ARTIST'S BIO
Shilpi (born in 1995) is a Kenyan- Indian artist who lives and works between Nairobi and London. She received a BFA from Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai, India. Her work has been exhibited in Kenya at the National Museum, Circle Art Gallery, Gravit Art Gallery, Alliance Francaise de Nairobi, Kioko Art Gallery, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Talisman and abroad in the U.K (London, Reading), India (Mumbai) and Japan (Takeo) and has been featured in The Kenya Art Diaries 2020. She is multi-disciplinary and has worked in art direction for film, creating sets and props, her works have also been central to community project campaigns in Kenya like “Lesso Lessons” that went on to win awards at the Cannes Lions International Festival for Creativity (Gold Lion), D&AD (Yellow Pencil), the London International Awards, London WARC, Loeries, One Show and Clios . Her Practice stems from the need to untangle. She is interested by the continuous and fragile idea of the self. How identity is collected and accumulated, what is innate, what is consciously added or unconsciously added by way of conditioning and how this affects her responses, understanding, contradictions and confusions.
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EDUCATION
2013-2017
Bachelors of Fine Art, Sir JJ School of Fine Art, Mumbai, India
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2024
"Open Studio Exhibition", Orleans House Gallery, London, UK
"Public" , Shapes and Things Gallery, London, UK (online)
"The Space Between Loss & Discovery", Insistrum, Hypha Studios, Reading, UK
"Winter Show" Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, London, UK
2023
"Winter Show" Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, London, UK
"Art Fusion Exhibition" Group Show, Ardhi Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
“Behind This Face 2” Group Exhibition, GravitArt Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
“Anti-fragile” Group Show, Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya''
"Her Story", Alliance Francaise de Nairobi, Kenya
2020 - 2023
"Ongoing Display", Kioko Mwitiki Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
2020
"Livity Arts Online Exhibition", Nairobi, Kenya
“CHA”, Arts Itoya Gallery, Takeo ,Japan, (SOLO)
2019
"Kenya Arts Diary 2020", Nairobi National Museum, Kenya
"Kenya Arts Diary 2020", The King Post, Nairobi, Kenya
"Kenya Arts Diary 2020 Launch", Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Nairobi, Kenya
“SOLO “, The Talisman, Nairobi, Kenya (SOLO)
“Miscellaneous”, Kioko Mwitiki Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
"Geographies of Consumption: Game Over Company" Mohile ParikhCenter, Mumbai, India
RESIDENCIES
2024 - Artists Make Space Residency, Orleans House Gallery, London, UK
2020 - Arts Itoya Residency, Takeo, Japan
SELECTED AWARDS
2022 - FOR LESSO LESSONS - AS LEAD ARTIST AND RESEARCHER
Cannes Lions Gold - Design/Special Editions & Bespoke Items (First forEast, West & Central Africa) Cannes, France
WARC Gold - Cultural Impact (First for Africa) London, United Kingdom
D&AD Yellow Pencil - Graphic Design/ Applied Print Graphics (First forEast, West, North & Central Africa) London, United Kingdom
Loeries Grand Prix - Out of home ambient, Loeries Gold - Out of home ambient, Loeries Gold - Out of home Craft, Art Direction, Loeries Silver - Media Innovation. Cape Town, South Africa
London International Awards (LIAS) Bronze- Health & Wellness, United Kingdom
One Show Silver - Art and Design/ Illustration, One Show Merit - Out of home series, One Show Merit - Art direction/ Health & Wellness. New York, United States
Clio Health Gold - Image Creation, Clio Health Silver - Guerrilla, New York, United States
2019
African Cristal Awards Gold - Best in craft. For Kreo Artwork
African Cristal Awards Silver - Print category, African Cristal Awards Silver - Press craft category. For Penscapes Craft
Mobile Art School in Kenya (MASK) Prize, Visual Art under 25 y/o Commendation
APA Loeries Gold - Best in craft. For Kreo Artwork, Cape Town, SouthAfrica
2013 - Edexcel High Achiever Award - Top in East Africa, GCE A Level Fine Art