Marc was born in Georgetown, Guyana and grew up in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He started drawing as a kid and studied architecture at the University of Waterloo. His early creative practice centered on the production of self-published zines, posters and comics, and in 1999 he moved to Toronto where he participated in the vibrant DIY community of self-publishing and art making. During this time Montreal based Conundrum Press published two of his graphic novels, Enter Avariz and The Unexpurgated Tale of Lordie Jones. In 2004-2005 he was a video journalist for the CBC's innovative open source television show Zed Television reporting from the fringe and underground cultures. In 2006 he set off on an extended period of travel and research, and he lived and worked in various cities, hamlets and beach towns around the world.
Marc's Drawings from a Thousand Plateaus and Totem Pill animation have been exhibited in art galleries across Canada. He has received several award nominations for Watch This Space, a book about public space for young adults. His recent activities include illustrations for Boone Lab, a biochemistry research lab at the Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, and Olden County, a 400 page graphic novel currently in its first draft.
Currently Marc is preparing art for The Reef, an artpiece for upART 2011 at the Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, for 27 to 30 October 2011, and Let's Glow, a show for the Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery to open in January 2012. Bboth exhibitions are collaborative projects with his partner and girlfriend Magda Wojtyra under the name Happy Sleepy.
Marc lives and works in Cambridge, Ontario.
Marc Ngui watching bats at sunset in Thailand, 2007
back to topTotem Pill animation, Sequential Desire group show
WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, ON 2008
Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, ON 2009
Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, ON 2009
Drawings from A Thousand Plateaus, Quantal Strife group show
Doris McCarthy Gallery, Toronto, ON 2006
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON 2007
Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC 2008
Meme Swarm drawings and digital art, Gene Swarm group show
Le Kop Shop, Montreal, QC 2006
city4 digital art, Pixel Gallery at the Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON 2003
Zak Meadow zines, Cyclops’ Dreams group show of artists' comics
Access Artist Run Centre, Vancouver, BC 2005
Drawings from A Thousand Plateaus, PPOP cartoon art group show
Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON 2005
Peace Love and Unity: Typical Robot Landscapes
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON 2004
Bumblenut Pictures Zine and Art room
Canzine Indie Arts Fair, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON 2004
Big Doodles solo show
Common Ground Art Gallery, Windsor, ON 1995
Organiser, Too Cool for School Art and Science Fair
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON 2010
Curator, Artist Rooms at Canzine Indie Arts Fair
Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON 2004, 2005
Graphic novel workshops for Write On! literacy program
Toronto School of the Arts, Toronto, ON 2011
Senator O’Connor College School, Toronto, ON 2010
Cartooning instructor, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON 2005
Cartooning instructor, Yellowknife Public Library, Yellowknife, NWT 2005
White Ravens, International Youth Library, Watch this Space 2011
Red Maple Award nomination, Watch this Space 2010
Creative writing grant for Graphic Novel, Canada Council for the Arts 2007
Best Emerging Artist nomination, The Doug Wright Awards, Lordie Jones 2005
Creative writing grant for Graphic Novel, Canada Council for the Arts 2005
Best Illustration nomination, National Magazine Awards, Quallunology 2004
Design Studio Award, School of Architecture, University of Waterloo 1991
The Reef, upART, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, 27 to 30 October 2011
Let's Glow, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario, 18 January - 4 March 2012
Macleans Magazine
Annick Press
This Magazine
Chickadee Magazine
Coach House Books
University of Laval Press
Revolver Pictures
Sumac Press
Automotive Industries Association of Canada
Fluid Media
ING Direct
Sears
Nickelodeon
RNA Studio
