Margaret McIntosh

Margaret McIntosh is an artist living and working in Naarm/Melbourne whose work explores the narrative of the everyday.  Throughout her work, Margaret investigates the symbolism in domesticity within the spaces we occupy, along with the fragility of the human condition. 

Margaret McIntosh likes being inside other people’s houses and having a look at their things. The allure of being privy to displays of prized belongings and initiate glimpses into the settings of their daily lives.

As visitors we are invited to move through hallways, living rooms and kitchen spaces. Moving through these spaces, we fabricate our own understanding of what we see, how rooms and objects are used when we’re not there, why particular objects are given special place on a mantelpiece. What we don’t see has its own intrigue; what lies behind closed doors, what’s stocked in the refrigerator or crammed into the third drawer down?

Margaret holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Victorian College of the Arts, where she received the Maude Glover Fleay Graduate Award, and a Masters in Art Therapy from La Trobe University. In 2024, she was awarded the Becker Minty Award in the Paddington Art Prize. Margaret has participated in a range of artist residencies across Australia and internationally, contributing to the development of her studio-based practice.

'PLACKY BAGS' SOLO EXHIBITION (AUG - SEP 2025)
'THROUGH MY EYES' GROUP EXHIBITION (NOV 2023)
'GRAVEL RASH' SOLO EXHIBITION (JUNE 2023)
'MONOCHROME' GROUP EXHIBITION (MAY 2022)
'TWENTY' GROUP EXHIBITION (NOV - DEC 2021)