CAROLYNDA MACDONALD 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
1982-97 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
2006-10 Eduardo Alessandro Studios, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, and
at the Glasgow Art Fair and the Affordable Art Fair, London
2012-13 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:
193 rd 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
Publications
2016 The Times, Scottish Edition, January 18 th 2016 by Giles Sutherland,
W. Gordon Smith Painting Competition, Dovecot Gallery, Edinburgh
http://gilessutherland.blogspot.com/2016/01/w-gordon-smith-
painting-competition.html
Scotland on Sunday, January 10 th 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://artandcakela.com/2021/04/14/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
Carolynda Macdonald is represented in public collections including the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, UCLH Arts and private collections worldwide.