Kirstin Mackinnon
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Co-Sleeping II, 2025 Sold -
Kirstin Mackinnon, Co-Sleeping II, 2025£ 165.00
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Doll, 2025 Sold
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Eva, 2025 Sold
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Kirstin Mackinnon, Masked, 2025£ 350.00
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Petrol Pump, Tighnabruaich, 2025 Sold
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Pink to Make the Boys Wink (Self-Portrait), 2025 Sold
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Kirstin Mackinnon, Stretched, 2025£ 150.00
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Yachts, Tighnabruaich, 2025 Sold
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Moustache You a Question, 2024 Sold
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Kirstin Mackinnon, A Painter Worth Taking Seriously, 2023£ 165.00
Reclaiming space for women in contemporary painting.
Using humour and irony, Kirstin’s paintings challenge historic imbalances, making the viewer question how gender is portrayed in art.
Kirstin Mackinnon is a Scottish artist who makes figurative oil paintings about connection and the position of women in art and society. Her emotionally direct paintings are personal yet speak to universal human experience.
Mackinnon graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) in 2023. She was selected for the Royal Scottish Academy’s New Contemporaries exhibition and reached the semi-final on Sky Arts’ Portrait Artist of the Year in 2024. Her work is held in nationally significant public collections including Surgeons’ Hall Museums and University of Dundee Museums. In 2026, she was shortlisted for the Scottish Portrait Awards and the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award.
Mackinnon’s practice continues to challenge societal expectations placed on women. Her writing on gender equality in art was published by Boom Publications and Art UK. She has spoken at events for the Scottish Society for Art History and DJCAD.
Her first solo exhibition will be held at The Smith Gallery, Stirling, in January 2027.
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Secret Coast Prize for Fine Art
27 Feb - 21 Mar 2027Following a remarkable inaugural year, the Secret Coast Prize for Fine Art returns for its second edition, building on the momentum of an exhibition that quickly established itself as an...Read more -
Second Glance
Eva Hewitt · Innes MacLellan · Kirstin MacKinnon · Vlada Popescu 10 Oct - 1 Nov 2026A year on from their first exhibition together, the four artists of SCCOCO’s inaugural cohort return to Tighnabruaich Gallery. Second Glance is not simply a continuation of Introducing . It...Read more -
Introducing - Scottish Contemporary Collective
Eva Hewitt · Innes MacLellan · Kirstin MacKinnon · Vlada Popescu 26 Jul - 24 Aug 2025The inaugural exhibition of the Scottish Contemporary Collective marks a new era for contemporary Scottish art. Featuring the four emerging artists—Eva Hewitt, Innes Maclellan, Kirstin Mackinnon, and Vlada Popescu—this show...Read more
