Angus McDonald (artist)

Angus McDonald (born 1961) is an Australian contemporary visual artist, refugee advocate, columnist, and documentary filmmaker.

In 2016, McDonald became interested in human rights and refugee issues after travelling across the Greek islands (including Leros, where he had lived a couple of decades earlier) to see how the local communities dealt with the huge numbers of asylum seekers who had arrived in 2015 and 2016 via the Mediterranean Sea, mainly from Syria via Turkey.

[5] McDonald established a social justice project called Howling Eagle, which advocates for humane treatment and raises public awareness of asylum seekers.

The project began releasing videos on YouTube in 2018 under the title "Philoxenia", which is Greek for "extending hospitality and friendship to the stranger".

[1] McDonald was ambassador for World Vision's KidsOffNauru Campaign and is on the Sydney Committee for Human Rights Watch Australia and Asia.