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Shanti Shea An is an artist based in Sydney, Australia. Her practice is concerned with how images are read and translated when submitted to the process of painting. The images she works with are drawn from a range of sources—mass media, art history, and personal photographs—with the act of painting suggesting an equivalence across these categories. Ambiguity and multiplicity are central to her work; many of her paintings evoke a sense of interruption, dislocation, or being suspended in mid-air

In early 2025, Shea An completed her Doctor of Philosophy at the ANU School of Art & Design, examining the role of doubling, legibility, and representation in historical and contemporary figurative painting.

Recent exhibitions include The world folding in upon itself (ANCA Gallery, Canberra, 2023), Back to front (Airspace Projects, Sydney, 2023), and Folded Memories (Galerie Elsa Meunier — Galerie Mathilde le Coz, Paris, 2024). She has also participated in group exhibitions in Australia, China, and France.



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