Where in the world is SONIA PAYES ?
𖡡 THE NATIONAL HALL OLYMPIA,
Hammersmith Road London
Photo London is the UK’s leading international fair for photography and image-based art. Each year it brings together the world’s most acclaimed photographers, galleries and curators alongside a new generation of emerging talent.
In this upcoming London showcase, Fabrik Projects highlights the work of Sonia Payes, renowned for her sophisticated exploration of the delicate interplay between the human condition and our evolving environment.
What's On
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
2025 ARTPark Sculpture Trail at Walsh Bay - Sydney - NSW - AUS
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2026 Photo London 2026 - The National Hall Olympia - Kensington - Fabrik Projects - LONDON - UK 14 -17 MAY
SELECTED RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024/2025 MAPh - Museum of Australian Photography Sonia Payes - Renaissance: A Journey of Transformation - VIC - AUS
2025 Fotonostrum - Satellite exhibition alongside BOWIE X SUKITA - Fotonostrum Mediterranean House Of Photography - El Born - Barcelona - SPAIN
2024 SONIA PAYES Alchemy 2.0 - Fotonostrum - Barcelona - SPAIN
2024 SONIA PAYES - Alchemy - Ocean Drive Hotel - Barcelona - SPAIN
2024 Sonia Payes - Alchemy - SOHO Galleries - Woollahra - Sydney - NSW - AUS
2023 Scott Livesey Galleries - ALCHEMY - Prahran - VIC - AUS
2022 Transmutations 2022 - Assembly Point - Creative Spaces City Of Melbourne - VIC - AUS
2022 There-is - Fringe World Festival - Northbridge - WA - AUS
2017 Scott Livesey Galleries - Emergence - VIC - AUS
2016 McClelland Gallery+Sculpture Park - Dame Elizabeth Murdoch Gallery & The French Gallery - Parallel Futures - VIC - AUS
2016 Art16 London - Fehily Contemporary - UK
SELECTED RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Landscapes of Being - Vermilion Art - The Rocks - SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA
2026 Mia Photo Fair Milan - Superstudio Più - Fabrik Projects - MILAN - ITALY
2026 LA Art - LA Convention Centre - Fabrik Projects - Los Angeles - CALIFORNIA - USA
2025 CONTEXT Art Miami - One Herald Plaza - Fabrik Projects- Miami - FLORIDA - USA
2025 The Salon - Summer Group Exhibition - Scott Livesey Galleries - Prahran - VIC - AUS
2025 Bowness Photography Prize - Finalist - Museum of Australian Photography, MAPh - Wheelers Hill - VIC - AUS
2025 Sculptures In The Garden - Mudgee - NSW - AUS
2025 MONUMENT Sculpture Trail at Westfield Bondi Junction Level 3, 4 - Sydney - NSW - AUS
2025 SAP25 Sorrento Art Prize - & Gallery - Sorrento - Mornington Peninsula - VIC - AUS
2025 IbizArt Guide Annual Collective Exhibition - Centro Cultural de Jesús - IBIZA - SPAIN
2025 CAN Art Fair - Contemporary Art Now - Ibizart Guide - IBIZA - SPAIN
2025 The 23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers - Fotonostrum - Barcelona - SPAIN
2024 Venice Art Bienniale - Personal Structures | Beyond Boundaries - Monument (ARTPark Sculpture Walks) - Marinaressa Gardens - Venice - ITALY
2024 Photo2024 International Festival of Photography - Sonia Payes - Renaissance: A Journey of Transformation - Museum of Australian Photography MAPh - VIC - AUS
2024 8th Biennial Fine Art & Photography - FotoNostrum - Barcelona - SPAIN
2024 IbizArt Guide Annual Collective Exhibition - Centro Cultural de Jesús - IBIZA - SPAIN
2024 Woolloomooloo Sculpture Walk - ARTPark Australia - NSW - AUS
2023 The World of Photography - Fotonostrum - Barcelona - CAT - SPAIN
2023 Summer Exhibition - Scott Livesey Galleries - Melbourne - AUS
2023 IbizArt Guide Annual Collective Exhibition - Centro Cultural de Jesús - IBIZA - SPAIN
