R. SCOTT MACLEAY
Nationality: Canadian
Profession: Photographer, New media artist, Composer Writer, Curator/Art Director/Project planner
Websites: https://www.scottmacleay.com https://www.the-creative-process.org https://www.encounters-right-left-hemispheres.online
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scott.macleay/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/R.Scott.MacLeay.art
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmacleay/
Address: Florianópolis / SC, Brazil
Email: scottmacleay@gmail.com
Scott MacLeay is a Canadian photographer, composer and new media artist. His images, like his music, often deal with juxtapositions of fragmented elements in multilayered environments. He began his career in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in the mid 1970s, moving to Paris in 1979. In 2010 he took up residence in Florianópolis, Brazil.
Education:
Scott MacLeay earned an Honours B.A. degree with a major in economics from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario in 1972 and a Master of Science degree in economic theory specializing in development economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 1974. He left his doctoral studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1975 to pursue a career in photography.
Career Synopsis:
He gained notoriety in the early 1980s for his color series Attitudes that incorporated detail-free, graphic figures in flat twodimensional fields and was first exhibited in 1980 at the Space Gallery of Pete Turner, Ernst Haas and Jay Maisel in New York. In 1981 he began collaborating with the Fresson family for the printing of his work. The luminosity of the pigment-based, Fresson charcoal process was ideally suited to the texture-free, color palette he was exploring. In 1982 his work was included in the Life Library of Photography in the volume dedicated to the Art of Photography.
His work has been exhibited widely in Europe, N. and S. America and Japan and was represented by the Galérie Ufficio dell'Arte/Créatis in Paris and the Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery in New York where he exhibited both quadrichrome and dichromatic work in the 1980s. He participated in both solo and group exhibitions for the Biennale Mois de la Photo de la Ville de Paris in 1980, 1982 and 1988. His photographs are in included in private and museum collections worldwide.
In 1980, he founded the Photography Department at the American Center for Artists in Paris becoming Director of its Center for Media Art and Photography in 1985 following in the footsteps of founder Don Foresta and Anne-Marie Stein.
In 1982 he began composing experimental music for contemporary dance for American and French choreographers including Robert Kovich, Ruth Barnes, Marc Vincent and Jean-Marc Matos in collaboration with French choreographer François Raffinot. Musical composition became his principal activity by the end of the 1980s and in 1988, he formed Private Circus, an informally structured musical research group, that made two CDs on the French independent label Sordide Sentimental: the contemporary cabaret opera Small Crowds (Les Petites Foules) (SSCD004, 1990) and a compilation of music created for contemporary dance La Moitié de L'Histoire (SSFP99, 1994).
In 2010 he settled in Florianópolis, Brazil where in addition to returning to photography and new media work, he began curating exhibitions of young Brazilian new media artists and writing on conceptual approaches to photography. He has directed workshops / portfolio critiques at various events such as Floripa na Foto (2011 and 2013) and the Festival de Fotografia de Tiradentes (2013, 2015, 2018, 2019) as well as at institutions such as the SESC Santana and SESC 24 de Maio, São Paulo (2014, 201, 2018), the NucleoFac of the University of Belo Horizonte (2021) and the São Paulo-based pedagogical platform Plataforma Humanis (2021, 2022). His book of essays on photography Pensar, Sentir, Ver: Percepção e Processo em Fotografia (Thinking, Feeling, Seeing: Perception and process in Photography) was published by Editora Photo in 2015.
Since 2017, Macleay's work has been increasingly dedicated to exploring interactive, non-linear storytelling, employing photography, video and audio. The first phase of his transmedia project Encounters in the Right and Left Hemispheres was completed in December 2019: an interactive book of the same named published in February 2020. The second phase, an interactive web platform, was completed and available for online exploration in January 2021: https://encounters-right-lefthemispheres.online
In 2018, his new media cultural development company CREATIVE PROCESS, founded in 2011, began publishing books in the field of new media. To date, nine books have been published including four devoted to MacLeay's work: Quadrichromie 1978–1988 (2018), Encounters in the Right and Left Hemispheres (2020), Tropical Interference (2023) and Challenged (2024) as well as two more devoted to MacLeay’s texts: “Thoughts On … the daily musings of an economist turned artist” (2022 - a collection of thoughts on art, culture, philosophy, sociology and political economy) and “Futility as Rebirth” (2022 - a collection of non-linear narrative scenes juxtaposed with graphic art images reflecting existential questions). https://www.scottmacleay.com/books
