G. Scott MacLeod  Multimedia Artist - Director

Memberships, Fellowships & Associations                     

Member of professional art association CARFAC/RAAV Canada and Quebec.

Fellow at The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico.

Concordia University Alumni Association - ELAN

Montreal Film Group - Main Film

Art Education and Residency Programs      

2007                 Sagamie, digital photo residency, Alma, Quebec, Canada.

2004-05-06-07    Artist in residence at the McAuslan Brewery.

2005           Fourth International Conference In Public Art and Muralism, Tlaxcala, Mexico.

2005            Pouch Cove Foundation Art Residency Program, Newfoundland, Canada.

2001 - 2       Concordia University, completed BFA with a specialization in printmaking, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,

2001            Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, painting residency, Taos, New Mexico, U.S.A.

2000            Baie-Saint-Paul '2000 le Symposium de la Nouvelle Peinture', painting residency, Baie Saint Paul, Quebec, Canada.

1996            Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, painting residency, Taos, New Mexico, U.S.A.

1995            Art Gallery of St.-Thomas and Elgin, painting residency, St-Thomas, Ontario, Canada.

1992            The Banff Center For The Arts, Leighton Artist Colony, painting residency, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

1988            Santa Reparata Graphic Art Center, photography workshop, Florence, Italy.

                   Uffizi Print and Drawing Room, copying master drawings and prints, Florence, Italy.

1984 - 9       Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, specialization in printmaking.

1987            La Sociedad Mexicana de Artes Plasticas (S.O.M.A.R.T.), residency and painting exchange, Mexico City, Mexico.

1987            The Banff Center School of Fine Art, painting and printing residency, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

1986            Atelier de Réalisations Graphiques de Québec, printing residency, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

1982 – 84    John Abbott College, diploma of collegiate studies in fine arts, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.

Films – Videos - Installations                                                                                                         

2006-07       After the war with Hannelore (Director), 16 mm. 15 min. Colour/b&w.

2005           The life cycle of an oak tree-the sacred masculine (Director), video/flash media. 1 min.

2005           The wheels of life-the sacred feminine (Director), video/flash media. 4 min.

2002            Family Lines (Director), video/documentary on MacLeod’s & Gillespie’s in Cape Breton, colour. 45 mins.

1993                        Black ‘47 theatre installation on the Irish famine, (set and projection design)

Exhibitions (Selected)                                                                                                          

2007                 Meeting with the Goddesses & screening of After the war with Hannelore, Galerie Praxis Hagen,  Berlin, Germany.

2006                 Quebec Connection, AXIS Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

2006                 Avalon Peninsula & Vinland series, (La Raza Group) Jens Thielsen Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada.

2005                 Avalon Peninsula & Vinland series, (Solo) McAuslan Annex Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2005                 Homecoming Arts Festival Concordia Alumni exhibition, VAV Gallery Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2005                 Love and the Machine, Sacred Feminine and Masculine, Societe des arts technologiques, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2005                 Good In Bed, James Baird Gallery, St-John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.

2005                 Oh Canada, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2005                 Obsolescence, Mise en valeur des ancients silo du Canada Maltage, La Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2005                 What’s New For Summer, Darrell Bell Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

2005                 People and Images of St-John’s Newfoundland (La Raza Group), James Baird Gallery, St-John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.

2005                 The Sacred Feminine and Masculine (solo), St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.

2004                 City in Focus/Focus en Ville, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Point Claire, Quebec,

Canada.

2004                 Outline In Black, Jens Thielsen Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada.

2004                 Landscape III, James Baird Gallery, St-John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.

2004                 Homecoming Arts Festival Concordia Alumni exhibition, VAV Gallery Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2004                 Voyageur, Hollinger-Collins Gallery (solo), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2004                 Trembling Ground, a site specific installation organized by Giuseppe Di Leo Kalenarte, Museo Civico d’Arte Contemporanea, Casacalenda, Italy.

2004            The Lachine Canal: Past and Present, McAuslan Brewery St. Ambroise Annex, (solo), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2004            Central Park: Two Views, Arsenal Gallery Central Park, New York, New York, USA.

2003            Three Montreal Artist exhibit at the MAA, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2003            Two Views of New York, Borém Gallery, New York, New York, USA.

2003            Ancestral Homes, Nordic Heritage Museum (solo), Seattle, Washington, USA.

2002            Ancestral Homes & Lanscapes, Thielsen Gallery (solo), London, Ontario, Canada.

2002            Taos Memory, Victoria Hall Westmount (solo), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2002            The Great Hunger & Reclaiming and Sharing 2002, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St-Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

2002            Ancestral Homes, Swedish American Museum Center (solo), Chicago, Illinois, USA.

2001            Baie-Saint-Paul 2000, 18e Symposium International de la Nouvelle Peinture Au Canada, Baie Saint Paul, Quebec, Canada.

