Ketakii Jewson-Brown is a photographer living and working on Jinibara Country/Sunshine Coast Hinterland. Her photographs capture intimate portraits, highlighting tender moments of connection, grace and surrender. She does her best to wait for the ‘in between moments’ – when one’s guard is down, and something usually hidden shines through.
Awards
2026 Winner, Local Contemporary Art Prize
2024 Finalist, Local Contemporary Art Prize (w/ Shaye Hardisty)
2024 Finalist, Du Reitz Art Prize
2023 Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize
2020 Highly Commended, Mono Awards
2019 Semi Finalist, Moran Contemporary Photography Prize
2019 Finalist, Melt Portrait Prize
2015 Finalist, National Photographic Portrait Prize
2008 Finalist, National Youth Self Portrait Prize
Exhibitions
2026 Constellations, Mentorship Studio Showing, Nambour Qld
2026 Local Contemporary Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery
2025 BODY BOLD, Old Ambulance Station, Nambour Qld
2025 Plus One, Lantana Space, Caloundra Qld
2024 Continuum, Lantana Space, Caloundra Qld (w/Nikita Fitzpatrick)
2023 Unapologetically Dressed, Horizon Festival (w/Shaye Hardisty)
2023 Ground Zero, Old Ambulance Gallery, Nambour Qld
2023 CIAF, Cairns Qld (w/Darren Blackman)
2023 One Space Gallery, Brisbane QLD (w/Darren Blackman)
2023 Floating Land ‘Us and Them’, Noosa QLD
2023 The Sunshine Coat Project, Old Ambulance Gallery, Nambour Qld (w/Shaye Hardisty)
2021 Let’s Play Wild, Cooroy Butter Factory, Cooroy Qld (w/Laura Vecmane)
2018 Unframed Group exhibition, Coolum Qld
2017 Simply Living, Sarah’s Unplugged, Maleny Qld
2017 Horizon Festival, Maleny By Night (w/ Laura Vecmane
2016 Unframed, Coolum Qld
2015 National Photographic Portrait Prize, Canberra Australia
2013 Sunshine Coast Tafe, End of Year Exhibition, Sunshine Coast
2008 National Youth Self Portrait Prize, Canberra Australia
Publications
2026 MEMORY CULT Magazine - Issue 2
2023 Eye Mama - Poetic Truths of Home and Motherhood, TuNeues
2023 Artist Profile
2023 Art Guide
2023 Hello Sunshine
Other
2026 Mentorship - Katrin Koenning
2024 Mentorship - Teneille Clerke Fast Fashun (w/Shaye Hardisty
2022 Project 24 Artist Residency
2021 The Refinery - Sunshine Coast Creative Incubator
2021 The Path - Project Development Mentorship
2021 Residency, Cooroy Butter Factory (w/Laura Vecmane)
2013 Diploma of Applied Imagery, Sunshine Coast TAFE