Last updated: 27 October 2026
Terence Gower is the Canadian artist behind Enemies and Rascals, Artangel’s 2026 sound installation in a London archive. Here you will find our take on his work, his recent shows and how it is sold.
Our take on Terence Gower
Gower makes installations, sculpture and video about modern architecture and Cold War politics, often as research projects that run for years. “Abstract forms can communicate abstract ideas more effectively than representational or pictorial forms, and abstract art can be a political medium,” he writes on his own site.
His 2026 Artangel commission, Enemies and Rascals, filled the Original Cell of the Maughan Library with voices from the 1775 to 1776 American invasion of Quebec. He began researching it in 2023, and said on Artangel’s project page that the rhetoric around the conflict “resonates with unsettling familiarity today.”
No editions or books by him are on sale in the UK. His work is sold through his galleries in Mexico City, Stockholm and Paris.
Terence Gower: the essentials
- Born in British Columbia, Canada, in 1965; lives between New York, Mexico City and France, according to Artangel.
- Studied at Emily Carr College in Vancouver.
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 2010.
- Represented by LABOR, Mexico City, and Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm and Paris.
- In collections including the National Gallery of Canada and the Hirshhorn Museum, according to his site.
Terence Gower exhibitions
- Enemies and Rascals, Artangel, The Original Cell, Maughan Library, King’s College London, 3 July to 18 October 2026.
- Trois Installations, solo show, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Paris, 1 February to 15 March 2025.
- Embassy, The Power Plant, Toronto, 3 May to 11 August 2024.
- No new show has been announced.
Our reviews featuring Terence Gower
- Enemies and Rascals at Artangel review: our take on his 2026 London commission.
Terence Gower FAQs
What was Enemies and Rascals?
An Artangel sound installation by Terence Gower about the 1775 to 1776 American invasion of Quebec, in the Maughan Library, London. It closed on 18 October 2026.
Where is Terence Gower from?
British Columbia, Canada. He lives between New York, Mexico City and France.
Which galleries represent Terence Gower?
LABOR in Mexico City and Andréhn-Schiptjenko in Stockholm and Paris.
Can I buy a Terence Gower edition?
We found none on sale in the UK.
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Main image: Terence Gower, 2026. Still from Artangel’s artist interview, courtesy Artangel. Framed by CoolCuration. Exhibition dates and prices last checked: 27 October 2026.
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