Honors / Awards:
• Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship 1974/75
• New York Art Directors Club Award (1982) for the photographic work featured in the Stephen DeGange article « Cool Conceits, » Camera Arts (March/April 1981)
• American Center / Rockefeller Foundation Artist in Residence in Paris for the project « Fragments Cycles Sons »: multimedia photographic exhibition for the 1982 Mois de la Photo de la Ville de Paris
• 10th Tokyo Video Festival: Special Merit Award for the excellence in musical composition for the videodance « Josette Einstein » (co-production: Centre Georges Pompidou, Daikiri, AAA, American Center, Blizz'Art)
• Video - Most Awarded Author Of The Year, International Indie Cinemathque Awards 2025, L.A., NYC, Rome, Cannes, Dubai - January 2025
• Video - Most Awarded Indie Author Of The Year, Arthouse Movie Database Critic’s Choice Awards 2025, L.A., NYC, Rome, Cannes, Dubai - January 2025
• Official Member of the Golden List as the Most Awarded Artist in the Experimental Film Category for the 2024/25 festival season, the heart of the Indie Film Industry, Indie Oscar Qualifying artist 2025, Bologna, Italy – February 2025
• Named one of the Best Artists of 2025 by the 2025 International Indie Cinematheque Awards, L.A., NYC, Paris, London, Rome – March 2025
• TIFA Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution to world cinema, Trivandrum, India – June 2025
• Review of R. Scott MacLeay being named in the Top Ten Best Artists 2025 for the Film “NOISE” by Wild Filmmaker USA
• Video “(S)he (Plural)” (2016):
o Merit Award winner, 2017 Canada Shorts: Canadian and International Short Film Festival, New Brunswick, Canada - November 2017
o Silver Award winner, New York Movie Awards, USA – May 2024
o Best Experimental Film, Hollywood Gold Awards, Los Angeles - June 2024
o Silver Award Winner (Experimental Film), Florence Film Awards, Italy – July 2024
o Silver Award Winner (Experimental Film), Paris Film Awards, France – July 2024
o Silver Award Winner (Experimental Film), London Movie Awards, USA – July 2024
o Best Avant-Garde Film / Best Innovative Concept / Best Creative Editing, Trivandrum, India – June 2025
• Video Polyptych “Isolation Row (Naked Confusion Disguised as a Friend)”(2021):
o Honourable Mention, 7th Art Independent International Film Festival, Vanchiyoor, India - October 2021
o Distinction Award winner, Canada Shorts: Canadian and International Short Film Festival, New Brunswick, Canada - December 2021
o Best Experimental Film, New York Film Awards, New York, USA – February 2025
• Video “Relativity: The Journey Inside” (2021):
o Best Experimental Film, Paris Film Awards, Paris, France - June 2022
o Best Experimental Film, Hong Kong Indie Film Festival, China - August 2022
o Silver Award winner, International Gold Awards, New York, USA – February 2024
• Video “Waves of Informed Delusion” (2022):
o Best Experimental Film, London International Filmmakers Festival, England - September 2022
o Gold Award, Hollywood Gold Awards, Los Angeles, USA – September 2023
o Special Mention, 01 NFT/New Media/Experimental/Digital Arts Film Festival, United Kingdom - March 2023
o Best Experimental Film, Paris Film Awards, France - October 2024
• Video “Déjà Vu on the Ledge” (2022)
o Silver Award winner, Florence Film Awards, Florence, Italy (November 2022)
o Best Experimental Film, London Movie Awards, USA – July 2024
o Best Experimental Film, LA Independent Film Channel Festival, Los Angeles, USA - 2023
o Best Arthouse Short Film, Japan Film Critics’ Awards, Tokyo – 2024
o Best Experimental Short Project, Special Event, 81st Venice International Film Festival, Italy - August 2024
o Best European Experimental Film, Wild Filmmaker Awards, Toronto, Canada – September 2024
o Best Experimental Director, European Film Critics’ Awards, Cannes, France – September 2024
o Best Experimental Short Project, Wild Filmmaker Special Event, American Film Market, Las Vegas, USA –November 2024
o Best International Experimental Screenwriter, Best Screenwriter of the Year Awards 2024, Rome, Italy–November 2024
o Best Experimental Film 2025, Oklahoma New Directors / New Films 2025 – Oklahoma, USA – January 2025
o Best Experimental Short Film & Best Arthouse Producer, Shakespeare Film Awards 2025, Verona, Italy –February 2025
o Best Original Experimental Film & Best Arthouse Cinematographer, Best Director’s Cut Of The Year, San Diego, USA – February 2025
o Best Indie Producer & Best Experimental Film 2025, Arthouse Movie Database Critics’ Choice Awards 2025 Edition, L.A., NYC, Rome, Cannes, Dubai – March 2025
o Best Director Of The Year (Category: Experimental Film), International Film Registry Awards 2025, New York, USA – April 2025
o Best International Experimental Film, Venice City of Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Venice, Italy – May 2025
o Best International Experimental Film 2025, The Indie Filmmaker Week, Nice, France – May 2025
o Best Experimental Film 2025, Molière Cinema Prize, Paris, France – June 2025
o Best International Experimental Film 2025, Frida Film Festival, Mexico City – July 2025
• Video “BLIND FAITH: Moments of Missed Understanding” (2023)
