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.…
🎧 Always great to be chatting to SBS Polish team at Fed Square studio in Melbourne. More info and other ways to listen to the interview in Polish here.
‘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…
Autumn in Melbourne feels never-ending. The long sunny days have been perfect for testing new printmaking and alternative gelatin cyanotype techniques on glass. I’m also excited to share some of my latest work with you – and to celebrate, I’m offering 20% off all items in my shop for a limited time. Enjoy browsing, and…
There’s something strange and slightly magical about how loss and disruption can sharpen our focus. I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately—how chaos, even when unwelcome, forces a kind of clarity. Like in photography, when the blur tells you more than the sharp lines ever could.. Read More Add your email to hear about…
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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. …
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…
Biennale of Colour and Light 2024 October 5 – November 2 2024 Opening Reception: Saturday 12 October 2 – 4 pm Guest Judge: Amelia Barry Design View Catalogue West End Art Space Gallery 112 Adderley St West Melbourne VIC 3003 ____________ Featuring: Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, Irene Barberis, Marija Basic, Asha Bowditch, Elly Buckley, Evie Cahir, Jo Carroll, Victoria…
Please join me for the Opening celebration of Banyule Open Artist Studios 2024 on Friday 11th October 7.00pm, details below. Visit Artist Studios this weekend 12 – 13 October 10am – 5pm 2024 https://banyuleopenstudios.com.au
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…
I have some great news to share with you – the selection of works from the 2023 Head On Landscape and Portrait Awards finalists, including my portrait of a Ballarat family from my Erased series, is going to China to be exhibited at Pingyao International Photography Festival (PIP), 19-23 September, 2024. View the 2023 Head…
My work titled – “In Between” – has been included as one of 39 Finalists at the inaugural Michael Beazer Works On Paper 2024 acquisitive prize, opening on Friday 13 September 2024. Congratulations to all the finalists!! View the shortlisted artworks at East Gippsland Art Gallery in Bairnsdale until 19 October. Exhibition: 13 September –…
My piece ‘In Between’ is featured in the current group exhibition Art of Nature at CUBE 37 Gallery at Frankston Arts Centre
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…
I’m very honoured to have my new work ‘Veil, white 2024’ selected as one of 35 finalists of the 2024 Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize. The Australian Photographic Society’s Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize is a national $30,000 acquisitive prize that seeks to find Australia’s best conceptual photographic works. Finalists of the prize are exhibited annually at…
Coinciding with an opening night of my new exhibition ‘Veil’ at Tacit Art in Abbotsford, I had an opportunity to be interviewed by Darek Buchowiecki from SBS Polish Radio. You can listen to our conversation in Polish here.
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 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…
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.…