Aldona Kmieć

Aldona Kmieć is an interdisciplinary Polish-Australian artist whose work explores memory, migration, and belonging through contemporary photographic media. Combining photography, cyanotype, and archival photographs, her practice draws on personal and collective histories shaped by migration and belonging.

Born in Poland and based in Naarm/Melbourne, Aldona has over two decades of experience as an artist, educator, and workshop facilitator. She holds an Advanced Diploma in Photography from London Metropolitan University. Since migrating to Australia in 2009, she has developed a socially engaged practice working with communities and cultural institutions across regional and metropolitan contexts.

Her work has been exhibited widely and is held in public, institutional, and private collections including the State Library of Victoria (Rural and Regional Commission photographic series, 2020–2023), St John of God Hospitals, Ballarat Arts Foundation, the former Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E.), and the Ruah Centre for Women and Children, as well as private collections in Australia and internationally.

Exhibitions include London’s Truman Brewery Gallery, Ballarat Art Gallery, Ballarat Intl Foto Biennale festival, Bayside Gallery, Centre for Contemporary Photography Melbourne, East Gippsland Gallery, Frankston Arts Centre, HeadOn Photography Festival, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Linden Art Gallery, Loft 275 Gallery, Melbourne City Library, Museum of Australian Photography, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Perth Centre for Photography, RACV VIC, State Library of Victoria, St John of God HQ Art Collection Perth and Tacit Art.

Recent projects include r.a.g.e. random acts of gentle expression (2026), Hills Hoist (2025), Veil (2024), Neighbourhood Watch (2024), and Winterbloom (2021). Her work has been recognised through major awards and prizes including the Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize, Omnia Art Prize, Bowness Photography Prize, and the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize (UK), and has been featured across platforms including Head On Photo Awards, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, M-ARTLENS, podcasts and The Design Files.

Alongside her studio practice, Aldona leads workshops and offers mentoring to emerging and established artists, focusing on exhibition development, marketing, and professional practice.

Aldona works from Montsalvat Artist Studio, 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham.

View her work at https://aldonakmiec.com