o Silver Award winner, Paris Film Awards, France – July 2023
o Best Experimental Film, Milan Gold Awards, Italy – July 2023
o Best Experimental Film, Berlin International Art Film Festival, 18th Edition, Germany – 2023
o Honourable Mention, 2024 WSXA Barcelona International Awards, Spain – March 2024
o Outstanding Achievement, Miami Film Critic Award, USA – April 2024
o Recognition Award, The IndiefEST film Awards, La Jolla, CA, USA – July 2024
o Best Experimental Film, Filmzen International Film Competition, Chicago, USA – August 2024
o Best Inspirational Film, New York Film Festival- Best Indie Selection, USA – August 2024
o Best Experimental Project & Best Inspirational Director, Japan Film Critics’ Awards – August 2024
o Best Experimental Project & Best Arthouse Producer, Fantasy Festival, Santiago de Chile – August 2024
o Best Experimental Film & Best Editing, Monaco film Meeting – August 2024
o Best Experimental Film, Telluride New Stories Film Festival, Telluride, USA – September 2024
o Best Original Inspirational Film, Shanghai Indie International film Festival, Shanghai, China – September 2024
o Best Experimental Cinematography & Best International Filmmaker, Spain CinemArt Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain – September 2024
o Best Experimental Film & Best Indie Director, Atlanta International Film Festival, USA – September 2024
o Best Experimental Film & Best Inspirational Filmmaker, Chicago IFF Best Indie selection 2024, USA – October 2024
o Best Arthouse Experimental Short Film, Iceberg Cinema & Literature Awards, France – October 2024
o Best International Experimental Film & Best Indie Producer, Australian Film Critics’ Awards 2024, Sydney, Australia – October 2024
o Best Arthouse Experimental Short & Best Indie Cinematographer, British Film Critics’ Awards 2024, London, England – October 2024
o Best Experimental Film, Indie Cine Tube Awards, Kolkata, India 2024 – November 2024
o Best International Experimental Director & Best Inspirational Film, Brazil Best International Indie Film Festival, São Paulo, Brazil – November 2024
o Best International Experimental Film & Best Arthouse Cinematographer - L.A. Arthouse Film Critics’ Awards, Los Angeles, USA – November 2024
o Best Experimental Film & Best Cinematographer (Category: Experimental)– Washington DC International Film Awards, Washington DC, USA – December 2024
o Best Experimental Film, Best Filmmaker, Best Original Idea & Best Arthouse Editing – AEFF America Europe Film festival, Zurich, Switzerland – January 2025
o Best Experimental Film, Best Filmmaker, Best Original Idea & Best Arthouse Editing (Category: Experimental), America Europe Film Festival – January 2025
o Best International Experimental Film & Best Poetry Short Film, Indie Golden Globe 2025, L.A., NYC, Paris, Rome, Madrid, London, Cannes, Venice - January 2025
o Best Director, Best Editing & Best cinematography (Category: Experimental Film), Independent Special Event at Sundance, USA – February 2025
o Best International Experimental Director of The Year, Best Arthouse Cinematographer & Best Experimental Editing, Shakespeare Film Awards 2025, Verona, Italy – February 2025
o Best Director, Best Editing & Best Cinematography (Category: Experimental Film), Special Event at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival – February 2025
o Best International Experimental Film & Best Poetry Short Film, Special Event at the 54th International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands – February 2025
o Best Director, Best Editing & Best Cinematography (Category: Experimental Film), Indie Oscar Awards, L.A., NYC, Rome, Cannes, London – March 2025
o Best Director, Best Editing & Best Cinematography (Category: Experimental Film), Alice Film Festival, Berlin, Germany – March 2025
o Best Director, Best Editing & Best Cinematography (Category: Experimental Film), Alice Film Festival, Berlin, Germany – March 2025
o Best Original Producer / Best International Experimental Film, Cambridge Film Critic’s Awards, Cambridge, England – April 2025
o Best Director, Best Editing & Best Cinematography (Category: Experimental Film), Kansas City Film-Musicscript Festival, Kansas City, USA – June 2025 & 1984 Film Awards, London, England - July 2025
• Video “Can’t Figure It Out” (2024)
o Best International Experimental Film, Dark Side of the Cinema Film Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands – July 2024
o Best Experimental Project, Route 66 Film Festival, USA – August 2024
o Best Inspirational Film & Best Original Director, Monaco film Meeting – August 2024
o Best Experimental Project, New York Film Festival-Best Indie Selection – August 2024
o Best Original Filmmaker, Special event at the 81st Venice International Film Festival – August 2024
o Best Experimental Film, Paris Film Awards, France – August 2024
o Best Experimental Director, Shanghai Indie International film Festival, Shanghai, China – September 2024
o Best Producer (Experimental Film Category) & Best Original Idea, Spain CinemArt Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain – September 2024
o Best Experimental Cinematography & Best Indie Production Company, Atlanta International Film Festival, USA – September 2024
o Best Original Project & Best Arthouse Cinematography, European Film Critics’ Awards, Cannes, France –September 2024
