Thank you to all who joined us for Becoming Becoming: an exhibition of works by Joséphine Dubern.
The exhibition, curated by Erin McAtee and Lucy Rahner, was an exploration of what it means to be an artist specifically in the context of motherhood: What does it mean to be an artist before versus after having a child? How does the process of creating a work as an artist relate to the process of creating a new life within oneself? What can an artist who is a mother specifically offer the Art World, an artistic landscape that has historically not been the most welcoming to such a state of life?
Becoming Becoming examined how mothers are ontologically gestational, creative in the very nature of their being.
It was shown in the Dilenschneider Gallery at The Sheen Center (18 Bleecker Street) from August 6-28th, 2025.
Joséphine Dubern was born in 1995 in Aix-en-Provence, France. After studying communication sciences at the Université de Montreal, she graduated from Les Beaux-Arts de Marseille. She currently lives and works in Montreal, where she is also the mother of two children.
For two nights only, the exhibition was accompanied by a special immersive gallery performance directed by Karina Majewski that delved into the twin vocations of artist and mother and how they are embodied.