Elena McDonough, b. 1993 in London, England, is a fine art & documentary photographer based between London and Grand Cayman. Working primarily in digital photography, McDonough is best known for her large photographic prints that capture the natural world. Her practice is rooted in a refined visual language that reflects her deep engagement with the environments she inhabits, particularly those of the Cayman Islands.
EXHIBITIONS
Works on view at the Ritz-Carlton gallery, Grand Cayman
2025 Label C x Cayman Art Week, Cynthia Tranel Studio, Cayman Islands
2025 Tanngled World ii, The Wicket at Cricket Square, Cayman Islands
2024 Beyond Function, The Hub Pop-Up Gallery, Cayman Art Week, Cayman Islands
2023 Solo Pop-Up, Bliss, Cayman Islands
2021 Akin, Al Ebanks Gallery, Cayman Islands
2019 Homecoming, The Space, Cayman Islands
2018 Mother/Human Nature, Al Ebanks Gallery, Cayman Islands
2018 Coral Encounters: Photographs from our Underwater World, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
2017 Upon The Seas, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
2016 Wet the Bed, Reedbed Launch at Crate Brewery, London UK
2016 Through the Lens, in partnership with the London Sinfonietta at The Warehouse, London UK
2016 27º Degrees, London College of Communication, London UK
2015 tIDal shift, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands