ABOVE IMAGE BY DEBORAH DORMAN
AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2022
Nov 2022
I am so delighted to announce that I won the experimental category at the Australian Photography Awards 2022. I had the most wonderful weekend meeting so many new people in the photographic community and listening to some amazing and inspiring guest speakers. Thank you to the Photo Collective team (Harriet, Tom and Gus) for creating such a warm and inclusive event, I loved every minute of it.
See all of the winning images here
Images: Australian Photography Awards at Bodriggy Brewery with Photo Collective
ARTDOC PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE
Nov 2022
FEATURED ARTIST
I am so thrilled that a selection of my images from ‘Come and Find Me’ have been featured on the ArtDoc Photography Magazine website. You can view the submission feature article here. ARTDOC Magazine is an international photography magazine and a great resource for exhibitions, books, festivals, open calls and more.
HEAD ON LANDSCAPE AWARDS 2022
Nov 2022
I had a great weekend at the Head On Photo festival in Sydney recently. I attended the official opening and awards event, went to several artist talks, saw some amazing solo exhibitions and met some wonderful people. The Head On photo awards and festival is currently exhibiting a wide range of solo exhibitions as well as the finalists images for the Landscape and Portrait Awards. It was wonderful to see my image alongside the other finalists of the landscape prize on display along Bondi Beach promenade.
CRITICAL MASS MICHAEL REICHMANN PROJECT GRANT
Oct 2022
I am feeling so honoured to have received the CM Michael Reichmann Project Grant 2022. I never knew people would respond so well to this body of work. I felt so vulnerable in creating it and never anticipated an audience but am glad that it has found one. Thanks to Photolucida and the Critical Mass jurers.
HEAD ON LANDSCAPE AWARDS 2022
Oct 2022
I am excited to share that I have been selected as a finalist for the Head On Landscape Awards 2022. I am unable to share the image until after the opening night when the winners of both the Landscape and Portrait Awards will be announced on November 4th in Sydney. More soon.
ARTDOC PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE
Issue #4, 2022
Oct 2022
EXHIBITION – IMAGE AND IDENTITY
Four images from Come and Find Me were selected for ARTDOC magazine’s exhibition ‘Image and Identity’, one of which was the featured image. A big congratulations to all of the artists involved. You can view all exhibition images here. ARTDOC Magazine is an international photography magazine and a great resource for exhibitions, books, festivals and open calls.
Format 23
Oct 2022
I submitted my series, Come and Find Me, to the Format23 open call and am absolutely thrilled that it has been long listed for consideration. Held in Derby, Format Photography Festival is one of the UK’s biggest photo events. Nearly 1000 people submitted to the open call and 200 were selected for the long list. All long listed submission now go before an international jury and only 15-20 projects will be selected to exhibit as part of the festival in March 2023.
Critical Mass 2022
Sept 2022
I’m so honoured to have been selected as a Critical Mass 2022 finalist. My latest series, Come and find Me (Vol 2), made the top 200 and it was a great opportunity to have my work seen by 200 photo industry jurors from around the world. Unfortunately I didn’t make the top 50 but that was always a long shot…maybe next year?
Image credit – ‘Venus’, Arielle Gray
Australian Photobook Awards 2022
May 2022
My book, Come and Find Me, won the Pre-press Open Category at the Australian Photobook Awards. The awards were held in Melbourne and formed part of Photo 22. This volume of images is from my onging series and was a deeply personal outpouring of trauma and grief. It was a difficult thing to share but I am so glad that I did even though I felt very vulnerable opening myself up in that way. Congratulations to all of the other winners and a big thanks to the judges and sponsors. I look forward to producing a physical book of this work soon.
Come and Find Me
19th May – 12th June 2022
Solo Exhibition
Opening events: Meet the artist Sunday 22nd May 10am-2pm, Q&A from 1pm
Montsalvat – 7 Hillcrest Ave, Eltham, Victoria, Australia
‘Silhouettes’
14th Sept – 8th Nov 2021
Group exhibition at The Boulevard @ Montsalvat, Eltham
Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art 2021
7th May – 1st July, 2021
My image ‘Difficult’ was selected as one of 40 finalists for this years Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art. Exhibited at Montsalvat, it won the People’s Choice Award.
More than a sum of her parts
13th Feb – 26th Feb, 2020
Group exhibition
The historical praxis has relegated women as passive objects, most often as the subject of the art rather than the creators. This imbalance has started to be addressed with more recognition of the contribution of women artists, through written discourses and exhibitions that acknowledge their artistic merit.
(Above text from InCub8r Gallery exhibition statement)
Arrayah Loynd 