Bio
Through textile installations, sculpture, drawing, and participatory projects, Ezcurra works with garments, reused textiles, and everyday objects that function as sensitive archives of affect, labor, and lived experience. From an ecofeminist and intersectional perspective, her work examines how bodies, particularly feminized bodies, are shaped by social norms, displacement, forms of care, and processes of exclusion and oppression, bringing into dialogue personal histories, collective contexts, and relationships between human and nonhuman worlds.
Her work has been widely presented in Canada, Mexico, and internationally, in institutions such as the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo UNAM, the Musée national des beaux arts du Québec, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, and the Carl Freedman Gallery in Margate, United Kingdom, as well as in independent spaces and artist run centers such as OBORO, La Centrale Powerhouse, and Projet Casa. She has participated in several artist residencies and creation programs, including Adélard in 2022 and the Symposium international d’art contemporain de Baie Saint Paul, Quebec, Canada, in 2025, and is a founding member of the Intervals collective, focused on the social role of art.
Ezcurra holds a PhD in Art Education and has taught art in universities and organizations in Mexico and Canada for over twenty years. Her career has been recognized with the Prix de la Diversité en Arts Visuels from the Conseil des arts de Montréal in 2019, the Powerhouse Award in 2022, and the Prix Charles Biddle, and she was a finalist for the Prix d’art actuel from the Musée national des beaux arts du Québec in 2023, as well as a recipient of grants from the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte in Mexico and the Canada Council for the Arts.
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Studies
Individual Exhibitions (Selection)
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
Artists Residencies
Awards and Scholarships
Working experience (Selection)
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PhD in Art Education, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2001
MFA (New Genres), San Francisco Art Institute, California, USA.
1999
MA in Visual Arts (Combined Media), Chelsea School of Art and Design, London, UK.
1997
Undergraduate in Visual Arts, National School of Fine Arts (ENAP), UNAM, Mexico.
(Upcoming) Maria Ezcurra – Líneas de Fuga, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico.
2025 Liminal, Several Maisons de la Culture (+ CAM en tournée), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Crypsis, Musée régional de Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. 2023Liminal – Stretching the margins, Projet Casa, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Le corps en action, la matière se transforme (in duo), La Centrale galerie Powerhouse, Montréal, Qc, Can.
2022 Oiseaux migrateurs, Adélard, Frelighsburg, Quebec, Canada.
(Dé)Masquer/(Un)Masking/(Des)Enmascararse, The Mexican Cultural Institute, Montreal, Qc, Canada
2021 Neo(tropical) immigrants and Others, OBORO, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Points de fuite, Maison de la culture de NDG, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2019
Tension, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Synapse, Gallery of the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Cultural Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 2018
Invisible, Te Tuhi, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.
2016 In your shoes, Sur Gallery, LACAP, Toronto, Canada.
2015 Pinned Down, Articule, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2013 Threads, Trends and Threats, Maison de la culture de NDG, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2012 Abiertas (Open), Ste. Catherine Vitrines, FOFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Qc, Canada.
2011 Domestic Affairs, Espacio México, Consulate of Mexico in Quebec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2009 Membranas, Galería de la Torre, (Tower Gallery) UAEM, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
2008 Despuntadas, Kunsthaus Santa Fé, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
Despuntadas, Galería Hermenegildo Bustos, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico.
Tela de donde cortar, Museo del Chopo en Metro Bellas Arte, Mexico City.
2007 Me visto, por lo tanto existo, Museo de la Indumentaria, UCSJ, Mexico City.
2003 Trapitos al sol, Bolívar 18, Mexico City.
2001 Introductions’01, Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
Shirts, Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, USA.
2000 367 Veces, Puerto 82, Mexico City.
Lost and Found, Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, USA.
Briser la glace/Splitting ice, Manif d'art—La Biennale de Québec + Le Lieu, Quebec, Canada.Not Conformed: Four Women Carving Time (Curated by Art/Around), SBC Gallery, Montreal, Qc, Canada.
Symposium international d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada. 2025 States of Uncertain Domesticities, Haus Kunst Mitte, Berlin, Germany.2024 Precarious Joys, Toronto Biennial of Art, Toronto, Canada.
femmes volcans forêts torrents, Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Qc, Canada.
