Kevin Jude MacDonald was born in 1963, in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. He was raised as a dairy farmer and formed until 18 years of age. Later he attended St. Lawrence College at the Cornwall Campus. Kevin graduated, in 1982, with a diploma in Fine Arts and Graphic Design with a Certificate in Photography.
Later Kevin went to Sheridan College, in Oakville. and received a certificate in Modelling & Related Careers. He graduated top of his class and was scouted by International Top Model Agency from Toronto.
In 1987, Kevin modelled in Milano, Italy than moved to Paris, France and worked as a male model for eight years in Europe. He worked for fashion designers such as Christian Dior and Paco Robanne and Hermes as Runway Model. He also modelled for fashion magazines such as Vogue and G.Q. In the 1990’s, he moved to New York City to model for the Ford Model Agency. While in New York City, Kevin began studying Tai Chi Chuan with Grand Master William C.C. Chen for three years and also studied Shaolin with Sifu Tai for 3 years.
In 1998, Kevin moved back to Cornwall, Ontario. There, he began teaching Tai Chi Chuan for seniors citizens at St Lawrence College for the Encore Senior Program for three semesters. Next Kevin taught Tai Chi Chuan at the Sat Nom Yoga Centre in Cornwall and participated in various demonstrations and interviews with Cogeco, Foundation of the Parade of Nations, Café Connectionz.
Kevin is also a fine artist with four art exhibitions just this year (2209) at the Corwall Regional Art Gallery and Focus Art Group at the Public Library. If people are interested to take Tai Chi Chuan classes or purchase his paintings, he can be reached at 613-932-5242.