Katie Eleanor is a photographic artist living and working in London. Her practice revolves around illustrating enigmatic narratives that bridge the gap between fantasy and reality. The resulting prints are then meticulously coloured by hand. Katie's work has received press by associations such as Yahoo, Lomography and The Royal Photographic Society, and her fashion stories have been published by magazines such as Hunger and Notion.
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Current Solo Show:
THE SIALIA MARBLES
MMX GALLERY
5th December 2019 - 15th February 2020
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Work history
Gallery Host and Tour GuideHayward Gallery
London, United KingdomFull Time
Since its reopening in 2017 I have been working at Hayward Gallery as a key member of its award-winning visitor experience team, my duties have included:
- Utilising an extensive knowledge of contemporary art history to insight discussions about our exhibitions to an international audience.
- Researching, writing and performing engaging 1 hour artist talks to the general public, Southbank members, and special groups such as children and students.
- Using CRM (Tessitura) to sell exhibition tickets, promote gift aid, and gather visitor data for marketing.
Acting as a curatorial assistant during turnaround periods, overseeing the de-install of a site wide installation (Lee Bul), and assisting an artist in creating their site specific work (Chitra Ganesh).
- Assisting the curatorial, development and learning teams running exhibition tours, courses, and school takeover days.
- Representing Koestler Arts charity at Southbank Centre, supervising and training ex-prisoner gallery hosts during their shifts and tours.
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PhotographerKatie Eleanor Photography
London, United KingdomFreelance
- Notable clients and features include The Royal Photographic Society, Yahoo and Hunger Magazine.
- Represented by MMX Gallery in New Cross, London. First solo show, The Sialia Marbles, runs from December 5th 2019 - February 15th 2020.
- Ability to react creatively to a client’s commercial brief, using time keeping skills to ensure work is completed by often strict deadlines.
- Produce and direct photoshoots with teams of up to 10, showing excellent team working skills to ensure the final result is up to expectations.
- Commercial work includes directing a music video, shooting promotional creative work for bands such as Cellar Darling, licensing images for book covers, and shooting fashion campaigns.
Skills
- Fashion
- Visual Arts
- Art Direction
- Art Photography
- Fine Art
- Multi-media Artist
- Editorial
- Production Design
- Set Dressers
- Photoshop
- 120 Film
- Shoot Production
Education
1st Class BA (Hons) Photographic ArtsUniversity of Westminster
- London, United Kingdom
My degree equally covered the theoretical and practical elements of image making: from darkroom printing and large format photography, to an in-depth study of the development of contemporary visual culture.