2023
Prix en art actuel du MNBAQ, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec, Canada.
Luchadoras: mujeres en la colección del MUAC, Casa de México en España, Madrid, Spain.2022 Museum of the Art of Today / Department of the Invisible - Stanley Février, MBAM, Montreal, Qc, Canada.
2021 Relato sobre lo cotidiano, Casa de Cultura Cancún / Fundación AVCINE, Mexico (Virtual exhibition).
2020 The work itself, Centre d'exposition L'Imagier, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
Présence | Décloisonner le regard, Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Un, dos, tres por mi y mis compañeras, OPTICA, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Come as You Are, Atelier d'Art Métèque, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2019 Gossamer, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, UK.
Habana-Montréal: Encuentros de Arte Contemporáneo, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
In/Visible: The Body as Reflective Site, Galerie McClure, VAC, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2018 Connections: Our Artistic Diversity Dialogues with Our Collection (with the piece Objets Personnels, done in collaboration with Nuria Carton de Grammont), Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Qc, Canada.
Orbis Sintética, Galería Eloísa Jiménez, Instituto Cultural de León, Guanajuato, Mexico.
2017 The Space Between, McGill University’s Faculty of Education in partnership with the MBAM, Montreal.
2016 Latidos y latitudes, Casa de la primera imprenta, UAM, Mexico City.
Visions organiques / Recréer des liens, Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension, Montreal, Canada.
Graduate Students Exhibition, FOFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
Repérages ou À la découverte de notre monde ou Sans titre, Articule, Montreal, Canada.
Desperate Housewives, Textil- und Industriemuseum tim, Germany.
2015 Uncover, Nuit Blanche, Museum of London, Ontario, Canada.
Bare, Made in Canada, Fashion Art Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Desperate Housewives, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Germany.
2014 Narcotraffic and the Art of Violence, CEREV, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
State Abed: International Exhibition. Galerija Umjetnina. Split, Croatia.
2013 Ser o no Sur, Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City.
La Fuerza Domesticadora de lo Pequeño, Kunsthaus San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
2012 Housework, Gender and Subjectivity, Reynolds Gallery, Univ. of the Pacific, CA, USA.
Unravelling Threads, firstsite, Colchester, UK.
2011 Heaven and Hell, Corridor Culturel Griffintown, Nuit Blanche, Montreal, Canada.
Correlatos artísticos, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela.
Liminal Takes, Root Division, San Francisco, California, USA.
2010 Defecto común/identidades en disolución, Museo del Chopo, Mexico City.
Devenir mujer, Sotocoro, Univ. Del Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico City.
Superficies del deseo, MUAC, UNAM, Mexico City.
Tela que cortar, CELARG, Caracas, Venezuela.
MAMAZ, Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, Texas, E.U.
2009 Invisible, 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Museum of Anthropology, Greece.
Art Basel Miami, Kunsthaus Santa Fe, Wynwood Art District, Miami, US.
Hecho en casa, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City.
20 años FONCA 1989/2009. Vasconcelos Library, Mexico City.
Sin Centenario ni Bicentenario, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City.
Vol. III, Manuel García Arte Contemporáneo Gallery, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Fuera de lugar, Galería de la Torre, UAEM, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Exquisite doll Klt, Jesús Gallardo Gallery, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.
2008 Red Dot Fair, Wynwood Art District, Miami, USA.
ES2008TIJUANA, V Bienal internacional de Estandartes, CECUT, Tijuana, Mexico.
Mama’s Art, Geborgen Kamers, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Sweet caramelo, El Estudio Gallery, Mexico City.
2007 Investigación visual contemporánea, Galería de la Torre, UAEM, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
2006 Altares de muertos, Muros, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
2005 Nostalgia of the Body, firstsite gallery, Colchester, UK.
Creación en movimiento, CNA (Nacional Center for the Arts), Mexico City.
2004 Garash, Garash Gallery, Mexico City.
Segunda Bienal de Yucatán, Museum of Modern Art, Merida, Yucatán, Mexico.
Jóvenes Creadores, Museo de la Ciudad, Queretaro, Mexico.
An Ambiguous Understanding, Galería de la Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
2003 Aparentemente sublime, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City.
1ª Bienal de arte universitario, UAEM, Toluca, Mexico.
