Bio-
Rachel Mackay is a designer and visual artist based in Sydney who works with visual storytelling across film, media, music, publications and exhibitions. Her work is based on narrative-driven concepts and an exploration of space, objects, matter and image making.
Having spent six years working in Copenhagen at Danish architecture and design studio Johannes Torpe Studios, Rachel embodies a multi-disciplinary and experimental approach. She works with creative direction, production design, set design, art direction, styling and photography across artistic, commercial and editorial projects. Her work embodies a visual interpretation of narratives with a focus on ephemeral spaces that communicate stories as spatialised, materialised and poeticised concepts.
Rachel is also a founding member of Sydney-based collective Studio Rain, a team who work collaboratively across art, design and architecture. The collective creates temporary installations and architectural projects with a focus on exploring more sustainable and connected ways of living.
Exhibitions-
2020 / 'Atmosphere: A Revival', Melbourne Design Week / National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
2019 / 'Atmosphere: A Future Design Experiment', Melbourne Design Week / National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
Awards-
2019 / FRAME Awards / 'Multi-Brand Store of the Year' / United Cycling Showroom
2018 / Sydney Design Awards / Film, Video, Viral / NurseWatch / Silver Winner
2018 / The Architectural Review 'Future Projects Award' / Red Mountain / Commended
2013 / Art Rebels Photography Competition Winner, Copenhagen
"Every definite image in the mind is steeped and dyed in the free water that flows around it. With it goes the sense of its relations, near and remote, the dying echo of whence it came to us, the dawning sense of whither it is to lead. The significance, the value of the image, is all in this halo or penumbra that surrounds and escorts it."
– William James
Contact -
(+61) 0478 430 322
51/61 Marlborough Street, Surry Hills
Sydney