Lucie Rachel | 1992 | UK
| Education
– Fine Art BA (Hons), Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, 2015
– British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow, 2014
| Selected Exhibitions
– Third Thursdays, Film Trail, Videoclub, Brighton, 2022
– Brighton Digital Festival, Film Programme, Brighton, 2021
– Athens Digital Arts Festival, Greece, 2021
– The Ingram Prize, The Ingram Collection, Cello Factory, London, 2020
– The Queer Dot, GENERATORprojects, Dundee, 2020
– Aesthetic Initialisms, ONCA, Brighton, 2019
– Reson@te, Image Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, 2018
– Sharing Not Hoarding: Other Spaces, Slessor Gardens, Dundee, 2018
– Indian Photography Festival, Shrishti Gallery, Hyderabad, 2017
– Othering, Selected Works, Coburg House, Edinburgh, 2017
– DOCUMENT, Focas Scotland, Streetlevel Photoworks, Trongate 103, Glasgow, 2017
– St Andrews Photography Festival, St Andrews University, 2017
– OSMOSIS AudioVisual Media Festival, Taipei, Taiwan, 2017
– RSA New Contemporaries Exhibition 2016, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2016
– STOPJECTIFY, Different Gallery, London, 2016
– Moving Image Margate, Margate House, Margate, Kent, 2016
– Contemporary Photography & Sexual Identity, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, 2015
– Black Cube Collective 3rd Annual Show, Gayfield Creative Spaces, Edinburgh, 2015
– Futureproof 15, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, 2015
– Guilty Pleasures, Sweet ‘Art, London, 2014
– Unclean Project, SoMos Art House, Berlin, 2014
– Do It Project Moscow, The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, 2014
| Selected Film Festivals & Screenings
– Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Official Selection, Out On Screen, Canada, 2022
– Zebra Poetry Festival, Official Selection, Germany, 2022
– Best British Shorts, Channel 4 Broadcast & All 4, October 2021 – October 2022
– Tampere Film Festival, International Competition, Finland, 2022
– Underwire Festival, Official Selection, London, UK, 2022
– Iris Prize, Best British Films, Cardiff, UK 2021
– SPARK Festival, Videoclub & British Council, Hong Kong, 2021
– Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Official Selection (Best Artists’ Film), York, UK, 2020
– Film With Pride, Official Selection, Liverpool Pride, Liverpool, UK, 2020
– Docudays: Scotland in Focus, Official selection, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2020
– LGBTQ+ History Month Film Screening, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, UK, 2020
– Both Sides Now 5: Queer, Videoclub, Videotage HK, UK Screening Tour, 2019-20
– Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Official Selection, York, UK, 2018
– MoMA’s International Festival of Non-fiction Film, MoMA, New York 2018
– Bangalore Queer Film Festival, British Council, Bangalore, India 2018
– JAYU Festival, Opening night screening, Toronto, Canada 2017
– Iris Prize, Best British Films, Cardiff, UK 2017
– PROUD Film Festival, Official Selection, Aarhus, Denmark 2017
– Florence Queer Festival, Official Selection, Florence, Italy 2017
– Open City Documentary Festival, Official Selection, London, UK 2017
– Seoul Pride Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea 2017
– ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival, FiveFilms4Freedom, Shanghai, China 2017
– XPOSED International Queer Film Festival, Official Selection, Berlin, Germany 2017
– Prokuplje Short Film Festival, Official Selection, Serbia 2017
– Leeds Queer Film Festival, Official Selection, Leeds, 2017
– BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival, Official Selection, London 2017
– Glasgow Short Film Festival, Official Selection: Scottish Competition, Glasgow 2017
– Berlin Feminist Film Week, Official Selection, Berlin, Germany 2017
– Mardi Gras Film Festival, Queer Screen, Official Selection, Sydney, Australia 2017
– KuirFest, PinkLife QueerFest, Official Selection, Ankara & Istanbul, Turkey 2017
– Equality Festival, Official Selection, Kiev, Ukraine 2016
