Opening Reception: Thursday, September 4, 6–8 p.m.
Meet The Artist: Saturday, September 6, 2–3 p.m.
Mandarin Tour: Saturday, September 20, 2–3 p.m.

The Ferry Building Gallery is delighted to present Michelle Sound’s solo show Cherish. Michelle Sound’s work explores personal and familial narratives with a consideration of Indigenous artistic processes. Her works explore cultural identities and histories by engaging materials and concepts within a contemporary context.

Through utilizing such practices as drum making, caribou hair tufting, beadwork, painting, and photography, her work highlights that acts of care and joy are situated in family and community. She works with traditional and contemporary materials and techniques to explore maternal labour, identity, and cultural knowledges.

About the artist:

Michelle Sound is a Cree and Métis artist and mother. She is a member of Wapsewsipi Swan River First Nation in Treaty 8 Territory. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Simon Fraser University, School for the Contemporary Arts, and a Master of Applied Arts from Emily Carr University Art + Design. Public art pieces include a printed Transit mural (City of Edmonton) and a printed mural at the Canadian Embassy in Paris.

Sound has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her work is held in the collections of the Burnaby Art Gallery, Indigenous Art Centre (CIRNAC), Forge Project NY, the McMichael Collection and the National Gallery of Canada. Sound has been longlisted for the Lind Photography Prize (2024) and the Sobey Art Award (2025).
 

Thank you to the exhibition sponsor: