An Accident of Being

Lisa MacLean has an MFA in Studio Art and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies (Art History, English, and Sociology) from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. She has exhibited her art work and created installations locally, nationally, and internationally for many years and has been an artist in residence at institutions in Belgium, France, Turkey, and Italy. In addition to teaching in several post-secondary institutions in Canada and producing her own work, Lisa has curated a range of exhibitions and taken part in many collaborative projects. Spanning a variety of disciplines including digital media, photography, video, and mixed media installation, her practice confronts concerns related to cultural and natural history, gender, landscape and the body, architectural space, the environment, and memory.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS

2020
2020 Buenos Aires International Film Festival, (Juried) Buenos Aires, Argentina
2020 New York Independent Film Festival, (Juried) New York, USA
2020 ALC Videoart Festival, (Juried) Alicante, Spain

2019
Artist’s Choice, (Invited), Art Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Film Festival Senior Movie, (Juried). Szczecin, Poland.
Semi-Finalist Los Angeles CineFest 2019, (Juried). Los Angeles, CA, USA

2018
Film Festival Senior Movie, Szczecin, Poland, (Juried). Second Prize Winner.
60 Seconds or Less Video Festival, (Juried) Chesterton, USA
Oregon Cinema Arts Festival, (Juried) Portland, USA
San Mauro Film Festival, (Juried) Turin, Italy
Voices From the Waters, (Juried) Bangalore, India
Cefalù Film Festival, (Juried) Palermo, Italy
Roma Cinema DOC Film Festival (Juried) Rome, Italy
The Magical Mar (Invited), Art Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

2017
Short Film Festival of Biodiversity, Porto Real, Portugal
Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing, China
Focus 2017 (Invited), Grant Berg Gallery, Grande Prairie, AB
Roma Cinema DOC Film Festival (Juried), Rome, Italy.
Points of View, Peace Gallery North, Fort St John, BC.
60 Seconds or Less Video Festival, Chesterton, USA

2016
Video production & projections for The Buddy Holly Story, Stage North, North Peace Cultural Centre, Fort St John, BC.
14th International Short & Independent Film Festival (Juried), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Semi-Finalist at Los Angeles Cine Fest, (Juried), Los Angeles, Ca.
Leicester City Film Festival, (Juried). Leicester, UK
Luminescence (Juried). Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby, BC.
7th NYC Independent Film Festival (Juried), Producer’s Club Theatre, New York City, NY.
TrixXxiefest Art and Film Festival, (Juried). St John’s, NFL, Canada.
Semi-Finalist at the Best Short Fest, (Juried). Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Semi-finalist at El Ojo Cojo International Film Festival, (Juried). Madrid, Spain.

2015
LACDA 11 Year Anniversary Represented Artists Exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, California.
Access Code Short Film Festival, (Juried). Srinagar, India.
Burnaby Film Forum, (Juried). Burnaby, BC.
Winner Best Technical Achievement for The Fire Ceremony II: Metamorphosis.
Midnight Sun Art & Film Festival, (Juried). Sun Peaks, BC.
Urban Landscapes, Dundarave Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2014
Laura Reznek ‘Who Came Before Us’ CD Release Show, Renegade Studios, Vancouver. Video projections.
How Nice to Have A Hobby, Juried. Leigh Square Arts Village, Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada.
Electron Salon, Invited. Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Ca.
Turkish Ten painting exhibition, Cay Bahcesi, Gokcebel, Turkey.
BIMPE VIII Biennial International Exhibition, Juried. Federation Gallery and Dundarave Gallery, Vancouver, BC; UBCO Fine Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC, and SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, Alta.

2013
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, Ca.
Heartfelt, Invited. Vancouver Print Room, Vancouver, BC.
The Dark of the Night, Juried. Photohaus Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
The Responsive Landscape, Juried. Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Art Afloat, Floating Home, Delta, BC, Canada.
Precarious Balance, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

2012
Viernes de Dolores: An Altar for the Virgin of Dolores, installations and performance, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Right Before Her Very Eyes, Chancery Building of the Canadian Embassy, Santiago, Chile.
Agua Mexicana, performance, Hotelito Swiss Oasis, Puerto Escondido, Mexico.

2011
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, Ca, USA
Amed Beach Tree Piece: Colour Therapy & Amed Beach Mandala/Rocky [Beach] Horror Picture Show, installations and collaborative performances, Amed, East Bali.

2010
Text: 5th International Artists’ Book Triennial (Juried). Gallery Hübner Bokform, Halmstad, Sweden, Seoul International Book Arts Fair, Seoul, Korea and Venice, Italy.
Matrices 2010 (Juried) Danube Gallery, Budapest, Hungary; KAS Gallery, Budapest, Hungary; Hungarian Workshop Gallery, Budapest, Hungary; D-Court Gallery, Budapest, Hungary; FISE Gallery Budapest, Hungary.
DigitalArt.LA (Juried) Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Ca.

