United Kingdom
Jacqui McIntosh is a writer, researcher and curator based in London. She has a particular interest in artists whose spiritual development has evolved in tandem with their artistic output. Research areas include mediumistic and automatic drawing practices, and the drawings and works on paper of British artist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun. She is a recipient of a Curatorial Research Grant from the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (2023) and is currently researching the role that drawing has played within feminist activism. This research will result in an exhibition at Drawing Room in early 2024.
'Those granted the gift of seeing more deeply can see beyond form and concentrate on the wondrous aspect hiding behind every form, which is called life.' Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) The densely rich, velvety surface of Tracy Hill's print Sonorous (2023) is one that invites touch.
An essay exploring the creative ouput of Ann Churchill, written to accompany the exhibition GRATITUDENOUSLY at Quench, Margate, 2023