Of Welsh and Scottish descent, Myfanwy MacLeod (born 1961) lives and works in Vancouver, Canada, on the traditional unceded territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Her artistic practice has resulted in a substantial body of nationally and internationally recognized work, which is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Vancouver Art Gallery, and private collections. She is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

MacLeod’s work uses pathos and humour to address assumptions around gender, privilege, and value. It offers a feminist critique of notions of mastery, creative genius, and power by introducing qualities such as awkwardness, emotion, and doubt. Through public commissions, she also examines public space and its relationship to gender, class, and the marginalized by rethinking orthodoxies, hierarchies and overlaps between “high” and “low” art forms.

She has exhibited her work throughout Canada, Australia, the United States and Europe. Solo exhibitions include Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Wales (2023); Canada House, London, UK (2019); Or Gallery, Vancouver (2015); Vancouver Art Gallery (2014); Museum London, London, ON (2013); Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver (2012); Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2006). Selected group exhibitions include the Biennale Gherdëina, Ortisei, Italy (2020) Polygon Gallery, Vancouver (2017); Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (2013); National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, USA (2012); Vancouver Art Gallery (2010); Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto (2008); Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany (2004); The Power Plant, Toronto; Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburg; Gasworks, London, UK (2002); Canadian Pavilion, Melbourne International Biennial, Australia (1999); and the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver (1998).