CV
Bio
Cara Coombe is a fine art photographer based in Brisbane, Australia. She holds a Bachelors and Honours degree in Photography from the Queensland College of Art. Coombe’s work sits within a biographical framework, exploring the concepts of gender, sexuality, mental health, and personal, family and socio-cultural identities. Coombe has exhibited her work throughout Australia and internationally, with international group shows exhibited in Paris and New York. She most recently completed a research residency with L'AiR Arts in Paris, France.
Education:
Bachelor of Photography: 2016-2018
With Honours: 2019
Solo Exhibitions:
Human(e), Brunswick St Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC, 2020
Group Exhibitions:
ILFORD CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, VIC, 2021
Beyond the Frame: Image In Action, Memoire de l’Avenir, Paris, France, 2020
Optimistically Omnivorous, Onespace Gallery, West End, QLD, 2020
CLICK19, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, 2019
Twenty-something.two, Pop Gallery, Fortitude Valley, QLD, 2019
Twenty-something, NARS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2018
Undergrowth, QCA Webb Gallery, Southbank, QLD, 2018
Creative Generations, Ipswich Regional Gallery, Ipswich, QLD, 2015
Curations:
Twenty-something.two, Pop Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, 2019
Publications:
Paper Bou Magizine, Exploring the Human Condition, Interview by Chantel Scott, 25th October 2018
Awards:
CR Kennedy Award for excellence in Photographic Art Practice in still and moving image,2018