Twice named Saatchi’s ‘One to Watch’, award-winning British artist Miss Aniela is at the forefront of avant-garde art photography. From first being noticed as a student in 2006 invited to exhibit internationally and speak for Microsoft, her work of 14 years since has fused contemporary fashion with classical art history to create an intricate balance of contemporary creativity. Exhibited in the Saatchi Gallery, Houses of Parliament and Waldermarsudde Museum Sweden, her work regularly graces media worldwide including BBC, NY Arts, Daily Mail and El Pais.
In detailed compositions with evocative lighting, allusion to Rococo Revival and impeccable detail of salon paintings of the 18th century, her 'Surreal Fashion' collection has become prolific with art collectors worldwide, and luxury venues such as the Crillon Hotel Paris and Paradise Resort Korea.
Her commercial clients include Nikon, HTC, and large-scale art commissions for prestigious London restaurants. In 2018 she collaborated with renowned Chinese couturier Guo Pei documented by the BBC in Beijing, and commissioned by the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism to shoot a new hybrid of fantasy-fused stills and TV ad campaign. Based in South UK with her producer-partner Matt Lennard , they are experienced in providing the full production process for both personal and professional assignments, with connections to a network of experienced artists in videography and CGI to facilitate the growing need for cutting-edge artistry.
Miss Aniela was spotlighted in Saatchi Art’s ‘Invest in Art’ 2018 and ‘Refuse to be the Muse’ report on the growing power of women in photography.
Motherhood inspired her series ‘Birth Undisturbed’ (working under separate identity Natalie Lennard) depicting births of icons from the Virgin Mary to Calamity Jane and the Queen. The 4-year major project won Natalie the title of ND Photographer of the Year 2019, 12th Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2018, as well as finalist in Mother Art Prize, Kuala Lumpur Portrait Prize, and British Journal of Photography’s ‘Portrait of Humanity’ 2019.
CV NATALIE DYBISZ / ‘MISS ANIELA’ Photographer, Artist & Director of Miss Aniela Ltd
EDUCATION
2005-8: BA (Joint Hons) English and Media, University of Sussex, England
EXHIBITIONS
Miss Aniela Solo Show, S&P Gallery, July 2022
Group show for S&P gallery opening, Kensington London, July 2020
Hamptons Virtual Art Fair, Gallery 1202, July 2020
Photo LA, Virtual Art Fair, Camp Gallery, July 2020
Photo LA Art Fair, Gallery 1202, Feb 2020
Behind the Lens of a Captured Ideal, The Directed Art Modern, Miami, Feb - Mar 2020
Le Compose, Le Raffine, Rencontre Le Sauvage, The Directed Art Modern, Miami, 2019
Sauvage et Beau, The Directed Art Modern, Miami, 2019
Organ Vida International Photography Festival (w/ BJP Portrait of Humanity) Zagreb, Croatia, Sep 2019
Lagos Photo Festival (w/ BJP), Lagos, Nigeria, Oct - Nov 2019
National Centre For Photography in Ballarat (w/ BJP), Victoria, Australia, Nov 2019
Louisiana State Museum as part of PhotoNOLA Festival, (w/ BJP), New Orleans, USA, Nov 2019 – Jan 2020
Solo show, Julia Margaret Cameron Award Winner, Barcelona, April 2019
Mother Art Prize, Finalist 20 Group Show, Mimosa House, London 2-18 May 2019
Exhibited at Whitebox Gallery, Kuala Lumpur Portrait Prize Shortlist, Sep 2018
Us Bright Young Things, The Directed Art Modern, Miami, 2018
Timeless Tales, joint show with Adam Martinakis at CultureInside Gallery, Luxembourg, Jun 2018
Faces Series @ The Directed Art Modern at Palm Beach Art Fair, Jan 2018
‘Coalshed Face’ acquired in permanent exhibition at The Coal Shed, London, Oct 2017
Surreal Fashion permanent exhibition (12 images) at Crillon, Paris
Solo exhibit Twelve Women in Academia at Houses of Parliament, 16th - 19th January 2017
Surreal Fashion at Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde Museum Stockholm, Sweden, Sep 2016 - Jan 2017
Solo exhibit 'Twelve Women in Academia' for University of Sussex at Attenborough Centre for the Arts, & Brighton Jubilee Library, Jun 2016
