| Katja MacLeod Kessin | |
| Birth Date: | February 7, 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Hamburg |
| Death Place: | Montreal, Canada |
| Nationality: | German-born Canadian |
| Education: | Concordia University |
| Field: | painter |
| Spouse: | Darcy MacLeod |
Katja MacLeod Kessin (1959–2006) was a German-born Canadian painter.
Kessin was born on February 7, 1959[1] in Hamburg, Germany. Around 1980[1] she emigrated to Montreal, Canada. She studied art at Concordia University, earning an MFA degree in painting 1993,[2] and a PhD in Humanities in 2003.[3]
Kessin taught art at Concordia, including teaching art to non-artists. She also created an art program for women and children at a women’s shelter in Montreal. In 2000 she received a national award of merit given by the Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada.[3]
Kessin died on April 1, 2006, in Montreal.[1] In 2007 a retrospective of her work was presented at the FOFA Gallery at Concordia University.[4]
Her work is in the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.[5]
Kessin was married to Darcy MacLeod with whom she had three children.[3]