Rita MacDonald is a visual artist who makes detailed pencil drawings on paper and large site-responsive wall works from paint and plaster. Her work focuses on exploring the experience of place through its relationship to perception and visual association.

Her work has been exhibited widely, including at Smack Mellon, Wave Hill, The New York Studio School, The International Print Center, The Hyde Collection, 808 Gallery at Boston University, SUNY Ulster, Albany Center Gallery, and The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, among others. She’s completed several public art commissions including two permanent mosaics for subway stations in Brooklyn for the MTA Arts & Design Program and has recently completed a large site-specific project in Manhattan for Google’s Artist in Residence Program.

Rita holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and a MFA from School of Visual Arts. She currently lives and works in Olivebridge, NY.

Collection, Two-color Woodcut Work Sample.