About the Artist
Kimberly MacDonald is a Portland, Maine–based mosaic artist whose work bridges classical technique with contemporary narrative. Working primarily with stone and smalti, she creates mosaics that explore themes of science, health, and storytelling, with occasional touches of whimsy.
Beyond her studio practice, she shares her art through workshops and private instruction, inviting others to experience the timeless craft of mosaic in a welcoming setting.
AWARDS
2022 Best in Show. “Prior Authorization Denial”. Mosaics Today: Ancient Art Through a Contemporary Lens. Juried Exhibition. Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA.
2022 Juror’s Choice. “Pillow with Sleep Data 2019-08-09 2228-0813”. Sculpture. Mosaics Today: Ancient Art Through a Contemporary Lens. Juried Exhibition. Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA.
EXHIBITIONS
2025
Ten Years on the Cutting Edge. New England Mosaic Society Juried Exhibition. The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA. Juror: Craig Bloodgood, The Art Complex Museum Contemporary Curator. August 14 - November 2, 2025.
Reign, Rain, Rein. Attleboro Arts Museum’s National Juried Exhibition, Attleboro, MA. Juror: Gordon Wilkins, the Robert M. Walker Curator of American Art at the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy. June 14 - July 11, 2025.
2024
New Voices in American Mosaics. Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA. October 19 - December 14, 2024
Celebrating Art & Agriculture. Deering Building Juried Art Exhibit. The Maine Arts Commission in partnership with the Maine Bureau of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources. Augusta, ME. June 1, 2024 - June 1, 2025
Flying Colors Benefit Art Auction. Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine, Portland, ME. May 10, 2024
“100 Moments in Mosaic, Season Five”. Society of American Mosaic Artists. April 27 - January 4, 2025
“Inspired by the Ages”. Juried Exhibition. Juror: Mim Brooks Fawcett, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA. April 10 - May 4, 2024
2023
“Art in the Orchard 2023 - The 7th Biennial”. Juried Sculpture Exhibition. Park Hill Orchard, Easthampton, MA. August 12 - Thanksgiving weekend, 2023
“2023 Invitational Mosaic Exhibition” presented by Modern Mosaic Arts. Centennial Gallery at the Musculoskeletal Center, Peabody, MA. January 8 - April 15 , 2023
2022
“Mosaics Today: Ancient Art Through a Contemporary Lens”. Juried Exhibition. Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA. Jurors: Kim Emerson, professional mosaic artist, founder and owner of the San Diego Mosaic School; and Beth C. McLaughlin, Artistic Director and Chief Curator of Fuller Craft Museum. July 2 - December 4, 2022
“Glass Perspectives: A Celebration of Glass & Glass Concepts”. Juried Exhibition. Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA. Sept 30 - Oct 16, 2022
New England Mosaic Society Annual All Member Exhibition. Centennial Gallery at the Musculoskeletal Center, Peabody, MA. August 8 - September 17, 2022
2019
“Misunderstood Animals” hosted by Spindleworks at Frontier, Brunswick, ME. July 30 - Oct 27, 2019
Bozeman, MT Public Library
PRESENTATIONS
2024
“It’s hip to be square. How geometry influenced my artistic journey and current mosaic practice”. New England Mosaic Society Annual Meeting, Guest speaker, Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA. October 19, 2024
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society of American Mosaic Artists Professional Member
MOSAIC ART EDUCATION
2024 Scuola Arte del Mosaico, Micromosaic Filati, Gabrielle Warr, Luciana Notturni, Ravenna, Italy
2023 Scuola Arte del Mosaico, Mosaic Intensive, Luciana Notturni, Ravenna, Italy
2022 Chicago Mosaic School, Design Fundamentals and Andamento Drawing for Mosaics, Sue Giannotti
2022 Michael Kruzich Mosaic, Ravenna Method
2019 Chicago Mosaic School, Mosaic I-III Intensive and Hammer & Hardie Intensive, Chicago, IL
2017 - 2019 Maine Art Glass Studio, Stained Glass and Mosaics, Jim Nutting and Carrie Bracker, Lisbon Falls, ME
2011 - 2012 Earth and Soul Pottery, Ceramics and Mosaics, Sarah Coppi, Portland, ME
PRESS & BLOG POST MENTIONS
Artscope Magazine “Tenth-anniversary exhibition fractures ancient traditions into bold new visions at The Art Complex” , Friday, September 5th, 2025, by Sawyer Smook-Pollitt.
The Sun Chronicle “Attleboro Arts Museum show will spotlight mosaics”, Foxboro reporter staff, published 04/04/2024.
Excerpt from the article: “A Branch with Apples” by Kimberly MacDonald of Portland, Maine also incorporates principles of light and shadow to capture dimension and form and represents the durability of the medium. The piece is also built to feature the enduring symbolism of apples in the context of health, the artist said.
“The pale green branch, adorned with two bright red apples serves as a metaphor for the fragility of well-being, despite the contemporary advances in healthcare,” MacDonald said. “The tan shadows on the apple and black background echo the persistent struggles we face on the journey to wellness.
“I created this mosaic as a visual dialogue between the ancient and the modern, prompting reflection on the complexities of our ongoing quest for health and resilience.”
My Backyard: Published 04/01/2024
New England Apples “There is Art in Every Orchard” 08/28/2023
https://newenglandapples.org/2023/08/28/there-is-art-in-every-orchard/
Excerpt from Daily Hampshire Gazette article “The artwork has landed: Art in the Orchard returns to Easthampton for its seventh season” by Steve Pfarrer, published: 8/24/2023
https://www.gazettenet.com/Back-in-the-fields-Art-in-the-Orchard-returns-to-Eashampton-51937111
“Insects at play
Humor has long been a key component of the works in AitO. A newcomer this year, Kimberley MacDonald of Portland, Maine, has fashioned two large praying mantises made !om copper, foam, cement, and mosaic glass.
MacDonald has positioned her giant insects on opposite sides of a “tetherball” — a metal pole with three half-globes of yellow, attached by wire to the pole, to imitate a ball in motion.
And, as the artist writes, why shouldn’t these creatures “take a break from hunting insects and protecting apples to play a quick game of tetherball?””
