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 Art with a major in Visual Arts.
She has explored and experimented with painting, photography and sculpture, 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 exhibited her works in the galleries and art centers in British Columbia, Canada.
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C.V.
2017-18 - IBDP, Westwood International School, Gaborone, Botswana.
- 2019-26 - BFA, University of the Frser Valley, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.
EXHIBTIONS 2026
- Danse Macabre, PoMo Arts Centre, Port Moody, BC, Canada.
- 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 2026
- Kwi Am Choi Scholarship, PoMo Arts Centre.
- 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, September 25th.
- Celebrating Black Artists for Black History Month, The Reach Gallery Museum, C3 Community Out Reach Program, Abbotsford, BC, Canada, February 5th.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS 2025
- Go Play Outside, Commuinity Painting Activity, Abbotsford Arts Council, BC, Canada.
- “Tracing Presence”, Culture Days, Abbotsford Arts Council, BC, Canada.
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BC, Canada
ARTIST STATEMENT
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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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