Ellen Dahl is a visual artist and researcher originally from the arctic north of Norway. She now lives and works on Gadigal land (Sydney) Australia. Working across photography, video, sound and installation, her practice explores the expanded field of the photographic medium and its potential to engage new critical, poetic and aesthetic conditions for assembling ecological meaning and geological imagination. Ellen received a Masters of Fine Arts from Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney and is a PhD candidate at School of Creative Arts, University of Tasmania.
Current:
Landscape and Psyche: group show, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney Australia March - April 2023
Selected Exhibitions:
as Below so Above: solo show, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney Australia October 2022
Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship 2021 finalist exhibition: SCA University of Sydney, Australia February 2022
Liminal: Group show, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney Australia March 2022
Portrait of an Interior: group show Poimena Gallery, Launceston Tasmania Australia July 2021 and QBANK gallery as part of Unconformity Festival, Queenstown Tasmania October 2021
Altering the Edges: solo show PhotoAccess, Canberra Australia May 2021
Field Notes from the Edge: solo show, Peacock Gallery, Auburn Sydney Australia July 2020
all things are water: group show curated by Meryl Ryan and Naomi Riddle, The Lockup, Newcastle Australia December 2019
At the Edge of Place: Nightworks, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth Australia October 2019
Light Matter: group show curator/artist with Yvette Hamilton. Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney Australia August 2019
Light Matter: symposium on expanded field of contemporary photography, co-coordinated with Yvette Hamilton. Held at University of Technology Sydney Australia August 2019
Vanishing Point part 3: group show curator/artist(s) with Consuelo Cavanaglia, Yvette Hamilton, Taloi Havini and Salote Tawali, ANU SOAD Gallery, Canberra Australia. May 2019
Resurfaced Geographies: group show with Izabela Pluta and Yvette Hamilton, Verge Gallery, Sydney Australia April 2019
The Call: duo show with Yvette Hamilton, Wellington St Projects, Sydney Australia November 2018
Beyond Bestimmung part 2: solo show PhotoAccess, Canberra Australia June 2018
Beyond Bestimmung: solo show Airspace Projects, Marrickville Sydney Australia May 2018
Vanishing Point part 2: group show curator/artist(s) with Consuelo Cavanaglia, Yvette Hamilton, Taloi Havini and Salote Tawali, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Greater Sydney Australia April-June 2018
I Can See For Miles: group show curated by Talia Smith, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne Australia March 2018
Vanishing Point: with Consuelo Cavaniglia and Yvette Hamilton, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth July 2017
This Is Where We Meet: solo show AirSpace Projects, Sydney November 2016
This Was Now Here: curator/artist, group show Kings Artist Run, Melbourne August 2016
Finale: group show North Contemporary Art Space, Sydney August 2016
Cardinal Direction: group show North Contemporary Art Space, Sydney May 2016
Perfect Strangers: group show curated by Consuelo Cavaniglia, 55 Sydneham Road, Sydney September 2015
Bare: Degrees of undress: group show curated by Penelope Grist, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra August 2015
The View: group show curated by Talia Smith, Wellington St Projects, Sydney June 2015
On Shifting Ground: SCA Galleries University of Sydney, Sydney December 2014
Collected Works / The Muse: group show MCLEMOI Gallery, Sydney December 2013
Collected Works / The Muse: group show Gallery Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne August 2013
Neverfjord / From Place: SCA Galleries University of Sydney, Sydney December 2012
The Social: group show Verge Gallery, Sydney May 2012
Glamour vs Grundge: permanent collection display National Portrait Gallery, Canberra 2010-2011
Glossy 2: group show curated by Christine Clark, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra 2005
Grants, awards and acquisitions:
2022; Josephine Ulrick and Win Shubert Photography Award, HOTA, Surfers Paradise Gold Coast Australia: Finalist
2022: Hidden: Sculpture Award, Rockwood Cemetery, Sydney Australia: Finalist
2022: Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship (2021): Finalist
2022: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2021: Finalist
2020: Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize: Finalist
2019 - : University of Tasmania Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship
2017: CLIP Award: Judges Commendation Prize
2016: Josephine Ulrich & Win Schuebert Photography Award: Finalist
2015: Olive Cotton Award: Finalist
2015: Iris Award: Finalist
2014: Sydney University Postgraduate Research Support Scheme: Recipient
2006: National Portrait Gallery of Australia: Acquisition
Relevant education and employment:
2022 - : Casual academic Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney Australia
2019 - : Doctor of Philosophy, School of Creative Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart Australia
2018-2020: Casual lecturer in photography - Visual Communication, Faculty Design, Architecture & Building, University of Technology Sydney Australia
2018-2019: Committee member AIRspace Projects Inc, Marrickville Sydney Australia
2012-2015: Master of Fine Arts (research), Sydney College of Arts Sydney University Australia
2010-2012: Master of Studio Art, Sydney College of Arts Sydney University, Australia