Citizenship: Canadian
Degrees:
Master in Fine Arts, University of Ottawa
Bachelor of Education, Visual Art and History, University of Ottawa
Bachelor of Arts Honours Studio Art, University of Ottawa
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2015 EnergyHYPEpower, Nuit Blanche Ottawa Gatineau, Rectory Art House, Ottawa
2012 Gender Power Agenda, The Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum, Ottawa
2010 Sex, Bombs, and the Cold War, Galerie AxeNeo 7, Gatineau, Québec, Canada
2006 Portrait of a Fortress, The Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum, Ottawa
2005 The Industrials, Gloucester Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada, Municipal Gallery, Juried
1994 Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa
1993 Let There Be Light, Richmond Public Art Gallery, BC, Canada, Curator Amir Ali Abhau
1991 The Vast and the Intimate, Galerie Intersection, Artist Run Centre, Ottawa, (Juried)
1991 The Artist as Architect, GalerieRochon, Toronto, Canada, Commercial Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Jury Invitation
2016 Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, jury Invitation
2013 Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, jury Invitation
2012 Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Jury Invitation
2010 Vestiges, Galerie Donald Brown, Montréal Curated by: Dr. Celina Jeffery
2008 The New Futurists, Cube Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, curated by Don Monet
2008 Prelude, Galerie 115, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2006 Red Salon Artists, Cube Gallery, curated by Don Monet
2003 John B. Aird Gallery, Archives of Ontario 100th, Toronto, Juried
2003 Centrepointe Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2000 Ottawa City Hall, Ottawa Watercolour Society, Ontario, Canada
1995 Roberts Gallery, Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, C.S.P.W.C.
1991-1993 International Waters, Aberdeen Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland; Bankside Gallery, London, England; Salmagundi Gallery, New York, U.S.A.; The Canton Art Institute, Canton, Ohio, U.S.A.; The Charles and Emma Frye Museum, Seattle, WA., U.S.A; School of Architecture, McGill University, Montreal; Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary, Alberta; Medicine Hat Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada; Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser, Juried Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour
Artist Talks:
2016 University of Ottawa, Dept. of Visual Arts, Guest Artist,: Painting
2015 University of Ottawa, Dept. of Visual Arts, Guest Artist,: Painting
2012 Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum, Ottawa, Gender Power Agenda
2006 Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum, Ottawa, Portrait of a Fortress Exhibition
Reviews and publications about Marcia Lea:
2016 Innovation at the University of Ottawa: Through the Eyes of an Artist
2011 June, Innovation at the University of Ottawa: Through the Eyes of Artists
2008 Aug. 21, Ottawa Citizen, The Future According to King, by Paul Gessel
2007 July 12, Ottawa Citizen, Watercolour Treasures, by Paul Gessel
2006 Dec. 30, Ottawa Citizen, Critic’s Pick, by Paul Gessel
2006 Dec. 23, Ottawa Citizen, Casting an Unusual Light on the Diefenbunker
2005 July 21, Ottawa Citizen, Great Finds in Unexpected Places, by Paul Gessell
2005 July 30, Ottawa Citizen, Critic’s Pick, by Paul Gessell
1991 October 15, Ottawa Citizen, At the Gallery, by Nancy Baele
1991 International Water, Statement by Rudolph Stussi, Standard Printing Co., Ohio
1993 Richmond Public Art Gallery, BC, Let There Be Light, Amir Ali Alibhai, Curator
1989 Paper Papier, Ottawa Art Gallery, by Mayo Graham, Curator
Awards and Grants:
2020 City of Ottawa Creation Grant2012 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2012 Canadian Museum Association, Travel Bursary
2010 University of Ottawa, Dean’s Award Masters of Fine Arts Degree
2008-2010 University of Ottawa, Graduate Admission Scholarship
2008 Dr. Mona Nemer, Vice-President Research University of Ottawa Innovation Award
2008 Charles Gagnon Entrance Scholarship University of Ottawa
2007 University of Ottawa, Harold Crabtree Foundation Scholarship (2007)
2006 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
1993 Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton Project Grant