Contact
rachel.s.mcbrinn [at] gmail.com
About
I am an artist and filmmaker based in Edinburgh. My filmmaking practice is rooted in conversation and relationship building, incorporating elements of observational documentary, experimental image-making, and often builds upon long term site-responsive and archival research. Recent work has formed around the themes of land management, town planning, urban and rural ecologies.
Between 2021-23 I was artist in residence with Rhubaba, where my research centred around my hometown Livingston, one of Scotland’s post-war New Towns. The resulting film Are you going my way? premiered at the Fruitmarket Gallery in April 2023, alongside the launch of accompanying publication Winding Up Body. Other recent projects include the Argyll Beacon Film Commission from Cove Park and ACT, in collaboration with Alison Scott.
I am the Contemporary Art Practice Course Leader at Leith School of Art.
Education
2017-19 Master of Fine Art with Distinction, Glasgow School of Art
2010-14 First Class BA (Hons) in Painting at Edinburgh College of Art
Selected Awards & Residencies
2023 Stephen Palmer Travel Award, with Alison Scott
2021-23 Artist in Residence, Rhubaba, Edinburgh
2022 LUX Scotland Research Bursary
2022 Argyll Beacon Film Commission, with Alison Scott, Cove Park and ACT
2019 LUX Project Bootcamp, Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
2019 Artist in Residence, RSPB Forsinard Flows
2017 Shortlisted Artist, The Sainsbury Scholarship, The British School at Rome
2016-17 Emerging Artist Bursary Award, Creative Scotland & City of Edinburgh Council
2016 Shortlisted Artist, LUX Scotland SUPERLUX Research & Development Award
2015-16 RSA Residencies for Scotland Award, Edinburgh Printmakers & RSA Collections
2014 Royal Scottish Academy John Kinross Scholarship to Florence
2013 Alexander Flynn Bequest Prize, Edinburgh College of Art
Selected Exhibitions and Events
2023 Are you going my way?, online screening, MAP Magazine, 18 April - 18 May
2023 Rhubaba presents, screening alongside Clara Hancock, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
2022 Online Screening, Congenial Soils and Favourable Situations, via Cove Park
2022 Encounters with Climate, screening at CCA Glasgow
2022 Artist talk, with Alison Scott and SCAN, SCVO The Gathering
2022 Congenial Soils and Favourable Situations, screening at Climate Café, Cove Park
2020 Commission for Edinburgh International Science Festival (cancelled due to Covid-19)
2019 MFA ‘Ones to Watch’ at citizenM, Glasgow
2019 MFA Degree Show, The Glue Factory, Glasgow
2019 Orange and Teal, live performance broadcast on Radiophrenia
2019 MFA WIP Screening, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
2018 Last edit made seconds ago, with Ben Callaghan, The Lighthouse, Glasgow
2017 Last edit made seconds ago, with Ben Callaghan Custom Lane, Edinburgh
2017 SUMMA, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Selected Professional Experience
2021- VACMA Panel Member, City of Edinburgh Council & Creative Scotland
2020- Course Leader, Contemporary Art Practice Course, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
2021-22 Research Assistant, Glasgow School of Art
2021 LSA Lectures: Meeting the Gaze, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
2017- Freelance filmmaker
Writing about my work
2023 Alison Scott, Space left over after planning, MAP Magazine
Writing by me
2023 ONNE BIGG WETT GRID, MAP Magazine