Andrew MacKenzie was born in Banff, north east Scotland, and graduated with an MFA from Edinburgh College of Art in 1993.
He is represented in several public and corporate collections, including The Fleming Collection, Marchmont House, The University of Edinburgh, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, Edinburgh City Art Centre, Royal Academy, London, Edinburgh College of Art, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Art in Healthcare Scotland, Fidelity Investments, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Hepworth Wakefield (with the Tim Sayer Bequest), T Rowe Price Collection, London.
He teaches painting and studio practice at Leith School of Art in Edinburgh.
Andrew's work moves in the space between abstraction and representation. His process embodies his confrontation of the landscape and is traced onto the surface before building up layers of bright colour contrasting with dark natural shades. There are layers of perspective, space, colour and form which all work together to create a unique interpretation of the relationship between the built environment and nature. His work is reminiscent of Japanese printmaking in its flatness and asymmetrical geometry uniquely punctuated by vertical and often architectural forms.
"I now feel less clear about what 'landscape' actually is, and about what we mean by 'nature' and 'manmade', than I ever have." Andrew MacKenzie