The Projective Eye Gallery in The Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City is the College of Arts + Architecture’s artistic space in uptown Charlotte. The gallery presents major exhibitions and installations by national and international artists throughout the year.
The gallery operates in accordance with The Dubois Center hours: Monday – Thursday: 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.; Friday: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Saturday: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Sunday: CLOSED. Hours differ in summer months. Please check The Dubois Center website for latest updates.
Current Exhibition
Recent Acquisitions: The 1st Biennial Exhibition from the UNC Charlotte Art Collection
On view June 1-Sept. 4, with a reception Sept. 3.
Curated by Professor of Art History Jim Frakes and students in the Spring 2026 art history curatorial seminar, this exhibition showcases recent acquisitions of visual art by five University colleges, Atkins Library, the University Foundation and the Lemmond-Helms Artist Residency House. The 38 works on view speak to the University’s local and regional collaborations, faculty research, and its ongoing arts leadership in the state of North Carolina. Featured artists include current and emeritus faculty from the Department of Art & Art History and artists such as Romare Bearden, Maud Gatewood, Audrey Flack and Ben Owen III.
Ghosts Over Vestiges: Recent Works of Apocalyptic Glamour
On view Oct. 30-Ja. 22, 2027, with a reception Nov. 19, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Whether religious, mythological, philosophical or theoretical, Erik Waterkotte’s art is inspired by the narratives human beings have created throughout history to explain existence and consciousness. The work in this exhibition attempts to dismantle such anthropocentric narratives by integrating the archetypal with the ecological in a memento mori of handmade paper, print and mixed media. Based on his religious upbringing and life-long fascination with the occult, these artworks are populated with an amalgamation of glyphs, icons and archetypes that confront and question viewers’ ideologies.
Erik Waterkotte is an associate professor of print media in the Department of Art & Art History at UNC Charlotte. Waterkotte received his MFA from the University of Alberta and his BFA from Illinois State University. He is co-founder of Theurgical Studies Press, a modest publisher of weird and occult zines and novelties. He has exhibited his artwork both nationally and internationally including at Sztuka na Miejscu in Wroclaw, Poland, the University of Alberta in Canada, the University of Dallas in Texas, and Saltgrass Printmakers in Salt Lake City, Utah. His artwork is part of several collections including the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, the Zuckerman Museum of Art at Kennesaw State University in Georgia and the Purdue University Galleries in Indiana..
