David Ellingsen
David Ellingsen is a Canadian photo-based artist making work that speaks to the relationship between humans and the natural world, typically with long-term projects focusing on forests, biodiversity and climate.
Ellingsen descends from a family of immigrants and the first settlers to reside on Cortes Island - the traditional territory of the Klahoose, Tla’amin and Homalco First Nations - in 1887. His work draws upon this family history, one often embedded within British Columbia’s troubled forest industry, and the photographs reflect on the impacts of resource extraction and consumption on the other-than-human inhabitants of past, present, and future eco-systems.
Recent exhibitions include China’s Lishui Museum of Art, the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Lithuania’s Kaunas Photo Festival and Canada's Campbell River Museum. Ellingsen’s photographs are part of the permanent collections of South Korea's Datz Museum of Art, China's Photography Museum of Lishui, and Canada's Beaty Biodiversity Museum and Royal British Columbia Museum. They have been shortlisted for Photolucida's Critical Mass Book Award, appeared with National Geographic and Patagonia Books, and awarded First Place at the Prix de la Photographie Paris and the International Photography Awards.
Projections - Killer Whale
