Maria Ezcurra

McGill University - P. Lantz Initiative for Excellence in Education and the Arts

Born in Argentina and raised in Mexico, Maria Ezcurra currently lives in Montreal, where she obtained a PhD at Concordia University with the first research-creation doctoral project presented at the Department of Art Education. Having studied Visual Arts at the UNAM (Mexico), she later pursued graduate studies at the Chelsea College of Art & Design (UK) and at the San Francisco Art Institute (USA). A recipient of many prestigious awards, including the Fulbright-Garcia Robles Scholarship and the FRQSC award, Maria Ezcurra is also a member of the National System of Art Creators (SNCA) in Mexico. She has participated in more than 60 group and 15 individual exhibits in Europe, Australia, Latin and North America, including solo shows in Montreal and Toronto. Maria has worked as an art teacher and tutor in a number of universities and schools in Mexico and Canada over the past 15 years. She was one of the two first Artists-in-Residence at McGill’s Faculty of Education, where she is currently working as an Art-Mediator as part of the P. Lantz Initiative for Excellence in Education & the Arts.