Col Mac is an interdisciplinary artist working with a focus on painting. His current work draws on the language of theatre to explore the ways in which aesthetic practices blur and the poetic ways in which they overlap.
He has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize, the Evelyn Chapman award, The Brisbane Portrait prize, Swell, the North Sydney art Prize, long-listed for the Herbert Smith Freehills portrait award and shortlisted for four AOI awards. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, FT, NBC, Vice and more.
In 2023 he completed his BA in Fine Art at QCA.