Jessica Wee
On shelves, in stacks, scattered
Opening April 23, 2026, 5 pm – 8 pm
Jessica Wee is a Korean American Canadian artist who grew up in Paris and Montreal. Wee’s work explores the experience of navigating life between cultures, crafting alternate worlds that connect the multifaceted layers of her identity. She weaves together personal experiences, art historical references and fantasy, with an underlying sense of mystery and playful disruption. Her paintings depict domestic scenes and quotidian moments featuring characters who appear to transform, multiply, or divide. These alter-egos exude a sense of mischief, independence and freedom, soaring through space or peering through windows as if slipping in from another dimension.
Jessica Wee is currently completing an MFA at Concordia University in Montreal and previously studied classical realist oil painting at the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. Her work has been exhibited at Kiaf SEOUL, Maison de la Culture NDG in Montreal, Steve Turner Gallery in Los Angeles, Latitude Gallery in New York, and Spring Break Art Show in New York, and has been featured in Hyperallergic and Artnet. In 2023, Artsy selected her work Déjeuner sur l’herbe to display across digital screens in the New York City subway system as part of a curated program highlighting artists through guest curators. That same year, Wee was an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center. Her work will be presented in the upcoming Pictura Triennale of Painting in Montreal, curated by eunice belidor in the Fall of 2026.
RECENT NEWS
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.