Presence has been nominated for Best Micro Short at Folkestone Film Festival 2026.
Read more →Exhibitions, screenings, studio notes and research across image, movement and story.
Presence has been nominated for Best Micro Short at Folkestone Film Festival 2026.
Read more →Alona took part in the sound and Citymoves collaborative workshop, led by Bill Thompson and Penny Chivas.
Read more →Within These Walls has been officially selected for Sussex International Film Festival 2026.
Read more →A confirmed screening of Legato of the Soul at MOTI Collective’s Stromness Glimmers, 12–14 November 2026.
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Sacred Goat and The Keeper were exhibited in Not Alone at Glasgow Art Club, 15 September–17 October 2026.
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Savage Song won Best Super Short at Luleå International Film Festival. Within These Walls received an award at Couch Film Festival Toronto.
Read more →Alona was awarded 2nd place in the Student category of the Scottish Nature Photography Awards 2025 for The Liminal Shore Portfolio — three digital works made in response to the Orkney coastline.
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Sea, Sand, Land & Sky at Northlight Gallery, Stromness, included Morena and Ring of Brodgar in May–June 2026.
Read more →Alona took part in Land at the French Institute of Scotland, Edinburgh, on 9–10 May 2026.
Read more →Participating in the SSA 127th Annual Exhibition's 30×30 show at the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Read more →A personal essay on slowness, attention, and why painting by hand in 2026 is a deliberate act of resistance against the speed of the image-making industry.
Read more →Five works shown at Ship of Fools Gallery as part of a group exhibition featuring emerging artists from UHI Orkney — exploring the space between who we were, who we are, and who we are becoming.
Read more →BBC Orkney featured Alona and the Milestones exhibition in a broadcast interview exploring how Ukrainian artists living in Scotland navigate identity, displacement, and creative practice.
Read more →A group exhibition of Ukrainian artists resettling in Orkney, shown at the Pier Arts Centre as part of Refugee Festival Scotland — bringing together art and personal stories of resilience and belonging.
Read more →Graduation exhibition at UHI Orkney, Kirkwall — presenting work from the final year of the NC Art & Design programme, including paintings from The Becoming and the Kitsune series.
Read more →Group Christmas exhibition at the Pier Arts Centre, Stromness — a seasonal show bringing together artists from across Orkney with new and small-format works.
Read more →Work displayed in the Stromness Street Gallery Windows project — an outdoor exhibition programme bringing art into the public spaces of Stromness town centre.
Read more →Presence has received a nomination for Best Micro Short at Folkestone Film Festival 2026, following its official selection.
Directed by Alona Petliarska, the experimental film runs for 1 minute and 20 seconds.
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