About

Mia Kolaras is a versatile photographer based in Toronto, Ontario. She has a passion for capturing through a lens which has always interested her as a storyteller. Growing up in a very diverse family, capturing memories for family and friends through different traditions has helped her expand her idea of photography as a whole, allowing her to hold onto precious memories.

With her first ever digital camera being gifted to her at age 4, Mia has understood the value of capturing the world around her from a very young age. She has mainly been in front of the camera as a subject for her whole life, as there are many other photographers in her family, but she wishes to expand her creative practice by exploring ideas and worlds she creates on her own while being behind the camera.

Mia is currently working towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University at the School of Image Arts, and runs many of her own projects and holds sessions for clients, such as event photography, portrait photography & documentary photography. She has been featured as a volunteer photographer for Toronto Metropolitan University's paper, The Eyeopener, and in many exhibitions held in her school's showings. She has also recently been hired as a Photographer for Toronto Met Fashion and Film for the 2026-2027 season. She has been featured in the first issue of Calibrator Magazine, an IMA student-run magazine which features work from multiple students in the Image Arts community. Mia has an interest in fashion photography and wishes to expand her career into the fashion industry in the future.

A girl standing in front of framed photographic works

Experience, Exhibitions, Publications & Awards

Experience

Creative and Visual Direction - Photographer at Toronto Met Fashion & Film
(UPCOMING) SEPTEMBER 2026

Volunteer Photographer at The Eyeopener Newspaper
SEPTEMBER 2024 - APRIL 2025

Exhibitions

MONADNYC, "Capturing Toronto" - Toronto Exhibition, 2026
MAY 14TH, 2026

Image Arts Third Year Show, "Inhale/Exhale" Exhibition, 2026
APRIL-MAY 2026

Maximum Exposure31, Year-End Exhibition, 2026
APRIL-MAY 2026

Artspace: 2026 First Edition Book Show, 2026
JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2026
The photographic book, 'Faded Memory', was featured in this exhibition

"This is IMA" Gallery Exhibition, 2026
FEBRUARY 2026

Maximum Exposure30, Year-End Exhibition, 2025
APRIL-MAY 2025

Maximum Exposure30, Salon Show, 2024
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024

Maximum Exposure29 Salon Show, 2023
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2023

Publications

DOCU Magazine, Special Edition: Mia Kolaras
PUBLISHED/PRINTED JUNE 2026

Calibrator Magazine, Image Arts, a student-run visual arts and culture publication, published "A Walk Through the Decades," a series by Mia Kolaras, in Issue One.
PUBLISHED APRIL 2026

Image Arts Third Year Show, Show Catalogue, published "A Walk Through the Decades," a series by Mia Kolaras
PUBLISHED APRIL 2026

The Eyeopener, Reconciliation in Business Conference, puts Indigenous entrepreneurship and self-determination under the spotlight
PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2024