Carolynda Macdonald
About
Biography
1957 | Born in Hannover, Germany |
1979 | University of Stirling, BSc Hon. Biology |
1985 | Paddington College of Technology, London, Fellowship of the Institute of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Special Examination (Bacteriology) |
1982-2014 | Part-time courses in Life Drawing and Screen Printing, Chichester, London, Falmouth & Dundee |
1982-1997 | Biomedical Scientist in Microbiology, holding a senior post at University College Hospital in London from 1989-97 |
1992-1996 | Part-time courses in Stained Glass Techniques, London |
1997-2003 | Ran own business as a stained glass artist in London, working to commission and for exhibitions in London, Ashbourne, and St. Andrews |
2003-present | Living and working as a painter in Scotland, since 2022 in Edinburgh |
Exhibitions and Commissions
1991 | Commissioned to create large oil painting, which hangs in the waiting room of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London |
1999 | Bruton Street Gallery, Mayfair, London, Summer Exhibition |
2000 | Ashbourne Gallery, British Contemporary Glass Society Show |
2004 | St. Andrew's Museum Cathedral Project, 'Pilgrims Exhibition' |
2005 | St Andrews Bay Hotel, ‘Celebration of Art’, fundraising art auction for High School of Dundee Patrons' Association |
2006-2010 | Eduardo Alessandro Studios, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, and at the Glasgow Art Fair and the Affordable Art Fair, London |
2012-2013 | Iona House Gallery, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, 'Scottish Art' |
2016 | W. Gordon Smith Award Exhibition, Dovecot Gallery, Edinburgh; Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Spring Exhibition |
2018 | Tatha Gallery, Newport, Fife: Winter Show; Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire: Christmas Show |
2019 | Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire: Summer Show; Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture, Edinburgh: 193rd Annual & Open Exhibition; Featured artist in ‘Birds of A Feather’, Stone Sparrow NYC, New York |
2020 | Stone Sparrow NYC, group show of women artists, ‘The Unseen’; Stone Sparrow NYC, two artist couples in ‘Parallel Universe’; Fidra Fine Art, Gullane, E. Lothian, Scotland: Winter Show |
2021 | Talon Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA: ‘Ascent’; Stone Sparrow NYC: ‘Beautiful Things'; KP Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA: ‘Sanctum’ |
2022 | Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin, USA: ’Birds in Art 2022’; Fidra Fine Art, E. Lothian, Scotland: ‘Inspired’; Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia: ‘Symbiosis’; Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, USA: Beautiful Bizarre Magazine International Art Exhibition ‘Halcyon Days’ |
2023 | Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, USA: Beautiful Bizarre Magazine International Art Exhibition ‘Secret Longings’; Birds in Art 2022 Tour: Newington-Cropsey Foundation, NY; Muscatine Art Center, Iowa; Hansen Museum, Kansas; Haven Gallery, Northport, New York, USA: Beautiful Bizarre Magazine International Art Exhibition ‘Serendipity’; KP Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, USA: ‘When Two Worlds Collide’: joint exhibition with my husband, Alan Macdonald |
2024 | Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire: ‘House of Macdonald’: Joint exhibition with my husband, Alan, and our son, Rory Macdonald; Musonium Gallery, Palm Springs, USA: ‘Initiation:Exodus’, ‘Filling the Void:Antithesis’ group exhibitions; ’Art on a Postcard’ Ten Year Anniversary Auction in aid of the Hepatitis C Trust held at Gathering, Warwick St., London; KP Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, USA: ‘Made of Stars’ group show |
2025 | Musonium Gallery, Palm Springs, USA: Eutierria & Solastalgia group show; Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire |
Publications
2016 | The Times, Scottish Edition, January 18th 2016 by Giles Sutherland W. Gordon Smith Painting Competition, Dovecot Gallery, Edinburgh Scotland on Sunday, January 10th 2016, by Susan Mansefield W. Gordon Smith Award seeks to champion neglected art of painting |
2019 | Voyage Houston: Check out Carolynda Macdonald’s Artwork interview: https://voyagehouston.com/interview/check-carolynda-macdonalds-artwork/ |
2020 | American Art Collector Magazine, 179, Sept. 20, p.60-62 American Art Collector Magazine, issue 182, December 2020, p. 78-79 Upcoming Show Preview for Stone Sparrow NYC 11/18-12/24: Carolynda Macdonald Birds of Paradise |
2021 | Art and Cake, A Contemporary Art Magazine with a Focus on the Los Angeles Art Scene: Genie Davis ‘Connection and Magic Between Species’ Exhibition Review for KP Projects Gallery April 2021: https://www.artandcakela.com/post/carolynda-macdonald-jean-pierre-arboleda-deirdre-sullivan-beeman-at-kp-projects Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Issue 33, June 2021 p. 22-31 Alan & Carolynda Macdonald Artist+Artist |