Edward Mackenzie
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  • Narrative
    • Solo Exhibitions
    • 2 and 3 Person Exhibitions
    • Selected Group Exhibitions
    • Art Related Commissions & Employment
    • Art Education
    • Awards
  • Series
    • Assorted Art 1
    • Assorted Art 2
    • English Seaside
    • Ice Cream Packaging
    • Make Art Not War
    • Mansard Roof Tiles
    • Marine Art
    • Oaracle
    • PianoWorks
    • Pyrotechnical
  • Bibliography
    • Selected Review Extracts
    • Reviews
    • Television
    • Art Book Inclusions
  • Home
  • Narrative
    • Solo Exhibitions
    • 2 and 3 Person Exhibitions
    • Selected Group Exhibitions
    • Art Related Commissions & Employment
    • Art Education
    • Awards
  • Series
    • Assorted Art 1
    • Assorted Art 2
    • English Seaside
    • Ice Cream Packaging
    • Make Art Not War
    • Mansard Roof Tiles
    • Marine Art
    • Oaracle
    • PianoWorks
    • Pyrotechnical
  • Bibliography
    • Selected Review Extracts
    • Reviews
    • Television
    • Art Book Inclusions

Narrative

Art has been the mainspring of my life. It has been augmented by a variety of work, including teaching, giving me a healthy awareness and appreciation of the world in which we live.

I studied graphic design at Cooper Union School of Art, New York and came to London as a Fulbright scholar to the Royal College of Art (1966-1968). Moving with my family to New Zealand (1982-2002) gave me the opportunity to develop my skills as an assemblage artist. I exhibited widely in that country and was honoured to be the recipient of a Queen Elizabeth ll Creative New Zealand Grant.

I’ve always collected things – mainly manufactured items, responding to things I love. Working mostly as an assemblagist, I use items from my collection. I investigate and ‘play’ with whatever object I am working on and get to know the material in some depth. One could say I learn to speak its language and dance its dance. I respond and interpret via my work, sometimes introducing other materials and - ideas - the cohesive element in my art, born of experience, interest and imagination.

It is good to live back in England after a decade in Maine, USA - where I converted an old Store into a Studio and Gallery, to work, exhibit and promote my art. See video >>

I am still a working artist at our studio home in Stoke-on-Trent, England.

Edward Mackenzie 2023


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