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Allison McIntyre (b. 1999 West Virginia) pulls from animal imagery and digital aesthetics to respond to contemporary human-animal relations, wrestling with issues such as the climate crisis and extinction. She received a B.F.A. in painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2020. Her work has been exhibited across the U.S., including in the shows “Animal Farm” at the Gutstein Gallery in Savannah and "Modern Animal Fables" at Visions West Contemporary in Montana. She is currently living and working in Orlando, Florida.
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Living in this age of hypermediation and the environmental crisis necessitates discussion of the animal world. Interactions with nonhumans are almost always mediated—-whether in zoos, museums, digital media, etc.--and nonhumans often function as mediators. The animal world is objectified, contained, and simulated. Synthetic voices are applied to it. The trail camera provides us a glimpse of animal behavior that would be otherwise hidden from us, as our presence modifies their behavior. Video games have long used nonhumans as narrative tools, simulating animals for the entertainment of humans. My interest lies in the artificiality of nonhumans' environments and the mediated interactions between nonhumans--often simulated--and humans. Humankind's artificial sense of separation from nature fuels the global crisis we are experiencing now. Is the rapid global proliferation of digital animal imagery a direct result of their increasing absence in our daily lives? Is animal imagery in art capable of inspiring change? |
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2021 Mountain Standard Time. Visions West Contemporary. Livingston, MT
2021 Virtual Open Studio. SCAD. Online
2020 Modern Animal Fables. Visions West Contemporary. Bozeman, MT
2020 Virtual Open Studio. SCAD. Online
2019 Open Studio Night. SCAD. Alexander Hall Gallery. Savannah, GA
2019 Studio AE86 Art Gala. 5AM Records. Orlando, FL
2019 Animal Farm. SCAD. Gutstein Gallery. Savannah, GA
2019 Alexander Collective Salon Show. The Loft. Savannah, GA
2019 Anthropocene. SCAD. Alexander Hall Gallery. Savannah, GA
2019 ATA Show. Kaleidoscope Venue for the Arts. Orlando, FL
2019 Winter Showcase. SCAD. Alexander Hall Gallery. Savannah, GA
2018 Open Studio Night. SCAD. Alexander Hall Gallery. Savannah, GA
2021 Mountain Standard Time. Visions West Contemporary. Livingston, MT
2021 Virtual Open Studio. SCAD. Online
2020 Modern Animal Fables. Visions West Contemporary. Bozeman, MT
2020 Virtual Open Studio. SCAD. Online
2019 Open Studio Night. SCAD. Alexander Hall Gallery. Savannah, GA
2019 Studio AE86 Art Gala. 5AM Records. Orlando, FL
2019 Animal Farm. SCAD. Gutstein Gallery. Savannah, GA
2019 Alexander Collective Salon Show. The Loft. Savannah, GA
2019 Anthropocene. SCAD. Alexander Hall Gallery. Savannah, GA
2019 ATA Show. Kaleidoscope Venue for the Arts. Orlando, FL
2019 Winter Showcase. SCAD. Alexander Hall Gallery. Savannah, GA
2018 Open Studio Night. SCAD. Alexander Hall Gallery. Savannah, GA
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