Ewan Macbeth (b. 1992) is a Scottish artist filmmaker based in Rotterdam (NL). After studying Fine Art Photography at Glasgow School of Art he did an MA in Lens-Based Media at The Piet Zwart Institute. His work has been seen in International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, EYE Filmmusuem Amsterdam,  TENT Rotterdam, CCA Glasgow, RSA Edinburgh; amongst others.

︎  macbeth.ewan@gmail.com
︎ vimeo.com/ewanmacbeth

2017-2019
Piet Zwart Institute, Lens-Based Media: MA
2012-2016
Glasgow School of Art, Fine Art Photography: BA

SCREENINGS
2025
International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2024
Rencontres Internationales Berlin, Germany
Glued & Screwed, Den Haag 
NPO 2 Extra, TV Broacast, The Netherlands

2023
Interfilm Berlin, Germany
Rencontres Internationales Paris, France
Jogja Fotografis Festival, Indonesia
ShortCutz Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eye on Art, EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Makers van Morgen, VPRO, The Netherlands
International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2022
Ji.hlava Film Festival, Fascinations, Czechia
CBK x Off Screen, Worm, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2021
2YKFF, Izmir, Turkey
Kinolikbez, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Nederlands Fotomuseum, Online, The Netherlands
2020
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
Present & Unaccounted For, Vrij Paleis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019
Faraway Lands, Caraboo Projects, Bristol, U.K.
Miasma, NeverLand Cinema, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2018
Earthly Visions, Haiton Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Reflex Action, Kino, Rotterdam, The Netherland
Research Labs, EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

EXHIBITIONS
2023
Campsite, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2021
Prospects, Art Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2020
Videotheek, Galerie de Jaloezie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Boijmans “Drive-thru” Museum, Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Publieke Werken, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2019
Prospective Junctures, PZI Masters Degree Show, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Roadmaps, The Glasgow International Festival, CCA, Glasgow U.K.
2017
The Jill Todd Photographic Award, Summerhall, Edinburgh, U.K.
Atelier Monday, 16 Nicholson Street, Glasgow, U.K.
RSA New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, U.K.
2016
A Camel is a Horse, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, U.K.
FLY, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh,
U.K. Hierarchies, GSA Degree Show, Glasgow, U.K.

AWARDS/GRANTS
2024
CBK, I&V
ShortCutz Award, Best Experimental Film: Nominated
2023
Mondriaan Fonds Kunstenaar Project
2022
Steunfonds Pictoright
CBK, O&O
2021
Amarte Fonds 
Stichting Droom en Daad, Makersloket
CBK - Productie, Presentatie en Research
2019
Mondriaan Fonds: Stipendium for Emerging Artists
Gemeente Rotterdam: Project Grant
2018
Creative Scotland: Project Grant
2017
The Jill Todd Photographic Award: Nominated
2016
RSA New Contemporaries: Selected Artist

TALK
2021
Men Sitting in Chairs, KABK / Nederlands Fotomuseum

PRESS/INTERVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS
2024
VPRO Gids by Cas Hoekstra 
2023
Leave to Remain by Noni Stacey 
Vpro Interview by Malou Wagenmaker
2021
Mondriaan Fonds Profile
2YKFF Interview by Zehra Cerrahoğlu
2016
The Scotsman
The Skinny
The Guardian
Dazed and Confused
2014
Nylon