TIMELINE

EDUCATION
2017 - IBDP, Westwood International School, Gaborone, Botswana.

2019 - BFA (pending), University of the Frser Valley, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada (expected 2025).

EXHIBTIONS2025

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.

2024

56 Artists to Celebrate 56 Years,Langley Arts Council, Langley, BC, Canada.
See Me Now, The Cultch Theatre Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
SENSES, The Holy Art Gallery, London, England, UK.
Open Space Gallery, Senior Studio Group Exhibtion, Abbotsford, BC, Canada.

2023

Vancouver Mural Festival, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

2021

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

2019

Culture Art Café, Selected Group Exhibiton, Gaborone, Botswana.
Thapong Art Gallery, Selected Group Exhibtion, Gaborone, Botswana.

AWARDS

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

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.

PUBLICATIONS 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.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS 2025

Go Play Outside, Commuinity Painting Activity, Abbotsford Arts Council, BC, Canada
Outdoor Fine Arts Fair and Festival, Langly Arts Centre, 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.