Elisa Jane Carmichael

A-DCyanotype Artist

30 June

Written By Studioplus

iam: a cyanotype artist

Elisa Jane Carmichael is a Ngugi woman belonging to the Quandamooka people (Moreton Island / Mulgumpin and North Stradbroke Island / Minjerribah, Queensland). Her practice draws on Ancestral knowledge, matrilineal connections, memories of place and relationships with Country. She is passionate about shining a light on the cultural brilliance of her Ancestors so that these stories can be kept alive for future generations.

Elisa has a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, and a Master of Fine Arts, Queensland University of Technology. Her work is held in private and public collections across Australia and internationally.

‘Held in Blue’ brings together Elisa Jane Carmichael and Renata Buziak in a series of collaborative cyanotype tote bags created especially for the Arts Trail, alongside individual works. In shades of blue, flora and light become vessels for Island stories, held and revealed through cyanotypes and biochromes.