Rachel Maclean

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.

Directed

1. Duck (2024) — Director
2. Make Me Up (2018) — Director
3. Spite Your Face (2017) — Director
4. upside mimi ᴉɯᴉɯ uʍop (2021) — Director
5. The Lion and the Unicorn (2012) — Director
6. Dr Cute (2019) — Director
7. Hit Me Baby (2007) — Director
8. DUCK (installation) (2024) — Director
9. Feed Me (2015) — Director
10. It's What's Inside That Counts (2016) — Director
11. Germs (2013) — Director
12. Again and Again and Again (2016) — Director
13. Over The Rainbow (2013) — Director
14. Native Animals (2019) — Director
15. I’m Terribly Sorry (2019) — Director
16. Eyes To Me (2014) — Director
17. The Weepers (2014) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Make Me Up (2018) — Figurehead
2. Duck (2024) — All characters
3. Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime (2017) — Herself
4. Spite Your Face (2017)
5. Artist in Residence (2018)
6. Feed Me (2015)
7. Germs (2013)
8. Again and Again and Again (2016)
9. Over The Rainbow (2013)
10. Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art (2019)
11. Eyes To Me (2014) — Sophie
12. The Lion and the Unicorn (2012) — The Queen / English lion / Scottish unicorn