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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Ella Saddington b. 1986, Bundjalung land (Murwillumbah), AustraliaLives and works on Wurundjeri land (Naarm/Melbourne), Australia
Exhibitions (solo)
Volume IV, Oigall Projects curotsy of Sophie Gannon Gallery (2023)
Volume III, Designwork 05 for Melbourne Design Week, Sophie Gannon Gallery (2021)
Morphic, Compound Interest Gallery (2019)
Volume III, Designwork 05 for Melbourne Design Week, Sophie Gannon Gallery (2021)
Morphic, Compound Interest Gallery (2019)
Exhibitions (group)
Everyone’s heard of a dragon curated by James Lemon & Bobby Corica, Craft Victoria /Melbourne [2023]
Material Matters, BETA/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 [2023]
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 [2022]
Designing with waste- Prented by Raw Assembly & T Magazine for Beta Project Residency [2022]
Sharefolder Fantasy - Curated by Dale Hardiman & Mark Dineen for Melbourne Design Week (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 (2022)
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 (2021)
Ingenuity - Alt.Material 4/ Presented by Alt.Material & Dezeen (2020)
Life & Death - Meat Market Stables /Curated by Friends & Associates for Melboure Design Week /Melbourne (2020)
Elasticity - Alt.Material 2/ Presented by Alt.Material for Melboure Design Week (2019)
Plasticity - Alt.Material 1/ Presented by Alt.Material (2018)
Material Matters, BETA/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 [2023]
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 [2022]
Designing with waste- Prented by Raw Assembly & T Magazine for Beta Project Residency [2022]
Sharefolder Fantasy - Curated by Dale Hardiman & Mark Dineen for Melbourne Design Week (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 (2022)
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 (2021)
Ingenuity - Alt.Material 4/ Presented by Alt.Material & Dezeen (2020)
Life & Death - Meat Market Stables /Curated by Friends & Associates for Melboure Design Week /Melbourne (2020)
Elasticity - Alt.Material 2/ Presented by Alt.Material for Melboure Design Week (2019)
Plasticity - Alt.Material 1/ Presented by Alt.Material (2018)
Awards/ Grants
Creators Fund, awarded by Creative Victoria [2023]
George Alexander Fellowship, awarded by the International Specialised Skills Insitiute [2022]
George Alexander Fellowship, awarded by the International Specialised Skills Insitiute [2022]