Marcos Molina - Banff Fine Artist
Art Education
Marcos Molina holds a Bachelor of Animation from Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, training in traditional hand-drawn animation, life drawing, film composition, and digital painting - techniques and skills that still influence his vibrant and detailed oil paintings.
Marcos showed promising drawing skills from a young age. At 17 he started painting with oils. This initial painting period was self-taught, and in 2004, while on an extended trip to New Zealand, he secured his first gallery representation, at the Queenstown Gallery of Fine Art.
After working in Montreal’s animation industry for several years, Marcos realized his strongest calling as an artist lied in traditional oil painting, at which point he dedicated his focus to Canadian mountain paintings. More recently he has expanded his subjects of interest to the rainforests, coastlines, and mountains of the Canadian West Coast.
Marcos Molina is proudly represented by Mountain Galleries in Banff, Jasper, and Whistler and is an Active Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA).
Milestones and Exhibitions
2004: Gallery representation at Queenstown Gallery of Fine Art, NZ
2005: Finalist at 1st Mount Tamborine Art Competition, Gold Coast, Australia
2009: Bachelor of Animation from Queensland College of Art - Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
2017-2018: Private painting education with landscape artist Roger D. Arndt
2018: Solo show - Journey into the Mountains at Botega Salon & Gallery, Banff, AB
2019: Became Active Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA)
2019: Group Show - Other Places, Canmore Art Guild (Featured poster artist)
2020: Solo Show - Glaciers & Peaks at Sideshow Gallery, Banff, AB
2020: Gallery Representation - Fallen Leaf Art Gallery - Canmore, AB
2022: Exclusive Gallery Representation - Mountain Galleries - Banff & Jasper, AB
Marcos Molina painting during an Artist in Residence with Mountain Galleries at Jasper Park Lodge, May 2023