Art Chicago 2003, Galería Enrique Guerrero, Chicago, USA
Soy totalmente tianguis, Plataforma C, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Jornadas de nivelación de oxígeno, ExTeresa Arte Actual, Mexico City.
1er encuentro nacional de performagia, Museo del Chopo, Mexico City.
2002 PR’02, Puerto Rico’s Bienal, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Casa, Vestido y Sustento, Pza. Carlos Pacheco 3 (organizad by X’Teresa), Mexico City.
Juried Exhibition 2002, Patricia Correia Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
2001 Present/Tense, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, USA.
Projects on Public Art, Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, S.F., USA.
Tricoter ses racines / Knitting your roots, Dorval Library, Dorval, Quebec, Canadá.
Les Oiseaux de Pierrefonds, Centre communautaire Gerry-Robertson, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Around the Table (with Intervals Collective), La Centrale galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, Qc, Canadá. 2023 Points de rencontres, Adélard, Frelighsburg, Quebec, Canada.
Tension, Cuisine ta ville : Souvenir, Place des Festivals, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Unmasking the mask, Festival Masq'alors, Le P'tit Bonheur de Saint-Camille, Quebec, Canada.
L'autre face du masque, DARE-DARE, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2022 Fils communs / Tissus partagés, Maison de la culture Janine-Sutto, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
En passant, Complexe Guy-Favreau, Art Souterrain, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2021 En passant, encore, Cuisine ta ville : Le grand voyage, Place des Festivals, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
A masked book, Living Library project, DARE-DARE, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2020 Nouveaux nids (Public art project), Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Qc, Canada.
Intermissions: Social Installation in the park (Event organized with Intervals Collective). Montreal, Qc.
2016-18 Altar for the Day of the Dead (Participatory art project) Fac. of Education, McGill Univ., Montreal, Qc.
2015 Here comes the Bride (Performance), Art Souterrain in Division Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2014 Made in China (Monumental Installation/Public art project), Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada.
Déplacé (Performance), Art Souterrain, Nuit Blanche, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Spotted (Performance), Artista’s Fundraiser, Imago Theatre, La Centrale Galerie, Montreal, Canada.
2013 Missing (Public art project), Maison de la culture de NDG, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2012 No pierdas el tino (Event), Recto/Verso, FOFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
Bordados por la Paz, Collective Action for the Peace, Montreal and Mexico City.
Parasites (Public art/Installation), Art Souterrain, Nuit Blanche, Eaton Centre, Montreal, Canada.
Profils: Clients’ Portraits (Community Project), Old Brewery Mission, Montreal, Canada.
2011 Place Mates (Community Project), Food Depot, NDG Arts Week, Montreal, Canada.
Social Net (Community Project), NDG Art Walk, Montreal, Canada.
2010 In your shoes (Intervention in public space), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Mesera (Waitress, Performance), Museo del Chopo, Mexico City.
De Etiqueta (Performance), MUAC, UNAM, Mexico City.
2009 Desprenderse (Public art project), Portales de Regina, Mexico City.
Floreadas (Performance), Performagia, Museo del Chopo / Museo experimental el Eco, Mexico City.
2008 Echando flores (Performance), CELARG, Caracas, Venezuela.
2007 Metamorphosis (Perf.), 3er encuentro de arte del cuerpo, Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela.
2000 67 Gloves in the Tate Gallery (Ephemeral intervention), Fence of the Tate Gallery, London, UK.
Symposium international d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada.
2024Maison de la culture de NDG, Résidence d'artistes Atelier Appart, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 20233e impérial, centre d’essai en art actuel, Granby, Quebec, Canada.
Dare-Dare, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2022 Adélard, Frelighsburg, Quebec, Canada.
2017
Shriners Hospital (Views On Interdisciplinary Childhood Ethics + Institute for the Public Life of Art and Ideas), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2015 Faculty of Education, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Prix Powerhouse, La Centrale galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2022
Research and Creation Grant, Explore and Create Program, Canada Council for the Arts
2020
Concept to Realization Grant, Explore and Create Program, Canada Council for the Arts
Vivacité Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2019 Prix de la Diversité en Arts Visuels, Conseil des arts de Montréal
Research and Creation Grant, Explore and Create Program, Canada Council for the Arts
2017 Selected for Connections, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts supported by the Canada Council for the Arts Program New Chapter (in collaboration with Nuria Carton de Grammont).