– Underwire Festival 2016, Official Selection: Under 25s, London 2016
– Fringe! Queer Film & Art Festival, Official Selection, London 2016
– Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival, See Me & Glasgow Film, Glasgow 2016
– Forbes Under 30 Summit, Forbes, Best Short Documentary, Boston USA 2016
– Scottish Queer International Film Festival, Official Selection, Glasgow 2016
– Edinburgh International Film Festival, Bridging The Gap (SDI), Edinburgh, 2016
– Underwire Festival, Official Selection: Under 25s, Hackney Attic, London, 2015
– Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Official Selection: Artist Film Genre, York, 2015
| Collections
– Dundee Artist Book Collection, Visual Research Centre, Dundee Contemporary Arts, 2015 –
| Publications
– DOCUMENT Vol.1, Focas Scotland, Catalogue, 2018
– To The South, Artist Book, 2018
– Mother Father, Artist book, 2015
| Awards
– Best British Shortlist, Iris Prize, Iris Festival, 2021
– Best Artists’ Film, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, 2020
– The Ingram Prize, Finalist, The Ingram Collection, 2020
– Best British Shortlist, Highly Commended, Iris Prize, Iris Festival, 2017
– A+M Emerging Photography Award, DOCUMENT, Trongate 103, Glasgow, 2017
– FiveFilms4Freedom, British Film Institute & British Council, 2017
– Rural Media Short Film Award Finalist, Borderlines Film Festival, 2017
– Best Short Documentary, Forbes Under 30, 2016
– Best Scottish Short, Scottish Queer International Film Festival, 2016
| Commissions
– ‘Save the Queen’, Short Film commission, Art With Impact, LA, 2021-2022
– ‘Factory Talk’, Short Film commission, Art With Impact, LA, 2019-2020
– ‘Itous‘, Filmmaker, Danni Spooner & Dance4, Rural Media & ACE, 2018
– The Silent B, Fócas Scotland, British Council Scotland, 2017-18
– Reclaim The Night 2017, Filmmaker, WRASAC, Dundee, 2017
– ‘Touch Me Don’t Touch Me’, Short Film commission, Channel 4 Random Acts, 2017
– ‘Let Us Let Go’, Short Film Commission, Glasgow Film & SeeMe Scotland, 2016
– ‘Where We Are Now’, Short Film Commission, Bridging The Gap, Scottish Documentary Institute, 2015
| Experience
– Artist filmmaker, Self Employed, 2015 – present
– Assistant Producer, Lighthouse, Brighton, 2022 – present
– Programme Assistant, Lighthouse, Brighton, 2019 – 2022
– Shadow Trustee, Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust, Brighton, 2021 – present
– Participant, BFI Film Development Programme, 2021-2022
– Panel Speaker, Curating Class, Working Class Creatives Network, Online, 2021
– Panel Speaker, Future of the Workforce, TEG Marketplace, Online, 2021
– Art With Impact, Film festival workshop facilitator, 2020 – 2021
– Online event technician – Brighton Photo Fringe – 2020
– Queer The Pier, Film Curator, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, 2019 – present
– Assistant Producer, CiRCA69, Brighton, 2019
– Artistic Programme Assistant, Placement, Photoworks, 2018 – 2019
– Artist Talk, Boundaries in Personal Filmmaking, WEAVE, Dundee, 2019
– Artist Talk, Life After Art School, DJCAD, University of Dundee, 2018
– Professional Practice Module Coordinator, DJCAD, University of Dundee, 2017 – 18
– Artist in Residence, Graduate Residency, DJCAD, University of Dundee, 2017 – 18
– Panel Speaker, The Dust Of Everyday Life, SMHAFF, CCA, Glasgow, 2017
– Panel Speaker, The Silent B: In Search of Bi Representation, BFI Flare, London, 2017
– Film Programmer, Dundee Mental Health Awareness Week, Dundee, 2017
– Trainee Film Programmer, XpoNorth, Inverness, 2017
– Panel Speaker, Funding & Training in Scotland, SQIFF, Glasgow, 2016
– Curator, WHERE OUR MINDS ARE NOW, Tin Roof Arts Collective, Dundee, 2016
– Participant, Bridging the Gap, Film Development Programme, Scot Doc Institute, 2015-16
– Committee Member, Tin Roof Arts Collective, Dundee, 2015 –
– Panel Speaker, The death of LGBT photography exhibitions, UCA Canterbury, 2015
– Curator, DIY Reality, N17 Gallery, Moscow, 2014
– Exhibition Assistant, Pernille Spence: Not My Tomorrow, Cupar Arts Festival, 2013
– Exhibition Assistant, The Cooper Gallery, Dundee, 2012-2014