Kelly Jazvac
Old Work, New Users

From Nov 7 to Dec 19, 2026

Galerie Nicolas Robert is pleased to present Old Work, New Users, an expansive exhibition of wall works and sculpture by Kelly Jazvac from 2008 to the present. For nearly two decades, Jazvac has used recuperated materials as both evidence and site of transformation: from her colour-saturated abstractions in PVC recuperated from the advertising and sign-making industries; to her most recent work, a technically ambitious, bent ash wood sculpture inspired by an instrument that makes eyes appear to be more open. The exhibition continues Jazvac’s quiet yet persistent consideration of the influence, aestheticization and instrumentalization that can be found in found materials. 

Kelly Jazvac is a Canadian artist based in Montréal, Canada. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto (MOCA), the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris, the Montreal Museum of Contemporary art, The Museum of Modern Art (New York), The Art Museum at the University of Toronto, the Eli and Edyth Broad Museum (East Lansing), Ujazdowski Castle CCA (Warsaw), and FIERMAN Gallery (New York). Her work has been written about in National Geographic, e-flux Journal, Hyperallergic, Art Forum, The New Yorker, Canadian Art Magazine, and The Brooklyn Rail. Her work can be found in the collections of the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, RBC art collection and the Caisse de dépôt et placement Québec.