Gallery Vertigo is an artist-run centre and community gallery for artistic innovation in the North Okanagan. It is the physical home of the North Okanagan Artists Alternative, a registered non-profit society and recognized charity composed of local and regional artists and friends of the arts.

We welcome you to stop by, visit our gallery spaces,  and chat with our studio artists. Conversation is the heart of Gallery Vertigo and the NOAA. We are located across the street from the Vernon Towne Theatre at 2901 – 30th Avenue, Vernon BC.

​Our hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 10:30am to 4:30 pm

January in our Main Gallery

Join us this January for our annual School District 22 show.

Featuring artists from these local schools:

  • W.L. Seaton Secondary School
  • Clarence Fulton Secondary School
  • Vernon Secondary School
  • Kalamalka Secondary School

January Featured Member

Olga Retunska

Watercolour.

It once stained everything in my bag — semi-liquid, viscous. It sealed together the key to my front door and the key to the mailbox with a cadmium red kiss. Over the years, it has not changed much. It still separates through granulation — always in the most important place, like the smooth cheek of a model. It still loses a few tones as it dries. It still blooms into flowers when water touches the drying surface.

Using watercolour’s transparency, movement, and unpredictability, I create scenes inspired by rivers, gardens, forests, and quiet human presence within nature — a world inhabited by mermaids and forest spirits drawn from folklore and imagination. These works are not about escape (well, maybe a little), but about closeness — to water, to silence, and to a world where tenderness, magic, and wonder still exist.


Next Month

NOAA Member’s Show

Upcoming Events

Introduction Video

Testimonials

Breanne M

Excellent work!

First visit of many!

Noah M

Great local gallery. Vertigo is a big support to the arts community in Vernon, they put on shows all year and feature the work of amazing local artists.

Marie M

Lovely to see the diversity. Great curating!

OPENING HOURS

Come Visit us at 2901 30th Avenue, Vernon, BC V1T 2B8

Tuesday – Saturday: 10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Sunday-Monday: Closed

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