Kelly McDonald is an artist living in Montréal Québec. Her paintings revolve around the notions of deconstruction, of breaking down an image and slowly rebuilding it; playing with the ideas of memory and awareness. Her inspiration starts with an image-sometimes a photograph; of places she has visited or would like to. They are images that have grabbed her attention by either their vibrant colours, complex composition or even just their simple natural beauty. She then tries to recapture these landscapes by breaking them down into many layers of shapes and form and reconstructing them into something new and transformed.
EDUCATION
University
of Calgary, Calgary, AB
MEd
–Creativity and Design Thinking
2019-present
Concordia
University,
Montréal, QC.
BFA
–Art Education
2008-2012
BFA-Studio
Arts
2000-2002
Western Academy of Photography, Victoria,
B.C
Diploma
in professional photography
1996-1997
Alberta
College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB.
1993-1995
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 “Solo Exhibition”, Gallery 427 Belgo,
Montréal QC.
2005 “Untainted”, Galerie Accidental,
Montréal, QC.
2004 “Trace”,
Claremont, Montréal QC.
2003 “Perhaps,
Perhaps”, Galerie Espace, Montréal QC.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 “N” show, The Long Haul, Montréal, QC.
2013 Square Affair, McClure Gallery, Montréal, QC
2007 Light This,
Headquarters Gallery, Montréal, QC.
2006 Faculty
Exhibition, McClure Gallery, Montréal, QC.
2006 Pop Montreal
Music Festival ‘Cover This’, Montréal, QC.
2006 Have Your
Cake, Galerie Rouje, Québec, QC.
2005 Technologie,
Galerie Rouje, Québec, QC.
2005 Collision,
The Long Haul, Montréal, QC.
2003 Pants
on Fire, Galerie Rad’a, Montréal, QC.
2003 Fire
with Water, Art Vista Galerie, Montréal, QC.
2003 Concordia
Artloan Artwalk Exhibition, Concordia Univ., Montréal, QC.
2002 Spiffy,
#306 Belgo Building, Montréal QC.
2001 Fiber
Optics, VAV Gallery, Montréal, QC.
2001 Constant, VAV Gallery, Montréal, QC.
RELATED WORK
EXPERIENCE
2006-2013 Visual
Arts Centre, art instructor, Montréal
QC.
2003-2006
Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts,
art instructor, Montréal, QC
2001 Mount Royal College, costumiere, Calgary,
AB.
1999/2000
Fastforward Magazine, photographer,
Calgary, AB.
1999 Where Magazine, photographer Sept.1999,
Calgary, AB.
1999 Avenue
Magazine, photographer, Calgary, AB.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2006 Concordia
Executive Offices Loan Program
2003 Concordia
Executive Offices Loan Program
CURATORIAL
PROJECTS
2002 “Spiffy”, fibers show Belgo Building,
Montréal, QC.
2000 “Fiber Optics”, fibers show VAV Gallery, Montréal QC.
PUBLICATIONS/
MEDIA COVERAGE
Canal
Vox, Câble 9, Québec. “LezArts”,
Apr.12-17, 2006