2001                 Udice Garmez Annual Art Exhibition, Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2001            Thomas More 39^th Annual Exhibition, Galeire Lotto Québec, Quebec, Canada.

2000                 Scott MacLeod and Victoria Wanacott, Thompson House, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2000            Scott MacLeod (solo), Canal Complex, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2000            Scott Macleod (solo), Seagram’s Art Gallery, Centaur Theatre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1999            Avmor Celebrates the New Millennium, Musée Marc-Aurele Fortin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.           

1999            The Starving Can’t Eat Stone (solo), Bishops University Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada.

1999            Sacred Lands, Sacred light (solo), Harrison Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

1999            Group Exhibition, Galerie de la Ville, D.D.O., Quebec, Canada.

1999            Scott MacLeod Recent Paintings (solo), Thielsen Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada.

1999            Recent Figurative Paintings (solo), Railtown Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

1998            Urban Refuse Series, Railtown Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

1998            7 Montreal Artists at Ogilvy’s, Sponsored by Julius Baer Canada, Tudor Room, Ogilvy’s, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1997            Symphonie de Couleurs, Tennis St-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.           

1997            8 Montreal Artists in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.

1996            Scott MacLeod Recent Paintings New Mexico (solo), Thielsen Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada.

1996            Scott MacLeod (solo), The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, New Mexico, U.S.A.

1996            Totem de Piedra, Centre D’Art Contemporain, L’Annonciation, Quebec, Canada.

1995            Scott MacLeod (solo), Thompson House, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1995            The Starving Can’t Eat Stone (solo), Verdun Cultural Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1995            Totem de Piedra, Community Arts Council of Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

1995            Totem de Piedra, Strathern Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1994            Urban Realities (La Raza Group), Swords into Ploughshares Peace Center & Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.

1994            Thomas More, Thirty Second Annual Exhibition, Maison de la Culture Côte des Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1994            Totem de Piedra, Center Exposition du Vieux Palais, St-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada.

1993            Y’a l’a joie, Musée de Québec, Galerie d’Art, Grand Théâtre de Québec, Quebec, Canada.

1993            Intimate Spaces (solo), Galerie 3, Canal Complex, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1992            World Scottish Festival (solo), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1992            From Figuration to Abstraction: Six Montreal Artists, Center Of Contemporary Art, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.

1992            Patriarchy and the Goddess (La Raza Group), Temiskaming Art Gallery, Haileybury, Ontario, Canada.

1992            Sanctuaries and Landscapes (Solo), Gallery 89, John Abbott College, Ste-Anne-de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.

1992            Interiors (Solo), Visual Arts Center, Westmount, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1991            Sort of a Homecoming (Solo), Gallery Milhalis, Hudson, Quebec, Canada.

1991            Patriarchy and the Goddess and NATO & the Warsaw Pact Are One by (La Raza Group) and Robert O’Driscoll, paintings and video:

                        •Guinness Hop Store Gallery, opened by Anne Yeats (Canadian contribution to

                        Dublin’s “City of Culture” Festival), Dublin, Ireland.

                        •Quan’s Morgue, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny, Ireland.

                        •CNE Discovery 91, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1991                        Totem de Piedra, Group Book and Print Exhibition, organized by l’Atelier de l’Ile,

                        •Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

                        •Galeria Praxis, Mexico City, Mexico.

                        •Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City, Mexico.

                        •Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Morelia, Mexico.

                        •Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico.

1990                 La Raza Group, Panel Contract with Architect Jacques Rousseau for Pool Hall “Le Swimming”, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1990            Sanctuaries (La Raza Group), Ernst Brandt Galerie International, Kunst, Koln, Germany.

1989            Inaugural exhibition Scott MacLeod and Suzanne Olligschlager, Gallery 89, John Abbott College, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.

1989            Biénnale du Dessin de l’Estampe du Papier du Québec, Galerie Lavalin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1989            A l’ombre du génie, fund-raiser with L’ Association des Galeries d’Art Comtemporain (A.G.A.C.M.) et La Fondation des Maladies Mentales, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1989            Biennale du Dessin de l’Estampe du Papier du Quebec, Alma, Quebec, Canada.

