Elijah Cristiano is a multidisciplinary artist living and creating on Wurundjeri Country in Naarm (Melbourne). Spanning photography, videography and sound art, Elijah engages with notions of place, positionality and relationships between humans and environments. Expanding upon his early photographic explorations of the body and self, Elijah creates recordings, photographs and video works that examine the relationships between human and ecological environments. Through an embodied practice of walking, listening, and close observation, he challenges human-centred understandings of ecosystems by engaging land and waterways as active collaborators. Using methods such as underwater videography through which the camera is guided by water currents, he relinquishes control of the making process and shares authorship with the environment. Informed by environmental ethics, his work responds to ecological crises by highlighting the importance of environmental care and responsibility in the face of a collapsing climate. 

Elijah graduated from a Master of Photography at RMIT University. He was the recipient of the NAVA Ignition Award for Highest Performing in Professional Practice, the Brunswick Print Lab Prize and the Vice-Chancellor’s List for Academic Excellence Award. He has exhibited photographic works both locally and internationally.