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 →Within These Walls has been officially selected for Sussex International Film Festival 2026.
Directed by Alona Petliarska, the experimental short explores movement, memory and the stories held within familiar spaces. The film runs for 7 minutes and 47 seconds.
This recognition joins its award at Couch Film Festival Toronto and finalist selection at Buzz Cinema UK.
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