2023 The Blue Period - One Star Gallery - West Melbourne - VIC - AUS
2023 Fisher's Ghost Art Award 2023 - Campbelltown Arts Centre - Campbelltown - NSW - AUS
2023 Das Kapital - Cecil Place Precinct - Prahran - VIC - AUS
2023 Bowness Photography Prize - Museum of Australian Photography - VIC - AUS
2023 Meridian Foundry 50th Exhibition - Fitzroy - VIC - AUS
2023 SWELL Sculpture Festival 2023 - Currumbin - QLD - AUS
2023 Arts in the Valley - Kangaroo Valley - NSW - AUS
2023 Olive Cotton Award - Tweed Regional Gallery - NSW - AUS
2023 SONIA PAYES - Fotonostrum - Barcelona - CAT - SPAIN
2023 The 19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award - Fotonostrum - Barcelona - CAT - SPAIN
2022 3rd BARCELONA FOTO BIENNALE - Fotonostrum Mediterranean House Of Photography - Barcelona - CAT - SPAIN
2022 Montalto Sculpture Prize - Mornington Peninsula - VIC -AUS
2022 Fotonostrum - ALCHEMY coinciding with HELMUT NEWTON PRIVATE PROPERTY
Fotonostrum Mediterranean House Of Photography - Barcelona - CAT - SPAIN
2022 Linden Postcard Show 2022-23 - ST KILDA - VIC - AUS
2022 BIG Sculpture St Kilda - Veg Out - ST KILDA - VIC - AUS
2022 PCP Collective 2022: 30th Anniversary Edition - Perth Centre For Photography - PERTH - AUS
2022 Sculpture By The Sea & Sculpture Inside - BONDI - NSW - AUS
2022 Bowness Photography Prize - Museum of Australian Photography, MAPh - VIC - AUS
2022 Sculptures In The Garden - Mudgee - NSW - AUS
2022 Sculpture In The Vineyards - Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival - NSW - AUS
2022 Mandorla Art Award - Holmes à Court Gallery - WEST PERTH - AUS
2022 Tom Bass Prize For Figurative Sculpture - Juniper Hall - SYD - AUS
2022 Sculpture By The Sea & Sculpture Inside - Cottesloe - WA - AUS
2022 6th Biennial Fine Art & Photography - FotoNostrum - BCN - SPAIN
2021 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award - VIC - AUS
2021 Victoria Sculpture Exhibition - Gippsland - VIC - AUS
2021 Scott Livesey Galleries - Twenty One - Gallery Artists - VIC - AUS
2021 Museum of Australian Photography, MAPh - STAGES: life in lockdown - VIC - AUS
2021 I AM HERE – Arthouse Gallery - NSW - AUS
2021 Mandorla Art Prize – Stala Contemporary - WA - AUS
2021 Sculpture By The Sea - Cottesloe - WA - AUS
2021 notfair project space – Windsor -VIC - AUS
2021 Southeast Museum of Photography - FLORIDA - USA
2021 Montalto Sculpture Prize - Red Hill - VIC - AUS
2020 Sculpture In The Gardens - Mudgee - NSW - AUS
2020 Wyndham Art Gallery Online Art Prize - Wyndham - VIC - AUS
2020 Gippsland Art Aid - Gippsland Art Gallery - VIC - AUS
2019 NOW Contemporary - Shoalhaven Regional Gallery - NSW - AUS
2019 Bowness Prize - Museum of Australian Photography, MAPh - VIC - AUS
2019 Sydney Contemporary - Scott Livesey Galleries - NSW - AUS
2019 Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award - QLD - AUS
2019 Sculpture In The Valley - Kangaroo Valley - NSW - AUS
2019 Sculpture By The Sea - WA - AUS
2017 Museum of Australian Photography, MAPh - Australians in PNG - Terra Mysteria - VIC - AUS
2017 Sculpture By The Sea - BONDI - NSW - AUS
PUBLIC ART – SCULPTURE
2026 MONUMENT Sculpture Trail at Walsh Bay - Sydney - NSW - AUS
2024 - 2025 City of Monash – MAPh - VIC - AUS
2023 - 2025 Mornington Peninsula, Frankston City Council - VIC - AUS
2018 Permanent Collection - Mona Farm - Braidwood - NSW - AUS
2016 Permanent Collection - City of Melville, Robert Street Park, Cnr Leach Hwy & North Lake Drive, Winthrop, WA, AUS
I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we live today. I would also like to pay my respects to Elders past, present & future.