Rebecca Munce is an artist who explores the intersection of spiritual fantasy and the everyday psyche. By developing her own colour palettes as a system for visually describing new worlds, Munce traces lines in still-wet oil paint, using a reductive drawing technique that she has been rigorously exploring for several years. Each new work continues to build on these new universes that Munce has created, which further develops complex mythologies between humans and mythical creatures. The human archetypes she uses, such as the soldier or the explorer, are confronted with their own mortality in the face of the divine entities they encounter, reflecting a universal resonance with existential questions. Floral borders, iron fences and stone arenas function as compositional tools to contain these narratives, similar to protective magic circles or playgrounds. By continually evolving according to their own fantastical logic, these celestial spaces offer an engaging exploration of their own human condition.
Rebecca Munce lives and works in Montreal. She holds a BFA from York University and an MFA from Concordia University. Her work has been exhibited across Canada and internationally, including at Galeria do Pavilhão 31 (Lisbon, 2026), Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (Montreal, 2024), Canopy Studio (New York, 2024), Centre d’art DRAC (Drummondville, 2022), SPRING/BREAK Art Show (New York, 2021), Centre Clark (Montreal, 2021), and Galerie Momozono (Tokyo, 2018). Munce has participated in artist residencies throughout Canada, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and the United States, notably The Canopy Program in New York and Cortex Frontal in Portugal. In 2025, she completed a major public art commission for The Bentway in Toronto. Her practice has been featured in critical essays and publications such as Vie des Arts, Esse arts + opinions, and ArtMaze Magazine, where her work appeared on the cover. Her artworks are held in numerous corporate and private collections, including those of the City of Montreal, the Desjardins Collection, TD Bank, Scotiabank, the Royal Bank of Canada, the City of Laval, and Power Corporation.
RECENT NEWS
Acquisition
Jessica Wee
Artwork joins the University of Toronto Missisauga Collection
Drawing from domestic scenes and quotidian moments, Wee’s paintings weave together personal experiences, art historical references and fantasy.
Press
Andrea Szilasi
Review of Réfléchir in Ciel variable by Alexis Desgagnés
Published in Issue 132 “Tableaux”, Desgagnés offers a thoughtful and generous reflection on the exhibition, capturing the subtle and affective resonance of the works on view.
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.
Press
Bea Parsons
Review of kiyânaw in Border Crossings Magazine by Cameron Skene
Skene traces connections between Parsons’ vibrant pencil crayon drawings and installation, situating them in relation to enduring and contemporary Indigenous currents of thought.
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.
Announcement
Michelle Bui
New Public Artwork for the Réseau express métropolitain
McBride Contemporain is pleased to share a video of Michelle Bui in her studio, recently published by the REM, in which she discusses her permanent public artwork Filets, installed at Station Sainte-Dorothée in Laval.
McBride Contemporain is a contemporary art gallery based in Montreal.