Artist

Rachel Maclean

Born in Edinburgh, 1987

Rachel Maclean is a multi-media artist born in 1987 in Edinburgh. She uses film and photography to create outlandish characters and fantasy worlds which she uses to explore politics, society and identity. Maclean takes on every role in her films herself. She uses computer technology to generate her locations, and borrows audio from television and cinema to construct narratives with a comedic touch. Maclean lives and works in Glasgow. In 2013, Maclean received the Margaret Tait Award for her contribution to Glasgow Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Film London Jarman Award. Her work has also been shown at the State Museum of Urban Sculpture, St Petersburg, Russia, Tramway, Glasgow, Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh and as part of Glasgow International Festival. She has a BA in Drawing and Painting from Edinburgh College of Art.

Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Both Sides Now II – It was the best of times, it was the worst of times?
‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’ is the famous opening line of Charles Dickens’...
09 Oct 2015 - 01 Nov 2015
Hong Kong
Exhibitions
Beyond the Cartoon
“Beyond the Cartoon” explores the language of the cartoon as a way of making sense of the...
15 Sep 2016 - 22 Oct 2016
New York
Exhibitions
Techstyle Series1.0: Ariadne’s Thread
MILL6 Foundation presents “Techstyle Series1.0: Ariadne’s Thread” the inaugural exhibition of Mill6...
19 Nov 2016 - 06 Dec 2016
MILL6 Foundation
Hong Kong
Exhibitions
Rachel Maclean
Zabludowicz Collection dedicates the 2018 edition of its Annual Commission Show to Rachel Maclean, which...
20 Sep 2018 - 16 Dec 2018
Zabludowicz Collection
London
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