CV
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Award-winning photographer (30+ international awards) mastering fashion, beauty, portraiture, travel, landscape, and nature in black & white and color, shaped by music composition (Juilliard), photography (ICP), and fashion design (Parsons). Exhibited in 30+ global shows (Photo Miami, MIFA Moscow) and published in Art Forum, ArtWeek, PX3, FotoNostrum. Producing 2 music-inspired books: Soundtrack of Central Park (Bronze/Silver) and Four Seasons of Central Park for 2026. Founded and curates black & white photography at The Black & White Gallery, blending nature, landscape, portrait, fashion, music and visual artistry.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Soundtrack of Central Park – In Production (40% Complete, Bronze & Silver Awards)
• 75+ black & white musician portraits; 30 pages laid out; inspired by urban soundscapes
Four Seasons of Central Park – In Production (30% Complete)
• 100+ color photographs (landscape, nature); 25 pages designed; Vivaldi-inspired seasonal narratives
AWARDS
2023 Budapest International Foto Awards - Editorial / Fashion Category - Honorable Mention
2022 PX3 Paris Photo Prize - Prix De La Photographie - Silver Prize - Cityscape
2021 14th International Color Awards - Nominee - Fashion Category
2021 14th International Color Awards - Nominee - Advertising Category
2021 14th International Color Awards - Nominee - People Category
2021 14th International Color Awards - Nominee - Aerial Category
2021 14th International Color Awards - Honorable Mention - Advertising Category
2021 The 16th Pollux Awards, Nature - Honorable Mention
2020 Tokyo International Foto Awards - Advertising / Music Category - Bronze Prize
2020 Tokyo International Foto Awards - Editorial / Fashion Category - Honorable Mention
2020 Budapest International Foto Awards - Editorial / Fashion Category - Silver Prize
2020 The 15th Spider Awards, Aerial Category - Nominee
2020 IPA, International Photography Awards, Advertising & Beauty Category - Honorable Mention
2020 IPA, International Photography Awards, Advertising & Beauty Category - Honorable Mention
2020 IPA, International Photography Awards, Advertising & Beauty Category - Honorable Mention
2020 The 15th Pollux Awards, Advertising & Fashion Category - Winner
2020 The 15th Pollux Awards, Landscape & Seascape Category - Honorable Mention
2020 PX3 Prix De La Photographie, Editorial / Fashion Category - Silver Prize
2020 PX3 Prix De La Photographie, Advertising / Music Category - Bronze Prize
2020 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards - Advertising / Fashion Category - Honorable Mention
2020 Moscow Photo Awards MIFA, Editorial / Fashion Category - Honorable Mention
2020 13th International Color Awards - Nominee - Fashion Category
2020 National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) - NAWA Gallery, NYC, Winter II Exhibition - Juried Show - Honorable Mention
2019 FACES 2019 / Animart- 1st Prize Winner, Hydra Island, GR
2019 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards - Winner Single Image - Wildlife Category
2019 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards - Honorable Mention - Advertising/Beauty Category
2019 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards - Honorable Mention - Self Portrait Category
2019 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards - Honorable Mention - Nature Category
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 International Foto Awards - Bronze Winner - Nature/Flowers Category
PUBLICATIONS
• Silver Medal, Architecture Category, 16th PX3 (Prix de la Photographie Paris), 2022
Featured in: Pivonski, Carla. “Skyscraper High” * PX3 Annual Book 2022 *. Paris: Prix de la Photographie Paris, 2022.
• Silver Medal, Editorial/Fashion, 14th PX3 Awards, 2020
Featured in: Pivonski, Carla. “Soundtrack of Central Park.” * PX3 Annual Book 2020 *. Paris: Prix de la Photographie Paris, 2020.
• Bronze Medal, Advertising/Music, 14th PX3 Awards, 2020
Featured in: Pivonski, Carla. “Never Surrender.” * PX3 Annual Book 2020 *. Paris: Prix de la Photographie Paris, 2020.
• 1st Place Winner, Professional Advertising & Fashion, 15th Pollux Awards, 2020
Featured in: Pivonski, Carla. “Never Surrender.” * FotoNostrum Magazine *, Special Issue: 15th Pollux Awards Winners. Barcelona: FotoNostrum, 2020.
• Pivonski, Carla. “Winter II Exhibition.” *NAWA Exhibition Catalog*. New York: National Association of Women Artists, 2020.
