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Kuh Del Rosario is a visual artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, QC. Born in Manila, Philippines, she immigrated to Calgary, AB, where she earned her BFA in Painting from the Alberta College of Art and Design. She later pursued an MFA in Sculpture and Ceramics at Concordia University. Grounded in an intuitive engagement with everyday materials, her practice is driven by a desire to connect with and make sense of the spaces she inhabits.
Her work has been supported by numerous grants and awards, including The Peter Thompson Family Graduate Scholarship (2020), CALQ (2023), Canada Council for the Arts (2023), and The Claudine & Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art (2024). She is currently an artist-in-residence at Fonderie Darling (2023–2026), supported by The Ouellette Family Foundation.
Del Rosario recently exhibited at The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie (Worried Earth, Aug 2024) and Fonderie Darling (Déliquescence, plaisirs du chaos, Sep 2024). She is preparing for a solo exhibition at B-312 opening February 27, 2025 17h-20h titled, An unhusked grain of rice fills the whole house.
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Kuh Del Rosario est une artiste visuelle basée à Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, QC. Née à Manille, aux Philippines, elle a immigré à Calgary, AB, où elle a obtenu un baccalauréat en beaux-arts en peinture au Alberta College of Art and Design. Elle a ensuite poursuivi une maîtrise en sculpture et céramique à l’Université Concordia. Ancrée dans une approche intuitive des matériaux du quotidien, sa pratique est guidée par un désir de se connecter aux espaces qu’elle habite et de leur donner un sens.
Son travail a été soutenu par de nombreuses bourses et distinctions, notamment la bourse d’études supérieures de la famille Peter Thompson (2020), le CALQ (2023), le Conseil des arts du Canada (2023) et la bourse Claudine et Stephen Bronfman en art contemporain (2024). Elle est actuellement artiste en résidence à la Fonderie Darling (2023–2026), grâce au soutien de la Fondation de la famille Ouellette.
Del Rosario a récemment exposé à la Art Gallery of Grande Prairie (*Worried Earth*, août 2024) et à la Fonderie Darling (*Déliquescence, plaisirs du chaos*, septembre 2024). Elle prépare actuellement une exposition solo à B-312, intitulée *An unhusked grain of rice fills the whole house*, qui ouvrira le 27 février 2025 de 17h à 20h.
Kuh del Rosario’s sculptures comprise microcosms, minute ecosystems which gather in kitchen compost, consumer plastics, and dried botanicals. Dense, mossy carpets of coffee, paper, and plant matter envelop rigid forms and extrude from containers, referencing the plant-based origins of manufactured industrial materials. Empty containers, boxes, and plastic vessels, markers of global production and shipping, are subsumed into the slow creeping time of organic decomposition.
Working from discards, leftovers, and unpredictable elements, these works invite slow contemplation and close attention. What can be learned by simply witnessing the way things transform over time? The evident life spans of the works invoke cycles of growth and decay in both form and process, and speculate into the future lives of materials in the human waste stream, where things break down but never go away.
CECILIA MCKINNON, 2023