shivanjani lal
Shivanjani Lal

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SHIVANJANI LAL

CONTACT EMAIL: arti_shivanjani@yahoo.co.uk

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Pani begets Pani, Murray Arts Museum of Albury, Albury, New South Wales, Australia

2021 Aise Aise Hai, Laurie Grove Pool Space, Deptford, London, United Kingdom

2021 Looking North, Looking West, Looking South, Looking East, with Amol K Patil and Niccolo Moscatelli, RM Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2020 Observational Histories, Blindside, Melbourne

2020 Bhulona Nahi [don’t forget/forget me not], Peacock Gallery, Auburn

2019 Like This Incense Your Spirit Must Burn, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, New South Wales

2019 Yaad Karo [1879-2019], Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia 

2018 Yaad Karo [1879-1920], AIRSpace Project, Sydney, Australia 

2018 The Raft, Meanwhile Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand 

2017 यहाँ से देख (yahaan se dekhen), Arcade Gallery, Footscray, Victoria, Australia 

2017 यहाँ से देख(yahaan se dekhen), RM Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2017 यहाँ से देख (yahaan se dekhen), Clark House Initiative, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 

2015 The Quiet Sea Redux, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

2015 Shelters, ArtPlay, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

2014 Us, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

2013 (You are not here) Night Screen, Seventh Gallery Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

2013 The Quiet Sea, Dome Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

2013 The Botanicals, Somewhere Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

2011 The Boat Project or How to Invade a Library with an Armada of Paper Boats, Albury City Library, Albury, New South Wales, Australia


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 Bogiaisso, Vortice Notturno di Video Arte, Venice, Italy

2022 ‘Of waves and spirals’, Almanac, Turin, Italy

2022 Five years of collecting Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Caboolture, Queensland, Australia

2022 Volume: Bodies of Knowledge, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

2022 Fertile Ground, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia

2022 A Tangled Bank, Penrith Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia

2021 Threads of Time, No 20 Arts, London, United Kingdon

2021 Fertile Ground, Centre of Contemporary Photography, Victoria, Australia

2021 Routes and Routes, Jogjakarta Biennale, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

2021 A U S T R A L I E N  Canberra Contemporary Art Spaces, Canberra, Australia

2021 Disobedient Daughters, Coulihan Gallery, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

2021 Making Ground, Constance ARI, Hobart, Australia

2020 15 Artists, Redcliffe Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia 

2020 Bowness Photgrpahy Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria, Australia

2020 Incinerator Art Award, Incinerator Gallery, Victoria, Australia

2020 Terra Infirma, Blacktown Arts Centre, New South Wales, Australia

2020 Echoes over Oceans, Firstdraft, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

2020 Wonsolwara, UNSW Galleries, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia

2019 New South Wales Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship Finalist, Artspace, Sydney, Australia 

2019 52 Artists 52 Actions, Artspace, Sydney New South Wales, Australia

2019 Saturated Terrain, Incinerator Gallery, Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia

2018 New South Wales Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship Finalist, Artspace, Sydney, Australia 

2018 Tracing the Archipeligo, Kudos Gallery, New South Wales, Australia 

2018 Between the Inside and the Outside, Woolstore Projects, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

2018 Chapter One: Thinking Through It, Peacock Gallery, Auburn, New South Wales, Australia 

2018 Near & Far: Yearning / Community / Connection, Narrandera Arts and Community Centre, Narrendra, New South Wales, Australia

