BEHIND the BRUSH
Michelle Msami is a visual artist born (b. 2000) and raised in Botswana. She resides in British Columbia, Canada, where she attends the University of The Fraser Valley, studying for a Bachelor’s in Fine Art with a major in Visual Arts. She has explored and experimented with painting, photography, sculpture and short films, evolving to be a multidisciplinary artist whose main medium of expression is painting.
These mediums have assisted her in her creative practice, to conceive ideas, integrate them and learn from them. She has shown her works in the galleries in Botswana, Canada and England.
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C.V.
2017 - IBDP, Westwood International School, Gaborone, Botswana.
- 2019 - BFA (pending), University of the Frser Valley, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada (expected 2025).
EXHIBTIONS 2025
- Becoming, Art on Demand 11.2, The Reach Museum Gallery, Abbotsford, BC, Canada.
- Interpret Festival, Graduating Exhibtion, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC, Canada.
AWARDS 2025
- UFV Bachelor of Fine Arts Annual Graduate Award, University of the Fraser Valley
- Louden Singletree, Cover, Issue #17, Winter 2025
ARTIST TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
2025
- Artist Talk: Celebrating Black Artists for Black History Month, The Reach Gallery Museum, C3 Community Out Reach Program, Abbotsford, BC, Canada, February 5th.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS 2025
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Go Play Outside, Commuinity Painting Activity, Abbotsford Arts Council, BC, Canada
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Outdoor Fine Arts Fair and Festival, Langly Arts Centre, BC, Canada
- “Tracing Presence”, Culture Days, Abbotsford Arts Council, BC, Canada
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LINKS
BC, Canada
ARTIST STATEMENT
CV
WORKS
STUDIO NOTES
VIDEOS
I, Michelle Msami, acknowledge that I am working, living and creating on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Stó:lō, Semá:th (Sumas), Mathxwí (Matsqui), and Leq\'á:mel First Nations.
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