Artist and NUAcT Research Fellow
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1987, artist Rachel Maclean has spent the last decade showcasing her ground-breaking work in galleries, museums, film festivals and on television. Working across a variety of media, including video, digital print, paintings and VR, she creates complex and layered works that reference politics, fairy tales, celebrity culture and more. She has shown her work widely, both in the UK and internationally, receiving critical acclaim in the spheres of film and visual art.
Her major exhibitions include solo shows at Tate Britain and National Gallery, London; Arsenal Contemporary, New York; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany; and KWM Artcentre, Beijing. Maclean represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale in 2017 with her film commission Spite Your Face. In 2013, Maclean was awarded the prestigious Margaret Tait Award. Her recent film DUCK won the prestigious Prix Ars Electronica, and she has been twice shortlisted for the Jarman Award.