o Best Original Editing, Chicago IFF Best Indie selection 2024, USA – October 2024
o Best Original Experimental Project, Best Cinematography & Best Editing, Iceberg Cinema & Literature Awards, France – October 2024
o Best Experimental Filmmaker & Best Cinematography, Australian Film Critics’ Awards 2024, Sydney, Australia – October 2024
o Best Experimental Filmmaker of The Year, British Film Critics’ Awards 2024, London, England – October 2024
o Best Original Filmmaker, Wild Filmmaker Special Event, American Film Market, Las Vegas, USA – November 2024
o Cine Vision Award, Indie Cine Tube Awards, Kolkata, India 2024 – November 2024
o Best Arthouse Director & Best Inspirational film - L.A. Arthouse Film Critics’ Awards, Los Angeles, USA –November 2024
o Best Director, Best Producer, Best Editing (Category: Experimental) – Washington DC International Film Awards, Washington DC, USA – December 2024
o Best Producer (Category- Experimental Film) & Best Inspirational Film, AEFF America Europe Film festival, Zurich, Switzerland – January 2025
o Best Cinematographer, Best director, Best Producer & Best Editing (Category: Experimental Film) & Best Inspirational Film, Indie Golden Globe 2025, L.A., NYC, Paris, Rome, Madrid, London, Cannes, VeniceJanuary 2025
o Best Arthouse Director; Best Cinematographer & Best Editing (Category: International Experimental Film), Oklahoma New Directors / New Films 2025 – Oklahoma, USA – January 2025
o Best International Experimental Film & Best Original Producer, Independent Special Event at Sundance, USA – February 2025
o Best International Experimental Film & Best Original Producer, Special Event at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin Germany – February 2025
o Best Director, Best Producer, Best Cinematographer & Best Editing, Special Event at the 54th International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands – February 2025
o Best Filmmaker & Best Indie Producer (Category: Experimental Film), Best Director’s Cut Of The Year, San Diego, USA – February 2025
o Best International Experimental Film & Best Original Producer, Indie Oscar Awards, L.A., NYC, Rome, Cannes, London – March 2025
o Best Director, Best Cinematography & Best Editing (Category: Experimental Film), Arthouse Movie Database Critics’ Choice Awards 2025 Edition, L.A., NYC, Rome, Cannes, Dubai – March 2025
o Best Original Producer & Best International Experimental Film, Alice Film Festival, Berlin, Germany – March 2025
o Best Original Inspirational Film & Best Producer (Category: Experimental Film), International Film Registry Awards 2025, New York, USA – April 2025
o Best Cinematographer / Best Director / Best Producer / Best Editing (Category: Experimental Film), Cambridge Film Critic’s Awards, Cambridge, England – April 2025
o Best Original Producer / Best International Experimental Film, Special Event 8 & Halfilm Awards at Cannes 2025, France – May 2025
o Best Director / Best Original Idea / Best Editing (Category: Experimental Film), Venice City of Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Venice, Italy & The Indie Filmmaker Week, Nice, France – May 2025
o Best Arthouse Director / Best Cinematography / Best Editing (Category: International Experimental Film), Molière Cinema Prize, Paris, France. – June 2025
o Best Director / Best Original Idea / Best Editing (Category: Experimental Film), Frida Film Festival, Mexico City – July 2025
o Best Original Producer / Best International Experimental Film, 1984 Film Awards, London, England – July 2025
• Video “NOISE” (2025)
o Best Director / Best International Experimental Film, Tribeca Maverick Film Network, New York, USA – June 2025
o Best Experimental Film, New York Movie Awards, New York, USA - June 2025
o Silver Award Winner (Experimental Film), Paris Film Awards, France – June 2025
o Best Experimental Film, Cannes Independent Shorts, Cannes, France - June 2025
o Best Experimental Film, Florence Film Awards, Florence, Italy - June 2025
o Best Director / Best Editing / Best Original Cinematography (Category: Experimental Film), San Francisco Film achievement Awards 2025, San Francisco, USA – July 2025
o Best Social Documentary Film / Best American Documentary Film / Best Social Narrative Script, Trivandrum, India – June 2025
o Best Expeimental Film, International Gold Awards, New York, USA - July 2025
Selected Photography / New Media Exhibitions:
• Galerie Royale: group exhibition, Vancouver, B.C. Canada (1976)
• Queen Elizabeth Theatre: group exhibition, Vancouver, B.C. Canada (1976)
• Photographer’s Studio: solo exhibition, Vancouver, B.C. Canada (1979)
• Snug Harbour Cultural Center: solo exhibition, Staten Island, New York (1980)
• The Space Gallery: solo exhibition Attitudes, New York (1980)
• Galérie Ufficio dell'Arte / Créatis: group exhibition Avant-Garde, Paris (1980)
• Gallery 3, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art: solo exhibition, New York (1981)
• Mido Gallery: solo exhibition, Vancouver (1981)
• Deja Vu Gallery: solo exhibition, Toronto (1981)
• Equivalents Gallery: solo exhibition, Seattle (1982)
• AO Gallery: solo Exhibition, Tokyo (1982)
• American Center for Artists: solo exhibition Fragments Cycles Sons, Mois de la Photo, Paris (1982)