• Pivonski, Carla. “Small Works.” *NAWA Exhibition Catalog*. New York: National Association of Women Artists, 2019.
• Pivonski, Carla. "The Black & White Gallery & Selected Artists." *Miami Art Week Magazine*. Miami: Art Media Group, 2024.
• Pivonski, Carla. "The Black & White Gallery & Selected Artists." *Miami Art Week Magazine*. Miami: Art Media Group, 2023.
RESIDENCIES
2020 FACES, Animart 2020, Hydra Island, GR (Postponed due to Covid-19)
ARTIST TALKS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2023 Miami Art Week / Photo Miami, O Cinema, Miami, Florida, US - The Black & White Gallery
2023 Miami Art Week Gallery Interview, Miami, Florida, US - The Black & White Gallery
2022 Keep The Channel Open, One Art Space, Tribeca, New York City, US - The Black & White Gallery
2019 Artifacts 2019, One Art Space, Tribeca, New York City, US
CURATORIAL
2025 Aqua Art Miami, Miami Art Week - AFPA Gallery / The Black & White Gallery, Miami, Florida, US
2024 Miami Art Week, Coral Gables Museum - The Black & White Gallery, Miami, Florida, US
2024 Miami Art Week / Photo Miami - The Black & White Gallery, Miami, Florida, US
2024 In Nature’s Realm, One Art Space, Tribeca - The Black & White Gallery - New York City, US
2024 To Dream of Beauty Near & Far II, One Art Space - The Black & White Gallery, Tribeca, New York City, US
2023 Miami Art Week / Photo Miami, O Cinema - The Black & White Gallery, Miami, Florida, US
2023 The Other Side of Ever, One Art Space - The Black & White Gallery - Tribeca, New York City, US
2023 To Dream of Beauty Near & Far, One Art Space - The Black & White Gallery, Tribeca, New York City, US
2022 Keep The Channel Open, One Art Space - The Black & White Gallery, Tribeca, New York City, US
EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS
2025 Aqua Art Fair, Miami Art Week - AFPA Gallery / The Black & White Gallery, Miami, Florida, US
2024 Miami Art Week, Coral Gables Museum - The Black & White Gallery, Miami, Florida, US
2024 Miami Art Week / Photo Miami - The Black & White Gallery, Miami, Florida, US
2024 In Nature’s Realm, One Art Space - The Black & White Gallery, Tribeca, New York City, US
2024 To Dream of Beauty Near & Far II, One Art Space - The Black & White Gallery, Tribeca, New York City, US
2023 Miami Art Week / Photo Miami, O Cinema - The Black & White Gallery, Miami, Florida, US
2023 The Other Side of Ever, One Art Space - The Black & White Gallery, Tribeca, New York City, US
2023 To Dream of Beauty Near & Far, One Art Space - The Black & White Gallery, Tribeca, New York City, US
2022 Keep The Channel Open, One Art Space - The Black & White Gallery, Tribeca, New York City, US
2022 PX3 Paris Photo Prize Winners & State of the World, Espace Beaurepaire Gallery, Paris, FR
2022 Earth - One Art Space, Tribeca, New York City, US
2022 She Is - One Art Space, Tribeca, New York City, US
2021 Earth - One Art Space, Tribeca, New York City, US
2021 She Is - One Art Space, Tribeca, New York City, US
2020 Joint Solo Exhibition, FACES EU Award / ANIMART 2020, Hydra Island, GR (Postponed due to Covid-19)
2020 14th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Awards / Gala Awards Winners, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, ES
2020 NAWA Winter Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, NAWA Gallery, New York City, US
2020 IPA, International Photo Awards Foremost Exhibition, Okinawa, JP
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, ES
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 International 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, CH
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, CH
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
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Owner / Artist | Carla Pivonski Photography & Styling, NY | 2006–Present
• Exhibited in 30+ global shows; published in Art Forum, ArtWeek, PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, FotoNostrum
• Curated 9 exhibitions; produced 5 B&W catalogs for The Black & White Gallery
EDUCATION
The Juilliard School, Evening Division – 20th-Century Music Composition & Orchestration (Graded, Credited Courses under Stanley Wolfe)
International Center of Photography, Continuing Education – Photography
Parsons School of Design, Continuing Education – Fashion Design & Illustration
The Art Students League of New York – Fine Arts