This whole thing is a work in progress: we’ve never had a singular history of our exhibits, this is an attempt to chronicle it all.

In 1985, then-Brampton Arts Council board member Keith Moreau started a Juried Art Show at the Brampton Public Library. By 1986, Moreau had helped found Visual Arts Brampton, which took over the show for many years. VAB and its members had shows at the space for years, along with top artists from across the country; in the 1970s, Norval Morrisseau had one of his first exhibits anywhere.

In the mid-1990s, the Brampton Public Library gallery underwent major renovation, expanding and adding climate control. Just a few years later, in 1996, the Library decided to shut down the space with little notice. Its successor was a quite study space.

Artway Gallery opened in April 1998 just across the road, at Bramalea City Centre, after a long duration of fundraising. The first location was near Price Chopper, in "The Pit", where the food court once was. When Sport Chek decided to move into BCC, Artway's free-standing cases were relocated to the Bowring corridor, near Eatons. When Old Navy decided to move in to the corridor, Artway became wall-mounted and was near to the first location. Not the most accessible of locations, Artway eventually decided to look for a new location.

Artway opened in Shoppers World Brampton in June 2004. The four overall location, this Artway is located on the west side of the mall. When in opened, the northern entrance corridor was between Winners and Grand and Toy, which is now replaced by Bluenotes. As of January 2009, we've had roughly 43 exhibits at our current location.

Shoppers World has allowed us to expand our reach, with Fridge Front Gallery for youth artwork, and World Art Gallery for mail art and postcard-sized artwork.