Naomi Mcintosh
- Work
- Biography
Naomi Mcintosh is an interdisciplinary artist based in the Cairngorms National Park.
She employs a holistic approach to her work. Predicated on a belief that everything is interconnected, she aims to capture and share the experience of being in a constantly changing, beautiful and expansive landscape through her work. By being in tune with the environment, she explores the passing of time, seasonality and the ever present experience of nature. Her work recreates her experiences of place, discovered whilst being exposed to the elements and quiet solitude, working at different scales, from wearable objects to sculptural and immersive installations. In this way she uses her background in both architecture and jewellery to explore the relationship between the body, objects and space.
Drawing is the starting point for every project. Precise geometry, repetition, pattern making and the interpretation of spaces are themes used throughout. She explores qualities of line in three dimensions including laser cutting, steam bending and wood-turning. By using thousands of individual elements, forms are suggested within her work, volumes are captured, and 2D surfaces are transformed into sculptural 3D objects.
Working primarily with wood, she creates specific environments and feelings about spaces. Different woods can tell a narrative through grain, colour and form. With implied movement, the pieces shift and change as do the ways that volumes, patterns, planes and forms are seen and objects are created that have life and resonance.
She employs a holistic approach to her work. Predicated on a belief that everything is interconnected, she aims to capture and share the experience of being in a constantly changing, beautiful and expansive landscape through her work. By being in tune with the environment, she explores the passing of time, seasonality and the ever present experience of nature. Her work recreates her experiences of place, discovered whilst being exposed to the elements and quiet solitude, working at different scales, from wearable objects to sculptural and immersive installations. In this way she uses her background in both architecture and jewellery to explore the relationship between the body, objects and space.
Drawing is the starting point for every project. Precise geometry, repetition, pattern making and the interpretation of spaces are themes used throughout. She explores qualities of line in three dimensions including laser cutting, steam bending and wood-turning. By using thousands of individual elements, forms are suggested within her work, volumes are captured, and 2D surfaces are transformed into sculptural 3D objects.
Working primarily with wood, she creates specific environments and feelings about spaces. Different woods can tell a narrative through grain, colour and form. With implied movement, the pieces shift and change as do the ways that volumes, patterns, planes and forms are seen and objects are created that have life and resonance.
MA Design
Central Saint Martins,UK
BSc Architecture
The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, UK
COLLECTIONS
• 2019 – Historic Environment Scotland, Duff House, Aberdeenshire
• 2016 – Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
• 2011 – Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums Collection, Aberdeen
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025
• Inverness Art Gallery and Museum, Ash Rise, Inverness
• Benmore Botanical Gardens
• The Sill, Grounding Truths, Northumberland
• London Art Fair, London
2024
• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Ash Rise, Edinburgh
• Somerset House, Collect, London
• Bard, Edinburgh
2023
• MAKE, Hauser & Wirth, Somewhere, Nowhere, Bruton
• City Art Centre, Deep Rooted, Edinburgh
• Somerset House, Collect, London
2022
• Two Temple Place, Eye of the Collector, London
• Somerset House, Collect, London
2021
• Somerset House, Collect, London
• London Design Biennale, London
2020
• Somerset House, Collect, London
2019
• Royal Scottish Academy, Wood, Edinburgh
• Marchmont House, Conversations in Wood, VAS and Craft Scotland
• St Margaret’s, Braemar, Music Making Landscapes
• Duff House & Stirling Castle, Lighting Informed by Early Silver
2018
• Contemporary Applied Arts, Colour Exploration, London, UK
• Gallery Lulo, Paper Landscapes, Healdsburg, CA, USA
• Heal’s, Tessellating Jewellery, London, UK
2017–2014
Full exhibition list available
• Future Heritage, Decorex International, London
• Coda Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
• Museum of Art and Design (MAD), Loot, New York, USA
• SOFA Chicago
• The Scottish Gallery, Northern Lights, Edinburgh
• Norton Museum, Bijoux, West Palm Beach
• Museum of Fine Arts Montreal, Art/Bijoux
Full CV Available
Central Saint Martins,UK
BSc Architecture
The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, UK
COLLECTIONS
• 2019 – Historic Environment Scotland, Duff House, Aberdeenshire
• 2016 – Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
• 2011 – Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums Collection, Aberdeen
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025
• Inverness Art Gallery and Museum, Ash Rise, Inverness
• Benmore Botanical Gardens
• The Sill, Grounding Truths, Northumberland
• London Art Fair, London
2024
• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Ash Rise, Edinburgh
• Somerset House, Collect, London
• Bard, Edinburgh
2023
• MAKE, Hauser & Wirth, Somewhere, Nowhere, Bruton
• City Art Centre, Deep Rooted, Edinburgh
• Somerset House, Collect, London
2022
• Two Temple Place, Eye of the Collector, London
• Somerset House, Collect, London
2021
• Somerset House, Collect, London
• London Design Biennale, London
2020
• Somerset House, Collect, London
2019
• Royal Scottish Academy, Wood, Edinburgh
• Marchmont House, Conversations in Wood, VAS and Craft Scotland
• St Margaret’s, Braemar, Music Making Landscapes
• Duff House & Stirling Castle, Lighting Informed by Early Silver
2018
• Contemporary Applied Arts, Colour Exploration, London, UK
• Gallery Lulo, Paper Landscapes, Healdsburg, CA, USA
• Heal’s, Tessellating Jewellery, London, UK
2017–2014
Full exhibition list available
• Future Heritage, Decorex International, London
• Coda Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
• Museum of Art and Design (MAD), Loot, New York, USA
• SOFA Chicago
• The Scottish Gallery, Northern Lights, Edinburgh
• Norton Museum, Bijoux, West Palm Beach
• Museum of Fine Arts Montreal, Art/Bijoux
Full CV Available
- Naomi Mcintosh
- Quiet Garden - London Design Bienalle in collaboration with Ruup & Form
- Woodwork
- Naomi Mcintosh
- Music Making Landscapes
- Woodwork
- Naomi Mcintosh
- Quiet Garden - London Design Biennale in collaboration with Ruup & Form
- Woodwork
- Naomi Mcintosh
- Hirta Structure
- Woodwork
- Naomi Mcintosh
- aitrie - cold
- Woodwork
- Naomi Mcintosh
- Flight
- Woodwork
- Naomi Mcintosh
- Quiet Garden
- Woodwork
- Naomi Mcintosh
- Quiet Garden
- Woodwork
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