About UB Art Galleries

Across our two locations we provide opportunities to experience and research art through our exhibitions program and collection. We are committed to presenting thought-provoking art and stimulating programs for the UB community, and the people of Buffalo.

UB Art Galleries opened in 1994 as part of the university’s brand-new Center for the Arts, which was conceived as a physical home for UB’s various art disciplines. Exhibitions in the galleries were temporary and typically featured contemporary art.

Today, the Center for the Arts is a thriving hub for the arts at UB. Learn more about the Center for the Arts

The Center for the Arts was designed by Gwathmey and Siegel Associates Architects and you can read more about the CFA building

The building at 1 Martha Jackson Place was originally a Buffalo Public School, and later was purchased by gallerist David K. Anderson. Anderson studied business at UB and went on to work for his mother, venerated New York City gallerist Martha Jackson (1907–1969). With the intention of designing and building a gallery of his own, Anderson set about converting the school into a state-of-the-art exhibition space. The Anderson Gallery opened to the public as a commercial gallery in 1991 and operated it until 2000, when Anderson donated it to UB along with a collection of 1,200 works of art and extensive archives from the Martha Jackson and David Anderson Galleries, as well as a trust to assist with exhibition and gallery operations.

Anderson had a passion for design. He loved arches and round corners, which you can see throughout the interior of UB Anderson Gallery. He even designed his own font which you can see in use in signage today.