About
Kirsty Mcintyre
Kirsty McIntyre is a Melbourne based artist working mainly with palette knife and oil paint on canvas, with Australian themed still life subjects, and the backyard birds that visit her compositions. Described in a review by Peter Haynes in the Canberra Times in 2022; “McIntyre’s use of pattern is beautifully controlled. The artists use of an intense light suffuses the overall composition allowing each element to be clearly delineated and hold pictorial autonomy. Light also imbues a sense of McIntyre's capturing a moment in time. The beautifully random compositions filled with freely dispersed floral and other objects have a sense of delicate movement, of the transitoriness of nature and of the innate beauty in that transitoriness.”
Initially self-taught she has since had private tuition and workshops with local artists, Ron Reynolds, Richard Claremont, Jenie Fawkner, Nicholas Chen, and international artists, Ed Praybe, Susan Lichtman, Jennifer Poichinski and Catherine Kehoe.
Exhibition History
2025; “Love notes” joint exhibition with Michelle Fogarty at Grainger gallery
2025; “The Birds and the Bees" solo exhibition at The Moree Gallery,
2024; October "Primavera" group exhibition with Grainger Gallery
2024; August; Melbourne Affordable art fair with Grainger Gallery
2024: June; Sydney affordable art fair with Martine gallery
2024 April; "Hope is the thing with Feathers" Solo exhibition at Grainger Gallery, ACT
2024 March "Birds of a feather" group exhibition at The Moree Gallery
2023 "Devour" group exhibition, Grainger gallery
2023 Sydney and Melbourne affordable art fairs with Martine Gallery and Bluethumb
March 2023 "Birds of a Feather" solo exhibition Satch and co gallery
October 2022; Grainger gallery, ACT; "Together Alone" Joint exhibition with artist, Jane Aliendi
August 2022; The Moree Gallery, NSW; "A table Shared" Solo exhibition
February 2022; Grainger gallery, ACT; "A Painted Table" Group exhibition
July 2021; Weswal gallery, NSW; "Bloom" Group exhibiton
May 2021; The Moree Gallery; "An easel by the door" Group exhibition
July 2019; DACE Derinya art show guest artist
March 2019; Roberts McCubbin art show, guest artist
February 2019; Four plus one group show, Victorian artists society, opened by Leslie Harding.
Prizes, awards and publications
Prizes and Awards;2025 finalist The Doyles art award
2025 finalist Omnia art prize
2024 gallery finalist Lethbridge 20000 small scale award
2024 finalist Omnia art prize
2023 finalist Bluethumb art prize
2023 finalist Major mini art prize
2023 finalist Omnia art prize
2022 finalist Tacit Gallery still life prize2022 finalist, Bluethumb art prize2022 finalist, Kennedy art prize
2022 gallery finalist Lethbridge gallery 20000 small scale art award
2022 finalist Omnia art prize
2021 finalist Bluethumb art prize
2021 finalist Tacit gallery still life prize
2021 finalist St Kevins art prize
2021 finalist Wyndham art prize
2020 finalist Bluethumb art prize
2020 finalist Wyndham art prize
2019 finalist Eutick memorial still life award (EMSLA)
2019 finalist, St Kevins art prize
2018 Winner; Best in Show, Warranwood art show
2017 Winner; Special judges award, Whitehorse art show
2015 Winner Second prize, small works section, Canterbury art exhibition
Publications;
Featured, Inside out magazine, February 2022
Practique des arts, 4 page article, April 2022
Read an interview with Forman Art and Framing
See a review of "Together Alone" by Peter Haynes published in the Canberra times 31/10/22; link
A glimpse of a piece featured in the Design files March 2024; link
Kirsty’s work is held in private collections in the USA, UK, Europe and Asia