Jordan Madge (b. 1994) is a photographer based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. Primarily working as an observer, his practice explores both social and physical landscapes. He graduated with a Bachelor of Photography (Documentary) from Photography Studies College, Melbourne, in 2015.

Madge’s work has been featured in The British Journal of Photography, VICE, Landscape Stories, and Paper Journal Magazine. He has exhibited widely, including a solo exhibition at the Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) in Melbourne and a group show, Shadows are Cast by Things and People, at the Australian Centre for Photography. He also participated in I Love a Sunburnt Country, a projection shown at The Night of the Images hosted by Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland.

His accolades include the Australian Photobook of the Year Award (Unpublished) in 2016 and the CCP Instagram Project Award in 2017. He has undertaken artist residencies in both Australia and Japan and was a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait Prize. Madge has self-published several photographic books and released Banana Spider Bite with Bad News Books.

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2019 – Where Flowers Grow, The Corner Shop, Sydney

  • 2017 – Elysian Fields, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne

  • 2016 – Shōkai, Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, Japan

  • 2015 – Backwoods, Lindberg Contemporary Gallery, Photobook Melbourne Festival, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions

  • 2018 – Collect (CCP Fundraiser), Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne

  • 2018 – Selected Works, Eyewitness, RVCA Corner Gallery, Melbourne

  • 2017 – I Love a Sunburnt Country, The Night of the Images, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland (Curated by Claire Monneraye)

  • 2017 – Red Herring, Shadows are Cast by Things and People, Australian Centre for Photography (Curated by The Heavy Collective)

  • 2017 – CLIP Finalist Exhibition, Perth Centre for Photography

  • 2016 – Australian Photobook of the Year Award, touring Sydney, Brisbane, and New Zealand

  • 2015 – Collective, Perth Centre for Photography

  • 2015 – Desert, Forest, Sea, Whiteways Gallery, Obscura Festival, Malaysia (Curated by Ying Ang)

Publications / Online Press

The British Journal of Photography, Paper Journal Magazine, Terra Firma Magazine, PH Museum, Fiiiirst Magazine, JRNL Magazine, Perdiz Magazine, VICE, Culture Trip, CapriciousNY, Photodust, Try Hard Magazine, The Heavy Collective (Friday Fry Up, Q&A), Dazed Magazine, Fotografia Magazine, Phases Mag, iGNANT, The Archive Collective, Landscape Stories, C41 Magazine, Photo-Eye Bookstore, FotoRoom

Awards

  • 2019 – Finalist, Australia & New Zealand Photobook of the Year

  • 2019 – Finalist, National Photographic Portrait Prize

  • 2017 – Winner, CCP Salon Instagram Project

  • 2017 – Finalist, IRIS Portrait Prize, Perth Centre for Photography

  • 2017 – Finalist, CLIP Award, Perth Centre for Photography

  • 2016 – Winner, Australian Photobook of the Year (Unpublished)

  • 2016 – Finalist, Photobook Melbourne Photo Award

  • 2016 – Finalist, Lens Mist

Residencies

  • 2017 – Sunsiz Media, Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia

  • 2016 – Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, Japan

Artist Books / Zines

  • 2019 – Banana Spider Bite, published by Bad News Books

  • 2017 – Promote Yourself

  • 2016 – Red Herring (dummy book)

  • 2015 – Explore Australia

  • 2014 – You’re Not Dead Yet

  • 2014 – Backwoods

Collections

  • 2016 – Red Herring, Nyckelviksskolan University Library, Stockholm, Sweden

  • 2016 – Red Herring, National Library of Australia, Canberra

  • 2016 – Explore Australia, National Library of Australia, Canberra

Education

  • 2015 – Bachelor of Photography (Documentary), Photography Studies College, Melbourne