Danse Macabre
July 17th 2026 to August 30th 2026
Opening Reception:July 16th 2026, 6pm - 8pm
Port Moody Arts Centre
2425 St Johns St, Port Moody,
BC, Canada
BEHIND the BRUSH
Michelle Msami is a Canada-based visual artist born and raised in Botswana. She attended the University of the Fraser Valley, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in Visual Arts.
She has explored and experimented with painting, photography, and sculpture, evolving into a multidisciplinary artist whose main medium of expression is painting. These media have assisted her in her creative practice by helping her conceive ideas, integrate them, and learn from them. She has shown her works in galleries and art centers in British Columbia, Canada.
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C.V.
- 2017-2018 - IBDP, Westwood International School, Gaborone, Botswana.
- 2019-26 - BFA, University of the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
EXHIBITIONS 2026
- Danse Macabre, PoMo Arts Centre, Port Moody, BC, Canada.
- New & Emerging, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, Canada.
AWARDS 2026
- Kwi Am Choi Scholarship, PoMo Arts Centre.
2025
- UFV Bachelor of Fine Arts Annual Graduate Award, University of the Fraser Valley.
- The Cascade, Cover, Vol. 34 // Issue 03, February 2026.
- The Story Editorial, Michelle Msami: Light and Shadow in Contemporary African Painting, The Story View, December 2025.
- Louden Singletree, Cover, Issue #17, Winter 2025.
ARTIST TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
2025
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Art on Demand 11.2, Culture Days, The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC, Canada.
- Celebrating Black Artists for Black History Month, The Reach Gallery Museum, C3 Community Outreach Program, Abbotsford, BC, Canada.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS 2026
- Go-Play Outside, Community Painting Activity, Abbotsford Arts Council, BC, Canada.
- “Adornment Lab”, Culture Days, Abbotsford Arts Council, BC, Canada.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
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STUDIO NOTES
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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