Hilke MacIntyre is a contemporary artist working in printmaking, painting and ceramics. Her simplified figurative style shows her enjoyment of colour, pattern, bold shapes, nature and daily life on the Scottish East Coast. Main influences are indigenous/folk art and art & design movements in the 20th century. The direct visual impact of a handmade piece is essential in her art.

Hilke was born in Germany near the Danish border and studied architecture at the College for Art & Design in Kiel. After a few years working for architects in Germany and Britain, she moved to Scotland in 1995. There she started printmaking at the Edinburgh Printmakers alongside painting and experimenting with pictures in clay from which her ceramic reliefs developed. Since then she has practiced as a professional artist and currently lives and works in rural Fife near St Andrews.

Her work is widely exhibited in galleries throughout Britain and her woodcuts and linocuts have been used for numerous illustrations.