Todd McKie (b. 1944 USA) is a painter, ceramist and printmaker. His oeuvre is witty and depicts images of heads, vessels, animals, pictographs. By reducing his compositional operation to a few key elements, the artist summons a complete range of life’s pleasures and travails as perceived by a bemused participant.

McKie's work is to be found in many private and corporate collections and in the public collections of major museums throughout the New England region. He has exhibited at the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis, University, McMullen Museum, Boston College, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and the Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Fl. McKie received a B.A. in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design. He’s the recipient of two Massachusetts Artists Fellowships and residencies at Centre d’Arte, Marnay-sur Seine, France, The McColl Center, Charlotte, NC and Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA. Todd McKie resides in Cambridge, MA.

Todd McKie grew up coming to the Gardner Museum. When he became an Artist-in-Residence in 2000, he focused on the lace collection in the Veronese Room and was inspired to make several white on black lace-like drawings depicting pieces from the collection, people, and the nasturtiums, which had been installed during his stay. Some months later, McKie returned to work with students from Tobin School. In the Tapestry Room, he talked about his time as an Artist-in-Resident and showed them the lace drawings he had been working on. The students had the chance to look closely at several examples of lace from the collection and to talk with the Gardner’s textile conservators about how the pieces were made and used. Following the presentation, the group sketched their own lace-inspired drawings in the Courtyard and galleries. McKie’s lace series grew and was presented in 2003 at Victoria Munroe Fine Art Gallery, Boston. In addition to his exhibition entitled, Adventures in the Lace Trade, a catalogue was published that included the drawings from this period and an interview with artist.