Colin Mcintyre

Forging hot metal presents a beautiful moment of spontaneous artistic creation; the forms and objects that result are perfect records of the event. Every hammer blow, every physical manipulation is frozen into the metal, transforming it even further from its elemental stone origin. I imbue a semblance of life in the medium that contrasts with its cold rigidity. My imagined life forms stand as a counterpoint to taxonomy, our attempt to categorize and quantify life on earth.

Nite Lite Big Ass Canvas Gallery Austin, TX 2015
I, Daughter of Kong Co-Lab Gallery Austin, TX 2014
Diversatile, BV Art League, College Station, TX 2013
Swallow, Austin Metal Authority, TX 2012
Myth of Sisyphus, Club de Ville, Austin, TX 2012
Automata, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA 2011
People's Gallery, Austin City Hall 2011
TUMULT - Museum of Vordingborg, Denmark 2010
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft 2010
People's Gallery, Austin City Hall, TX 2010
Texas Biennial, Austin, TX 2009
Paraphernalia - Pump Project Gallery, Austin, TX 2008
Maker Faire - Austin, TX 2007-2009
East Austin Studio Tour 2006-2013
Texas Metal Arts Festival, Gruene, TX 2006
Anvil Art - Houston Center for Contemporary Craft 2005
Anvil Art - Design Center of Austin 2005
Metalamongus 2 - Design Center of Austin 2004
Contemporary Metalwork - Design Center of Austin 2004
Metalamongus - Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX 2003
Austin Coalition for the Arts, Austin, TX 2000
Censorship - A New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, CA 1999