EMMA MCINTYRE
b. 1990, New ZealandEmma McIntyre (b. 1990) was born in Auckland, New Zealand. After graduating from Auckland University of Technology in 2011, she received an MFA from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, in 2016 and a second MFA from ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, in 2021. In 2019 she received a Fulbright Graduate Award. McIntyre is a founding board member of the cooperative gallery Coastal Signs, Auckland.
Recent solo exhibitions of McIntyre’s work include Objects or Vapours, Coastal Signs, Auckland (2024); Pearl Diver, Château Shatto, Los Angeles (2023); Madonna of the Pomegranate, Coastal Signs, Auckland (2022); and Up bubbles her amorous breath, Air de Paris, Romainville, France (2022).
In 2023, work by the artist was included in L’Almanach 23, the fourth edition of the biennial held at Le Consortium, Dijon, France.
An echo, a stain, a solo exhibition of McIntyre’s work, was held at David Zwirner, New York, in 2023. In 2024, David Zwirner announced the representation of the artist in collaboration with Château Shatto, Los Angeles.
McIntyre lives and works in Los Angeles.
Courtesy David Zwirner
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