
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.
Known For

Film
Germs
2013

Film
Germs
Various
2013

Film
Duck
All characters
2024

Film
Feed Me
2015

Film
Make Me Up
Figurehead
2018

TV
Artist in Residence
2018

Film
Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
Herself
2017

Film
Spite Your Face
2017

Film
The Lion and the Unicorn
The Queen / English lion / Scottish unicorn
2012

Film
Eyes To Me
Sophie
2014

Film
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019

Film
Again and Again and Again
2016

Film
Over The Rainbow
2013
Filmography
2024FilmDuckas All characters2019FilmKill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art2018FilmMake Me Upas Figurehead2018TVArtist in Residence2017FilmBilly Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetimeas Herself2017FilmSpite Your Face2016FilmAgain and Again and Again2015FilmFeed Me2014FilmEyes To Meas Sophie2013FilmGerms2013FilmOver The Rainbow2012FilmThe Lion and the Unicornas The Queen / English lion / Scottish unicorn