Mary McIntyre is an artist who uses photography. She is a Reader in Fine Art at the

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at Belfast. Her work has been exhibited at international exhibitions such as the

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, 2005. Between 2000 and 2004 McIntyre's work focused on interior spaces that had been forgotten and overlooked, her images conveying the atmospheres that resonated from the institutional spaces she photographed. From 2005 onwards McIntyre shifted the focus of her work to the subject of landscape. Her imagery explores the relationship between landscape painting and photography. Her current work examines the sublime and

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in 18th-century European landscape painting. In her more recent work McIntyre has incorporated installation, using large-scale 3-d forms to accompany the exhibition of her photography. Mary McIntyre is also founder of independent record label, TONN Recordings, which specialises in electronic music.

Background

Mary McIntyre was born in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. She studied Fine Art at the University of Ulster where she obtained a master's degree in Fine Art. She lives and works in

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References

External links

Mary McIntyre official website

Mary McIntyre interview

TONN Recordings website
Women photographers from Northern Ireland People from Coleraine, County Londonderry Alumni of Ulster University 1966 births Living people Irish contemporary artists British contemporary artists Artists from Northern Ireland {{UK-photographer-stub