Antonia Penia is an award-winning visual artist and fine art–driven commercial photographer, based in London and working internationally.
Her work has been exhibited worldwide, including PhotoEspaña, TIAF Toronto, Paris, Prague, London, and Peru, and she has received prestigious awards such as the Portrait of Britain Award (2022), the Young Creator of the Year Award (2008, Feria de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid), and her project The Warrior of My Life was a finalist at the AOP Awards 2023. Retrospectives of her work have been presented at the Cervantes Institute in Prague and Manchester, including solo and group exhibitions in major international art institutions.
Alongside her artistic practice, Penia collaborates with brands, publishers, and cultural institutions seeking a distinctive visual language and a strong, coherent identity. She specializes in commercial photography, brand storytelling, editorial campaigns, lifestyle and conceptual imagery, combining fine art sensibility with commercial impact.
Working across photography, video, and performance, her personal projects explore identity, the human body, psychology, and women’s experiences, often through self-portraiture. All her artistic work is shot primarily on film, with no retouching, preserving authenticity and visual integrity.
Penia is also a Photography Educator at the National Portrait Gallery Museum, a Guest Lecturer at the London College of Fashion, and now teaching at the London School of Photography, guiding students to explore visual storytelling, creativity, and well-being. Trained as a therapeutic photography facilitator under The Look Again Methodology, she inspires students to explore the healing potential of photography.
WORK WITH ANTONIA PENIA
Editorial & commercial commissions · Artistic campaigns · Brand identity with a visual soul
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AWARDS
AOP Award | 2023 Finalist
Portrait of Britain | 2022 WINNER
Photo España, Art-Madrid | 2015 SHORTLISTED
Feria de Arte Contemporáneo, Art-Madrid | 2008 WINNER YOUNG CREATOR OF THE YEAR
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Sex and Politics. Group Show, Art-Icon, Paris, France.
2025 Art Vigo. Group. Show Espacio Beny Gallery, Galerías Durán, Vigo, Spain.
2025 Body & Earth. Solo Retrospective of Antonia's work, Cervantes Institut, Manchester, UK.
2023 Galicia. Solo Retrospective of Antonia's work, Science Library, University of Ústi Nad Labem, Prague, CR.
2023 AOP Student Award Finalist. Group Show at Free Range, The Truman Brewery, London, UK.
2023 Galicia. Solo Retrospective of 20 years of Antonia's work, Cervantes Institut, Prague, Czech Republic.
2023 LCF Postgraduate Showcase. Group Show. London Fashion Week, The Truman Brewery, London, UK.
2022 Liberation. Solo Performance, Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK.
2021 Sex is the Earth. Group show at Women Exposed online. Curated by Nadia Nervo.
2018 Know Your Roots. Group Show, Museum of London. Heritage Lottery Fund, UK.
2014 Symbiosis of Liquid Dreams. Group show, Resistance Gallery- London, UK.
2013 EN PELOTAS. Group Show. September 2013, EFTI Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2009 Leave Me Alone. Solo Show.Fernando Magdalena Art Gallery, Vigo, Spain.
2009 Symbiosis of Liquid Dreams, group show, "Re-Género" exhibition, Cultural Centre of Spain, Lima, Peru.
2008 Symbiosis of Liquid Dreams. DEARTE Art Fair, Madrid, Spain (Young Artist Prize Winner).
2007 Leave Me Alone, solo exhibition, Dolores de Sierra Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2006 Cecilia Gessa, Group exhibition, Alba Cabrera, Art Gallery, Valencia, Spain.
2006 Leave Me Alone, solo exhibition, Irina Maldonado Art Gallery, Toledo, Spain.
2006 Leave Me Alone solo exhibition, Art Gallery, Olías del Rey, Spain.
2005 Leave Me Alone. TIAF, Toronto, Canada.
2004 Leave Me Alone. Group show. Acer-Arte Art Gallery, Oviedo, Spain.
2003 Leave Me Alone. Group show. May-July 2003, PHotoEspaña 2003, Madrid, Spain.
EDUCATION
2022-2023 Master of Arts - Fashion Photography - Distinction. London College of Fashion. UAL.
2002-2003 MA Photography. EFTI. Madrid.
2000-2002 HNC Photography & Film. EISV. Galicia. Spain.
