Edward Mackenzie's new gallery in Richmond -- "He assembles sculptures from the materials that other people discard, and his colorful new gallery at 54 Main St., just up the hill from the Kennebec in this friendly river town, stands as a testament to his idea that every useful thing is worth saving."
Bob Keyes, Staff Writer, Portland Press Herald, 08/19/07

".... His strongly designed sculptures resonate with wit, charm, humor, a whiff of nostalgia and deeper, allegorical meanings"....."Mackenzie's thematic arrangements of found objects, range from the simple to the complex, such as plastic eating utensils, crayons, bicycle seat frames, old store signs and piano parts."...
ART with WIT, by Lynn Ascrizzi, Kennebec Journal, 06/24/07

"Edward Mackenzie approaches assemblage by allowing the compositional elements to dictate their arrangement....Through his perceptive eye it seems as if the viewer is seeing a visual representation of a thought....imagining itself and the parts are about to come alive and assemble themselves."
Ian Paige, The Phoenix 10/18/2006

"...Edward Mackenzie ...brings a variety of sculpture...to delight and enliven interior space..."
The Lincoln County News Damariscotta, Maine 11/4/2004

"Another in a long line of exhibitions where Edward Mackenzie makes brilliant use of materials as diverse as bicycle seat frames, a steel rule and fence strainers..."
T.J. McNamara, New Zealand Herald 6/25/2001

"...It's gloriously obvious he loves to use both hands and brain... .the ideas behind these works are completely original..."
Katy Comer, The Voice 6/22/2000

"...unsung genius of miniature wall-sculpture, Edward Mackenzie."
G. O'Brien, The Dominion 2/27/1999

'"The 'King of assemblage' is as brilliant as ever as he combines all kinds of found material to make objects that are vivid, witty, tinged with nostalgia and invariably surprising."
T.J. McNamara, New Zealand Weekend Herald 9/27/1998

"...then there's that eye for the energy of shape and that ear for visual poetry..."
Mark Amery, The Evening Post 4/29/1998

"Mackenzie's work, which is accomplished... .can be seen in its totality for its graphic qualities. And he is a master at this. His work draws you across a room. It looks great and you can't resist it..."
Philip Isaacson, Maine Sunday Telegram 8/3/1997

"...dross really can be turned into gold."
Warwick Brown, Another 100 New Zealand Artists, Auckland: Godwit, l996

"...As with all of Mackenzie's work, we are asked to see, with him, the particular beauty and meaning of components, little scraps crafted to do a job, that give delight when put into a new context. The work comes from a particularly fertile and sensitive mind..."
Shirley Jacks, Art New England April/May 1996

"...Mackenzie brings a strong graphic presence to these assemblages, evidence of his experience as a designer. Things fit together in a visually coherent way, interlocking their histories as objects with their present use as part of a visual statement. In many, the original function of the parts generates an atmosphere of nostalgia or gentle humor."
Ken Greenleaf, Maine Sunday Telegram 10/9/1994

"...odes to the human spirit."
Philip Isaacson, Maine Sunday Telegram 8/29/1993

"...that great collector and manipulator of unregarded artifacts, Edward Mackenzie..."
T.J. McNamara, NZ Herald 4/14/1989

"...it makes for a show of astonishing cleverness and great fun. It is a virtuoso display of design..."
T.J. McNamara, NZ Herald 6/18/1984

"...a complete and coherent world...full of visual delights"
T.J. McNamara, NZ Herald 2/13/1984

"...All of Mackenzie's work - whether collage, sculpture or drawing -reveals a sophistication of concept..."
Print America's Graphic Design Magazine May/June 1965