Cyanotypes

New work on show at Eaglemont Artist Hub Showing until Sat, 19 July 2025 I’m excited to share that a selection of my experimental new work is currently on exhibition at Eaglemont Artist Hub. This small showcase features a series of cyanotypes on paper and canvas, using one of the earliest forms of photographic printing.…

When Harri Met Sally – Photography Podcast

🎧 I’m thrilled to share that I’m the guest on When Harri Met Sally – Photography Podcast! We dive into photography, migration, and the winding path that led me to embrace art as a profession—challenging, uncertain, but absolutely transformative. Tune in for an honest conversation about creativity, identity, and what it means to survive and…

Mirage

‘We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfilment’ Hilaire Belloc ‘Mirage’ is a meditation on memory, movement, and the fragmented nature of lived experience. Created in 2025, the work revisits a photograph I took in October 2007 while travelling through the Moroccan desert, somewhere between Marrakech and Essaouira. At the time, I was navigating…

Invisible Lives installation @Frankston Art Centre

Invisible Lives invites you to step into a powerful journey of hope and survival through the lens of Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Aldona Kmieć. ⁠ Exhibited at Frankston Arts Centre’s Glass Cube at the front of Cube 37, this installation combines evocative photography and sound, revealing the story of one resilient family seeking asylum in Australia. ⁠…

Polish Art Foundation Group Exhibition

Please join me for the opening of Polish Art Foundation ‘Freedom’ exhibition at Victorian Artists Society in Melbourne. Freedom is the topic of this year’s artistic event featuring 27 artists interpreting this broad theme. More details on polishartfoundation.org.au website. Exhibition Dates: 9 Oct – 16 Oct 2024 Victorian Artists Society Gallery 430 Albert St, East Melbourne Listen to…

Inner West Art Fair @The Substation

I’m super excited to share the news that I’m one of 27 artists exhibiting at 2024 Inner West Art Fair at Substation, Newport. My work will include twilight landscapes from the Wimmera series. Portraying the stark dryness of Lake Hindmarsh, they are devoid of human presence yet resonate deeply with an unspoken emotional bond to…

Latrobe Regional Gallery

If you’re in Gippsland… see my artwork at the Latrobe Regional Gallery in Morwell. My photograph Pony, Brookville is currently on loan as part of the ‘Horse Girl Energy’  Equine Shrine installation within the main exhibition. These artworks are unique explorations of horse culture and the show is worth visiting! The pony is a Gippsland…

‘Veil’ Exhibition @ Tacit Art

I am really pleased to be inviting you to my new exhibition of photographic works at Tacit Art in Abbotsford. Kmiec’s “Veil” series is contemplative and meditative. Through laboriously repeated physical movements, Kmieć creates striking long-exposure photographs layered with vibrant compositions of colour. These colours are not chosen at random; they are deeply connected to…

#NeighbourhoodWatch street art project

#NeighbourhoodWatch explores and tests our imagination and memory of familiar places, through a series of photo works that are temporarily installed on Greensborough walk. Through her camera lens, Banyule resident and photographic artist Aldona Kmieć records the familiar architecture of Greensborough streets in a series of tightly cropped frames, pushing the subject and its meaning…

Brunswick Street Gallery – Fifty Squared Art Prize 2024

BSG Fifty Squared Art Prize 22 June–5 July I’m pleased to have one smaller work from the Winterbloom series exhibited at this year’s prize, showcasing the work of over 550 artists practicing throughout Australia and beyond. The exhibition collection is expansive, featuring hundreds of artworks encompassing painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, weaving and more.…

2024 CLIP Landscape Award finalist

Super stoked to be a finalist at 2024 CLIP Award at Perth Centre for Photography. 2024 Contemporary Landscapes in Photography (CLIP) Award, is PCP’s biennial award for contemporary urban, natural, and conceptual landscape photography. The exhibition will open on Friday 12 July 2024 and winners will be announced at the opening event. Judges: the 2024…