Professor Keith McIntyre

Position: Lecturer, Cultural and Creative Industries

Keith McIntyre is a visual artist and former Interim Director of the Centre for Island Creativity, Shetland College UHI.  The theme of ‘The Immortal Memory’ as a vehicle for narratological speculation has been driving much of his research over the past 10 years.  As with the polemical eulogy in the Burns supper, concepts that were meaningful in the past are translated with a new resonance and potency for the present and the future. Drawing is fundamental to his practice where the potential of large-scale ink on paper drawing offers a vehicle to analyse and interrogate subjects with greater scrutiny. These works can be exhibited as pieces in their own right or become the catalyst for improvisation workshops where constructed narratives emerge out of a larking process. In a number of projects, the visual imaginations in the drawings are transcribed into collaborative work in theatre, dance, film and sound collaborations.  As a printmaker, the notion of immortalising and synergising the drawing, photography and performance elements into one image remains a vital outcome. Paper becomes not only the support for the image, but a material form that engages the audience as an idea in itself.  Keith has had numerous solo exhibitions going back to the 369 in Edinburgh; Tramway Glasgow at the opening of Glasgow 1990 European City of Culture; Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery; MIMA in Middlesbrough; RAAB Galerie in Berlin + London; Christian Dam in Copenhagen and Galerie Habana in Cuba. His drawings, paintings and prints are represented in numerous public and private collections. He also has a considerable profile as an artist working in collaborative theatre, performing arts + film projects.