Born 1958 / Worcester MA, Kate MacKinnon received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1992 and her Masters of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2003. During her graduate studies, she began to experiment with materials and paint application. These explorations led to an innovative and unique process that she continues to develop today. Working mainly in oil on canvas, her most recent paintings are high gloss abstractions that explore formal issues of color and surface. Her work was featured in New American Paintings issue No. 63. Kate's paintings have been widely exhibited in the mid-Atlantic region and across the United States, and are in the collections of Maryland General Hospital, The Cordish Family Collection, The Bozzuto Group, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Aspen Insurance Holdings LTD, as well as numerous private collections.