WHERE: Ballarista Cafe, 2a Lydiard St South, Ballarat VIC 3350 WHEN: Mon, 2 July to 2 August 2018 “The Art of Activism” exhibition tells the story of efforts to protect East Gippsland’s ancient forests from logging. On a scorching 38°C day, we embarked on an epic one-day road trip to the remote Far East…
Mixed Blessings – The Great Art Scare group exhibition by RAT Gallery WHERE: Mercure Hotel & Convention Centre, 613 Main Road, Ballarat WHEN: Thursday, 7 June to Sunday, 8 July 2018 OPENING NIGHT: from 6pm on Thursday, 7 June 2018 The Ballarat Courier: https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5445804/new-gallery-of-mixed-blessings-for-artists Mixed Blessings is an exhibition of work by 12 artists from Ballarat and district, convened…
All of Us Posters Paste up street art in Bairnsdale. Celebrating Culture Diversity Week in Bairnsdale with a display outside the Library on Service St called All of Us, which aims to feature newly arrived migrants! Are you from a diverse background? Get in touch!
The neglected and controversial Ballarat Civic Hall site sits empty in January 2018 before it undergoes an $8 million refurbishment to return the building to its former glory. These are probably last photographs of this building intact. As a long term Ballarat resident, I find an immense joy in mapping out and photographing the city…
Last week my house featured in Lovely Homes Ballarat. The author, Wallis has written a nice article about me. Read the article on Lovely Homes Ballarat website and follow her Instagram here.
Musician portrait photography Breckin, which means freckled, is the moniker of Melbourne-based visual artist, poet and singer-songwriter, Heather Marsh. Her debut album, Shiner, is both bruised and brilliant. “It illuminates and holds an oblique mirror to the perennial subject of love and loss in a series of songs that are equal parts elegy, sympathy card…
Our Place – Soldiers Hill Artist Collective Exhibition Backspace Gallery Ballarat, Huyghue House, Alfred Deakin Place (part of Art Gallery of Ballarat) Official opening Saturday 23rd of September 2pm ‘Just as SHAC clearly identified with the Soldiers Hill neighbourhood so, too, does the work presented in ‘Our Place’ exhibition. Taking the theme of community, history…
Airbnb Based On A True Review For all who love sharing your homes to strangers. Few months ago I took part in an international writing contest by an online hospitality service Airbnb and wrote a short story about my first ever hosting experience, which won a 3rd prize from thousands of international submissions. My very first…
Ballarat Editorial Australian Country homes, lifestyle country life & interior design Artist in Residence, October/November 2015 issue. I loved chatting to journalist Sue Peacock about the history of my old Victorian cottage and how it has transformed over the years alongside with my life tree change in regional Ballarat. Read more here
Tara meets an artist who is a cultural campaigner Stoked to be featured on Channel 7 Better Homes and Gardens with presenter Tara Dennis, who joined me to tour Ballarat and showcase our local arts scene, including our recent street photography paste up project “We R You”. Watch the episode here (no ads) or here…
Earlier this July, I had the exciting opportunity to showcase Ballarat on national television, highlighting some of the incredible artistic projects happening in our community. The Better Homes & Gardens crew spent few days filming in our beautiful town, capturing its creative spirit and vibrant local culture. A special moment for me was sharing this…
One more ambitious photoshoot behind me! I wanted to Thank a great team at the Kryal Castle for letting me use their premises today. Thank you to my fellow artist and friend Nathan Curnow for his great spirit despite wearing a 20kg heavy armour for three hours and to Serena Eldridge for a coffee when we needed…
Gordon Prior, disability advocate – Portrait commission for NDIS campaign for Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka What makes you, you? Should people care more about doing the right thing, or doing things right? Recently I was invited to contribute to an important project Grassroots Democracy: The Campaign for Disability Rights Exhibition for M.A.D.E Ballarat alongside…
Eureka Art Award Winner I am very pleased to announce that I have just won the Ballarat Arts Foundation 2014 Eureka Art Prize for the artwork called “Balancing Act’. The work is a photographic portrait of my Polish friend Magda Kazmierczak. This year the judges were Melissa Griffin (BAF), Gordon Williamson (BAF) and Mark Guirguis (Ballarat surgeon,…
Finalist,William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize 2014 $25 000 non-acquisitive first prize and $1 000 People’s Choice Award Aldona Kmieć J, South Sudan 2013 from the series Australia, a new chapter chromogenic print 100.0 x 76.0 cm Artist statement: In the wake of the recent arrival of refugees and asylum seekers to Australia by boat, I became acutely…
Head On Finalists 2014, Portrait Category I’m so excited to announce that I am a Portrait FINALIST of Head On Photo Festival 2014! The Opening This Friday 16th of May – Paddington Town Hall. The Exhibition Paddington Reservoir Gardens Gallery 251-255 Oxford St Paddington from the 12 May – 8 June. The show sits alongside the work of National…
Ballarat Heritage weekend- Polish Migrants Exhibition 10-11th May, 2014 Ballarat Mining Exchange In the recent days, I have been scanning some amazing images from Roman & Teresa Skrypko family archive. There are so how many beautiful photographs. Some gelatine prints are really small, so it is very challenging to get the detail our of them,…
The Centre for Contemporary Photography CCP Salon 2013 opened last night and my photo ‘iShadow, 2012’ was awarded Third Drawer Down Most Humorous Image prize. This is the first time I took part in CCP Salon. Super happy that a Ballarat photo won something this year! Opening the exhibition, Minister of the Arts Heidi Victoria mentioned Ballarat Foto Biennale a…
Eureka Art Award Winner I am very pleased to announce that I have just won the Ballarat Arts Foundation 2013 Eureka Art Prize for the portrait of Molebatsi titled ‘Molebatsi in a traditional xhosa outfit’ which I took during pop up studio residency at Backspace Gallery in Ballarat in 2012.
Artist Statement “The Truth is that we all are fragmented. Some more than others. That there are thousand pieces to one’s story and so we should not be judgmental. What you see is what you get but if you look deeper you’ll see more.” Interview with the Artist Aldona Kmiec 1. What surprised you about…