ABOUT
Elaine Duigenan ‘s work is mainly concerned with contemporary ‘Still Life’. She focusses intensely on singular things such as a plant or object. Subject matter can be found or made. Underlying the artistic investigation is always a well researched story. Elaine has exhibited internationally and is known for being an early and innovative exemplar of Scanography; her work is mentioned in the The V&A’s History of Photographic Processes online. : https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/photographic-processes)
Elaine has a special interest in collaborating with museums and collections and this includes Wellcome Collection, The Hunterian Museum and Keats House Hampstead. She is currently collaborating with Kew Wakehurst. Until May 2025 her work is part of ‘Flowers’ on show at The Saatchi Gallery, London.
Elaine’s work is represented in New York by Klompching Gallery. In late 2009 one of her images was flown to The International Space Station by Astronaut Leland Melvin on Shuttle Atlantis.
This website shows only a small proportion of work. If you would like to see more please introduce yourself and ask to see current projects and work in progress.
Elaine is also active on Instagram: elaine_duigenan
SELECTED SHOWS and NEWS
Elected a Fellow of The Linnean Society (founded in 1788 it is the oldest learned society devoted to the science of natural history) April 2025
Sony World Photography Awards Shortlist 2025 (Still Life)
Awards Night April 16th 2025
Exhibition at Somerset House, London 17 Apr - 05 May 2025
SAATCHI GALLERY
FLOWERS – FLORA IN CONTEMPORARY ART & CULTURE
12 February - 5 May 2025
A photograph from the series 'What Once Held Us Together' was purchased by The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX, USA in 2025
Collectors Eye | Creatives and Collectors
November 1 – December 8, 2024 at The Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, USA
Showing two pieces from ‘Blossfeldt’s Apprentice' with Klompching at the AAF, New York, 25 - 29 September 2024
Exhibition Design ‘Precious Objects’ Amersham Museum 4 September - 15 December 2024
Awarded RHS Gold Medal
Royal Horticultural Society Botanical Art & Photography Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, 14th June - 7th July 2024
Solo Exhibition of 12 Polaroids - ‘Brief Encounters’
Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 1st May - 31st May 2024
Flora Imaginaria’ at The Society of the Four Arts, Florida, USA, 2nd December 2023 - 28 April, 2024
‘Flora and Fauna’ Group Exhibition at Klompching Gallery, New York, January 11 - February 25, 2024
Installation at The Centre for British Photography on 7th June - September 24th 2023
Shortlisted in Sony World Photo Awards for 'A Step In Time', Still Life Category, March 2023
Exhibited at Somerset House, London, April 2023
March 2023 Launch of ‘Why Women Grow’ book by Alice Vincent (interview featured in a chapter)
Inclusion in new book - 'Flora Photographica' Masterworks of Contemporary Flower Photography - Danaé Panchaud and William A Ewing, 2022
New art installation throughout Keats House, Hampstead, London till October 2021
Exhibiting at Pingyao International Photography Festival, China. 19 – 25 Sep 2020
Photo Trouvé curated by Thomas Kellner
Klompching Gallery, New York
Winter Works: Feb 12 – Mar 14, 2020
Photo50 at The London Art Fair, January 2020
Pingyao International Photography Festival, China, September 2018
Winner of The International Photographer Award
KLOMPCHING 10TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, New York, September 20 — October 28, 2017
Shutter Hub Open at Retina Scottish International Photography Festival 2 - 30 July 2017
'Blossfeldt's Apprentice' at FIX Photo Festival, London May 2017
WE SHOW HERE - KLOMPCHING Gallery, New York, December 1 – 24, 2016
Polychromatic - KLOMPCHING Gallery, New York, May – June 2013
