Belinda Pratten grew up in Gadigal Land/Sydney and has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney. After studying photography at Sydney Technical College (1993/1994), Belinda joined Fairfax Newspapers as a photojournalist and Deputy Picture Editor in 1994. In 1998 she moved to Canberra to work in the Press Gallery, Parliament House, and since 2001 has been working as a freelance photographer, filmmaker and teacher.
Belinda's work has been collected by The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Museum and Gallery, The Australian War Memorial, ACT Legislative Assembly Art Collection, The National Library as well as private collectors. Belinda has been exhibiting her work since 1996, with solo shows at The Sydney Opera House (1996), Brewarrina Council Chambers (1998), Corelli’s Cafe Newtown (1999), Belconnen Arts Centre (2008), Tap Gallery Sydney (2011), Bleeding Heart Gallery Brisbane (2011), Kindness House Melbourne (2011), PhotoAccess Canberra (2010/2012), and The Photography Room (2016).
Belinda has also been involved in many group shows in Australia and overseas, including Animals in Focus an exhibition held by The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) in 2006 - which toured the United Kingdom, Denmark, NZ, Tanzania, Brazil, CostaRica and Canada; and East Timor: through the eye of the lens 2001- touring Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Dili, Timor-Leste.
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Belinda is currently based on Wurundjeri Land.