User:Aldonak/sandbox/Aldona Kmiec (artist)

Aldona Kmieć (born 1977) is an Australian contemporary artist working in Photography and Installation Art. She was born in Poland and migrated to the United Kingdom in 2004 and to Australia in 2009. She completed Higher National Diploma in Photography at London Metropolitan University in London, United Kingdom. Aldona was a Multicultural Ambassador of City of Ballarat in 2012-2014. Aldona currently works on cultural diversity projects with regional communities in Ballarat and East Gippsland. Kmiec's work has been exhibited in shows including "In the Process of Healing" at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale and Pol-Art festival in Melbourne and Brisbane. Her work is held in public collection of Museum of Democracy at Eureka, Ballarat Arts Foundation and private collections.

Awards and Prizes

 * 2017 Winner 3rd place, Airbnb Open Host Stories Contest
 * 2016 Finalist, Eureka Art Prize, Ballarat
 * 2015 Finalist, The Maggie Diaz Photography Prize, Melbourne
 * 2014 I Nagroda, BAF Eureka Art Prize
 * 2014 Finalist, William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne
 * 2014 Finalist, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney
 * 2013 Winner, CCP Leica Salon, Centre of Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
 * 2013 Winner, Eureka Art Prize, Ballarat Arts Foundation
 * 2012 Honorable Mention, Black & White Spider Awards
 * 2012 Finalist, Creative Writing, "Moja emigracja, My Migration", Favoryta Publishing
 * 2011 Finalist, AOP Open Awards, London
 * 2008 Winner, End of Year Best Photo Competition, AOP Gallery, London

Solo Exhibitions

 * 2018: Pol-Art Festival, Brisbane (upcoming)
 * 2018: All of Us, Cultural Diversity Week, Bairnsdale
 * 2017: In the process of healing Ballarat International Foto Biennale
 * 2015: Dreamscapes, Ballarat Foto Biennale
 * 2013: We R You, Ballarat Faces Murals
 * 2013: Australia, a New Chapter and Lost but Found, Ballarat Foto Biennale
 * 2011: Transient, Ballarat Foto Biennale

Group Exhibitions

 * 2018: In the process of healing Ballarat International Foto Biennale
 * 2016: THIS IS ME: Examination of the art of self image, The Lost Ones Gallery, Ballarat
 * 2015: Beyond Reality, PolArt Festival, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne
 * 2015: Renata Dąbrowska, Paweł Roman i Aldona Kmieć o portrecie, Galeria Odwach, Czestochowa
 * 2014: Bowness Photography Prize Finalist, wystawa zbiorowa, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne
 * 2014: Head On Festival, Paddington Reservoir Gallery, Sydney
 * 2013: CCP Leica Salon, Centre of Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
 * 2013: Under the Floorboards, Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat