Person
Rachel Maclean
Directing · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Biography
Rachel Maclean is a multi-media artist born in 1987 in Edinburgh. Using film and photography, she creates outlandish characters and fantasy worlds which she uses to delve into politics, society and identity. Wearing colourful costumes and make-up, 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.
Known for
Duck
All characters
DUCK (installation)
Director
Feed Me
2015
Native Animals
Director
Dr Cute
Director
Artist in Residence
2018
Germs
2013
Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
Herself
Make Me Up
Figurehead
Again and Again and Again
2016
Filmography
- 2024DuckAll characters
- 2024DUCK (installation)Director
- 2021upside mimi ᴉɯᴉɯ uʍopDirector
- 2019Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
- 2019I’m Terribly SorryDirector
- 2019Native AnimalsDirector
- 2019Dr CuteDirector
- 2018Make Me UpFigurehead
- 2018Artist in Residence
- 2017Billy Connolly: Portrait of a LifetimeHerself
- 2017Spite Your Face
- 2016It's What's Inside That CountsDirector
- 2016Again and Again and Again
- 2015Feed Me
- 2014The WeepersDirector
- 2014Eyes To MeSophie
- 2013Germs
- 2013Over The Rainbow
- 2012The Lion and the UnicornThe Queen / English lion / Scottish unicorn
- 2007Hit Me BabyDirector
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