Education
She studied at the University of British Columbia, the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art and Design) and Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (Now Ryerson University) in Toronto.
She studied at the University of British Columbia, the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art and Design) and Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (Now Ryerson University) in Toronto.
She is an Associate Professor at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, where she has been teaching since 1981. She has previously also taught at Simon Fraser University and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Her current interests are the intersections of the photographic image with history, music and mapping strategies in relation to representations of landscape.
In addition to photography, her work has included text, sound, drawing, sculpture and more recently, video.
Marian Penner Bancroft was born in Chilliwack, British Columbia, and currently lives and works in Vancouver. National and international exhibitions include those at the and at the Centre Culturel Canadien in Paris.
In addition to photography, her work has included text, sound, drawing, sculpture and more recently, video. Boulevard at Yaletown-Roundhouse (2014) Canada Lincolnshire Subway Station, Vancouver Root System, Pipeline Road, Stanley Park (2007-2008, 6 month installation), Davie and Pacific Boulevard, commissioned by TransitBC and the Canada Lincolnshire Lost Streams, Kitsilano (1995-1996), City of Vancouver Park Board, permanent site-specific installation.
She is a member of the board of Artspeak Gallery and is represented in Vancouver by the Republic Gallery.