CV
BVA (Painting, First Class Honours), Australian National University, 2016
2023 The world folding in upon itself, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
2023 Back to front, Airspace Projects, Sydney
2017 No Newness, The Front Gallery, Canberra
2016 Other Loves, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, Canberra
2023 Mosman Art Prize Finalists Exhibition Art Gallery, Sydney
2022 Don’t be a Stranger, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Fountains & Follies, curated by Woody Mellor, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2020 Fuzzy Logic, Tributary Projects, Canberra
2019 Looks like music, sounds like painting, curated by Ruth Waller, gallery of small things, Canberra
2019 Fragments, The Front Gallery, Canberra
2019 Hot Property, Tributary Projects, Canberra
2018 This View, Tributary Projects, Canberra
2018 The Radical Familiar, curated by Ashanti Fogden, Piermarq, Sydney
2018 Spectrum, curated by Natasha McDonald, Prompt Gallery, Canberra
2018 Concrete., Degenerate and Six Gallery, Canberra
2018 Art Letter Home – Artist Manuscripts and Letters, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
2018 Ruby Honours 1, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, Canberra
2017 Sightlines, Collab Gallery, Sydney
2017 Nobody’s Baby, The Ladies Network and Central Park, The Workspace, Sydney
2017 At the End of the World, .M Contemporary, Sydney
2016 Graduating Exhibition, Australian National University School of Art Gallery, Canberra
2022 Eloquence Art Prize (Winner)
2019 Masters Prize for Excellence, Australian National University
2018 Endeavour Mobility Grant, funding for short-term study in Rome and Paris
2016 University Medal, Australian National University
2016 Peter and Lena Karmel Prize
2016 .M Contemporary Emerging Artist Award
2016 The Front Gallery and Café Exhibition Award
2016 EASS Acquisition Award
2016 ANU School of Art Drawing Prize (Finalist, Highly Commended)
When Words Fail: Shanti Shea An On Why She Paints, interview with Rosie Flanagan, Ignant Magazine
Education
MA (Art History and Curatorial Studies, by Research), Australian National University, 2019BVA (Painting, First Class Honours), Australian National University, 2016
Solo exhibitions
2024 The Painted Double, ANU School of Art & Design Gallery, Canberra (PhD exhibition and examination)2023 The world folding in upon itself, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
2023 Back to front, Airspace Projects, Sydney
2017 No Newness, The Front Gallery, Canberra
2016 Other Loves, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, Canberra
Group exhibitions
2024 Folded Memories, Galerie Elsa Meunier — Galerie Mathilde le Coz, Paris, France2023 Mosman Art Prize Finalists Exhibition Art Gallery, Sydney
2022 Don’t be a Stranger, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Fountains & Follies, curated by Woody Mellor, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2020 Fuzzy Logic, Tributary Projects, Canberra
2019 Looks like music, sounds like painting, curated by Ruth Waller, gallery of small things, Canberra
2019 Fragments, The Front Gallery, Canberra
2019 Hot Property, Tributary Projects, Canberra
2018 This View, Tributary Projects, Canberra
2018 The Radical Familiar, curated by Ashanti Fogden, Piermarq, Sydney
2018 Spectrum, curated by Natasha McDonald, Prompt Gallery, Canberra
2018 Concrete., Degenerate and Six Gallery, Canberra
2018 Art Letter Home – Artist Manuscripts and Letters, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
2018 Ruby Honours 1, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, Canberra
2017 Sightlines, Collab Gallery, Sydney
2017 Nobody’s Baby, The Ladies Network and Central Park, The Workspace, Sydney
2017 At the End of the World, .M Contemporary, Sydney
2016 Graduating Exhibition, Australian National University School of Art Gallery, Canberra
Prizes and grants
2023 Mosman Art Prize (Finalist)2022 Eloquence Art Prize (Winner)
2019 Masters Prize for Excellence, Australian National University
2018 Endeavour Mobility Grant, funding for short-term study in Rome and Paris
2016 University Medal, Australian National University
2016 Peter and Lena Karmel Prize
2016 .M Contemporary Emerging Artist Award
2016 The Front Gallery and Café Exhibition Award
2016 EASS Acquisition Award
2016 ANU School of Art Drawing Prize (Finalist, Highly Commended)
Press
Interview with Elsa MeunierWhen Words Fail: Shanti Shea An On Why She Paints, interview with Rosie Flanagan, Ignant Magazine