Originally from Montréal, Margaret Haines is an artist whose multidisciplinary, research-based practice combines, in singular fashion, film, literature, philosophy, astrology, photography and installation. She studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Concordia University and the California Institute of the Arts, has exhibited in London, Brussels, The Hague, Paris, New York and Los Angeles, and is a recent resident of the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. She is currently completing her forthcoming book on the life and work of the artist, poet, actress and occultist Marjorie Cameron Parsons.