 Alongside her artistic practice, McBride is a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, and served as its director until 2017.McBride is married to Glen Rubsamen, an American painter from Los Angeles.Working at the intersection of architecture, design, and public space, McBride is known for her large scale works and installations, with her wider oeuvre incorporating performance, texts, and smaller scale sculptural work.