dakota gordon is a freelance photographer and exhibiting artist based in melbourne, australia.
starting out as a fashion and editorial photographer in 2011, dakota quickly established herself within the industry and collaborated with a wide range of local and international brands, musicians, artists and designers, as well as having her work featured in a number of publications such as paper magazine, oyster magazine, kerrang!, grazia and ZEITmagazin.
with a long-standing background in the wildlife conservation and wildlife rescue fields, dakota has since shifted her artistic practice to focus more on the documentation of the natural world and the environmental challenges it faces. heavily inspired by the unique details within the harsh and unpredictable australian landscapes, dakota depicts these elements within her work to produce images that are minimal, yet powerfully detailed, and hopes to create a further understanding surrounding the importance of preserving the natural world.
contact – dakotagordonphoto@gmail.com
insight with fallow ; https://fallow.com.au/blogs/news/inight-dakota-gordon
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solo exhibitions
DAYDREAM NATION, the tate gallery, glebe 2012
JANE DOE (IN COLLABORATION WITH STELLAR LEUNA), goodspace gallery, chippendale 2016
ORDOVICIAN/2,228, downunder space, chippendale 2018
FAULT/FRACTURE, error404, fitzroy 2021
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group exhibitions
DREAMS TO REMEMBER, bridgetown, los angeles 2013
RED ROOM, the union, fitzroy 2016
MOTH PROJECTS GROUP SHOW, moth projects, surry hills, 2016
BY MYSELF, goodspace gallery, chippendale 2017
GOODSPACE 2ND BIRTHDAY, goodspace gallery, chippendale 2017
VANISHING POINT, downunder space, chippendale 2019 (curated by dakota gordon)
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collaborations
postblue ‘i hope they’re praying for me’ LP / poison city records 2014
lovesick ‘an introduction’ cassette / sun terrace records 2018
zola jesus ‘wiseblood; johnny jewel remixes‘ LP / sacred bones/italians do it better 2018
sunn o))) ‘live at the echoplex’ digital / artist self release 2018
sam haven ‘i cannot be here’ digital / artist self release 2018
death bells ‘part time punks session’ cassette / funeral party 2018
sam haven ‘sanctuary’ digital / artist self release 2019
magic circle ‘departed souls” LP , CD & cassette / 20 buck spin 2020
luster ‘turbulence’ LP / atwater records 2020
system body ‘cast no light’ cassette / damned gates 2020
empress ‘wait til night’ LP / brilliant emperor 2020
luster ‘blue oblivion’ EP / funeral party records 2021
drowning horse ‘meghalayan’ LP / televised suicide 2021
merzbow mixtape (complied by lawrence english) cassette / toBe magazine & room40 2021
lies in ashes ‘lies in ashes’ cassette / team glasses 2022
nnamael ‘samsara’ digital / subverted 2022
lesser of x hybral split LP / subverted 2022
kaarst ‘the promise’ digital / crucible 2022