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Artist

Theo Macdonald

Theo Macdonald is an artist and writer currently based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Using performance, autobiography, and found footage, his work on CIRCUIT examines the symbiotic relationship between late 20th century American media and individual iconography.

Writing & podcasts featuring Theo Macdonald

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Monstrous, bloodied, and box-dyed

Exhibition review
By Matthew Whiteman · October 30, 2025

Like any horror movie aficionado, Matthew Whiteman finds vulnerability, monstrosity, and cartharsis in The Brood, an exhibition at the Dowse Art Museum that traced a dark sensibility in recent art from Aotearoa.

Monstrous, bloodied, and box-dyed
A figure stands on the rooftop of a building looking over the Wellington Harbour. To the left there is a small room or shed on the rooftop with "Anth 1940-2015" written with black paint.

Imagine a Waterfall: Three Commissions for Masons Screen

Exhibition review·Masons Screen
By Mark Amery · March 2, 2021

Walking from pre-European city pā sites to Masons Screen, Mark Amery considers three new public art commissions by Layne Waerea, Annie Bradley and Theo MacDonald, addressing uninvited visitors, bodily architecture and digital confessions.

Imagine a waterfall: three commissions for Masons Screen 2020-21

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