1989            Sanctuaries, (La Raza Group), Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1989            Photos From Italy, Concourse Gallery Emily Carr, College of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

1988            Art For Love And Freedom (La Raza Group), Fundraising Event for Amnesty International and the National Association of Japanese Canadians, Antidote Hair Salon, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1988            La Raza Group, Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1987            La Raza Group, University of Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico.

1987            La Raza Group, La Sociedad Mexicana de Artes Plasticas, Mexico City, Mexico.

1987            Scott MacLeod Recent Prints & Paintings (solo), Gallery III, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Grants – Awards - Scholarships                                                                                                                                                                                                    

2006                 Main Film Production Grant, for After the war with Hannelore installation and film.

2005                 A Grant for Artistic research and creation from Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec to produce a new series of work on the geometry of the sacred feminine and masculine.

2001-2              St. Andrew’s Society of Montreal, academic grant to study at Concordia University.

2000                 Canada Council Travel Grant, to do research on my Ancestral Homes exhibition in Norway.

1999            Saint Patrick Society of Montreal, for research on my Irish Famine exhibition.

1999            William Blair Bruce Fine Art Travel Scholarship, to do research on my Ancestral Homes exhibition in Norway.

1993            Canada Council Explorations for Black ‘47 theatre installation on the Irish famine.

1988            Elizabeth T. Greenshields Foundation, to study master drawings and prints at the Uffizi Print and Drawing Room in Florence.

1987            Quebec Govermnent Artistic Practice Grant, to exhibit in Mexico City.

1996                 Tevie and Arliss Millar Scholarship, to attend The Banff Centre School of Fine Art.

Collections                                                                                                                               

 -Air Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-ALDO, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-Associazione Café Mozart, Milan, Italy.

-Atelier de l’Ile, Val David, Quebec, Canada.

-Atelier de Réalisations Graphiques de Québec, Quebec, Quebec, Canada.

-Avocats Micheline Hughes, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-Bibliothèque Gabrielle Roy, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-Borden, Ladner, Gervais, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-Brasserie McAuslan Brewery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-Clarige, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-Clark Valuations Services. Ltd. Calgary, Alberta, Canada.                       

-CP Hotels, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

-Dr. Jane Goodall.

-Ex Aurum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-Éducatour, Montreal, Quebec,Canada.

-Galeria Praxis, Mexico City, Mexico.

-Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-Guinness Brewery, Dublin, Ireland.

-Ivey Collection, London, Ontario, Canada.

-Jake Eberts, Film Producer, Montreal, Canada.

-Jens Thielsen Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada.

-Jewitt Morrison & Associates, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

-John Fulton Gallery, Seville, Spain.

-Leonard Cohen, poet, author, singer, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-Liberal Arts College, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-London Life, London, Ontario, Canada.

-Lotto Quebec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-Musée de Québec, Quebec, Canada.           

-Museo de la Estampe, Mexico City, Mexico.           

-National Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.           

-Omnisource Communications, Quebec, Canada.

-Pak 2000 Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada.           

-Pratt and Whitney, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-Reader’s Digest, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.            

-Royal Bank of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-Rick Mercer comedian, Made In Canada, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

-S.O.M.A.R.T., Mexico City, Mexico.

-St-Patricks Society of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-Symposium Int. De La Nouvelle Peinture, Baie-Saint Paul, Quebec, Canada.            

-The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, New Mexico, USA.

-Universidad Autonoma De Taxcala, Taxcala, Mexico.

-City of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, Mexico.             

-Velan Valves Inc. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

-Y.M.C.A., Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Lectures        

2006                        Society of Canadian Painters, McAuslan Visitor Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2005            5^th Montreal Self-Employed Artist Conference, for Yes Youth Employment Service, Centaur Theatre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2004            Dorval Public Library, Similarities between Mexican, Celtic, First Nations and Viking art, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2004                        Stewart Hall, What an artist should know, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2004            McAuslan Visitor Centre, The Lachine Canal Past and Present, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2003            The Westmount Library, Similarities between Mexican, Celtic, First Nations and Viking art, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2003            Westmount Visual Arts Centre, What an artist should know, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2003            Nordic Heritage Museum, Vinland Full Circle Saga, Seattle, WA, USA.

2002            Swedish American Museum, Ancestral Homes exhibition, Chicago, IL, USA.

2002                        Svenska Klubben I, Ancestral Homes project, Montreal, Canada.

2002                        Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1999            Bishops University, the Irish Famine of 1847 and the decimation of the plains buffalo, Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada.

1987 - 93            Banff Center School of Fine Art, Montreal art collective La Raza Group, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

1995            Art Gallery of St.-Thomas and Elgin, Ontario, Canada.

1991                        Dawson College, Montreal, Qu