Hilke MacIntyre is German artist living and working in

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, Scotland. She grew up near

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and studied architecture there. MacIntyre's work includes lino cuts, prints and ceramics. Her work has been exhibited in art festivals such as the

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Art Festival, used in promotions for the

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and sold in a range of contemporary art galleries, including Gallery Q in Dundee, Leeds Craft and Design Gallery, Edinburgh Printmakers and the

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. Her work can be seen on packaging for the St Andrews based gin Eden Mill and on a range of flours for Doves Farm, and in situ at

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, Anstruther She is included in published themed collections such as ''The Printmakers's Cat''' and the ''Edinburgh Art Book''. MacIntyre has worked as an illustrator for poetry collections including ''The Tale of the Crail Whale: And Other Poems'' with Gordon Ian Jarvie and ''Ten Poems about Husbands and Wives'' for ''Candlestick Press''. In 2016 she was artist in residence at the

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, an annual festival held in St Andrews each spring. In early 2022. MacIntyre's work was included in Printmakers 2022 at Bircham Gallery in Holt. She lives in Fife with her husband Ian MacIntyre who is also an artist.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:MacIntyre, Hilke Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century ceramists 20th-century German women artists German women ceramists