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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 a BFA in Painting from the Alberta College of Art and Design before completing an MFA in Sculpture and Ceramics at Concordia University.
 
She has received numerous grants and awards, including the Peter Thompson Family Graduate Scholarship (2020), the Claudine & Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art (2024), CALQ (2025), and the Canada Council for the Arts (2025). She is currently an artist-in-residence at Fonderie Darling (2023–26), supported by the Collection Desjardins.
 
Recent exhibitions include Entwined at Contemporary Calgary (grp, Dec. 2025), Ribbon, Bell, Emerald and Stamp at LIVART (grp, Jan. 2026), Keeper at Indigo + Madder X March (grp, Jan. 2026), Faire Eau at Musée d’art contemporain Baie-Saint-Paul (grp, Feb. 2026) and Precious Objects Perform non-precious tasks at The Plumb (grp, Feb. 2026). Upcoming projects include Holding Still at McBride Contemporain (2-person, Mar. 2026) and Une Pierre Tremblante se Lève at Centre d’exposition Yvonne L. Bombardier (solo, Sep. 2026).
 
Rooted in an intuitive engagement with everyday materials, Del Rosario’s practice transforms found debris into alchemical dialogues that explore time and place. Drawing on her diasporic experience, she cultivates a sensitivity to evolving ecosystems—her work serving as a grounding strategy.

(UPDATED FEB 2026)

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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 (BFA) en peinture à l’Alberta College of Art and Design, avant de compléter une maîtrise en beaux-arts (MFA) en sculpture et céramique à l’Université Concordia.

Elle a reçu de nombreuses bourses et distinctions, dont la Peter Thompson Family Graduate Scholarship (2020), la Claudine & Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art (2024), le CALQ (2025) et le Conseil des arts du Canada (2025). Elle est actuellement artiste en résidence à la Fonderie Darling (2023–2026), avec le soutien de la Fondation de la Collection Desjardins.

Parmi ses expositions récentes figurent Entwined à Contemporary Calgary (collective, déc. 2025), Ruban, clochette, émeraude, timbre à LIVART (collective, janv. 2026), Keeper à Indigo + Madder X March (collective, janv. 2026), Faire Eau au Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul (collective, févr. 2026) et Precious Objects Perform non-precious tasks à The Plumb (collective, févr. 2026). Ses projets à venir incluent Holding Still chez McBride Contemporain (duo, mars 2026) et Une Pierre Tremblante se Lève au Centre d’exposition Yvonne L. Bombardier (solo, sept. 2026).

Ancrée dans un engagement intuitif envers des matériaux du quotidien, la pratique de Del Rosario transforme des débris trouvés en dialogues alchimiques explorant le temps et le lieu. S’appuyant sur son expérience diasporique, elle cultive une sensibilité aux écosystèmes en mutation — son travail faisant office de stratégie d’ancrage.

(MISE À JOUR FEV 2026)

 

photo by ALEXIS BERNARD. January 2024

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