2009
Memento Mori, Series of multi-media installations in ruined cave houses, Ibrahimpasa, Cappadocia, Turkey.
Plastic Goddesses, Series of multi-media installations and tomb projections in and around Kas, Turkey.
Theatrum Florae, Series of mixed-media installations in and around Gumusluk and Kadikalesi, Bodrum/Mugla, Turkey.
Text: 5th International Artists’ Book Triennial (juried). Leipzig Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany, Gallery “Arka”, Vilnius, Lithuania and Art Centre Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark.

2008
Book of Hours (solo), Place Des Arts, Coquitlam, BC, Canada.

2007
Snap to Grid 2007, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, Cal.

2006
Contaminated Architectural Space (solo). Kootenay Museum of
Art, Science and History, Castlegar, BC.
Space/Time/Memory, Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver, BC.
Defining Space Photography Exhibition, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby.
Snap To Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, Cal.

2004
Quintessence, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC.
Beyond the Flesh Dress and Meat Brain: Fantasies of Biological Transcendence (solo). Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody, BC.
Rust, Glass Onion Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Metropolism, Glass Onion Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2003
Artropolis, CBC Studios, Vancouver, BC.

2001
Imprint, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC.
Triennial 100 Cities. Touring exhibition throughout Europe to 2003.
11th International Print Biennial Varna 2001, Varna, Bulgaria.
Fallen: Recent Photoworks (solo). Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC.

2000
International Triennial of Graphic Art 2000 “Bridge to the Future”, Juried. Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Krakow, Poland and traveling.
Triennial Krakow-Nurnberg, Nurnberg, Germany.
International Print Exhibition “Graphic Constellation”, Szczecin, Poland.
Malaspina Printmakers Annual Exhibition, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC.
Landscape and Bodies: Recent Photoworks (solo). MPS Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

1999
10th International Print Biennial Varna ‘99 (Juried). Graphic Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria.
12th Norwegian Print Triennial (Invited). Fredrikstad, Norway.
International Triennial - Rio De Janiero (Juried). Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
To Remain at a Distance (Juried). Open Space, Victoria, BC.

1998
XV Bienal de Ibiza (Juried). Museu D’Art Contemporani D’Eivissa, Spain
Mini-Triennial Continents (Juried). Art Gallery BWA, Jelenia Gora, Poland.
International Triennial ‘97 - Cracow - Nuremberg (Juried). Fair Center Nuremberg, Germany.

1997
In Situ: Contemporary Canadian Prints (Invited). McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
9th International Print Biennial - Varna 97 (Juried). City Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria.
Triennial 100 Cities (Invited). Touring exhibition throughout Poland organised by SMTG, Cracow, Poland.
International Print Triennial - Cracow (MTG ‘97) Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Krakow, Poland.
2nd International Triennial of Graphic Art (Invited). Art Gallery Bitola, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia.
8th International Exhibition of Portrait Drawings and Graphics. Invited. Tuzla Portrait Gallery, Bosnia.
Canadian Prints Down Under (Invited). Balmain Watch House Gallery, St. Peters, Australia and Impressions Gallery, Perth, Australia.
Identities, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C.

1996
14th Bienal Ibizagrafic 96 (Juried). Museu D’Art Contemporani D’Eivissa, Ibiza, Spain.
Face, Open Studio’s Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ont. Station Art Centre, Whitby, Ont. and Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, P.Q.
3rd Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints (Juried). Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan.
10th Seoul International Print Biennale (Juried). Il Min Cultural Centre, Seoul, Korea.
I Miedzynarodowe Biennale Raciborz ‘96, Galeria Zyhdi, Raciborz, Polska.

1995
45th Annual Boston Printmakers North American Print Exhibition (Juried). Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Boston, Mass.
Small Prints ‘95 (Invited). Galerija Graficki Kolektiv, Beograd, Yugoslavia.
18th International Independante Exhibition of Prints in Kanagawa 95, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan.
Exhibition to Benefit Bosnia: “Seventh International Biennial Exhibition of Portrait Drawings and Graphics Tuzla ‘95” (Invited). Sponsored by Children in Crisis and Tuzla Portrait Gallery, Hamburg, Germany and Tuzla, Bosnia Herzegovina.
Malaspina Printmakers 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.

1994
Print Types. Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas and Central College, Pella, Iowa.
Small Prints ’94 (Invited). Galerija Graficki Kolektiv, Beograd, Yugoslavia.
International Triennial of Graphic Art (Invited). Art Gallery Bitola, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia.
Opere Segnalate - Premio Internazionale Biella per L’Incisione. Accademia di Bella Arti, Bologna and Accademia Albertina di Bella Arti, Torino, Italy.
64 - 94 Contemporary Decades. Curated by Sam Carter. Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.

