Ella Cuming

Ella Cuming is a Meanjin/Brisbane-based photographer born in 2000.


Education

2023      Bachelor of Photography major of Advertising Photography, The Queensland College of Art,  Brisbane,  Australia.



Exhibitions

2024      “GradFoto 2023,” Group Exhibition, BallaratFoto, The Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat,  Victoria.

2024      “Emerging Artists 2024,” Group Exhibition, Dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.

2024      “Nostalgic for Now,” Group Exhibition, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art Galleries, South Brisbane.

2024       “Going Cold,” Group Exhibtion, Vacant Assembly, Brisbane, Queensland.

2024        “Momento,” Group Exhibition, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art Galleries, South Brisbane.

2024      “Girl Things,” Solo Exhibition, Blume Space, Brisbane.

2023      “Grad Show,” Group Exhibition, Queensland College of Art, South Bank, Queensland.

2023      “The End,” Group Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Queensland College of Art”s Blurr Club, The Station,  Fortitude Valley, Queensland.

2023      “Autobiographical Resonance,” Solo Exhibition, Queensland College of Art Preview Gallery, South Brisbane.

2023      “Queer Here,” Group Exhibition, Queensland College of Art Grey Street Gallery, South Brisbane.

2023      “Goob,”Group Exhibition, Vent Space, Brisbane.

2023      “2023 Blurr Launch,” Group Exhibition, Vent Space, Brisbane.

2022      “Executives Exhibition,” QCA Window Gallery, Machinery Street, Fortitude Valley.

2022      “Blurr End of Year,” Group Exhibition, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.

2022      “Blurr Artist Talk and Exhibition”Group Exhibition, Queensland College of Art, South Brisbane.

2022      “2022 Blurr Launch,” Group Exhibition, Fortitude Valley.

2019      “Froth House,”Group Exhibition, Froth Artist Run Initiative, Bracken Ridge, Queensland.



Awards and Prizes

2024      “GradFoto People’s Choice Award,” BallaratFoto, The Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat, Victoria, March 2024.

2024      “GradFoto 2023 Finalist,” BallaratFoto, The Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat, Victoria, February 2024.

2024       “Top 20 Emerging Photograhers, Portrait category,” Capture, Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2024 presented by Fuji Film, June 2024.

2024        “Commended Emerging Photographer, Black and White Photography,”  Capture, Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers presented by FujiFilm, June 2024.



Bibliography/Publications

2024      “GradFoto 2023 People’s Choice Winner Interview,” BallaratFoto, The Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat Victoria, April 2024.

2024.      “Capture magazine Winter 2024” Capture magazine,  Australia, July 2024.

2024      “Launch Zine,”Double Duck Zine, issue 1, England, United Kingdom.

2023      “A Moment Like This,” Artistic Photographic series, Peppermint Magazine issue 57, Brisbane.

2023      “Photomission Focus with Guests from Blurr Club Ella Cuming and Finnian Mullen Ep218,” Photomission Podcast, Brisbane.

2022      “Confessions Edition,” Shocker Zine, South Brisbane.



Employment/Professional Appointments

2024      “The Darkroom and I,” 2023 Graduates and the Darkroom, Speaker, Past Years Experience with the Darkroom Artist Talks, Queensland College of Art, South Brisbane, March 2024.

2024      “Going Cold” Group Exhibition Curator / Coordinator, Vacant Assembly, West End, Queensland, September 2024.

2024      “Nostalgic for Now,” Group Exhibition Curator / Coordinator, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art Galleries, South Brisbane, March 2024.

2023      Alternative Art Gallery, Co-founder of Artist Run Initiative, Brisbane, November 2023.

2023      “Photography Artist Talks: Bows, Stars and the Rejection of the Feminine,” Queensland College of Art, South Brisbane, October 2023.

2023      “2023 Blurr Artist Talks: My Career, A Summary,” Chairperson / Interviewer, 2023 Blurr Artist Talks /Exhibition, South Brisbane, August 2023.

2023      “2023 Blurr Artist Talks / Exhibition,”Director/Curator, South Brisbane, August 2023.

2023      “The End Exhibition,” Director / Curator, Queensland College of Art’s Blurr Photography Club, The Station, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, November 2023.

2023      “2023 Blurr Launch Exhibition,” Director / Curator, Queensland College of Art’s Blurr Photography  Club, South Brisbane, March 2023.

2023      Blurr Photography Club President, The Queensland College of Art, South Brisbane, 2023.

2022      “Blurr End of Year Exhibition,” Director / Curator, Queensland College of Art’s Blurr Photography Club, The Station, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, November 2022.

2022      “2022 Blurr Launch,” Director / Curator, Queensland College of Art’s Blurr Photography Club, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, November 2022.

2022      “2022 Blurr Artist Talks: My Career, A Summary,” Chairperson/Interviewer, 2022 Blurr Artist Talks, South Brisbane, August 2022.

2022      “2022 Blurr Artist Talks,” Director / Curator, South Brisbane, August 2022.

2022      Blurr Photography Club President, The Queensland College of Art, South Brisbane, 2022.

2019      “Froth House,” Exhibition Director / Curator, Froth ARI, Brisbane, November 2019.

2019      Co-Founder / Co-Director of Froth ARI, Brisbane, July 2019.



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