Bio
Dr Tamara Voninski is a photographer, filmmaker, visual editor, educator, practice-led art researcher and writer. She is based in Sydney, Australia.
Her photographs have won international awards and residencies including: International Pictures of the Year Awards, Art Gallery of NSW residency at Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris and the inaugural Alexia Foundation Photography for World Peace grant. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Voninski is a founding member and current President (2023-present) of the Australian visual arts not-for-profit organisation Oculi (2000-present). The Paris based Agence VU represented her work throughout Europe 2002-2020.
She received a practice-led PhD at The University of Sydney (Sydney College of the Arts) researching the liminal space between photography and film (2020). She was a Sessional Academic in the Masters of Film and Screen Arts program at the University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts (2016-2026). She currently teaches within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at USYD.
She was Artist in Residence at Pedvale Art Park in Latvia in 2024. The work Solstice Rituals created during the residency was a finalist for the 2024 Australian Photography Awards in Melbourne. She was also awarded a Residencia Artistica Virtual from Fotocreativa BA (Buenos Aires, Argentina) in 2025. The body of work created during the residency is a meditation on illness and memory through still and moving image, sound and writing.
Interview Mabiang Seni Artist Residency in Bali 2026
Interview Latvia arts television feature- artist residency 2024:
Email: voninski@oculi.com.au
voninski@gmail.com