About Me
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Studies in Fine Arts, English, Sociology). University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Master of Fine Arts (Critical Theory, Printmaking, Drawing, Painting).
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Bachelor of Fine Arts. (Studio Art) Open University in conjunction
with Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.
Diploma in Fine Arts (Printmaking). Honours.
Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.
Bachelor of Arts (Major English).
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011
Ruination (solo), Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC.
2010
2010 Digital Art LA International Exhibition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Text: 5th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2009, Gallery Hübner Bokform, Halmstad, Sweden
Text: 5th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2009, Seoul International Book Arts Fair, Seoul, Korea
Text: 5th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2009, Venice, Italy
Matrices 2010, Danube Gallery, KAS Gallery, Hungarian Workshop Gallery, D-Court Gallery, and FISE Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
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 Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2009, Leipzig Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany and Gallery “Arka”, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Text: 5th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2009, Art Centre Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark
2008
Book of Hours (solo), Place Des Arts, Coquitlam, BC.
2007
Snap to Grid 2007, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, Cal, USA.
2006
Contaminated Architectural Space (solo), Kootenay Gallery of Art, Science and History, Castlegar, BC.
Space/Time/Memory, Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver, BC.
Defining Space Photography Exhibition, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC.
2004
Quintessence, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC.
Beyond the Flesh Dress and Meat Brain (Solo), Blackberry Gallery, Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody, BC.
Gallery Artists Winter Exhibition, Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Metropolism, Glass Onion Studio and Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Rust (Revisited), Glass Onion Studio and 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. Juried. 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 90. 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.
AWARDS
2008
Vancouver Island University Research Grant
Vancouver Island University Travel Grant
Malaspina University-College Faculty Scholarly Research Grant
Malaspina University-College International Education Grant
2006
Malaspina University-College Faculty Travel Grant
Alejandro Malaspina Research Centre Teaching Time Release
2005
Malaspina University-College Faculty Scholarly Research Grant
Third, Masters Women, Spokane Inline Marathon, Wa., USA
2003
Top Rookie, Vancouver Torrent Inline Skating Club
Third (tie), Women’s Division, Tri-Cities Inline Marathon, Richland, Wa., USA
2000
Malaspina University-College Research Fund Grant
1998 – 1999
Malaspina University-College Faculty Scholarly Research Grant
1996 – 1997
Malaspina University-College Faculty Travel Grant
1995 – 1996
Malaspina University-College Faculty Scholarly Research Grant
City of Boston Juror’s Commendation Award, 45th Annual North American Print Exhibition
1994 – 1995
St. John’s University (Shanghai) Fellowship
Malaspina University-College Faculty Scholarly Research Grant
1993 – 1994
St. John’s University (Shanghai) Fellowship
University of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship
Finalist for the Premio Internazionale Biella per la Incisione, Biella, Italy
1992 – 1993
Obre Seleccionat at Ibizagrafic 92, Museu D’Art Contemporani D’Eivissa, Spain
University of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship
1991 – 1992
University of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship
Simons Foundation Doctoral Scholarship
1990 – 1991
University of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship
British Columbia Cultural Fund Professional Development Award
1989
Malaspina Printmakers Artist Exchange Grant
1988
Amess Foundation Grant
Canada Council Grant
1984
British Columbia Cultural Fund Scholarship
COLLECTIONS
Sanjel Corporation, Calgary, Canada
Norwegian International Print Triennial Permanent Collection, Fredrikstad, Norway
International Portrait Gallery Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
Instituto per La Cultura e L’Arte, Catania, Italy
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Canada
National Cash Register Company (Canada) Ltd., Vancouver, Canada
Citibank, Toronto, Canada
Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, Canada
Elvehjem Musuem of Art, Madison, WI, USA
Primetime Communications Ltd., Vancouver, Canada
Quilltech Communications Ltd., Vancouver, Canada
Galerija Graficki Kolektiv, Beograd, Yugoslavia
Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
Department of External Affairs, Gov’t of Canada
Toronto Dominion Bank, Vancouver, Canada
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
Frans Masereel Centrum Collection, Kasterlee, Belgium
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, BC
Magyar Elektrográfiai Társaság / MET, Budapest, Hungary