Theresa-Anne Mackintosh was born in 1968 in Pretoria. She obtained her MA (Fine Arts) degree from the University of Pretoria in 1995, majoring in painting. Mackintosh works in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, animation, photography and other digital media. Her working methodology extends across these different platforms.
In her work, Mackintosh draws on a rich referential vocabulary. She intuitively employs relevant form and tone dialogues, interjected with autobiographical context which she reconstitutes to produce new meanings. This is a highly individual language. On first reading, the work presents a strong graphic presence, but on further investigation, a refined open-ended dialogue begins to unfold.