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 is a Sessional Academic in the Masters of Film and Screen Arts program and teaches undergraduate courses in Screen Arts at the University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts (2016-present).
She was recently awarded the International Artist Residency at Pedvale Art Park in Latvia in 2024 to work on a new project. 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) from December 2024-May 2025 which will culminate in an exhibition. The body of work created during the residency is a meditation on illness and memory through still and moving image, sound and writing.
Interview Latvia arts television feature- artist residency 2024:
Email: voninski@oculi.com.au
voninski@gmail.com