1993
Seattle Art Fair. Seattle, Wa.
5th Biennial Exhibition of Prints in Wakayama (Juried). Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan.
XII Premio Internazionale Biella per L’Incisione 1993 (Invited). Palazzo Ferrero della Marmora, Biella, Italy.
Canadian Artists to the Benefit of the Havel Foundation. Invited. Havel Foundation, Prague, Czech Republic.
New Work. Prior Editions, Vancouver, B.C.
Imagined Meaning, (solo). MPS Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Burgess/MacLean: Representation and the Iconic Image. Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alta.

1992
Ibizagrafic ‘92 (Juried). Museu d’Art Contemporani, Eivissa, Spain.
Faculty Show. Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.
Malaspina Printmakers Annual Members Show (Jurie). CACV Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
New Work. Prior Editions, Vancouver, B.C.

1991
Canada/China Cultural Exchange. Cultural Centre, Zuhai, China and travelling.
19th International Biennial of Graphic Art (Juried). Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
Malaspina Annual Members Show (Juried). CACV Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Four Solo Players. Open Studio Gallery, Toronto, Ont.
Medicine Hat Print Show 1991 (Juried). Travelling throughout Western Canada.
Fictional Narratives (solo). Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C.
Fictional Narratives (solo). MPA Gallery, Winnipeg, Man.

1990
Canadian Printmakers (Invited). Travelling exhibition throughout the United States curated by the Missouri Print Consortium.
5th International French Biennale (Juried). Forum des Cholettes, Paris, France.
5th International Triennial of Graphic Art (Juried). Pohjanmaan Museo, Vaasa, Finland.
6th International Biennial of Portrait Graphics and Drawings (Invited). Yugoslav Portrait Gallery, Tuzla, Yugoslavia.
Grabados Canadienses. Centre Internacional de Recerca Grafica, Calella, Spain and Centre Permanent D’Artesania de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Intergrafik ‘90J(Juried). Berlin, German Democratic Republic.
The Printed Figure. Canadian Cultural Centre, Rome, Italy.
Malaspina Printmakers: Contemporary Canadian Prints. Touring exhibition throughout Scotland.
Contemporary Prints. Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.
Malaspina Printmakers 15th Anniversary. Juried. Simon Fraser University Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.
Contemporary West Coast Prints. Windsor Printmakers Forum,Windsor, Ont.

1989
18th International Biennial of Graphic Art. Juried. Museum
of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
Malaspina Printmakers in Peru. Instituto Culturale Peruano y Norteamericano, Lima, Peru.
Malaspina: Prints. Pohjanmaan Museo, Vaasa, Finland.
Fantasy Art Exhibition. Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C.
Recent Acquisitions. Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.
Figure and Ground (Solo), Station Arts Centre, White Rock, B.C.
Lisa MacLean: Prints and Paintings (Solo), Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C.

1988
5th International Graphics Exhibition. Invited. Instituto per La Cultura e L’Arte, Catania, Italy.
12th International Biennial of Graphic Art. Juried. Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Krakow Poland and Katowice, Poland.
Graff Decembre 1988. Juried. Galerie Graff, Montreal, P.Q.
Malaspina Printmakers 1988 Annual. Juried. Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.
Medicine Hat Print Show 1988. Juried. Medicine Hat Cultural Centre and travelling.
Malaspina Printmakers: Select Prints. Juried. Travelling to the Grand Forks Art Gallery and the Langham Centre, Kaslo, B.C.
Lisa MacLean: Recent Work (Solo), Wenniger Graphics, Provincetown, Mass., USA.
Objects of Collective Memory (Solo), Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.
Lisa MacLean: Recent Prints (Solo), Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C.

1987
7th International Miniprint de Cadaques. Juried. Taller Galeria Fort, Barcelona, Spain.
13th International Independante Exhibition. Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan.
5th Annual Printmakers Show. Juried. Fine Impressions Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
17th International Biennial of Graphic Art. Juried. Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
2nd International Exhibition of Miniature Art. Juried. Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ont.
Graff Decembre. Juried. Galerie Graff, Montreal, P.Q.
Malaspina Printmakers 12th Annual. Juried. Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.
Artropolis. Curated. Beatty Street, Vancouver, B.C.
The Story Behind the Art. Curated. Granville Island Graphics, Vancouver, B.C.
Black and White Show. Curated. Granville Island Graphics, Vancouver, B.C.
New Work (Solo), Malaspina Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

1986
Four Printmakers and One Sculptor. Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C.
Three Printmakers. Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Malaspina Printmakers 11th Annual. Juried. CACV Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Four Women. Alternative Space, Vancouver, B.C.

1985
Malaspina Printmakers 10th Anniversary. Juried. Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Four Printmakers. Curated. Open Studio Gallery, Toronto, Ont.
Graduation Show. Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.
Annual Drawing Show. Juried. Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.
The Women of Emily Carr. Curated. Hycroft House, Vancouver, B.C.
Lisa MacLean (Solo), Firehall Theatre Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.