Aldona Kmieć is a Polish-born Australian photographic and mixed-media artist based in Melbourne. Her deep connection to the land and the stories it holds has profoundly influenced her art practice dedicated to photography, installation, and mixed media. Her twilight landscapes from the Wimmera series, portray the stark dryness of Lake Hindmarsh, devoid of human presence yet resonate deeply with an unspoken emotional bond to the land. Her recent work Veil explores long-exposure photography through laboriously repeated bodily movements, layered with vibrant compositions of colour.
Winner and finalist of many acclaimed photographic awards, Aldona is the winner of Linden Postcard Show - The Fitzroy St Traders Play Award (2024), winner of Public Choice Award Eureka Prize Ballarat Arts Foundation (2023, 2014, 2013), finalist of multiple Head On Festival Awards; finalist Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize (2024), CLIP Landscape Award (2024), Bowness Photography Prize (2014), Bluethumb Art Prize (2021), and has been shortlisted to The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize (2024) in London.
She exhibits regularly throughout Australia. Her work has been featured on The Block Show (2019), The Design Files magazine (2015) and Better Homes & Gardens TV (2015) featuring a street art project We R You in Ballarat. Her works are held in the public collection of the State Library of Victoria, St John of God Art Collection, Museum of Democracy at Eureka in Ballarat (former M.A.D.E.) Ballarat Arts Foundation and private collections worldwide.
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