codee mac

We lovaaa longgyyyy!

2025 was a crazy busy year! Worked on a bunch of very different, very fun projects. Mostly commercials, as was the plan. Loooove working freelance because of all the fab people I get to collaborate with. You know who you are… Also you’re tagged... Big shoutouts to: @porkstoreproductions @howatsonandcompany @pixel.melbourne @zoeemoves @mcsaatchiaunz @truceproduction.co Here's a few snippets of my favs from then. HMU if you want to make something now 😚

‘O UT’ at Brunswick Street Gallery stages a collision of works, producing a charged visual field where queer experience is rendered loud, intimate, awkward, erotic and tender. The body becomes a graphic, emotional and political surface — something to be exaggerated, abstracted, softened, mythologised and, crucially, allowed to misbehave ✸ This tension mirrors queer existence itself. The “monstrous” — exaggerated, grotesque, fantastical — operates as a strategy of survival, a way of being seen loudly on one’s own terms. In contrast, quieter and more symbolic works suggest another desire altogether: for closeness, touch and a language beyond spectacle. HILLS’ charcoal drawings anchor the exhibition in slowness. Chiaroscuro carves light across ribcage, muscle and bone, making bodies feel suspended rather than frozen. The figure becomes a landscape shaped by pressure and endurance, echoing queer histories of erosion, resilience and quiet persistence. Stella Tavener’s mixed-media works reduce the body to silhouette and emotional contrast. Bright reds clash with deep blues, producing figures that feel both present and unreachable. Rhys Parkinson abstracts queerness through colour itself. Hyperreal pencil-drawn swatches smear and pulse with movement, feeling bodily without depicting bodies 🎨 Codee Mac uses humour and childlike imagery to dismantle gender policing. Horses leap across scratched-back pink fields, where colour functions as both coded femininity and critique. George Hedon’s graphic works flirt openly with sex. Muted blues and pastels render mouths, limbs and genitals playful yet exposed — erotic without spectacle. Eddy Burger’s digital drawings push humour into the absurd. Aliens, spaceships and crude sexual forms collide alongside text that reads as half-confession, half-joke. ‘O UT’ moves between noise and quiet, excess and restraint, myth and vulnerability. The exhibition insists on multiplicity — on queerness as something lived through bodies that refuse to stay still, legible or contained ☆ @brunswickstreetgallery #luminosa #luminosaartsscene #brunswickstreetgallery #artexhibition #contemparyart

lots of new faces!! and lots of my oldest friends still putting up with me!! i meet some lovely, lovely people in this life (so many i can’t even tag you all!!) those who know me well will know that i HATE the word “luck”. i’m big on what you put into the world is what you get back, and the things that come to us are a flow on effect from our decisions/direction. so i wont say i’m lucky, but the feeling i guess i call it is blessed. how lovely that these people choose to share their time/love/energy with me??? i think its pretty dope. love is all around in so many shapes and forms ❤️‍🩹 please enjoy all these cutie pics of cutie people x

CURRENT EXHBITIONS O UT GROUP EXHIBITION —— We are pleased to introduce the works of two artists, Codee Mac and Rhys Parkinson, participating in our current group exhibition 'O UT'. —— Codee Mac’s work reflects on growing up rurally, where behaviour was measured against gender expectations. Using humour, bright colour, and a deliberately childlike style, the works question why actions are policed at all. Textured, layered surfaces pair with simple imagery, using playfulness to gently challenge rigid norms. Rhys Parkinson’s illustration series Colour explores the energy and symbolism of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. Smears of paint are photographed and illustrated into vibrant compositions, reflecting queer acts of deconstruction and reinvention. Blending fine art and design, Parkinson moves fluidly from photography and composition through to illustration. 'O UT' is an annual showcase amplifying the voices of LGBTQIA+ artists at all stages of their practice. Presented as part of the 2026 Midsumma Festival, the exhibition contributes to a city-wide program celebrating local, interstate, and international artists across Melbourne. —— Visit our website for the full details of 'O UT' and further information on all current exhibitions or visit the gallery Tuesday–Saturday 10AM–5PM and Sunday 11AM–4PM. —— Images: Cowboy, 2025, Codee Mac, Acrylic on canvas, 91x60cm Cowgirl, 2025, Codee Mac, Acrylic on canvas, 102x76cm The Duel, 2025, Codee Mac, Acrylic on canvas, 60x80cm The Girls, 2025, Codee Mac, Acrylic on canvas, 70x60cm Light blue, 2024, Rhys Parkinson, Coloured pencil on 300gsm cotton paper, framed, 55x55cm Purple, 2024, Rhys Parkinson, Coloured pencil on 300gsm cotton paper, framed, 55x55cm #brunswickstreetgallery #bsg #contemporaryart #whatsonmelbourne #galleryopening #art #artist #emergingartists #artcollector #painting #event #melbourneart #landscape #collectable #melbourneartist #abstractart #artaustralia @codeemac @rhysparkcreative @midsummafestival

being annoying in summer

We asked our Queerxhibit artists why the media and comms industry needs more queer voices. Their answers? Lived experience, fresh ideas, and a spark that makes work feel aliiive. ⚡️ Share your faves, friends! ◡̈ Want to hear more from our 20+ artists? Head to the phresh ✨ Friends of Rhonda site (🔗 in bio). #friendsofrhonda #advertising #melbourne #Queerxhibit

Summerrrrr bits!🧃

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June ; Pornstar Martini’s and Moustaches - Benson Boone and Beyonce - Cute Americans and old friends

Too many memories for one carousel. Too many legends in one office. After nearly 3 years, it’s time for my next adventure. Thank you for the laughs, the chaos, the wins, the group chats and most of all, the friendships ♥️. What a ride it’s been 🥺. xx

A little collection from summer 🌞