009
Acts of Hope and Futility: Video Work
Sarah Chokyi Bauer and Robin Assner
John Steffl Gallery February 12 – May 3, 2009
DAI Annual Membership 2009
Great Hall Gallery January 21 – March 22, 2009
2008
Encased Memories: Textile Sculptures
Eun-Kyung Suh
George Morrison Gallery December 11, 2008 – March 1, 2009
Arrowhead Biennial Exhibition 2008
John Steffl Gallery November 13, 2008 – February 1, 2009
Visible Means: Observations of Queer Experience
George Morrison Gallery August 28 – November 16, 2008
Effigies of Peace and Protest: The Art of Activism
John Steffl Gallery August 14 – November 4, 2008
Luonnollisesti Suomalainen: Naturally Finnish
Co-Sponsored by FinnFest 2008
George Morrison Gallery June 19 – August 24, 2008
Kind
New Work by Kristina Estell
May 8 – August 31, 2008
May Day Art Attack
DAI Lincoln Center May 1, 2008
From Out of the Flames George Morrison Gallery April 10 – June 8, 2008
New Work: Rob Quisling George Morrison Gallery March 12 – May 31, 2008
Emerging Photographers Exhibitions
Corridor Gallery March 6 – June 24, 2008
The Red Line
Carla Stetson
John Steffl Gallery February 7 – April 29, 2008
Annual Members Exhibition 2008 Sponsored by Charter Communications
Great Hall Gallery January 23 – March 9, 2008
2007
Emerging into the Next Century
George Morrison Gallery December 6, 2007 – March 2, 2008
Dekorglädje
Swedish Paintings by Alison Aune
John Steffl Gallery October 11, 2007 – January 6, 2008
The Captured Image: Photography Beyond Grain and Pixels
John Steffl Gallery Ending date: September 30, 2007
Art Attack: A Subversive Art Event
DAI Lincoln Center September 20, 2007
When Pigs Fly
New Work by Eric Dubnicka
George Morrison Gallery August 16 – November 25, 2007
Cecilia Ramon: New Works
George Morrison Gallery February 15 – April 29, 2007
DAI Annual Members Show
Sponsored by Charter Communications
Great Hall Gallery January 17 – March 18, 2007
2006
Lake Superior Watercolor Society Exhibition
George Morrison Gallery December 7, 2006 – February 4, 2007
Arrowhead Biennial Exhibition 2006
John Steffl Gallery November 10, 2006 – March 4, 2007
Three Black Houses: A Tour of Homes
Designed by David Salmela
Observation Hill September 17, 2006
Baseball: A Secular Religion
Jen Dietrich
George Morrison Gallery August 17- November 26, 2006
Un-Grouted: Ceramic Artists Explore the Tile John Steffl Gallery July 20 – October 29, 2006
American Tourist in Iraq Photographs by Aaron McLeod
Rotunda Gallery June 1 – September 3, 2006
Getting Around: The Art of Transportation
George Morrison Gallery May 4 – August 7, 2006
Anthropomorphic Sculptures by Nichole Briglin Lemasurier Playground Lobby Gallery April 6 – July 9, 2006
By Design: The Home Show
John Steffl Gallery March 30 – June 18, 2006
Salmela
Architect Sponsored by AIA Northern Minnesota George Morrison Gallery February 9 – April 23, 2006
Membership Show
Great Hall Gallery January 18 – March 19, 2006
Seasons and Signs
Recent Sculptures By Holly Anderson
John Steffl Gallery January 12 – March 19, 2006
Becoming
Works by Daniel Hansen with Lucas Anderson Playground Lobby Gallery December 8, 2005 – February 28, 2006
2005
Bois Brulé
Works by Carl Gawboy with Jay Newcomb George Morrison Gallery November 10, 2005 – January 29, 2006
Domesticated Bliss
New Paintings by Sarah Brokke
John Steffl Gallery October 6 – December 31, 2005
Southern Migration
New Work from the South Natalie Salminen
George Morrison Gallery August 18 – October 30, 2005
Drawing Poetry
New Works by Elizabeth Kuth
Playground Lobby Gallery August 1 – November 30, 2005
Fins and Feathers
John Steffl Gallery July 14 – September 25, 2005
The Young and the Restless
Emerging Artist Group Show
George George Morrison Gallery May 5 – August 7, 2005