Sha Sarwari
Education
2018 Honours Degree in visual arts (VCA) Victoria College of Arts Melbourne University
2015 Bachelor Degree in Fine Art (QCA) Queensland College of Art Griffith University
2005 Diploma in Graphic Design TAFE Queensland
Solo Exhibition
2021 'Beyond the Rhetoric' Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne
2021 'Archaeology of Memory' Fristdraft, Sydney
2020 'Against the time' online performance, Melbourne
2020 'Like a Moth to a Flame' Aderton arts space, Brisbane
2018 ‘NOWHERE’ Testing Ground
2018 ‘Alien Nations’ Incinerator Gallery, Boadle Hall
2017 ‘Silent Conversation’ Logan City Art Gallery
2015 ‘Silent Conversation’ Jugglers Arts Space
Group Exhibitions
2021 'RE/SET' RMIT First Site Gallery, Melbourne
2021 'Place' Ivanhoe Library and Cultural Hub, Melbourne
2019 ‘THE END/FUTURE OF HISTORY’ The SUBSTATION, Melbourne Victoria
2019 ‘Home’ walker street Art gallery Dandenong Victoria
2019 ‘Illusion’ Kerry Packer Civic Gallery and Nexus Arts Gallery at the Lion Arts Centre, South Australia
2019 ‘These Words’ Kings artist-Run Victoria
2019 ‘BEAUT19' Outer Space ARI, West End, Queensland
2019 ‘Journey Through Life’ Hatch Contemporary art Space Victoria
2018 ‘Blacktown art Prize’ Blacktown Art Space NSW
2018 ‘In con-TEXT’ Hatch Contemporary Art Space Victora
2018 ‘Constant Craving – Earthly Delight’ Erambo Artist Environment NSW
2018 ‘Made in Australia’ VCA Art Space Melbourne University Victoria
2017 ‘Swell Sculpture Festival' Currumbin Gold Coast Queensland
2016 ‘Erehwon: from nowhere to Now Here’ POP Gallery Brisbane Queensland
2016 ‘Refugee Exhibition' Jugglers Art Space Brisbane Queensland
2016 ‘Home and art exhibition and prize’ walker street Art gallery Dandenong Victoria
2016 ‘Finding Home’ Logan Art Gallery Queensland
2015 ‘The Churchie national merging art prize’ Griffith University Art Gallery Queensland
2014 ‘GAS’ Griffith University Art Gallery Queensland
2014 ‘Me+You+Us+Them’ QCA Project Gallery Queensland
2014 ‘Gather.Festival' St Ita's Primary School Queensland
2013 ‘Sha & Friends’ Jugglers Arts Space Queensland
2013 ‘Arrival’ QCA Webb Gallery Queensland
2013 ‘2high Festival’ Powerhouse Queensland
2012 ‘BARI Jugglers’ Arts Space Queensland
2011 ‘Floating’ State Library of Queensland
Award and Prizes
2018 Fiona Myer Award for Excellence VCA Melbourne University
2018 Blacktown Art Prize Finalist
2017 CCP Saloon Australian Centre for Photography Most Critically Engaged Work
2016 Winner of Home and art exhibition prize
2016 Stanthorpe art festival finalist
2015 High Commendation prize the Churchie national merging art prize
2015 The Churchie national merging art prize Finalist
2014 GAS Finalist
2014 Gather. Festival St Ita's Primary School Finalist
Educational Awards
Griffith Award for Academic Excellence 2014
Griffith Award for Academic Excellence 2013
Multicultural student of the year 2002
Collections
Griffith University Art Gallery Australia
Logan Art Gallery
Private Collections (Australia)
Previous career
2005 - 2009 Graphic Designer
2012 - 2014 Interpreter