Rod Mcintosh

Process is central within the painting practice of Rod McIntosh. His mark making has a fluidity and honesty that reveals itself through a muted pallet of monotones. This lends the work a striking and minimal appearance, which coalesces with the quiet sensitivity to his materials, time invested and action. Presence and concentration is key to his practice in cultivating a meditative quality. Examining his temporal gestures, alongside ideas of mindfulness, permanence, attachment and acceptance.

For McIntosh the provenances and particular characteristics of each material are of great importance. Following closely traditional eastern recipes for archival inks and pastes he works upon delicate Chinese papers that absorb every fluid gestural movement as he accepts the brevity of a final committed action.

With his body, the breath along with materials, and repetitive often-obsessive processes, focuses an attention to the present. Observing and recording the moment of creation within a continuum.

He speaks of them as;

“Physical meditations, that offers himself, and the viewer, a moment to pause.”

1988-1992 – BA (Hons) Fine Art

Forthcoming
November - The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn NYC
December - Context, Art Miami, represented by Turner Barnes Gallery

Selected Shows
2018 – ‘Makers Mark’, selected group show at no format Gallery, London
2017 – Selected for National Open Arts Competition Exhibition, Barge House, OXO Tower Wharf London
2017 – ‘Marks’, selected group exhibition 1831 Gallery, Paris
2017 – ‘Afternoon Tea – Works on Paper’, selected exhibition as part of Margate Festival, curated by Chiara Williams Contemporary Art
2017 – ‘A Free Moment’ selected exhibition at OXO Gallery, presented by FPS
2016 – Free Painters & Sculptors Open Exhibition, Menier Gallery, London
2016 – Selected for National Open Arts Competition Exhibition, Mercers’ Hall, London
2016 – Solo Show at Le Meridien Hotel, Piccadilly, London
2015 – Free Painters & Sculptors Open Exhibition 2015, Menier Gallery, London
2015 – ‘When Opposites Attract’ a two person show at Oil & Water Gallery, Wandsworth, London presented by Caiger Contemporary Art
2015 - ‘Thirty for Thirty’ group exhibition at The National Theatre, London to coincide with the publication of the book to accompany the project.
2015 – ‘In Conversation’ a curated group show with NOHO Artists, 7Dials Club, Lond...