2013 Bourse de doctorat en recherche pour étudiants étrangers – FRQSC, Montreal, Canada.
2012 Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte Award, FONCA / Conaculta, Mexico.
Power Corporation of Canada Grad. Fellowship, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
2010
Concordia University International Tuition Fee Remission Award, Montreal, Canada.
Jumex Award, Mexico, to pursue Doctoral Studies in Canada, Mexico.
2008 Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte Award, FONCA / Conaculta, Mexico.
2006 Fomento a Proyectos Award, FONCA/Conaculta, Mexico.
2003 Jóvenes Creadores Award (Young Creators/Sculpture), FONCA/Conaculta, Mexico.
2001 Best Teacher of the Year Award, Arts Faculty, UAEM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
1999 Fulbright-García Robles Fellowship, for MFA studies at the SFAI, USA.
1998 FONCA Fellowship, for MA studies at the Chelsea School of Arts in London, UK.
1994 Rockefeller-Bancomer-FONCA Award, as part of the collective group La Panadería.
Course Lecturer, Graduate Studies, Art Education, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2018-Now
Course Lecturer, DISE, Faculty of Education, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2011-2012
Course Lecturer, Art Education, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2005-2010 Assistant Professor (Full Time), Faculty of Arts / Sculpture Department / Textiles Specialization, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
2007-2010 Course Lecturer (Part Time), CENTRO diseño | cine | televisión (School of Design), Mexico City.
2004-2007 Fine Arts College Teacher, The Edron Academy (Bilingual IB world school), Mexico City.
2003-2004 Course Lecturer (Part Time), ITESM, TEC, Estado de México, Mexico.
2001-2005 Course Lecturer (Part Time), UAEM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
2002
Invited Professor (Visiting Artist Seminar), Art School La Esmeralda, CNA, Mexico City.
Coordination and Art Facilitation, McGill Art Hive Initiative, McGill University, Montreal, Qc, Canada.
2021
Participatory Creation of VOICE logo (Views On Interdisciplinary Childhood Ethics), McGill University, Montreal, Qc, Canada.
2016-2019
Coordinator, Artist-in-Residence Program, P. Lantz Initiative for Excellence in Education and the Arts, Faculty of Education, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2013-2015
Tutor of Jóvenes Creadores (Young Creators Program), Sculpture. FONCA/Conaculta, Mexico.
Collaborations
Intervals, Artists and Curators Collective, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (https://intervalscollective.com/)
2020- La Centrale Powerhouse, Artist-run centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2021 Member of ArtistsInspire Grants for Interactive Virtual or In-person Arts Experiences, Mtl. Qc, Canada.
2016- IMPACTS: Collaborations to Address Sexual Violence on University Campuses across Canada and internationally, SSHRC Partnership Grant, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2015-2016 Articule, Artist-run centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2011-2016 Chilangas, Mexican Women Artists Collective, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Jury Member, Prix Powerhouse, La Centrale galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 2023
Selection Committee, Canada Council for the Arts.
Selection Committee, OPTICA, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 2021-Now
Board of Directors + Selection Committee, OPTICA, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Equity-Seeking Committee, La Centrale Powerhouse, Artist-run centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.2021
Selection Committee for Artist-in-Residence, SBC Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2020-2021
Selection Committee, La Centrale Powerhouse, Artist-run centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2020
Selection Committee, Galerie McClure, VAC, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2016-2019
Artist-in-Residence Program, P. Lantz Initiative for Excellence in Education and the Arts, Faculty of Education, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2013-2015 Juror for the Program of Jóvenes Creadores (Young Creators), in the area of Sculpture. FONCA/Conaculta, Mexico.
2013
Member of the Artistic Committee, Espacio México, Consulate of Mexico in Quebec, Canada.
Montréal Museum of Fine Arts (MBAM), Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Museum of Modern Art (MAM), Mexique, Mexique.
Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.
Hishhorn Museum, Washington DC, United States.
UECLAA, University of Essex, United Kingdom.
Collection Hydro-Québec, Québec, Canada.
Collection Desjardins, Québec, Canada.
SPACE Collection, Irvine, CA, United States.
Projet Casa, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
MAC Invisible, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Kunsthaus Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.