Bio
Rachel Mackay (b.1988) is an Australian multidisciplinary artist working across installation, painting, performance, video and sculpture. Drawing on feminist, psychoanalytic and posthuman thinking, Mackay explores the tensions between perceptual, psychological and physical experience, situating female embodiment within social, cultural and environmental contexts. Through a performative and personal lens, she invites viewers to encounter the post-human body as fluid, unstable and continually becoming.
Mackay completed a Master of Fine Art at the National Art School in 2024 and her work is held in both national and international collections. She has been a finalist in the Mosman Art Prize (2022, 2024, 2025), the Fishers Ghost Prize (2025), the Environmental Art & Design Prize, MAG&M (2025), the Wollongong Art Prize (2025), The Wyndham Art Prize (2025) and the Lane Cove Art Award (2025). Mackay is an upcoming artist in residence at Woollahra Gallery (2026).
