Marcus Leslie Singleton was born in Seattle, Washington in 1990. He attended the Seattle Art Institute in Seattle, Washington.

Singleton's recent solo and group exhibitions include “Return from Exile” at Mitchell-Innes & Nash in New York, New York (2023-24); “Press Release (Cycle VII)” at Storage Gallery in New York, New York (2024); “Soiled” at Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery in New York, New York (2022); ”Diagrams and Dilemmas” at Jupiter Contemporary in Miami Beach, Florida (2022); ”Future Memories” at TURN Gallery in New York, New York (2021); ”Shake Up The Room” at September Gallery in Hudson, New York (2021); ”Summer Sun” curated by The Journal Gallery at Van de Weghe in East Hampton, New York (2021); Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery in New York, New York (2020); “MEANWHILE...” at Brilliant Champions in Brooklyn, New York (2020); “Up Trying To Remember a Dream” curated by Lizzie Renfrew Vogt at SPRING/BREAK Art Fair with SKAVO Gallery in New York, New York (2020); “CIRCUSLAND” at Turn Gallery in New York, New York (2019); “BOILING POINT” at Superposition Gallery in Los Angeles, California (2019); and “Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone” at Medium Tings in Brooklyn, New York (2018).

Work by Singleton is held in the public collection of the San Antonio Museum of Art in San Antonio, Texas; the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia; and the Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine.

Marcus Leslie Singleton lives and works in Catskill, New York.