• La Maison de la Danse: solo exhibition, Lyon, France (1982)
• Port Washington Library: solo exhibition, Port Washington, New York (1983)
• Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery: solo exhibition Fragments, New York (1983)
• Marcuse Pfeiifer Gallery: group show, New York (1983)
• Gallery 1, University of Arkansas: solo exhibition, Little Rock (1983)
• Maine Photographic Workshops: group exhibition, Rockport (1983)
• Turman Gallery: group exhibition Figurative Contexts, Indiana State University (1983)
• Galérie Créatis: group exhibition, Paris (1983)
• Münchner Stadtmuseum: group exhibition, Munich (1984)
• Mido Gallery: solo exhibition, Vancouver (1984)
• Gallery Ton Peek: solo exhibition, Utrecht, The Netherlands (1984)
• American Center Gallery: group exhibition, Paris, France (1984)
• Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans: group exhibition A Unity of Visions, New Orleans, USA (1985)
• French Cultural Center: group exhibition, New York, USA (1985)
• Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery: solo exhibition Primates 1s, 2s 3s, New York (1985)
• Amsterdam National Contemporary Art Fair: group exhibition, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1985)
• Frankfurter Kunstverein: group exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany (1985)
• Museum des 20 (since 2011, 21er Haus): group exhibition, Vienna, Austria (1985)
• Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe: group exhibition, Hambourg, Germany (1985)
• Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris: group exhibition Splendeurs et Misères du Corps, Paris (1988)
• Le Parvis: solo exhibition, Tarbes (1988)
• Museum für Kunst und Geschiche in Freiburg: group exhibition Glanz und Elend des Körpers, Freiburg (1989)
• Fundação Cultural Badesc: solo exhibition Cores Corpos e Coros, Florianópolis (2011)
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston: group exhibition of Permanent Collection (2012)
• Museu de Arte de Santa Catarina: group exhibition Fotografia(s) Contemporânea Brasileira, Florianópolis (2013)
• Galeria Lindolf Bell, CIC: group exhibition Interferências: Scott MacLeay e Convidados, Florianópolis (2014)
• Artigo Rio Feira de Arte Contemporânea: Márcia Zoé Ramos I Escritório de Arte, Rio de Janeiro (2014)
• Galeria Boiteux: Scott MacLeay, New Work. Florianópolis, Brazil (2016)
• Galeria Pedra: group exhibition 3x3=1, Scott MacLeay / Lauro Andrade / Marco Giacomelli, Florianópolis, Brazil (2019)
• Galeria Maria Cláudia Alencar, solo exhibition R. Scott MacLeay: 40 anos de Provocação, Festival de Fotografia de Tiradentes, Brazil (2020) – exhibition cancelled 1 week before public opening due to Covid restrictions
• Le Parvis: group exhibition of permanent collection of Le Parvis Tarbes-Pau, Pau, France (2021)
• Online interactive project Encounters in the Right and Left Hemispheres, performance-based project by Scott MacLeay, with Tássya Karasiak and Scott MacLeay: https://encounters-right-left-hemispheres.online - Florianópolis, Brazil (2021)
Selected Musical Compositions / Sound Designs:
• Musical creation for Solo Version d’un Ballet…, choreography: Robert Kovich. Soirée Solos, Centre Georges Pompidou, (1983) – compositional collaboration with François Raffinot
• Musical creation for Long Distance, choreography: Ruth Barnes, Nadège MacLeay. American Center for Artists, Paris (1984) – compositional collaboration with François Raffinot
• Musical creation for Cité 1 (Eveil & Transport en Commun), choreography: Jean-Marc Matos. Biennale de Danse du Valde-Marne (1985) – compositional collaboration with François Raffinot
• Musical creation for Wavelength, choreography: Nadège and Scott MacLeay, American Center, Paris, France –compositional collaboration with François Raffinot (1984)
• Musical creation Risky Business for Queeny commissioned by American soprano Amy Lavietes for the Festival de Musique of Ile de France, Paris, France (1984)
• Musical creation for Josette Einstein (videodance), video artist: Jean-Bernard Pouchous / choreography: Jean-Marc Matos. Production: Cantre Georges Pompidou, American Center, Daikiri, Blizz'Art, K-Danse. Paris (1986)
• Musical creation for La Pièce Voisine, choreography: Jeanette Dumeix et Marc Vincent. Théâtre 14, Paris (1987) –compositional collaboration with François Raffinot
• Musical theme for Video Création (générique Canal+), video artist: Hervé Nisic. Production: Ex Nihilo, Paris (1988)
• Musical creation for 13 modules of Vidéopérette (live vidéo performance and vidéo art programme), video artist: Michel Jaffrennou Production: La Grande Halle-La Villette, Ex Nihilo, Canal+, Centre Georges Pompidou, Ex Machina, CDN productions, Duran, UMT, Mikros Image, Pandore, Pipa design, Ministry of Culture (France - Direction du théâtre et Délégation aux arts plastiques), CNC nouvelles technologies. (1989)
• Musical Creation for Tour de France en 360° (first European 360° special format film for the Futuroscope Poitiers), Director: Marc Sator. Production: Bakelite, Paris (1990)
• Musical creation for Longueur(s) d’onde (Le Prologue/Navigation/Le Feu), choreography: Nadège MacLeay. l'Espace Jacques Prévert, d'Aulnay Sous-Bois / Théatre Chatillon (1990)
