Zena Holloway

Zena Holloway is a British photographer, specialised in creating still and moving images while working in water. Using the solitary and open space of the ocean environment, she takes the underwater aesthetic and makes her own magical setting. Her images capture the deep, and often complex subconscious connections, we have to oceans, rivers and lakes.

Born in Bahrain and raised between London and pretty much everywhere else in the world, she went on her first dive in England as a teenager. She lived in Egypt and then the Caribbean for a number of years before qualifying as a PADI instructor and Commercial Diver. Charmed by the magic of the underwater world, she began experimenting with a camera and decided to chart her own course in an ultra-niche profession.
Nobody showed her the ropes; she taught herself.

Alongside her dedication to long-term personal projects, she is a regular contributor to editorial, for publications such as The Sunday Times Magazine, Paris Match and the FT. Her work is exhibited globally and she has been the recipient of many international photographic and film awards such as AOP, APPLIED ARTS, COMM ARTS, RPS, PDN, CANNES and IPA.

Zena first gained recognition as a fine art photographer in 2005 wit...

self taught

Selected Exhibitions and Shows (* denotes solo show)

2022 Milan Design Week – root dress, Italy
2022 Raw Assembly – root dress, Melbourne, Australia
2022 Design Walk – root dress, Munich, Germany
2022 Culture Sphere Gallery – root sculpture, Germany
2021 Toast Rewilding Exhibit – root sculpture, London
2021 Public art space Askersund– Vättern, Sweden
2019 Dongtan Art Space, waterbabies, Korea *
2019 Upon Walls – Rivers of Vättern, Sweden
2019 GunSan Art Center, waterbabies Korea *
2018 Museum of Moscow – Immersion, Russia*
2018 UpOn Walls – Fluid, Sweden *
2018 UpOn Walls – Vättern, Sweden
2018 Cheonan Arts Center Museum of Art, Korea *
2018 Yongin Art Center, Korea, waterbabes *
2018 508 Kings Road Gallery, London Seawomen
2018 Art Palm Beach, Florida Seawomen
2017 Scope Art Show, Miami Seawomen
2017 Bridgeman Gallery
2016 Musée de la Porte Doreé, Paris Swansong
2016 MBC, Daegu, South Korea *
2016 Cinema Center, Busan, South Korea *
2015 Changwon Cultural Foundation, South Korea
2015 Hyundai Art Center, Ulsan, South Korea *
2015 Seoul Art Center, South Korea *
2014 Saatchi Gallery, London Swansong
2014 Calken Gallery, London *
2013 Elle Décor’s show house, Miami, Scattered *
2012 London Art Fair, ...