MICHELLE BUI
WORKS
CV
Michelle Bui’s work disturbs the conventionally antagonistic positions typically ascribed to organic life and inert matter, producing new assemblages that evade dogmatic naming. Deftly taking advantage of the formal conventions of commercial photography, Bui’s work proposes the possibility of novel accumulations of biological and artificial material, possibly self-organizing and contingent, which welcome the eye of the camera for, at the very least, long enough to make themselves seen.
WORKS
CV
Michelle Bui’s work disturbs the conventionally antagonistic positions typically ascribed to organic life and inert matter, producing new assemblages that evade dogmatic naming. Deftly taking advantage of the formal conventions of commercial photography, Bui’s work proposes the possibility of novel accumulations of biological and artificial material, possibly self-organizing and contingent, which welcome the eye of the camera for, at the very least, long enough to make themselves seen.
Melt Reflecting Back, 2020
Pigmented print on paper
60 x 42 inches, edition of 3 + AP
$2600
Soaked, 2020
Pigmented print on paper
43 x 35.5 inches, edition of 3 + AP
$1800
Still Life Under Rolling Pin, 2019
Pigmented print on paper
68 x 48 inches, edition of 3 + A/P
$3100
Sweat, 2019
Pigmented print on paper
60 x 42 inches, edition of 3 + A/P
$2600
Promise Of Pleasure (Bowels), 2019
Pigmented print on paper
16 x 12 inches, edition of 3 + A/P
$650
Vestige On Garbage Bag, 2019
Pigmented print on paper
60 x 42 inches, edition of 3 + A/P
$2600
Shapes That Form From Below, 2019
Pigmented print on paper
60 x 42 inches, edition of 3 + A/P
$2600
Supermarket Ikebana, 2019
Pigmented print on paper
57 x 38 inches, edition of 3 + A/P
$2500
Untitled (Gingham Rubber Glove), 2019
Pigmented print on paper
57 x 38 inches, edition of 3 + AP
$2500
My Boy, 2018
Pigmented print on paper
57 x 38 inches, edition of 3 + AP
$2500
Des poires et des oranges, 2018
Pigmented print on paper
57 x 38 inches, edition of 3 + AP
$2500
Fluffing, 2018
Pigmented print on paper
57 x 38 inches, edition of 3 + AP
$2500
Improvising on the Carpet, 2018
Pigmented print on paper
57 x 38 inches, edition of 3 + AP
$2500
Reclining Figure, 2018
Pigmented print on paper
34 x 24 inches, edition of 5 + A/P
$1200
Michelle Bui
b. Montreal, Canada
Lives and works in Montreal, Canada
Education
2018 Master of Arts, Université du Québec à Montréal
2017 École nationale supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major Painting and Drawing, Concordia University
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Objects for an Audience, Rad Hourani, Montreal
2020 Spilled Plenitude, Franz Kaka, Toronto
2019 Centerfold, Parisian Laundry, Montreal
2019 Plein Soleil, Circa Art Actuel, Montreal
2018 Pool of Plenty, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal
Select Group Exhibitions
2019 Object Lessons, Paul Robeson Galleries- Rutgers University, Newark, curated by Jacqueline Mabey
2019 Rencontres avec l’art contemporain 2019, Maison de la Culture Claude-Léveillée, Montreal 2019 Salon, curated by Eli Wood et Ella Simone, Montreal
2019 Laboratoire photo, Deux Poissons Gallery, Montreal, curated by Benjamin Klein
2018 Playlist, Antoine Ertaskiran Gallery, Montreal
2018 Coetus floerus, Nicolas Robert Gallery, Montréal
2018 Showroom, Pi2 de Gaspé, Montreal
2018 Appareillage, VU PHOTO, Quebec, curated by Péio Eliceiry
2017 Rêverie, Projet Pangée, Montreal
2017 La soupée #5, Diagonale, Montreal
2017 VIII Games of La Francophonie (photo competition), Bibliothèque nationale de Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan
2017 Peinture fraîche et nouvelle construction, Art Mûr Gallery, Montreal
2017 Farde toi casse toi, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris, Paris
2017 Atelier Janssens, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris, Paris
2016 Plate Bande (1. Feuille), Collectif REMI, CDEX, Montreal
2016 The Pirouette Example, performative sculptures for Emma-Kate Guimond, Espace Cercle Carré, Montreal
Residencies
2019 Research and creation residency, Centre Sagamie, Alma
2017 Research and creation residency (1 year), Atelier Circulaire, Montreal
2017 Creation residency, VIII Games of La Francophonie 2017 Competition, Abidjan
Awards & Grants
2020 Concept to realization grant, Canada Council
2019 Travel grant, Canada Council
2019 Concept to realization grant, Canada Council
2019 Acquisition and Marketing grant, Quebec Arts Council
2017 Jean-Marc Eustache for visual arts prize, UQAM Foundation
2017 François-Xavier Marange printmaking prize, Atelier Circulaire
2017 J.A. DeSève prize, UQAM Foundation
2017 Finalist VIII Games of La Francophonie 2017 Competition, Canada Council
2017 Mobility grant, Internation relations services, UQAM
2016 FARE grant, UQAM Foundation
Press
2020 Esse, « Michelle Bui, Franz Kaka, Toronto », Anaïs Castro, no.99 – Plants
2020 CBC Arts, « Say it with flowers – the weirder the better », Leah Collins
2020 Festival international des films sur l’art, « Michelle Bui - Rad Hourani », 7m45s (video interview)
2019 Blackflash Magazine, « The Weird Seduction of Michelle Bui’s Photographs », Emma Sharpe, Fall 2019
2019 Ciel Variable, « Michelle Bui : Centerfold », Jean-Michel Quirion, Fall 2019 (in french)
2018 Akimbo, ‘Coetus Floreus at Galerie Nicolas Robert’, Tammer El-Sheikh, August 1st, 2018
2018 Le Soleil, « Appareillage » à VU : Pratiques migrantes, Josianne Desloges, March 3, 2018
2018 Interview at CISM, Les étangs d’art, February 27, 2018
2018 Le Devoir, Maria Hupfield et ses rituels feutrés, Jérôme Delgado, January 20, 2018
Publications
2014 Bui, M. (2014). Le langage des plantes. Bosquet 02 : Poison, Montreal, p. 27-29
Conference
2019 « L’art peut-il être un acteur de changement social », panel organized by Jean de Julio-Paquin, Centre culturel Claude-Léveillée, Montreal
2019 Artist talk for Rencontres avec l’art contemporain with Julie Bélisle, Centre culturel Claude-Léveillée, Montreal
2018 Artist talk for L’ART OBSERVE avec Philippe Dumaine, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal
Public Collections
Collection d’art de la ville de Laval
Collection d’art de la Ville de Montréal
Equitable Bank
Hydro-Québec Collection
RBC Art Collection
Scotiabank
TD Bank Art CollectionEducation