After the Gold Rush: Victorian Landscape 16 May to 21 June 2026 John Gollings // Harry Nankin // David Tatnall // David Rosendale // Aldona Kmieć // Indya Connley // Shane Booth // Ian Kemp // Jackson Low // garrie maguire I’m pleased to be participating in After the Gold Rush: Victorian Landscape, a group…
I’m pleased to share about my three artworks at this year’s Linden Postcard Show 2026, returning for its 36th year at Linden New Art. This year also marks Linden’s 40th anniversary, making the show an especially significant celebration of the gallery’s ongoing commitment to artists and community. I’ll be presenting three works in the exhibition:…
I’m pleased to share that I’ve been selected for the Cut & Composed Group Collage Show 2026, returning for its third iteration this July. Running from 4–24 July, the exhibition brings together Australian and international artists working with collage as both process and language. This year’s theme draws on the work of René Magritte, particularly…
r.a.g.e. – random acts of gentle expression explores the duality of passion and frustration that arises within the development of an arts practice. Bringing together a collection of works born out of the monthly discussions from Trocadero Projects’ Peer-to-Peer Program aimed to support emerging and mid-career artists – Fiona Barbetti, Aldona Kmieć, Catalina Labra-Odde, Stephanie…
Summer Haze brings together four artists whose practices explore summer not as a postcard-perfect season, but as a lived experience shaped by memory, place and climate. Moving through the familiar rituals of Australian summers, the exhibition evokes long school holidays that feel endless, afternoons by rivers and beaches, hoses dragged across scorched lawns, and the…
Read the article: https://www.cbdnews.com.au/hills-hoist-a-meditation-on-memory-migration-and-the-quiet-poetry-of-daily-life/
I had a great chat at Triple R radio with a creative force, Jessamy Gee today on RRR talking about my new Hills Hoist exhibition at City Library Gallery Flinders Ln in Melbourne. Why are we so fascinated with the Australian clothesline? Have a listen. Listen here →
How a backyard icon became a story of migration I’m thrilled to share a piece about my current exhibition Hills Hoist at City Library Gallery in Melbourne, published in M-ARTLENS Magazine, a curated online magazine dedicated to contemporary photography. Read here: https://m-artlens.com/how-a-backyard-icon-became-a-story-of-migration/
Sam Porter, journalist from Star Weekly has written a few words about my exhibition and the concept behind it – read it online here. Photo: Damjan Janevski
I’d like to warmly invite you to come along and celebrate my latest Solo Exhibition of works created during my stay in Poland earlier this year. Exhibition Dates:12 November – 7 December 2025Venue: Melbourne City Library GalleryLevel1, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Opening Night:Thursday 13 November, 5:30 – 7:00pm All welcome ***Please RSVP via email or…
The Polish Art Foundation presents their 2025 annual exhibition Speculative Futures. “We have no need of other worlds, we need mirrors” — comes from the legendary Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), one of Poland’s most internationally recognised authors. “Nie potrzebujemy innych światów. Potrzebujemy luster.” This particular quote comes from his novel Solaris (1961).…
Current Exhibition: VEIL5 September – 28 November 2025Brimbank Gallery301 Hampshire Rd, Sunshine VIC 3020Gallery Hours: open daily In VEIL, Aldona Kmieć invites viewers into a contemplative exploration of femininity and identity. Through the use of colour, long exposure, and movement, she weaves elements of her Polish heritage with the enduring symbolism of the Warsaw Nike…
VEIL Exhibition29 July – 29 November 2025RACV Inverloch Gallery70 Cape Paterson-Inverloch Rd, Inverloch VIC 3996Gallery Hours: Open 24 hours An exhibition from award-winning Melbourne-based photographer Aldona Kmieć has opened at RACV Inverloch Resort, on display to the public until 29 November 2025. Titled Veil, the exhibition features a series of self-portraits created using long-exposure photography and…
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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