Ian MacIntyre

Biography and exhibitions

Ian MacIntyre was born and raised in central Perthshire/Scotland. He studied painting at Edinburgh College of Art from 1976-81. His work is now part of several public collections including the City Art Centre Edinburgh and Perth Museum and Art Gallery. He paints and prints at his home in the East Neuk of Fife.

Exhibitions Artistic License London, Billcliffe Glasgow, City Art Centre Edinburgh, Dobbs Ferry New York, Dundee Contemporary Arts, East Neuk Open Studios, Edinburgh Printmakers, Eton applied arts, Independent Edinburgh, Mall Galleries, London, Mackenzie-McGill Kirkaldy, Molesey London, Niedermaier New York, Open Eye Edinburgh, Perth Gallery and Museum, Pittenweem Arts Festival, Phillips Glasgow, Peter Potter Haddington, RSA Edinburg, SSA Edinburgh, Shoreline Studio Aberdour, Strathearn Gallery Crieff, Usher Hall Edinburgh, WASPS Edinburgh, Weem Gallery Pittenweem.

“I wanted this print to highlight the importance of a personal style in art: an ‘own picture language’. To develop this language, an artist has to 1). be her/his own boss 2). redesign reality in her/his own way.  In my case that can  mean cartoonlike simplification/distortion /chopped up shapes, quickly cut flowing lines and a high tonal contrast.”