TIMELINE

EDUCATION

2017 - 2018 - IBDP, Westwood International School, Gaborone, Botswana.
2019-26 - BFA, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026

Danse Macabre, PoMo Arts Centre, Port Moody, BC, Canada.

2025

Becoming, Art on Demand 11.2, The Reach Museum Gallery, Abbotsford, BC, Canada.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS2026

New & Emerging, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, Canada.

2025

Interpret Festival, Graduating Exhibition, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC, Canada.

2024

56 Artists to Celebrate 56 Years, Langley Arts Council, Langley, BC, Canada.
See Me Now, The Cultch Theatre Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Open Space Gallery, Senior Studio Group Exhibition, Abbotsford, BC, Canada.

2021

BLM Social Justice Art Project, Selected Group Exhibition, S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery, Abbotsford, BC, Canada.

ARTIST TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
2025

Art on Demand 11.2 Gallery Talk and Community Arts Space Opening, Culture Days, The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC, Canada, September 25th.
Celebrating Black Artists for Black History Month, The Reach Gallery Museum, C3 Community OutReach Program, Abbotsford, BC, Canada, February 5th.

PUBLICATIONS 2026

The Cascade, Cover, Vol. 34 // Issue 03, February 2026.

2025

The Story Editorial, Michelle Msami: Light and Shadow in Contemporary African Painting, The Story View, December 2025.
Louden Singletree, Cover, Issue #17, Winter 2025.

2021- 2022

Black Lives Matter Social Justice Project

BLM art exhibit calls out systemic racism — works are on display in Abbotsford locations. UFV Today, March 4, 2022.
BLM art exhibit calls out systemic racism. CHASI website, February 28 2022.
CityStudio Hubbub student showcase launches April 27. UFV Today, April 2021.

AWARDS 2026

Kwi Am Choi Scholarship, PoMo Arts Centre.

2025

UFV Bachelor of Fine Arts Annual Graduate Award, University of the Fraser Valley.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS 2026

Go-Play Outside, Community Painting Activity, Abbotsford Arts Council, BC, Canada.
“Adornment Lab”, Culture Days, Abbotsford Arts Council, BC, Canada.

2025

Go-Play Outside, Community Painting Activity, Abbotsford Arts Council, BC, Canada.
“Tracing Presence”, Culture Days, Abbotsford Arts Council, BC, Canada.

LINKS

LETS CONNECT: :m.msami.art@gmail.com
:@msami.art
BC, Canada

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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.