Tag Archives: Ballarat International Foto Biennale

Ballarat International Foto Biennale celebrates its 11th edition | 23 August to 19 October

21 August 2025 | Art Almanac

Filled with events, exhibitions, workshops, artist talks, live podcasts, dancing, and more – inviting everyone to engage with photography in unexpected and inspiring ways....

BIFB’s 2023 Martin Kantor Prize winners

17 October 2023 | Art Almanac

Melbourne-based photographer Matthew Thorne wins the $15,000 Martin Kantor Prize for his portrait Warren Ellis in his garden in Paris (Paris, 2022)....

Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2023 | ‘The Real Thing’

25 August 2023 | Art Almanac

BIFB celebrates photography in all its forms in this multi-media exhibition comprising work that is either new, previously unseen in Australia or contextualised afresh....

BIFB GradFoto 2021 finalists and winner

19 February 2022 | Art Almanac

The GradFoto 2021 award celebrates the artistic excellence of graduating students and is open to emerging contemporary artists from selected Australian institutions whose artistic practice includes photography....

Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2021 winners

7 December 2021 | Art Almanac

The Ballarat International Foto Biennale has announced the winners of the Martin Kantor Portrait Prize and The Fineman New Photography Award. Congratulations, Mia Mala McDonald and Liss Fenwick, respectively....

Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2021

21 September 2021 | Art Almanac

The 2021 Ballarat International Foto Biennale presents work from emerging and established, domestic and international artists that is new, previously unseen in Australia or contextualised afresh....

2019 Ballarat International Foto Biennale Open Program winner

8 October 2019 | Art Almanac

The 2019 Ballarat International Foto Biennale Open Program features over 60 exhibitions by photographers and photo-media artists, taking over Ballarat's traditional and non-traditional art spaces....

Ballarat International Foto Biennale

29 August 2019 | Art Almanac

'Ballarat International Foto Biennale' takes a deep dive into the world of human behaviour and human intervention across exhibitions, open programs, contemporary video, special events and more....

Penelope Hunt wins the 2019 ‘Martin Kantor Portrait Prize’

28 August 2019 | Art Almanac

Penelope Hunt is the winner of the 2019 ‘Martin Kantor Portrait Prize’ for her depiction of Alan Constable, Finding Focus....

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29 August 2017 | Simon Brigden

Now entering its 13th year, the ‘Ballarat International Foto Biennale’ (BIFB) is one of Australia’s foremost fairs of contemporary national and international photography. The ambitious 2017 program will be held over six primary venues and more than 80 public spaces, such as cafes and wine bars,...

Twenty-eight finalists announced for BIFB’s Martin Kantor Portrait Prize

19 July 2017 | Art Almanac

The Ballarat International Foto Biennale announced the 28 finalists of the inaugural $15,000 Martin Kantor Portrait Prize for exceptional photographic portrait of a significant Australian distinguished in the arts, letters, science sports or politics....

Ballarat International Foto Biennale

29 July 2015 | Art Almanac

The ‘Ballarat International Foto Biennale’ (BIFB) returns for its sixth festival cementing its spot as Australia’s most prominent festival of photography. It all started back in 2005 when Daylesford-based photographer and lecturer Jeff Moorfoot created a festival to celebrate photography in all its forms. Along the...