• Music and lyrics for the CD Small Crowds (Les Petites Foules), contemporary cabaret opera interpreted by Private Circus. Label: Sordide Sentimental SSCD0004, Rouen (1990)
• Sound Designing & Mixage d’une installation audio à la Cinemathèque Française aux Halles en collaboration avec l’artiste video Michel Jaffrennou. Production : ex Nihilo, Cinémathèque Française. (1990)
• Musical creation and sound designing for Antirouille (pilot for a TV programme on contemporary architecture and design): Direction: Michel Jaffrennou and Odile Fillion. Production: Ex Nihilo, Centre Georges Pompidou, UMT (1990)
• Musical creation « Windy » for Futae, choreography: Nadège MacLeay. Dix-Huit Théâtre, Paris (1992)
• Musical creation for Le Grand Manège de la Forêt (installation video), Video artist: Michel Jaffrennou for the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie – La Villette. Production: Ex Nihilo. Paris (1992)
• Musical creation for 2 Minutes d’Arret, choreography: Nadège MacLeay. Lantaren Venster Theater, Rotterdam (1992)
• Musical creation for White Water (Solo pour L / Tales of White Water), choreography: Nadège MacLeay. Le Regard du Cygne, Paris (1992/93)
• Musical creation and sound design for Dissimulation (fiction), video artist: Hervé Nisic. Production: INA – La Sept ARTE (1993)
• CD Compilation of musical creations for contemporary dance La Moitié de l’Histore: creation pour la danse contemporaine, interpreted by Private Circus. Label: Sordide Sentimental SSFP99. Rouen (1994)
• Musical creation for Passage Oublié (Portées Disparues /Procession-Suspension), choreography: Nadège MacLeay Festival 13, Theatre Dunois, Paris (1994)
• Musical creation for L’Europe en Multicoque (360° special format film for the Futuroscope, Poitiers) Director: JeanMichel Destand. Production : Les Productions du Futuroscope. Paris/Poitiers (1995)
• Concepteur sonore & Mixage de Pierre et Le Loup de Sergueï Prokofiev, film de Michel Jaffrennou. Production : Capa Productions, Canal+. Paris (1995)
• Musical creation Siegfried for C’est Ça le Paradis ?, choreography: Nadège MacLeay. Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, Maison du Théâtre et de la Danse, Épinay-sur-Seine (1996)
• Musical creation Fenêtre(s) choreography: Nadège MacLeay., Vivat d'Armentières (1997) / Maison du Théâtre et de la Danse, Bruay la Buissière (1998)
• Music and lyrics of a series of contemporary works Numb (including I am Blind, But I Can See Saigon / Flat (E) / Suite: Am, Was Not, Might Be,...). Florianópolis (2014-2015).
• Musical creation for Metamorphosis IV, new media exhibition of Marco Giacomelli. Instituto Juarez Machado, Joinville, Brasil (2016)
• Musical creation for Escuridão Iluminada, new media exhibition of Lauro Andrade. Instituto Juarez Machado, Joinville, Brasil (2019/2020)
• Musical creation / sound designing for the transmedia project (interactive book / Web site / installation) Encounters in the Right and Left Hemispheres of Scott MacLeay, Creative Process, Florianópolis, Brasil (2020).
• Music and lyrics for the streaming album Celtic Days / Latin Nights, alternative American / country-rock music created in the 90s by Private Circus. Label: Creative Process (UPC: 672985909656), Florianópolis, Brazil (2021)
• Music and lyrics for the streaming album Locked Doors, Open Windows, a collection of alternative music created by Private Circus from 1990-2020. Label: Creative Process (UPC: 672985976788), Florianópolis, Brazil (2021)
• Musical soundtrack creation for Entre as linhas (Between The Lines) - multichannel video performance piece of Ruchita. Florianópolis, Brasil (2021)
• Musical creation and audio production for the 13 videos of Where I rest (Onde Repouso), new media e-book of Ruchita. Florianópolis, Brasil (2023)
Curatorial Work:
• Photographic exhibitions for the Dept. of Photography of the American Center for Artists in Paris at the Arles Festival (1981–1986).
• Interferences – Scott MacLeay and guests: Gallery Lindolf Bell, CIC, Florianópolis (2014)
• Perspectiva(s): group show of young Brazilian new media artists at the Helena Fretta Galeria de Arte, Florianópolis, Brazil (2014)
• Hotel Esplêndido: Lura Fonseca at the Museu Inimá de Paula, Belo Horizonte, Brazil and MuMA, Curitiba, Brazil (2015)
• Definindo Tempo: Marco Giacomelli at the Helena Fretta Galeria de Arte, Florianópolis, Brazil (2015)
• Ondas de Luz: Marco Giacomelli for the Curitiba Biennial at MuMA, Curitiba, Brazil (2015)
• Sobre Aguas: Marco Giacomelli at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS) in Florianópolis, Brazil (2016)
• Metamorphosis IV: Marco Giacomelli at the Instituto Internacional Juarez in Joinville, Brazil (2016)
• Artistic Coordinator and Curator of the Contemporary Art Prize of the Alliance Française for the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil (2016/2017)
• Transborda: Juliana Stringhini at the Instituto Internacional Juarez in Joinville, Brazil (2017) and at the MESC (Museu de Escola Catarinense) in Florianópolis, Brazil (2018)
• Introspecções: Juliana Stringhini at the Galeria Pedra in Florianópolis, Brazil (2019)
• 3 x 3 = 1: Scott MacLeay / Lauro Andrade / Marco Giacomelli at the Galeria Pedra in Florianópolis, Brazil (2019)
• Escuridão Iluminada: Lauro Andrade at the Instituto Internacional Juarez in Joinville, Brazil (2019/2020)
