Ella Saddington is a multidisciplinary artist, designer and curator based in Naarm (Melbourne). In 2018 she founded Cordon Salon, a studio that uses research, collaboration and experimentation as a method to speculate on alternative approaches to contemporary craft and design. Working across furniture and object design, Saddington often focuses on overlooked, forgotten or ubiquitous processes and materials, in which re-imagined are shown again in a different light.
Saddington has exhibited widely across Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne Design Fair, Sydney Design Week & Craft Contemporary. Along with Solo exhibitions at Sophie Gannon Gallery (2021, 2022) & Oigall Projects (2023) she has exhibited at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia as part of the history-making exhibition Melbourne Now (2023).
Her work is held in private collections internationally. She is a fellow of International Specialised Skills Institute and awarded the George Alexander Foundation grant in 2022 in association with her fellowship. Saddington is a recipient of the Creative Victoria Creators Fund (2023) and is a member of NAVA and Craft Victoria.
Saddington has exhibited widely across Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne Design Fair, Sydney Design Week & Craft Contemporary. Along with Solo exhibitions at Sophie Gannon Gallery (2021, 2022) & Oigall Projects (2023) she has exhibited at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia as part of the history-making exhibition Melbourne Now (2023).
Her work is held in private collections internationally. She is a fellow of International Specialised Skills Institute and awarded the George Alexander Foundation grant in 2022 in association with her fellowship. Saddington is a recipient of the Creative Victoria Creators Fund (2023) and is a member of NAVA and Craft Victoria.
CURRICULUM VITAE
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Currently lives and works on Wurundjeri land (Naarm/Melbourne), Australia
Exhibitions (solo)
2023 Volume IV, Oigall Projects courtesy of Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
2021 Volume III, Designwork 05 for Melbourne Design Week, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
2019 Morphic, Compound Interest Gallery, Melbourne
2023 Volume IV, Oigall Projects courtesy of Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
2021 Volume III, Designwork 05 for Melbourne Design Week, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
2019 Morphic, Compound Interest Gallery, Melbourne
Exhibitions (group)
2024 RED, presented by Oigall Projects and TCYK, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2024 Matters_Some things presented by Futures Collective, Villa Alba Museum, Melbourne
2024 Material Matters 02, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2024 Contemporary Antiquities, Oigall Projects, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2023 Pieces, Oigall Projects, Melbourne
2023 Everyone’s heard of a dragon curated by James Lemon & Bobby Corica, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2023 Material Matters, Atileir, Craft Contempoary, Melbourne
2023 No House Style, Melbourne Now, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne
2023 Design House, Oigall Projects, Melbourne
2023 Matters_ presented by Futures Collective, Villa Alba Museum, Melbourne
2022 Venus on the Half-Shell - Curated by Oigall Projects, Melbourne
2022 OIGALL OFFSITE - Curated by Oigall Projects for Sydney Design Week, Sydney
2022 The Chair - Curated by Eliza Tiernan for Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2022 Designing with waste- Prented by Raw Assembly & T Magazine for Beta Project Residency, Melbourne
2022 Sharefolder Fantasy - Curated by Dale Hardiman & Mark Dineen for Melbourne Design Week, Online
2022 Select - Melbourne Design Fair /Curated by Simone LeAmon for Melboure Design Week, Melbourne
2022 Self Portrait - RMIT Design Hub /Curated by Friends & Associates for Melboure Design Week, Melbourne
2022 Altenative Provisions /Presented by CRAFT for Melboure Design Week, Melbourne
2021 Faux Pas - Oigåll Projects /Presented by New Assemblage for Craft Contemporary, Melbourne
2021 Future Proof - Oigåll Projects /Presented by New Assemblage for Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2021 Chapter 1 - At The Above Gallery, Melbourne
2020 Ingenuity - Alt.Material 4/ Presented by Alt.Material & Dezeen, Online
2020 Life & Death - Meat Market Stables /Curated by Friends & Associates for Melboure Design Week, Melbourne
2019 Elasticity - Alt.Material 2/ Presented by Alt.Material for Melboure Design Week, Melbourne
2018 Plasticity - Alt.Material 1/ Presented by Alt.Material, Melbourne
2024 RED, presented by Oigall Projects and TCYK, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2024 Matters_Some things presented by Futures Collective, Villa Alba Museum, Melbourne
2024 Material Matters 02, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2024 Contemporary Antiquities, Oigall Projects, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2023 Pieces, Oigall Projects, Melbourne
2023 Everyone’s heard of a dragon curated by James Lemon & Bobby Corica, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2023 Material Matters, Atileir, Craft Contempoary, Melbourne
2023 No House Style, Melbourne Now, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne
2023 Design House, Oigall Projects, Melbourne
2023 Matters_ presented by Futures Collective, Villa Alba Museum, Melbourne
2022 Venus on the Half-Shell - Curated by Oigall Projects, Melbourne
2022 OIGALL OFFSITE - Curated by Oigall Projects for Sydney Design Week, Sydney
2022 The Chair - Curated by Eliza Tiernan for Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2022 Designing with waste- Prented by Raw Assembly & T Magazine for Beta Project Residency, Melbourne
2022 Sharefolder Fantasy - Curated by Dale Hardiman & Mark Dineen for Melbourne Design Week, Online
2022 Select - Melbourne Design Fair /Curated by Simone LeAmon for Melboure Design Week, Melbourne
2022 Self Portrait - RMIT Design Hub /Curated by Friends & Associates for Melboure Design Week, Melbourne
2022 Altenative Provisions /Presented by CRAFT for Melboure Design Week, Melbourne
2021 Faux Pas - Oigåll Projects /Presented by New Assemblage for Craft Contemporary, Melbourne
2021 Future Proof - Oigåll Projects /Presented by New Assemblage for Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2021 Chapter 1 - At The Above Gallery, Melbourne
2020 Ingenuity - Alt.Material 4/ Presented by Alt.Material & Dezeen, Online
2020 Life & Death - Meat Market Stables /Curated by Friends & Associates for Melboure Design Week, Melbourne
2019 Elasticity - Alt.Material 2/ Presented by Alt.Material for Melboure Design Week, Melbourne
2018 Plasticity - Alt.Material 1/ Presented by Alt.Material, Melbourne
2023 Creators Fund, awarded by Creative Victoria
2022 George Alexander Fellowship, awarded by the International Specialised Skills Insitiute
2022 George Alexander Fellowship, awarded by the International Specialised Skills Insitiute
2021 Small Projects Grant, City of Yarra, Melbourne
Residencies
2021-Current Atiler Residency, Makers House - BETA Project, Melbourne
2021-Current Atiler Residency, Makers House - BETA Project, Melbourne