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…
So excited about this! 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. 2024 Finalists Adelaide…
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 Solo 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 next Solo exhibition of new 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…
#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.…
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…
NEXT Open Artist Studio Day Saturday 18 May, 2024 GASWORKS ARTS PARK 21 Graham St, Albert Park VIC 3206 9am – 1.30pm Gasworks is a vibrant an arts precinct with around 15 artists studios including painters, textiles, ceramicists, sculptors and photography. Great atmosphere with farmers market open from 8am, cafe and live music, and it’s…
Exhibition Opening Invitation Tuesday 23 April 6.30-8pm @ Loft 275 Gallery, ILCH Please join eight Heidelberg & Banyule artists for a celebratory group exhibition opening at Loft 275 Gallery in Ivanhoe. Drawings were created using raw and experimental techniques based on the nude, created during an intensive life drawing development workshop facilitated by artist Felicity Gordon.…
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been selected for a short-term Gasworks Arts Park Studio Residency program, a professional development opportunity to incubate my new project during a 3-month residency on site. Regular Open Studio days are on 3rd Saturday of every month, but you can also visit me at other times (by appointment), best to follow news on my…
Recently, I had a lovely opportunity to talk to Darek Buchowiecki from SBS Radio about my Melbourne solo exhibition at the LOFT 275 Gallery. You can listen to our conversation in Polish here.
Please join me for the opening of Polish Art Foundation Borders exhibition at Victorian Artists Society, East Melbourne on Saturday 29th October, 7pm start. This exhibition features artists working with a wide range of mediums to offer a conceptual bridge between opposite sides of the borderline by approaching it from a personal, social, political, or…
Please join me for the opening of Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women announcement at Brightspace Gallery in St Kilda, Melbourne from 6.30pm Thursday 1st of September. This prize honours the American born photographer, Maggie Diaz; is open to photographs by all Australian and International women. The theme is open and photographers must use available light.
Painting with Light – new art in July The whole of July was busy as I’ve been adding lots of new prints to my website and refreshing the look. Many prints in this series were created using long exposure photography technique, which adds a beautiful ‘painterly’ feel to the images. They look exquisite and show…
This latest State Library of Victoria picture collection exhibition shows a diverse raw glimpse into the lives of rural and regional Victorians following the impactful events of 2020. Sending warm wishes to the whole Gippsland region, the Howling Huskys team and all the other Gippsland heroes featured in the exhibition. The many lockdowns since March have…
What are the unique issues facing rural and regional Victorians? What do our communities hope for and how will recent events shape the future? 2020 was an unprecedented year, from extreme bushfires to a global pandemic. In regional Victoria, these challenges, combined with persistent drought and adverse economic conditions, struck at the heart of many…