• Somos Grãos: Ruchita at the Galeria de Arte da Villa Francioni, São Joaquim, Santa Catarina, Brazil (2021)
• Invisíveis: Gilma Mello at the Instituto Internacional Juarez in Joinville, Brazil (2022) and the Lindolf Bell Gallery, CIC, Florianópolis, Brazil (2023)
• Face à Impermanência: Ruchita at the Instituto Internacional Juarez in Joinville, Brazil (2023) and the Museu da Imagem e do Son (MIS), Florianópolis, Brazil (2024)
• Estou-Sou: Ruchita at the Centro Helio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro and the SESC, Jaranqua do Sul, Brazil (2024)
• Revérbero: Roni Munk at the Instituto Internacional Juarez in Joinville, Brazil (2024)
Teaching Experience:
• Professor of Photography: Focal Point, Vancouver BC (1977)
• Professor of Photography: Continuing Education Department, Langara College, Vancouver BC (1978–1979)
• Founder and Professor of Photography: Photography Department, American Center, Paris, France (1980–1987)
• Director (production, event programming and pedagogical program development in photography, video art an electronic music): Center for Media Art and Photography, American Center, Paris, France (1985–1987)
• Founder and Professor of Photography: MMAP (Music, Media Art, Photography), Paris, France (1987–1998)
• Professor of New Media Art / Photography: In Search of Imperfection - Plataforma Humanis, São Paulo, Brazil (2021)
• Professor of New Media Art / Photography: NucleoFac, Escola de Fotografia, Arte e Cultura, Belo Horizonte, Minas, Gerais, Brazil (2020 / 2021 / 2022)
• Professor of New Media Art / Photography: Multiple courses/ Private Mentoring - The Creative Process, Florianópolis, Brazil (2011–present)
• Professor of New Media Art / Photography: Advanced workshops on conceptual themes in portraiture, abstraction, interactive story-telling and digital media fields in various national institutions and festivals in Brazil including:
o Floripa na Foto (2011, 2013): Photographic Festival in Florianópolis, Brazil
o ICP – International Center of Photography (2012): Transmedia Workshop “Different Worlds in the Same Place” in collaboration with Professor Jeanne Hilary, ICP, New York, USA
o BC Foto Festival (2014): Photographic Festival in Balneario Camboriú, Brazil
o Casa da Ladeira (2013 – 2017 - 2018): Photographic Association, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
o SESC Santana (2014 - 2017): Visual Arts Department, SESC, São Paulo, Brazil
o SESC 24 de Maio (2018): Visual Arts Department, SESC, São Paulo, Brazil
o Workshops BH (2012 – 2013 – 2019 - 2020): Private Photographic workshops organized in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
o Foto Em Pauta – Festival de Fotografia de Tiradentes (2013 – 2015 – 2018 – 2019): Photographic Festival in Tiradentes, Brazil
Publishing Activities:
• MacLeay, R. Scott. Quadrichromie 1978–1988. Florianópolis, Brazil (Creative Process 2018)
• Marco Giacomelli. Metamorphosis 2013–2017. Florianópolis, Brazil (Creative Process (2018)
• Lauro Andrade. Viva A Vida Florianópolis, Brazil (Creative Process 2018)
• MacLeay, R. Scott. Encounters in the Right & Left Hemispheres. Florianópolis, Brazil: (Creative Process 2020)
• Lauro Andrade. EU (IN)DISCRETO. Florianópolis, Brazil: Creative Process (2020)
• MacLeay, R. Scott. Thoughts On … the daily musings of an economist turned artist. Florianópolis, Brazil: (Creative Process 2022)
• MacLeay, R. Scott. Futility as Rebirth. Florianópolis, Brazil (Creative Process 2022)
• MacLeay, R. Scott. Tropical Interference. Florianópolis, Brazil (Creative Process 2023)
• MacLeay, R. Scott. Challenged. Florianópolis, Brazil (Creative Process 2024)
• Lauro Andrade. Infinito Florianópolis, Brazil (Creative Process 2025)
Selected Writings / Photobooks:
• G.D. Truc: The Man, the Book, Robert Scott MacLeay (Florianópolis, Brazil 2011)
• 19 articles / 2 interviews on the art of photography for the bi-monthly Photo Magazine. Editora Photos, Balneário Camboriú, Brazil (year 7, N° 40 - year 9, N° 59)
• Pensar, Sentir, Ver: Percepção e Processo em Fotografia. Editora Photos, Balneário Camboriú, Brazil (2015)
• Quadrichromie 1978–1988: Creative Process, Florianópolis, Brazil (2018)
• Encounters in the Right and Left Hemispheres: Creative Process, Florianópolis, Brazil (2020)
• Thoughts On … the daily musings of an economist turned artist, Florianópolis, Brazil: (Creative Process 2022)
• Futility as Rebirth, Florianópolis, Brazil (Creative Process 2022)
• Tropical Interference: Creative Process, Florianópolis, Brazil (2023)
• Challenged: Creative Process, Florianópolis, Brazil (2024)
Selected Interviews / Reviews / Articles / Publications of Portfolios (print, TV, online):
• Photo Revue: article / portfolio “l’Effet MacLeay”. December 1980, Paris, France
• Today’s Photographer: Illustration of New Directions in Colour Photography. Winter 1981, New York, USA
• Camera Arts: article / portfolio “Cool Conceits”. March 1981
• Time-Life Library: inclusion of work in the volume The Art of Photography (revised edition). 1982, USA and France
• Art Press: article “La Photographies Mise en Scène”. November 1982, Paris, France
• Litterature Art Spectacle: review of exhibition Fragments, Cycles, Sons – Mois de la Photo 1982. February/March 1983, Paris, France
• Empreintes: portfolio. March 1983, France
