Rachel Maclean

Scottish | 1987

Rachel Maclean is a Scottish Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1987. Their work is currently being shown at Edinburgh Printmakers. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Kunsthalle Erfurt have featured Rachel Maclean's work in the past.Rachel Maclean's work has been offered at auction multiple times.Rachel Maclean has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for FAD Magazine in May 2025.

At Auction

Notable Lots

ST. GEORGE AND THE MONSTER - 2013

By Rachel Maclean

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THE HEART OF SCOTLAND (LARGE) - 2013

By Rachel Maclean

THE BAPTISM OF CLYDE - 2013

By Rachel Maclean

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Recent Auction Results

HIGHLAND ROMANCE (LARGE) - 2013

By Rachel Maclean

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THE HEART OF SCOTLAND (LARGE) - 2013

By Rachel Maclean

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THE LION AND THE UNICORN - 2012

By Rachel Maclean

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Current Exhibitions

Story: Selected Works from Edinburgh Printmakers' Collection

Edinburgh Printmakers

Edinburgh | UK

Apr 04,2025 - Jun 29,2025

Past Exhibitions

The cute escape: Empathie, Empowerment, Empfindsamkeit

Kunsthalle Erfurt

Erfurt | Germany

Mar 09,2025 - May 18,2025

Art Plays Games

FACT Foundation for Art and Creative Technology

Liverpool | UK

Sep 05,2024 - Apr 27,2025

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Articles

FAD Magazine 29/05/2025

Save the date as the UK鈥檚 largest annual festival of visual art returns to Edinburgh this August (7th鈥�24th) with a packed programme of exhibitions, events, and collaborations taking place across the city for the three week festival 鈥� the biggest of its kind in the UK.

Contemporary Lynx 26/05/2025

The world around us is subject to constant change, and since the beginning of the 21st century, these changes have been picking up pace.

Studio International 19/11/2024

Children scrapping, lovers embracing, the pain of losing a loved one, even Brexit, all demonstrate the pain and pleasure of friendships and falling out in this fascinating group show.

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Coverage

鈥� ..Creating glowing, hyper-saturated worlds using green-screen technology, Maclean weaves together appropriated audio and a multitude of narrative references to form darkly comic odysseys... 鈥�
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Zabludowicz Collection, London

鈥� ..Within her fantastical settings Maclean parodies fairy tales, children鈥檚 television programmes, beauty product advertising, internet videos, and pop culture playing all the extravagantly costumed characters... 鈥�
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Tate Britain

鈥� ..Creating baroque, hyper-real worlds using green-screen video and computer animation, and playing many of the extravagantly costumed characters herself, Maclean spins razor-sharp fables that combine comedy... 鈥�
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Zabludowicz Collection, London

鈥� ..Maclean鈥檚 fascination is with the elusive moment where cute objects slip into the sinister and instead of endearing, instil fear and disgust... 鈥�
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Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham Museums

鈥� ..Maclean鈥檚 densely rich environments combine horror and fantasy to critique modern desires and fears... 鈥�
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Arsenal Contemporary Art, New York