Originally from Quebec, Neil McClelland splits his time between his home and studio in Edmonton, Alberta and Victoria, BC. He teaches visual arts part-time at the University of Victoria, Thompson Rivers University, and Vancouver Island School of Art. McClelland received his MFA from the University of Victoria in 2014 and has had solo and group exhibitions in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec. He is a 2016 and 2020 grantee of the internationally prestigious Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation and his paintings are in collections including the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Colart Collection.