Izabela Pluta
BIOGRAPHY
Izabela Pluta was born in Warsaw, Poland, and migrated to Australia in 1987. She completed her undergraduate studies in Fine Art at The University of Newcastle and has an MFA from The College of Fine Art, The University of New South Wales in Sydney. Izabela works in photomedia and installation and has exhibited widely in Australia. In 2006 she was awarded an Australia Council for the Arts Studio residency in Barcelona. She has undertaken other residencies including at the Red Gate Gallery in Beijing and International Art Space Kellerberrin, WA.
In 2008 Izabela was awarded a Freedman Foundation Traveling Scholarship for Emerging Artists and an Ian Potter Cultural Grant for a studio residency at the Cite des Arts International in Paris. In 2008 she received an Australia Council for the Arts New Work Grant and in 2010 she was awarded the Qantas Foundation Contemporary Art Award (NSW). Izabela was a co-Director at Rocketart in Newcastle [2003-2005], and currently lectures in Photomedia at The College of Fine Art (COFA), UNSW and The National Art School in Sydney.
She is currently attending a residency at the Art and Design Research Institute, University of Ulster, Belfast, Ireland.
ARTIST CV
ARTIST NEWS
February 28, 2012Congratulations to Michael Cook and Izabela Pluta for being selected as finalists of the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award. This $20,000 award is one of the most prestigious photography awards in Australia and the finalist’s exhibition showcases some … Continue reading |
February 3, 2012Izabela Pluta’s exhibition entitled Reservoir opens 3rd February at Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale. This exhibition features work developed during Izabela Pluta’s recent residency at the Cowwarr Art Space in regional Gippsland. Objects are displaced in remote, isolated landscapes which conjure … Continue reading |
September 5, 2011Welcome to Michael Cook – He has had a very successful year, as a finalist in both the 2011 Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards and the 2011 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award. Michael has now joined the gallery … Continue reading |
July 26, 2011Congratulations to Yhonnie Scarce , her amazing work Burial Ground is included in a major exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts ( MoCADA) New York – go see if you’re in NY August 11 to October 30 … Continue reading |
May 12, 2011Congratulations to Izabela on being shortlisted for two major national awards. The 2011 City of Hobart Art Prize, and the 2011 Olive Cotton Award for Portraiture. Go see the works at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery ( 23 July … Continue reading |
April 15, 2011We are excited to announce that we will be working with Izabela Pluta as a represented artist. Her recent installation, on things mended and broken, was a pleasure to have in the gallery and we look forward to supporting her … Continue reading |
