2024 ACE Studio Program artist: Emmaline Zanelli

Emmaline Zanelli is a multimedia artist living in Tarndanya/Adelaide on unceded Kaurna Country. Her projects often involve obscure narratives using humour and surrealism combining photography, video, set building, costume and performance for the camera.
These techniques create a framework for Zanelli to explore themes of memory, labour and relationships. Since 2016, Zanelli has been a co-director of South Australian artist collective The Bait Fridge, a multi-arts collective who deliver performances and workshops nationally with a focus on regional/remote and youth collaboration.
Zanelli’s work as an ACE Studio Artist in 2024 saw her selected for an exhibition, Magic Cave, with firstdraft gallery in Woolloomooloo. Her most recent work is a short film commissioned by the Adelaide Film Festival and Samstag Museum’s EXPAND Lab program, exhibited at the Samstag during AFF 2024.