Rebecca Munce
In her multidisciplinary practice, Rebecca Munce explores the intersection of fantasy and the everyday psyche. The artist brings together the hyperbole of mythological form with allegorical experiences by borrowing symbols from iconography. Her drawings and sculptures are inspired by medieval mnemonic imagery, video and board games and her creative writing practice.
Creating solid colour blocks with oil sticks, Munce reveals fantastical characters through the medium, both supernatural and human, frozen in an intriguing atmosphere. Narrative is very important in her practice as it serves as a key to reading. She revisits the stories in her body of work repeatedly until the singular meaning of the representation is almost lost. Through this approach, Rebecca Munce explores what it means to construct and share an inner world using archetypes, patterns, repetitive figuration and symbology as her tools towards its evolving construction. In addition, bright colours and patterns are used to structure the space and composition of her drawings.
Rebecca Munce lives and works in Montreal. She holds a BFA from York University and an MFA from Concordia University. Munce has participated in numerous exhibitions in Canada, the United States, Italy and Japan. More recently, the artist's works have been exhibited in a solo exhibition at DRAC art center in Drummondville (2022), Spring/Break (New York, 2021), Center Clark (Montreal, 2021), McBride Contemporain (Montreal, 2020), Stewart Hall Gallery (Montreal, 2019), FOFA Gallery (Montreal, 2018) and Momozono Gallery (Tokyo, 2018).
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Ce qui fût et ce qui est
15 Jul - 14 Aug 2021McBride Contemporain is honoured and thrilled to announce the gallery’s list of represented artists, twelve individuals who as artists and people we are all delighted to be working alongside, and...Read more -
Wandering Fortress
12 Nov - 19 Dec 2020McBride Contemporain is delighted to present Rebecca Munce’s first solo exhibition at the gallery, Wandering Fortress. Comprising all new ceramic sculptures and drawings, this body of work enlarges and deepens...Read more -
Cavernes
20 Feb - 28 Mar 2020McBride Contemporain is delighted to present Cavernes, a group show featuring emerging artists Elise Lafontaine, Evangelos Michelis, Rebecca Munce and Katerina Pansera. In this exhibition, each artist explores the thematic...Read more -
Star Rider
6 Sep - 14 Oct 2018Galerie Deux Poissons is delighted to begin our season’s exhibition program with an exciting offering – “Star Rider”, a duo show featuring two highly talented emerging artists, Madeleine Mayo and...Read more