‘White Witch Awakening’ permanent exhibition at Aynhoe Park UK, 2016
Surreal Fashion at Castle Fine Art, London, July 2014
Solo exhibition 'Surreal Fashion' at Photosynthesis Gallery, Sofia Bulgaria 2014
Saatchi Gallery, Continental Shift by Saatchi Art, April 2014
‘Kai Face’ commissioned for permanent exhibition, Kai Mayfair, London
101 Glimpses of Photo Vogue by Vogue Italia, Corso Como, Milan, Jul 2012
'Women: Inspire & Enterprise', Hospital Club, London, Mar 2012
Alexander Salazar Gallery San Diego
Solo show, Man-made Images Ireland
San Francisco Fine Art Fair (w/JoAnne Artman)
Affordable Art Fair New York (w/JoAnne Artman)
JoAnne Artman Gallery LA, 2011
Art of Photography Show San Diego, 2010
Photolounge Truman Brewery London, 2010
Solo show, Selected for Photo-Space curated by Alternative Arts London, 2010
Group show @ The Fishing Quarter, Brighton seafront, 2010
David Weinberg Gallery Chicago, 2009
Buenos Aires Photo, 2009 (w/ Camara Oscura)
Photo Miami, 2009 (w/ Camara Oscura)
Estampa fair, 2009 (w/ Camara Oscura)
Solo show 'Self-Gazing' at Camara Oscura Madrid, 2008
Solo shows ‘Self Gazing’ at Impure Art Brighton and Apartment C London, 2007
Solo show at North Laine Photography, Brighton, 2007
CLIENTS
Cayman Dept of Tourism, Nikon, HTC, Guo Pei, Yakult, The Coal Shed at Tower Bridge, PKM Gallery Korea, Southwark Playhouse London, University of Sussex, Random House, Kai Mayfair London, Woods Shoes India, WedLuxe Mag Canada, Modernista Publishing, RDA International, Phase One, Microsoft, Anne Veck for British Hairdressing Awards, Apple & Eve Fashion Philippines, Life Water UK, Shallow Fashion Belgium
AWARDS
Aesthetica Art Prize 2021, selected in 125 artists for publication in Anthology Future Now
Photographer of the Year 2020, ND Awards, for Birth Undisturbed
Aesthetica Short Film Festival Official Selection 2020
Portrait of Humanity 2019, British Journal of Photography, 50 Winners
Winner, 12th Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2018
Mother Art Prize, Final 20 Shortlist, 2018
First Place, Nudes Category, Chromatic Awards 2018
Nominated for RPS Hundred Heroines 2018
Three Honourable Mentions (Fine Art, Special Effects, Advertising/Conceptual) for Surreal Fashion & Birth Undisturbed in IPA Lucie Awards 2018
Final 39 Shortlist, Kuala Lumpur Portrait Prize, 2018
Shortlisted for the Hopper Prize, 2018
Honourable mention in Digital/Enhanced, Prix de Photographie 2018
Honourable mention in Fine Art, International Photographer of the Year 2017
Selected for Young Masters' Art Prize Tour, 2017
Selected for Photo-Space month's solo exhibit space curated by Alternative Arts London, 2010
Honourable mention & exhibition ‘The Smothering’ at Art of Photography Show, San Diego, 2010
30 under 30 Women Photographers, Winner, 2010
Selected for Shots Magazine, May 2009
JUDGE:
One Eyeland Awards 2020, Judge Fashion Category
Digital Camera Photographer of the Year, London 2010
Nikon I Am Photographer Awards, Tallinn, 2016
SE Center for Photography, North Carolina, Self-Portrait category, 2016
TALKS & EVENTS
PHLOCK Keynote, Manchester, March 2020
Brighton University, July 2018
Brunel University, June 2018
Women’s Voices, RCOG London, Oct 2017
Story 'Carnival of Curiosity’, Nashville, Sep 2017
Speaker & judge at I Am Photographer Festival, Tallinn, Apr 2016
The Photography Show for G-Tech, NEC UK, Mar 2016
The Photography Show for Nikon, NEC UK, Mar 2015
Photokina for Nikon, Cologne, Sep 2014
FRAMED Documentary Series, 2013
Photography Masters Conference Italy 2013
Norrlandsdagarna Sweden 2012
Keynote California Photo Festival 2012
PODAS/Phase One Workshop Weston Park 2011
Photokina 2010
Palm Springs Photo Festival 2010
Microsoft Pro Photo Summit & photowalks 2009
Focus On Imaging 2010
'Images' Le Hague Netherlands 2010
'An Evening with Miss Aniela' for Art of Photography Show Lyceum Theatre San Diego, 2010
Telegraph Magazine, BBC World, RPS Heroines, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, LBC Radio, Fahrenheit Mexico, Elle Thailand, Alarm Chicago, The Metro, The Sun, Plastik Magazine, Normal Magazine, Saatchi Art One to Watch (2010, 2017)