2018 Cement Fondu Group Exhibition, Cement Fondu, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia

2018 OPEN 20, HH Artspaces and Residencies, Goa, India

2018 Space 118 Open Studios for Mumbai Gallery Weekend 2018, Space 118, Mumbai, India

2017 Transoceanic Visual Exchange, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Footscray, Victoria, 

2017 Transoceanic Visual Exchange, Fresh Milk, Barbados 

2017 We Are Sanctuary, Kings ARI, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

2017 Konica Minolta Redlands Art Prize, NAS Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 

2016 Art Bank Social, Art bank, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

2015 The Narrative of Location (Close), Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

2015 Breathing Room, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

2015 The Narrative of Location (Open), Seventh Gallery Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

PERFORMANCES

2019 MCA ArtBar, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia

2016 OFFSTAGE 7 ARTSPACE, Auckland, New Zealand

2016 Sedih // Sunno Arts House, Next Wave Festival 2016, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

2016 Sedih // Sunno Metro Arts, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia


CURATED EXHIBITIONS

2022 A Bell Rings Across The Valley, Footscray Community Arts

2020 Bittersweet, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, New South Wales

2019 Landings, Fresh Gallery, Otara, South Auckland, New Zealand

2018 CHI CHI, Firstdraft, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

2015 The Narrative of Location Curatorial Project, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

2015 The Narrative of Location (Open), Seventh Gallery Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

2012 Together With Time Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

RESIDENCIES AND OTHER PROJECTS

2022 City of Sydney Visual Arts Studio Residency, Sydney, Australia

2021 APT x Tarrawarra Curatorial Intensive

2020 Parramatta Artists Studios, Parramatta, Australia

2018 HH Art Residency, Goa, India 

2018 What About Art Residency, Mumbai, India

2017 What About Art Residency, Mumbai, India

2017 Space 118 Residency, Mumbai, India

2016 Thinking Art Workshop Kochi Murzis Biennale, India

2015 Kickstart : Sedih // Sunno Next Wave, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

2014 CreativeLab Recipient ArtPLAY, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

2013 Studio Residency Fort Delta Gallery Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  

2011 Artist @Work Program Art Gallery of Albury, Albury, New South Wales, Australia

AWARDS

2022 Lake Macquarie Art Prize finalist

2021 Darebin Art Prize - finalist

2021 Fishers Ghost Art Award finalist - Open finalist

2020 15 Artists, Finalist Redcliffe Art Gallery - Winner

2020 Geroges Mora Fellow 2020 Winner

2020 Fishers Ghost Art Award finalist - Open

2020 Bowness Photography Prize finalist

2020 Incinerator Art Award finalist

2019 New South Wales Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship Winner

2019 Carstairs Award Recipient

2018 New South Wales Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship Finalist

2018 Fishers Ghost Art Award finalist - Contemporary

2017 Konica Minolta Redlands Art Prize Invited by artist Zanny Begg

2017 Fishers Ghost Art Award finalist - Contemporary


COMMISSIONS

2022 Create NSW Visual Arts Commissioning Program

2020 Looking North, Looking West, Looking South, Looking East, Movers and Makers, Parramatta Artists’ Studios

2019 I Took an Image, Runway Journal: Issue 39 OCEANS

2018 52 Artists 52 Actions, Week 13 ARTspace Sydney and Sullivan and Strumpf

2017 Kala Pani, Runway Experimental Art: Issue 35 SPACE

2017 The Locals, Urban Theatre Projects and SweatShop Literary Movement 

2017 Taxi Bhaat, Runway Experimental Art: Issue 33 POWER


GRANTS

2020 Ian Potter Emerging Travel Grant  - Round 2

2019 NAVA NSW Artists’ Grant Reipient - Round 3 

2017 NAVA NSW Artists’ Grant Reipient - Round 3 

2017 Australia Council Development Grant

2015 City of Yarra Quick Response Grant

2014 City of Melbourne CreativeLab ArtPLAY Recipient

EDUCATION

2020- 2021 Masters in Artists Film and Moving Image, Goldsmiths, London, England

2017 Post Graduate Diploma Modern and Contemporary Indian Art BDL Musem, Mumbai, India

2014  Graduate Certificate. Major: Art and Community Engagement VCA and MCM Melbourne, Australia

2009 - 2012  Bachelor of Design Art:  Major: Photomedia and Visual Arts Australian Academy of Design, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

2011 Bachelor of Design Art: Major: Photomedia and Visual Arts Parsons Paris, Paris, France (On exchange) 

2008 Graduate Certificate in Arts: Major: Arts Management University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

2001-2005 Bachelor of Arts. Major: Politics and English. University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia