About

Eleanor Hardwick is a 21 year old photographer, director, musician and multidisciplinary artist born in Oxford and currently based in London. She is also a staff member at Rookie Magazine, a member of World Wide Women collective, and one half of sound and multimedia project Moonbow. She has had three solo exhibitions as well as participating in various group exhibitions in London, Paris, Brighton, Oxford, Tokyo, LA and Lisbon - including most recently GirlsTribu at Palais De Tokyo in Paris and Ritual at Cob Gallery in London.

Selected Photographic Clients

Vogue.com, i-D Magazine, Elle Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Sony, Penguin, Jack Wills, Urban Outfitters, Meadham Kirchhoff, Rookie Magazine, VogueGirl Japan, ElleGirl Japan, Tate Modern, Random House, Tatler, Oasis, Bullett Magazine, Oyster Magazine, Jalouse Magazine, 125 Magazine, So-en Magazine, Marie Claire Enfants, MilK Magazine, Nero Magazine Japan, Madame Figaro Japan, Polydor, Lomography, Warby Parker, Tatty Devine, Jump From Paper, The Lab Magazine, Bust Magazine, Baby-G & more.

Interviews and Features

BBC Radio 4, British Vogue, Dazed & Confused [1] [2] [3] [4] [5], The British Journal Of Photography, The Independent, The Guardian, District MTV, Ponystep, Monki Television, Topshop.com, Topshop Blog, Urban Outfitters Blog, H&M Magazine, BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards, Rookie Magazine (as Moonbow), Style Rookie, Lomography, BlackBook, Twin Magazine, Elle Japan, Ellegirl Korea, Ellegirl Japan, Oyster Magazine, Yen Magazine, Digital Photographer [1] [2] [3], Huck Magazine [1] [2], Clash Magazine, 125 Magazine, It's Nice That, The 405 (as Moonbow), Quotation Magazine Japan [1] [2], Cooler Magazine, Metal Magazine, The Wild Magazine, Grazia Magazine, Girls Get Busy Zine, Felix & Florrie, Miista & more.

EXHIBITIONS AND TALKS

Video screening at "Ritual" Group exhibition by World Wide Women @ Cob Gallery, Camden, London, England, 2014.*
Sound installation at "Horror Hotel" Halloween exhibition curated by MAMA @ Brighton Pier Ghost Train, England, 2014.*
"All You Need Is Life In The City" Group exhibition @ Doomed Gallery, Dalston, London, England, 2014.
"#GirlsTribu" Group exhibition @ Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2014.
"(De)Constructing The Image: Portraits Of The Artists As Women" - Panel discussion @ Freud, Oxford, 2014.
"Twenty Thirteen" Group exhibition curated by Eleanor @ Doomed Gallery, Dalston, London, England, 2013.
"This Line Is Part Of A Very Large Circle" Group exhibition @ Hemingway & Pickett, LA, USA, 2013.
"Fairground" Group exhibition & book launch @ Lamp Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan, 2013.
"Peachy n Keen" Female Group exhibition @ Create Studios, Brighton, UK, 2013.
"The Few And Far Between" Group exhibition @ Rag Factory, Shoreditch, London, England, 2011.
"To Dream Again" Solo exhibition @ Aubin and Wills, Notting Hill, London, England, 2010.
"A Midsummer Daydream" Solo exhibition @ The Modern Artists Gallery, Oxfordshire, England, 2009.
"Dreamscapes" Solo exhibition at Here Gallery, Bristol, England, 2009.
"The Home Project" Group exhibition at Fabrica, Benetton Megastores, Lisbon, Portugal, 2008.

*exhibiting as Moonbow.

About

Born in Oxford, England in 1993, Eleanor Hardwick spent much of her childhood creating in any medium that she could. At the age of twelve she began to take photographs which she then uploaded online, and before long publications such as Dazed & Confused and The Independent took notice of her work and interviewed her. This publicity allowed her career in photography to blossom whilst she was still studying in high school.

Currently based in London, Hardwick now considers herself a multidisciplinary artist with directing, painting, music, writing and curating being just a few of the mediums in which she works. She is also a staff photographer at Rookie Magazine, an online magazine for teenage girls edited by Tavi Gevinson, where she also illustrates, writes reviews and DIYs, curates playlists and mixtapes, and makes comics. In addition to this, she is part of World Wide Women collective. She is also the in house photographer for Meadham Kirchhoff's fashion shows.

In 2013, Hardwick also began to make music and perform with Beau Hulse under the moniker Moonbow, with the desire to approach pop music with the same careful intention found within conceptual art. Using a mixture of electronic hardware and found organic instruments, the songs sit in a middle ground between trippy pop and transcendental soundtracks. Their live shows are often based around a loose narrative that is reenforced through the use of visuals, set design, costume and smell - whilst video projects are presented as narrative short films, and releases accompanied by zines of visual artwork by Hardwick and Hulse.