About
“On top of a blossoming music career, artist Lana Eileen has nurtured a practice that embraces mythological and psychical themes using photography and mixed media. Describing her works as possessing “an air of magic realism”, she has undergone residencies in Egypt, Iceland and the Arctic Circle to further her ability to make physical the intangible and unfamiliar.”
— Art/Edit Magazine
Lana Eileen is an emerging multidisciplinary artist and musician. Her work as an artist encompasses painting, photography, and mixed media. In 2019, she undertook an artist residency at the Creative Centre of Stöðvarfjörður in Iceland, returning in 2021 for a second residency at The Old School Arthouse near the Arctic Circle. She later lived in Kraków, Poland, and undertook creative research across Egypt and Canada in 2022.In 2024, Lana moved to Italy to explore her ongoing interest in the Italian language, and continued her practice while travelling across Europe, Japan, and Korea, documenting the experience through photographic work. Her photography has been recognised internationally, including an honourable mention in the professional category of the 2021 Monochrome Photography Awards, and she has participated in solo and group exhibitions both nationally and overseas.As a musician, Lana has travelled extensively, touring and recording around the world. She has previously worked with Alan Weatherhead (Sparklehorse, Nina Persson) and Mike Coykendall (M. Ward, Blitzen Trapper) in the United States, and Brett Shaw (Florence and the Machine, Robyn, Daughter) in the United Kingdom.In 2025, she was selected as a volunteer photographer for Amnesty International. She is currently studying a law degree with the aim of becoming a human rights lawyer, integrating her creative practice with humanitarian work supporting displaced peoples, artists at risk, and marginalised communities.Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition, Mutinous Air, Auckland Festival of Photography, Auckland, New Zealand, 2024
Group Exhibition, Horizonites, Post Office Projects, Adelaide, Australia, 2023
Group Exhibition, The Body Remembers, The Starving Artist, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2023
Solo Exhibition, Convergence, The Arts Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2023
Group Exhibition, Art Prize, Goldfields Art Centre, Kalgoorlie, Australia, 2023
Solo Exhibition, The Language of Water, Auckland Festival of Photography, Auckland, New Zealand, 2022
Group Exhibition, Moving Visions, Loop Project Space, Melbourne, Australia, 2022
Group Exhibition, Taking Pictures, Black Box Gallery, Portland, United States, 2022
Group Exhibition, Auto Focus: A Portrait of the Self, Millepiani Exhibition Space, Rome, Italy, 2022
Group Exhibition, The New Artist, Boomer Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2022
Solo Exhibition, Holding Space, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart, Australia, 2021
Residencies / Workshops
The Old School Artist Residency, Hrísey, Iceland, 2022
Fish Factory Creative Centre Artist Residency, Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland, 2019
Awards
Monochrome Photography Awards - Honourable Mention (Professional), 2021