about
Marcelle Bradbeer is a Naarm/Melbourne-based photographer whose practice explores landscape, culture, and contemporary life. Her work has been published in Vogue, Rolling Stone, Clash Magazine, NME, and The Age. A graduate of RMIT University’s Bachelor of Fine Art (Photography) in 2018, she was awarded the Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) Salon People’s Choice Award and was selected as one of ten Victorian artists to exhibit in the Clyde & Co Art Project.
Bradbeer is a recipient of the 2025 Creative Victoria Emerging Artist Grant, completed a residency at the Fish Factory Creative Centre in Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland, and won the 2025 Pentax Award at the Hillvale Photo Trophy Exhibition for her landscape work in Lanzarote. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including the group show Eyes on Australia in the USA and China, and nationally in solo and group exhibitions.
In addition to her fine art practice, Bradbeer has extensive experience in music and cultural photography. In 2025, she photographed official Sounds Australia showcases at SXSW (Austin, USA), The Great Escape Festival (Brighton, UK), and Reeperbahn Festival (Germany), capturing live performances and press photography for acts including HotWax (UK), Donny Benét (AUS), Ella Ion (AUS), Freak Slug (UK), and Boyish (US). Her broader work includes commissions for Courtney Barnett, Angie McMahon, Teenage Joans, and Jen Cloher, with images featured on album covers for The Cat Empire, East Brunswick All Girls Choir, Hachiku, and Dorsal Fins. She has worked with studios including Newmarket, Bakehouse, and Head Gap, and will photograph Golden Plains Festival in 2026.
Her diverse photographic experience has strengthened her ability to work independently in complex and unpredictable settings, developing skills in composition, lighting, and adaptive problem-solving that underpin her fine art projects.
Education
RMIT University, Bachelor of Fine Art, 2018 (completed)
Grants / Residencies
2025 Creative Victoria Emerging Artist Grant, Australia
2025 Fish Factory Creative Centre Residency, Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland
Awards/Prizes
2025 Hillvale Photo Trophy Exhibition (Pentax Award), Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne
2018 CCP Salon- People's Choice Award, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
Exhibitions
2026 In Focus Festival, Inner West Melbourne (public art installation)
2025 The Hillvale Photo Trophy Exhibition, Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne
2024 The Hillvale Photo Trophy Exhibition, Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne
2019 The Pingyao International Photography Festival Eyes on Australia, Pingyao- China
2019 Eyes on Main Street Photography Festival Eyes on Australia, North Carolina- U.S.A
2018 IIford CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2018 TRAIN/ENNIAL- Annual Fundraiser Exhibition, C3 Gallery, Melbourne
2018 Open Air Gallery, Hopkins Creek Festival, Victoria
2018 IIford X CCP Salon Instagram Project, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2018 Nothing Ends or Begins George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
2018 Lightscapes RMIT:ART:INTERSECT, Melbourne
2018 The Clyde & Co Australia Art Project 2018, Melbourne
2017 RMIT Graduation Show, Melbourne
2017 CCP Salon 2017, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2016 The Hillvale Stitch-Up Machine (I.P.F Independent Photography Festival), The Good
Copy,Melbourne
2016 IPF Photo Prize 2016, The Good Copy, Melbourne
2016 CCP Salon 2016, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2012 Erratic Retrospective (solo exhibition), Footscray Space, Melbourn
Submissions/Features
2018 Melbourne Milieu , CCP Salon edition, Melbourne
2018 Open ( book) , Bloom Publishing , Melbourne
2016 Catalyst Magazine Issue #72, The Great Unknown, July
2016 Marcelle Bradbeer: Unknown Beginnings, The Photodust Collective Website, Article and photography
feature. 16th October
2015 Hillvale Photo Website, Natural Contours, July