Kathleen MacKenzie was born and raised in The Bronx, where the immigrant and urban experience were a major part of her childhood. She began as a young woman, attending drawing classes at The Art Students League and studying graphic arts at The School of Visual Arts. Kathleen continued her full-time studies in painting at Hunter College while doing a work/study at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts and The American Crafts Council. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting graduating Magna Cum Laude. In the 1980s she was actively involved with the New York City downtown experimental film and video community. As a multidisciplinary artist, Kathleen exhibited her paintings, videos, photography, accordion books and prints in NYC, Upstate NY, New Mexico, and New Jersey. In 2002, she was invited to attend an artist residency at the Santa Fe Arts Institute in New Mexico. Her art has been exhibited at The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, The Bronx Museum of Art, Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, The Kitchen, Artist Space, Gallery 128, The Collective for Living Cinema, The Edward Hopper House Museum, Emerge Gallery, Islip Art Museum, The Santa Fe Art Institute and Woodstock Artists Association and Museum. For several years, she taught video, film animation, painting and drawing in schools and museums throughout NYC, including The Bronx Museum of Arts, Henry Street Settlement and The Children's Museum in Manhattan. Her paintings and poetry have been featured in the “Parting Shot and Poetry” sections of Chronogram magazine. She moved from New York City to the Mid-Hudson Valley in 2012. Kathleen’s home and studio are in Rosendale, NY.