Morganna Magee is based in Melbourne, Australia, living and working on the unceded land of the Bunurong/Boonwurrung people of the Kulin Nations, the foothills of the Dandenong ranges. Her practice explores human relations to the more-than-human world using traditional photographic practices in non-traditional ways.
In 2022 she published her debut monograph “Extraordinary Experiences” with Tall Poppy Press. The book was nominated for Australian Photobook of the Year, and was listed as one of the photobooks of 2020 by Gabriela Cendoya and Robin Titchner. Enjoying the process of bookmaking so much, Morganna joined Tall Poppy Press with Matt Dunne and has since published “Beware of People Who Dislike Cats” in 2023. In addition, “Phenomena” a collaboration with Italian publishing house Origini Edizioni was launched at Polycopies, 2023.
Her work has been awarded and exhibited both nationally and internationally recognised by institutions such as The British Journal of Photography, The National Portrait gallery Australia and Miami Art week. She is regularly commissioned for editorial and large-scale community arts projects.
Her images have appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Guardian, The Age, Art and Australia magazine amongst others
Morganna is the Major Discipline Co-ordinator for Photo Media, at Swinburne University of Technology and is currently undertaking her Ph.D 'Not Tame Enough' which questions how colonial photographic practices have misrepresented the Kangaroo.
contact morgannamagee@gmail.com
Exhibitions
2023- Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne (AUSTRALIA)
2023- Pingyao International Photo Festival China (CHINA)
2023- DongGang International Photo Festival ( KOREA)
2022- Altonaer Museum (Hamburg, GERMANY)
2022- Linden Art Gallery, Melbourne (AUSTRALIA)
2022- Clinic Gallery, Sangenjaya-ku (Tokyo , JAPAN)
2022 -Biennale della Fotografia Femminile in (Mantova ITALY)
2021- Miami Art Week (USA)
2021- TCS gallery Sydney ( Solo show)
2021- Palm Photo Prize ( UK)
2021- " A particular being" Perth Centre for Photography ( AUSTRALIA)
2020- Art Remedy as part of Miami Art week ( Florida, USA)
2020- Art Palm Beach ( Florida, USA)
2019- 'Teenage Wildlife' Queensland College of the Arts Gallery (Brisbane, AUSTRALIA)
2019- 'Teenage Wildlife' Pingyao International Photo Festival China (CHINA)
2019- 'Teenage Wildlife' Counihan Gallery (Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)
2018-‘ Echoes’ Art Gallery of Ballarat (Ballarat, AUSTRALIA)
2018- “ The Family Mantle” Bundoora Homestead (Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)
2018- Family of No Man, Arles France ( Arles, FRANCE)
2018 “ The Vandals” Group show Milano Photo Week ( Milan, ITALY)
2018 build/rebuild, The Artist Guild (Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)
2018 Women by Women: Lumina Collective, Bendigo Regional Art Gallery (Bendigo, AUSTRALIA)
2018 Women by Women: Lumina Collective, Queensland College of Art (Brisbane, AUSTRALIA)
2018 Women by Women: Lumina Collective, SUN STUDIOS (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
2018 Women by Women: Lumina Collective, Melbourne Polytechnic (Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)
2018 Women by Women: Lumina Collective, Launceston Aquatic Centre (Launceston, AUSTRALIA)
2018 Women by Women: Lumina Collective, EY Centre 200 George Street by Mirvac (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
2017 Lumina Collective Launch, SUNStudios (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
2017- Black Eye Gallery “Lumina” launch Exhibition (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
2016 - Projection at Singapore International PhotoFestival in conjunction with Magnum Workshop.
2016 - ContactSheet Gallery- (un) known identity. (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
2015 - PictureThis: New Orleans- projection as part of Mary Ellen Mark CNN show GovernorsIsland NYC ( NYC, USA)
2015 - “Life in the House” Monash Gallery of Art RAMP space (Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)
2014 - “I thought it would be perfect” Associate Artist Head On photo festival.(Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
2012 - "A place for Us: Portraits of Wintringham" at FootscrayCommunity Arts Centre
2012 - Solo show"Motherhood" held at 45 Downstairs Gallery. (Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)
2011 -Work screened at Federation Square Melbourne as part of the "Strip Billboard"public art project (Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)
2010 - Group Show "Beyond Age" commissioned by the shire of Murrundindi
Education
2023- PhD candidate RMIT University
2018- MA Photography RMIT University
2012- Intern Falkland Rd Studios NYC
2005 - Diploma of Visual Arts(Photography) NMIT
Achievements
2023- Finalist Iris portrait award Perth Centre for Photography
2022- Winner Female in Focus British Journal of Photography
2021- Finalist Palm Photo Prize
2018- Finalist Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award
2017- Semi Finalist Moran Photographic Prize
2019-Finalist Clip awards Perth Centre for Photography
2017- Semi Finalist Moran Photographic Prize
2016- founding member Lumina Collective
2016 - Finalist Head On portrait prize
2015 - Finalist Maggie Diaz Prize
2013 - Finalist National Portrait prize
2012 - Finalist Head On portrait prize
2011 – 2nd place Children’s category International Photography Awards New York
2011- PX3 official selection Prix de la Photography Paris
2010 - Honourable mention International Photography Awards New York
2009 - Finalist Eureka science prize
2006 - Art in Australia Magazine 25 under 25 award for Australia’s top artists under the age of 25.
2006 - Black and White Magazines ‘Photo +Art’ award.
Publications
2022- Extraordinary Experiences- Tall Poppy Press
2023- Beware of people who dislike cats- Tall Poppy Press
2023- Phenomena Origini Edizioni