Michelle Bui’s photographic and sculptural practice reflect the processes of accumulation, presentation, and eventual decay that mark our relationships to seemingly mundane items. Sensual and sensorial, her images point to the negotiation between our understanding of ourselves and the objects that we amass. In the same breath, they cause us to question our appetite for these objects, this excess, in the first place.
Bui lives and works in Montreal. She was the winner of the 2022 Pierre-Ayot prize, and has presented numerous prestigious solo exhibitions, namely at the Esker Foundation (Calgary), Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver), Franz Kaka (Toronto), Parisian Laundry (Montreal), and Galerie de l’UQAM (Montreal). Bui completed her MA at Université du Québec à Montréal and at Beaux-arts de Paris, and her BFA at Concordia University. Her work is included in numerous collections, including those of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, City of Montreal, Hydro-Québec, RBC Art Collection, Scotiabank, Collection Desjardins, TD Bank, and Global Affairs Canada (Government of Canada). Bui recently unveiled a major public artwork for the REM Sainte Dorothée station.
Kuh Del Rosario is a visual artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, QC. Born in Manila, Philippines, she immigrated to Calgary, AB, earning a BFA in Painting from the Alberta College of Art and Design before completing an MFA in Sculpture and Ceramics at Concordia University. She has received numerous grants and awards, including The Peter Thompson Family Graduate Scholarship (2020), The Claudine & Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art (2024), CALQ (2025), and The Canada Council for the Arts (2025). Currently, she is an artist-in-residence at Fonderie Darling (2023–2026), supported by The Ouellette Family Foundation. Recent exhibitions include group exhibitions, Déliquescence, plaisirs du chaos at Fonderie Darling (Sep 2024), a solo show, An unhusked grain of rice fills the whole house at B-312 (Feb 2025) and an solo installation, Na Dadaanan at Badlands Arts Department (Aug 2025).
Her practice is rooted in an intuitive engagement with everyday materials, transforming found debris into alchemic dialogues that explore time and place. Kitchen waste, single-use plastics, and foraged vegetal matter merge through reciprocal processes and tricky collaborations. Inspired by her diasporic experience and early disconnection from her homeland, Del Rosario cultivates a sensitivity to evolving ecosystems—her work serving as a strategy for grounding.
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Museum Exhibition
Berirouche Feddal
Group exhibition at the Musée d’art de Joliette
The gallery is pleased to share that artwork by Berirouche Feddal has been included in la clarté creuse les montagnes, an exhibition at the Musée d’art de Joliette, curated by Ariane de Blois.
Press
Beth Frey
Featured in CBC Arts Article by Chris Hampton
As one of several Canadian artists highlighted in the article, Beth Frey shares insights from her recent exhibition at McBride Contemporain and her perspective on creating art in a post-AI landscape.
Museum Exhibition
Yves Tessier
MAC group exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts
Girls on Campus by Tessier will be featured in Comfort and Indifference, an exhibition highlighting recent acquisitions from the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal’s collection.
Announcement
Rebecca Munce
Major Public Art Project in Toronto
This public art initiative, developed in collaboration with The Bentway and Exhibition Place, will take the form of a 10,000-square-foot mural spanning a large concrete wall beneath the Gardiner Expressway.
Acquisition
Bea Parsons
New Drawing Joins the Caisse de dépot Art Collection
McBride Contemporain is delighted to announce that Bea Parson’s artwork Outskirts has joined the Caisse de dépot art collection.
Announcement
Michelle Bui
New Public Artwork for the Réseau express métropolitain
McBride Contemporain is pleased to announce the inauguration of Filets, a new public artwork and triptych by represented artist Michelle Bui, permanently on display at Sainte-Dorothée Station in the REM.
McBride Contemporain is a contemporary art gallery based in Montreal.