Tag Archives: BIFB

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....

Sophie Smith | GradFoto 2021 People’s Choice Award recipient

22 March 2022 | Art Almanac

"The rebellious aesthetic of the crow tribe allowed women to escape into a utopia where there were no expectations or pressures to become the highly gendered, Western 80s woman" - and a source of inspiration for winner Sophie Smith's 'The Crow'....

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....

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....