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