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The Spot Where She Planted Herself, 2023

Working across painting, digital collage, moving image, projection and public art, Kate MacDonald creates images and environments in which beauty, unease and transformation coexist.

DIGITAL COLLAGE

Digital collage by Kate MacDonald of grasses, twigs, garden debris and bird remains gathered into a dense floating mass against pale grey. 2017 Top Ten Artist Award from the Los Angeles Centre for Digital Art.

Debris #1, 2017

Digital collage by Kate MacDonald of a small bird enclosed by delicate looping white stems and green vegetation against a muted blue background.

Nest, 2024

Digital Collage by Kate MacDonald bare branches holding white flowers, translucent hanging forms, bird remains and a sculpted face against blue sky.

Flight is a Rare Gift, 2026

VIP ROOM

Digital collage commissioned for Fabric Living, Vancouver - time-lapse process video

PUBLIC ART

Kate MacDonald’s public art combines photographic collage, site history, ecological research and architectural context to create layered images rooted in place. Her projects range from integrated architectural artwork and lightboxes to mobile and community-facing commissions.

Public art concept featuring an old-growth maple, North Shore mountains, fireweed, yellow ripples and flying eagles.

Rings and Ripples, 2026
525 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC
Awarded integrated public art commission in development

Architectural rendering of Rings and Ripples wrapping the entry plaza and canopy at 525 Powell Street in Vancouver, Canada.

I am grateful to be a visitor on the unsurrendered lands of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ Nations. I acknowledge the diversity of Indigenous Peoples and their unique relationships to land and water, and I commit to continued action and learning in the spirit of Truth and Reconciliation.

© 2026, Kate MacDonald

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