Born in Winnipeg in 1969 and has been drawing, painting, designing and building things since childhood. Maclean studied at the University of Manitoba, completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1996. Later the same year he moved to Montreal, where he has a studio and exhibits regularly, thanks to ongoing representation by Galerie Roger Bellemare and Christian Lambert. Maclean’s work has been exhibited across Canada, as well as in France, and is now a part of numerous private and public collections, including the Musée national des beaux-arts à Québec.