BIO
Carla Pivonski is an award winning New York City based photographer, inspired by beauty, fashion, travel, nature, and fine art. She has studied fine art, fashion, and photography at The Art Student’s League, Parsons The New School For Design, The International Center Of Photography (ICP), and music at the Juilliard School.
She is the 14th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Awards Winner in the Wildlife/Single Image Category, followed by three honorable mentions in the categories: Advertising, Self Portrait, and Nature. The Julia Margaret Cameron Awards were juried by: Elizabeth Avedon (US) Independent Curator and Photo Editor, Rebecca Robertson (US) Editor PDN, and Analy Werbin (ES/AR) Curator Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography. She has received multiple honorable mentions in the Pollux Awards, IPA Awards, and was also awarded the Bronze Prize in the Nature/Flowers category in the MIFA, Moscow Foto Awards. She is also the first prize winner of the Faces 2019 Award (GR) and artist residency recipient to take place during the Greece Animart Festival on Hydra Island, culminating in her first solo exhibition in July 2020.
Select editorial and advertising clients include: Fault (UK), Institute (UK), Hacid (ES), Veux (FR), Borealis (US), Glamour.it (IT), IBM, and Montblanc. Her work has been seen internationally through exhibitions in New York City, Paris, Milan, Lugano, Moscow, Barcelona, Athens, and Okinawa. Carla’s work also extends to design, with work appearing on NBC, HGTV, among other publications. She continues to create compelling work for publications, exhibitions, discriminating clients, and private commissions.
EXHIBITIONS Upcoming *
2020 One Art Space, Tribeca, New York City, US
2020 Joint Solo Exhibition, FACES Award / ANIMART 2020, Hydra Island, Greece
EXHIBITIONS
2020 14th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Awards/ / Gala Awards Winners, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2020 Small Works, NAWA National Association of Women Artists, NAWA Gallery, New York, US
2020 IPA, International Photo Awards Foremost Exhibition, Okinawa, Japan
2020 Cityscapes. Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, GR
2019 Artifacts 2019, One Art Space, Tribeca, New York City, US
2019 13th Pollux Awards / Gala Awards Winners, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2019 NAWA National Association of Women Artists Member Exhibition, One Art Space, Tribeca, New York City, US
2019 Small Works, NAWA National Association of Women Artists, NAWA Gallery, New York, US
2019 MIFA Moscow Foto Awards Winners Exhibition, Moscow Photo Center, Moscow, RU
2019 Affordable Art Fair, See.Me Digital Group Exhibition, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City, US
2019 Her Story, See.Me Digital Group Exhibition, Jane Hotel, New York City, US
2019 NYFW New York Fashion Week, Holy Apostles Ballroom, Chelsea, New York City, US
2018 Chelsea Fashion Film Festival, Holy Apostles Ballroom, Chelsea, New York City, US
2017 The Art Students League of New York, Student Exhibition, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York City, US
2016 Charity Stars, Charity Art Auction, Art Meet, Milan, IT
2016 GARTAM Global Art Asset Management, Art Meet, Lugano, Switzerland
2016 Art Expo 2016 Milano, Art Meet, East End Studios Milano, Milan, IT
2015 GARTAM Global Art Asset Management, Art Meet, Lugano, Switzerland
2015 Art Expo 2015 Milano, Art Meet, East End Studios Milano, Milan, IT
2014 GARTAM Global Art Asset Management, Art Meet, Lugano, Switzerland
2014 Forex Invasion II, Art Meet Gallery, Milan, IT
2014 Forex Invasion, Art Meet Gallery, Milan, IT
2013 Art Takes Miami, Miami Digital Group Show, SCOPE Miami, US
2012 I Want Your Picture 2, Espace Commines, Paris, FR
2012 Fill the Space, Spacewomb Gallery, Long Island City, New York, US
2011 I Want Your Picture 2, Espace Commines, Paris, FR
2011 Fans on Facebook, Umbrella Arts Gallery, New York City, US
2011 Style Not Fashion, Spacewomb Gallery, Long Island City, New York, US
AWARDS
2020 13th INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS - Nominee - Fashion Category
The Jury represented the industry's biggest names and tastemakers including Newsweek, New York; Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg; The Art Channel, London; Netflix, Los Angeles; Koller Auctions, Zurich; Preus Museum, Norway; Galerie Mitterrand, Paris; Fila, New York; Wieden & Kennedy, Portland; Kolle Rebbe, Hamburg; Fox Broadcasting Network, Los Angeles; Gallery Kong, Seoul; Mini/BMW Group, London; and the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Netherlands
2020 Small Works / Winter, NAWA National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY - Honorable Mention, Juried Exhibition
2019 FACES 2019 / ANIMART- 1st Prize Winner, Hydra Island, Greece
2019 14th JULIA MARGARET CAMERON AWARDS - Winner Single Image - Wildlife Category
Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Analy Werbin, Rebecca Robertson
2019 14th JULIA MARGARET CAMERON AWARDS - Honorable Mention - Advertising/Beauty Category
Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Analy Werbin, Rebecca Robertson
2019 14th JULIA MARGARET CAMERON AWARDS - Honorable Mention - Self Portrait Category
Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Analy Werbin, Rebecca Robertson
2019 14th JULIA MARGARET CAMERON AWARDS - Honorable Mention - Nature Category
Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Analy Werbin, Rebecca Robertson
2019 IPA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS - Honorable Mention - Nature/ Flowers Category
2019 13th POLLUX AWARDS - Honorable Mention - Portrait Category
2019 13th POLLUX AWARDS - Honorable Mention - Nature/Flowers Category
2019 13th POLLUX AWARDS - Honorable Mention - Wildlife Category
2019 MIFA MOSCOW FOTO AWARDS - Bronze Winner - Nature/Flowers Category
RESIDENCIES Upcoming *
2020 FACES, ANIMART 2020, Hydra Island, Greece
ARTIST TALKS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2019 Artifacts 2019, One Art Space, Tribeca, New York City, US
PUBLICATIONS
2019 Artifacts 2019 Exhibition Catalog, One Art Space, Tribeca, New York, US
2019 IPA Annual Book of Photography, International Photography Awards Winners
2019 NAWA Member Exhibition Catalog, One Art Space, Tribeca, New York, US
EDITORIAL & COMMISSIONS
MONTBLANC, IBM, FAULT (UK), INSTITUTE MAG (UK), GLAMOUR.IT (IT), ICON.PANORAMA.IT (IT), FIENFH (UK), VOLANT (DE), HACID (ES), VEUX (FR), BOREALIS (US), ESTELA (US), ELUXE (US), SATELLITE (US), SESSIONS (CA), TINSEL TOKYO (US), UCE (US), 944 (US)
SPECAILTIES
Creative Direction, Photo Shoot Production, Fashion Photography, Beauty Photography, Fine Art Photography, Nature Photography, Editorial Photography, Advertising Photography, Photo Editing, Retouching
