Nur Aishah Kenton is currently based in Naarm/Melbourne
For all enquiries:
mail@aishahkenton.com
Education
2018 Ba. Visual Arts (Maj. Photomedia & Art History
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Seventh Gallery, VIC
2025-4 Deaf in Dance (In Collaboration with Deaf Indigenous Dance Group)
State Library of QLD, QLD
2024 Today/Tomorrow, Photo 2024, State Parliament of Victoria, VIC
2020 One Another, Contour 556/ Canberra Art Biennial, ACT
2019 Second Exit, Goulburn Regional Gallery, NSW
2019 To Whom It May Concern @ Tributary at Pilot, ACT
2018 Mt Fuji & Everything Else, Eden Road Wines, NSW
2017 Inside/Outside, The Photography Room (TPR), ACT
Awards & Selected
2025 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, AUS
2025 Finalist, National Portrait Prize, AUS
2025 Nominated, World Press Photo: Joop Swart Masterclass
2024 Finalist, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Prize, AUS
2024 Finalist, Australia Life Photography Prize, AUS
2024 Finalist, National Portrait Prize, AUS
2024 Selected, Netflix Photography Unit Stills Bootcamp, AUS/US
2022 Selected, Magnum Photo Lab, Photo 2022, AUS
2022 Selected, One’s to Watch, British Journal of Photography (BJP), UK
2022 Selected, Young Bright Things, Monster Children, AUS/US
2020 Listed, FOAM Talent Call, NL
2020 Finalist, CLIP Landscape Award, Perth Centre For Photography, AUS
2020 Recipient, CHICO Hot Springs Portfolio Review, US
2018 Recipient, Emerging Artist Support Scheme, ACT
2017 Finalist, Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women, AUS
Professional Experience & Public Programs
Current LEF (Learning Educator Facilitator), Potter Museum of Art, VIC
Current Duty Manager & Gallery Attendant, Potter Museum of Art, VIC
Current Member, An.Other Collective, VIC
Current-2021 Director, Pacific Centre For Photographic Arts, AUS
Current-24 Workshop Facilitator, Linden New Art, VIC
2025 Asiatopa Exchange, Delegate, AUS
2024-2020 Member, Oculi Collective, AUS
2024 Artist Talk, Deaf In Dance, State Library of QLD, VIC
2024 Artist Talk, Port Phillip Youth Council, VIC
2024 Home for A Time, ABC Radio, ACT
2024 Podcast Episode, When Harri Met Sally, AUS
2023 Artist Panel w John Feely, Australian Photography Awards, VIC
2023 Judge, Australian Photography Awards, AUS
2022 Artist Residency, Home of the Arts (HOTA), QLD
2022 Guest Lecturer, Photography Studies College, AUS
2018 Workshop Facilitator, Personal Photography Workshop, TPR, ACT
Group Exhibitions & Public Art
2025 Gen Z, Photo Elysée, CH
2025 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, VIC
2025 National Portrait Prize 2025, ACT
2025 Scraphaus, QLD
2024 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Prize, HOTA, QLD
2024 Australia Life, City of Sydney, NSW
2024 National Portrait Prize 2024, ACT
2024 Photo Trophy 2024 Hillvale, VIC
2023 Tones of Home, Arts Projects, VIC
2022 Acts I-VII Oculi, Photo 2022 Festival, VIC
2022 Never So Visible, Northsite Contemporary Arts, QLD
2021 #ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis, ICP, US
2021 What I know to be true, and other encounters, PhotoAccess, ACT
2021 Another thing to look at while you’re out getting groceries, Hillvale, VIC
2019 Her / A Female Anthology, Brunswick Street Gallery, VIC
2019 Herstory, M16, ACT
2018 Keep The Fire Burning: Celebrating Five Years at Hillvale, VIC
2018 Points of View: Artists in the Landscape, TPR Gallery, ACT
2017 Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women, VIC
Curatorial
2024-23 Photo 2024 Commission with State Parliament Victoria, VIC
2022-21 Acts I-VII, Oculi, Photo 2022 Festival, In Collaboration with Natasha Christia
2021 Never So Visible, Northsite Contemporary Arts, QLD
2018 Points of View: Artists in the Landscape, ACT