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Kyla Bourgh

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Artist, writer, and lover of life.
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There are two stories unfolding in French Ending, an exhibition by @kyborgi at @this_______________________ gallery. The story held within the words and illustrations, and the story of how the work itself came to be, shaped through collaboration, translation, and the meeting of different perspectives.

I was especially drawn to the collaged pieces, where separate elements come together so seamlessly that the process almost disappears. I nearly missed one example of this entirely, which made discovering it all the more rewarding.

What I loved most about French Ending is the way it leaves space for the viewer to participate, to bring their own experiences and interpretations to what is being shared. Much like language itself, the work feels open to translation, both literal and personal.

A warm and welcoming exhibition that reminds us how stories can connect us, even when words fall short, and how sometimes the most meaningful endings are the ones we get to create ourselves.

The Show runs until October 18
#artoftheday #artgallery #artistsoninstagram #vancouver by @kyborgi

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Kyla Bourgh artist talk this Saturday at 2 pm.

Kyla Bourgh is a Canadian artist and writer based in Vancouver. A graduate of the Master of Visual Arts program at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, her practice encompasses visual art, writing, publishing, and curatorial projects. She previously curated Atelier 8.18, a home gallery presenting local and international artists in group exhibitions. French Ending is her first book published under her given name and her first illustrated book.

@kyborgi taken in THIS Gallery by @kyborgi

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Join us Saturday, October 10 for the opening reception for French Ending a new book written and illustrated by Kyla Bourgh.

The title French Ending alludes to the concept used in cinema and literature. Unlike the closed resolutions typical of an “American Ending,” the “French Ending” functions as a narrative strategy that invites the audience to complete the ending of the work from their own experience and interpretation. The book’s theme setting of France, a collaboration between Kyla Bourgh (Vancouver, Canada) and Viviana Maidanik (Buenos Aires, Argentina) presents the multi-faceted process that happened worlds apart, yet remains connected and cohesive.

This concept aligns directly with the multi-lingual book, which conceives writing, art and translation as open practices in constant dialogue with each other. Illustrations add another layer of hints towards unspoken narrative and visual expression. The book compiles illustrations and a series of meta-narrative stories written by Bourgh. In these stories, the author explores the experience of living in a country where only partial mastery of the local language generates estrangement and a sense of identity displacement. From her English-speaking perspective, a language often considered “universal” within the framework of cultural globalization, she reflects on the impossibility of fully expressing herself, to her artistic peers, the discomfort of not recognizing her own words, and, simultaneously, the powerful bonds formed despite fragmented language.

Saturday, October 10 12-4 pm
THIS Gallery
108 e Broadway
(Alley entrance)
Vancouver, BC

@kyborgi taken in THIS Gallery by @kyborgi

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9 days ago

Kyla Bourgh
French Ending
October 9–18, 2026

French Ending is an exhibition and bilingual book project by Vancouver artist and writer Kyla Bourgh, created in collaboration with Buenos Aires-based publisher and designer Viviana Maidanik, with French translations by Antonio Werli.

Bringing together Bourgh’s original conté illustrations, writing, and the collaborative process behind the publication, French Ending explores what happens when language is incomplete. Drawing from Bourgh’s experience of living in a country where she had only a partial command of the local language, the project considers estrangement, identity, misunderstanding, and the meaningful connections that can form despite the limits of words.

The title refers to a narrative convention that leaves a story unresolved, inviting the audience to complete it through their own experience and interpretation. In French Ending, that openness extends across writing, illustration, translation, and collaboration.

THIS Gallery 108 East Broadway, alley entrance Vancouver, BC

@kyborgi taken in THIS Gallery by @kyborgi

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10 days ago

Kyla Bourgh
French Ending
October 9–18, 2026 Opening Reception: Saturday, October 10, 12–4 pm THIS Gallery, Vancouver

THIS Gallery is pleased to present French Ending, an exhibition and book project by Vancouver artist and writer Kyla Bourgh. Bringing together Bourgh’s original conté illustrations, writing, and the collaborative process behind the publication of a bilingual French and English book, the exhibition explores language, translation, and the connections that can emerge through partial understanding.
French Ending is a collaboration between Bourgh and Buenos Aires-based illustrator, designer, and publisher Viviana Maidanik, with French translations by Antonio Werli. Created across countries, languages, and disciplines, the project considers writing, visual art, publishing, and translation as open practices that continually shape and respond to one another.

@kyborgi taken in THIS Gallery by @kyborgi

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11 days ago

Coming next to THIS Gallery: French Ending by Kyla Bourgh.

What happens when you don’t have the words to fully express yourself?

Through writing, conté illustration, and translation, French Ending explores the experience of living between languages and the connections that can form despite misunderstanding, distance, and incomplete communication.

The bilingual book was created across continents by Vancouver artist and writer Kyla Bourgh and Buenos Aires-based publisher and designer Viviana Maidanik, with French translations by Antonio Werli.

October 9–18, 2026 Opening Reception: Saturday, October 10, 12–4 pm

Finding connection beyond words.

@kyborgi taken in THIS Gallery by @kyborgi

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14 days ago

I will be exhibiting my original illustrations for my book French Ending-Une fin française on October 10th 12-4pm @this_______________________

Mark your calendar!!!

Reading from my book and Q & A. by @kyborgi

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a month ago

I have a crush on Montreal!

Thanks to @unlivreasoimtl for taking my book French Ending and being such a delightful location to visit. If you are in Montreal, go check them out. by @kyborgi

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a month ago

Excited to have a few signed copies of my book French Ending @librairiedrawnandquarterly

What lovely booksellers and what an excellent selection. by @kyborgi

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a month ago

French Ending!
In Montreal!

Come by @bulla.cafe Sunday Sept 13th for my book tour.
4-6pm taken in Bulla Café by @kyborgi

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a month ago

The beautiful install is done!
Thanks Micayla at Bulla Café

Join me in Montreal for an exhibition of my illustrations-limited edition risograph displayed! Part of my book tour for French Ending.

Trilingual Reading french-spanish-english
French Ending book and Q&A
4-6pm
Sunday Sept 13th

Know someone in Montreal who loves art, launguage or books... tell them to come by! taken in Bulla Café by @kyborgi

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a month ago

Bring the writer you are to our writing workshop Sunday 13th ! ✨📝

All the infos are in our pinned story❤️ taken in Bulla Café by @kyborgi

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