• Art in America: Review “Report from Paris. April 1983, New York, USA
• Art in America: Review of exhibition at the Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery, NYC. October 1983, New York, USA
• Arts Magazine: review of the exhibition Primates at the Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery “Scott MacLeay”, May 1985, New York, USA
• Zoom Magazine: article / portfolio “Primates”. Summer 1985, Paris, France
• Clichés: article / portfolio “Wavelength”. February 1988, Paris, France
• Best Magazine: review of CD Small Crowds “Private Circus - Cirque Spirituel”. Spring 1991
• Photo Magazine: article /interview / portfolio “A Fina Arte do Fotógrafo Canadense Scott MacLeay”. October/November 2011
• Focusfoto.com.br: interview / portfolio “Fotografia, Fine Art na Essência” October 2011, São Paulo, Brazil
• Photo Magazine: Article / portfolio. October / November 2011, Balneário Camboriú, Brazil
• Arteseanp.blogspot.com.br: interview / portfolio. June 2012. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Canadian Cultural Centre, São Paulo, Brazil: announcement. March 2014
• Photo Magazine: review / portfolio. May / June 2014, Balneário Camboriú, Brazil
• Fundação Franklin Cascaes: review. April 2014, Florianópolis, Brazil
• Notícias Do Dia: article / portfolio. April 2014, Florianópolis, Brazil
• Diário Catarinense: article. April 2014, Florianópolis, Brazil
• The Importance of Being Lost: video interview. May 2014, Florianópolis, Brazil
• Estudio Movel, TV Brasil: TV interview of Scott MacLeay. Rio de Janeiro, November 2014
• PhotosTV: three-part interview of Scott MacLeay. March 2015, Balneário Camboriú, Brazil
• Langara College Continuing Education Photography Department video: Scott MacLeay: Colour Photography - An Overview, 2015: https://vimeo.com/user12502343/httpscottmacleay-colour-photography?share=copy
• Blog de Juan Esteves: article / portfolio on MacLeay’s book Quadrichromie 1978-1988. December 2018, São Paulo, Brazil: https://blogdojuanesteves.tumblr.com/post/181270008066/quadrichromie-1978-1988-creative-process-2018
• l’Oeil de la photographie (online publication): portfolio “Tribal Confusion”, January 2019, Paris, France: https://loeildelaphotographie.com/fr/r-scott-macleay-confusion-tribale-2013-2015/
• l’Oeil de la photographie (online publication): portfolio “Postcards from…”, January 2019, Paris, France: https://loeildelaphotographie.com/fr/r-scott-macleay-postcards/
• l’Oeil de la photographie (online publication): portfolio “40 years of Provocation” March 2020, Paris, France: https://loeildelaphotographie.com/fr/r-scott-macleay-40-ans-de-provocation/
• ARTDOC portfolio publication : Extracts of “Cartes Postales de…”, April 2023: https://www.artdoc.photo/submissions/cartes-postales-de#
• l’Oeil de la photographie (online publication): portfolio “Challenged” January 2024, Paris, France: https://loeildelaphotographie.com/fr/robert-scott-macleay-challenged/
• Wild Filmmaker: online interview with Wild Filmmaker after the double win (Best Experimental Project & Best Inspirational Film) at the New York Film Festival - Best Indie Selection, 2024: https://wildfilmmaker.com/exclusiveinterview-with-robert-scott-macleay/
• New York Movie Awards: online interview following silver award for Best Experimental Film May 2024: https://newyorkmovieawards.com/interview8#76a1c7a9-9ca9-4fe8-bc46-7ad5da34dfc3
• Wild Filmmaker: online interview with Wild Filmmaker after the double win (Best Experimental Short Project & Best Original Filmmaker) at the Special Event of the Venice International Film Festival, 2024: https://wildfilmmaker.com/exclusive-interview-with-r-scott-macleay/
• Paris Film Awards: online interview after winning Best Experimental Film award in October 2024: https://parisfilmawards.net/interview-3#da502def-bd75-4969-adee-0221e2544d66
• Wild Filmmaker: online interview with Wild Filmmaker after winning Best International Experimental Screenwriter 2024 at the Best Screenwriters of the Year Event in Rome in November 2024: https://wildfilmmaker.com/from-ideato-written-page-project-exclusive-interview-with-r-scott-macleay/
• New York Movie Awards: online interview following multiple wins in various festivals around the world in 2024: https://newyorkmovieawards.com/interview8#76a1c7a9-9ca9-4fe8-bc46-7ad5da34dfc3
Audiovisual Consulting / Cultural Project Feasibility Studies:
• Audiovisual project evaluation / market feasibility studies for regional development projects
o Project in Valmy for the SMPAC: Syndicat Mixte de l'Argonne Champenoise, (2000)
o Project in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises for the Conseil Régional Champagne Ardenne (2001/2002)
o Project in Chateauvillain for the Conseil Général de la Haute Marne (2002)
o Project in Aix en Othe for the SMPO (Syndicat Mixte du Pays d'Othe (2003)
• Audiovisual consulting on special format cinema and video installations
o Collaboration with Tao Ho (Tao Ho Design Architects, Hong Kong) and Patrick Besenval (XLargo France) for the concept plan for the Ocean Park Redevelopment Project (2000)
o Audiovisual consulting to Tao Ho Design Architects (Hong Kong) on project conception for tourist promotion installations for the cities of Hong Kong (Kowloon and North Point) (1999) and Guilin, China (2001).