The Collector's Eye - Work from The Collection of Frazier King at Houston Center for Photography, Oct - Dec 2012
KLOMPCHING Gallery, New York
Winter Salon – group exhibition
Dec 2011 - Jan 2012
'Planet Earth' exhibition
The New York Hall of Science, Oct 2010 - March 2011
'The Dreadful and The Divine' solo show, Qvist Gallery, Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, London, Sept 2010 - Jan 2011
'Created and Found Maps - Exploration of Self and World', The Houston Centre for Photography Sept – Nov 2010
Summer Salon, KLOMPCHING, New York, Aug - Sept 2010
Solo show 'Micro Mundi' at KLOMPCHING, New York, June - Aug 2010
Group Show at KLOMPCHING, New York April – Sept 2009
The V&A - History of Photography Annual Show, May 2009 for one year
'Cabinet of Curiosities', Ben Pentreath Ltd, Oct - Nov 2009
Rhubarb 10th Anniversary Show (nominated by Jim Casper)
'It's Still Life' Show at Rayko Photography Center, San Francisco Aug 2009
Solo Show at Ben Pentreath Ltd, Bloomsbury, May 2009
'Intimate Archaeology' at The Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, January – March 2009
Solo show 'Intimate Archaeology', De Santos Gallery, Houston, Jan 2009
Solo show 'Intimate Archaeology', Klompching Gallery, July/August, New York, 2008
Solo show 'Nylon' at the LIPF, CHINA December 2007
'Nylon' on show at Kalamoon University, Damascus, 2007
Work shown at the LePont Gallery, Aleppo, 2006
Group show at Watermark Gallery, Houston, Texas, 2006
Solo show, ‘Nylon’ at Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas, 2006
‘Mysteries’ work selected for ‘Fata Morgana’ show, Photosynkyria, Greece, 2004
Solo Show at Houston FotoFest, ‘Bottle’ 2004
‘Psycho’ show at Gallery Anne Faggionato, Dering St with other artists including Helen Chadwick, Damien Hirst and Mark Quinn, 2000
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Awarded RHS Gold Medal
Royal Horticultural Society Botanical Art & Photography Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, 14th June - 7th July 2024
Shortlisted in Sony World Photo Awards for 'A Step In Time', Still Life Category, March 2023
Exhibited at Somerset House, London, April 2023
September 2018
Winner of The International Photographer Award at The Pingyao International Festival of Photography,
Pingyao, China
Honorable Mention in The Monochrome Awards, 2017
Honorable Mention in The Tokyo International Photo Awards 2016
Awarded Gold in Prix de la Photographie and Peoples Choice Award 2016
2nd Place in two categories of Moscow International Photo Awards, 2016
2nd in IPA - International Photography Awards 2016
SELECTED PRESS
March 2023 Launch of ‘Why Women Grow’ book by Alice Vincent (I am one of the women interviewed)
Work featured in new book Flora Photographica 2022
Masterworks of Contemporary Flower Photography
Authors William A. Ewing, Danaé Panchaud
Words and Images in RAKES PROGRESS Vol #7 2018, Vol #12 2020, Vol #13 July 2021
In depth Interview at: https://talking-pictures.net.au/2020/12/05/elaine-duigenan-the-pursuit-of-clarity/
Portfolio featured at Photomonitor 2018
British Medical Journal, 2010
Colin Pantall Blogspot 2008
Lyra Kilston – MODERN PAINTERS, 2008
‘Nylon’ series featured at www.lensculture.com, Oct 2006 and 2008
Magenta Magazine 2006
Image used on the cover of Chinese Art Review magazine ART WORLD, June 2003
Work published in Thames & Hudson TANK BOOK (best of TANK magazine ‘98 - ‘00), 2003
'Mysteries' Portfolio published in Ag Photographic magazine, 2001
Images published in Luerzers Archive, Vol 2 (World’s Best Adverts) 2000
'Mysteries' work appeared in TANK (Issue 4), April 1999
COSMOS – Blanket Magazine
500 Photographers
British Journal of Photography Cover
COLLECTIONS
The Victoria & Albert Museum, London
The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas
The Royal College of Surgeons of England
The Collection of Frazier King and other private collectors