About
Shahroud Ghahani is an Iranian-Australian visual artist based on Gadigal land. Her artworks bridge together rich images from disparate cultures and her experiences of them.
She holds a Master of Art from the University of New South Wales and has had her work exhibited in galleries across Sydney.
Her practice explores representations of the female body and themes of beauty, the grotesque, and identity within Eastern and Western traditions.
Her art is also inspired by explorations of metaphysical subjects. She interweaves dreamscapes, liminal and imaginary spaces, displaced objects and allegorical imagery.
She is a finalist for the 2023 Grace Cossington Smith Biennal Art award, 2023 Gosford Art Prize, 2022 and 2023 Fisher's Ghost Art Prize, 2023Flow , Contemporary Art Prize and 2022 CUT.N.POLISH( Carriageworks artist market) 2022 Arts in the Valley Art Prize, 2021 Hawkesbury Art Prize, and a finalist for the 2018 and 2019 Kudos Emerging Artist Award as well as Corner Store Gallery in Orange. She is currently a resident artist at the Primrose Park Art Studio a program managed by North Sydney Council.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2017 – 2021 Master of Art (Distinction) University of New South Wales, Arts and Design
2016 Certificate IV in Arts and Cultural Administration, TAFE NSW, Meadowbank
2015 – 2014 Open Studio Practice, Painting, TAFE NSW, Meadowbank
2001 GraduateDiploma, New Media University of Technology Sydney,
1989 Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication), University of Technology Sydney
1985 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tehran University, Iran, Faculty of Fine Arts
FINALISTIN ART PRIZES
2023 Grace Cossington Smith Biennial Art Award, Grace Cossington Smith gallery
2023 Fisher’sGhost Art Prize, CampbelltownArts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW
2023 Flow , Contemporary Art Prize, Wollongong Art Gallery
2023 Gosford Art Prize, Gosford,NSW
2023 CUT.N.POLISH Carriageworks, Sydney,NSW
2022 Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW
2022 Arts in the Valley, Kangaroo Valley, NSW
2022 CUT.N.POLISH Carriageworks, Sydney
2021 Hawkesbury Art Prize, Purple Noon Gallery, FreemansReach, NSW
2021 Project 2060 : Homeward Bound, TheCoal Loader Centre for Sustainability, Sydney, NSW
2019 8 x 10 AnnualShow, Corner Store Gallery, Orange, NSW
2019 Kudos Emerging Artist + Designer Award, Sydney, NSW
2019 ABSTRACT, CornerStreet Gallery, Orange, NSW
2018 Kudos Emerging Artist + Designer Award, Sydney, NSW
SOLO EXHIBITION
2023 The Goddesses of the wild Orient, AIR Space Projects,Sydney, NSW
2023 Of all the muted flowers, Digital Gallery, The Connection, Rhodes
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Flow, National Contemporary Art Awards, Wollongong Art Gallery, NSW
2023. Gosford Regional Gallery, Art prize
2023 A Different Kind of Place, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney NSW
2022 Fisher’sGhost Art Prize, CampbelltownArts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW
2022 Arts in the Valley, Kangaroo Valley, NSW
2022 CUT.N.POLISH, Carriageworks,Sydney, NSW
2022 Incognito Art Show, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
2021 A&D Annual, UNSW Art, Design andArchitecture, Annual Graduation Show, UNSW Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2021 HawkesburyArt Prize, Purple Noon Gallery, Freemans Reach, NSW
2021 Project 2060 : Homeward Bound, Coal Loader, Sydney, NSW
2020 La Vie En Rose, Art Space, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW
2020 ABSTRACT, Corner Store Gallery, Orange, NSW
2019 Encountering, UNSWAD, M.A Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2019 1200k West, Fowlers Gap Art Residency, AD Space, Sydney, NSW
2019 Tales of Lyrebird, The ShopGallery, Glebe, NSW
2019 Kudos Emerging Artist + Designer Award, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2019 8 x 10 Annual Show, Corner Store Gallery, Orange, NSW
2018 Kudos Emerging Artist + Designer Award, Kudos Gallery,Sydney, NSW
2017 Out of Blue, Wallarobba, Hornsby Culture and Art Centre, Sydney, NSW
2017 Art trail Open Studio, Lyrebird Arts Community, NSW
2016 See/Saw, See Gallery, Meadowbank TAFE, Sydney,NSW
2015 Brush with Frame, See Gallery, Meadowbank TAFE, Sydney, NSW
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2023 Commendation award, Gosford Art Prize
2023-2024 Recipient of NorthSydney Creative Grant, Arts and Culture, Sydney Australia
2022 UNSW Faculty of Art and Design, Dean's List Achievement Award
2015 NAVA IgnitionAward, Excellence in Visual Arts
2009 Premier’sAward for excellence in Illustration and Design
2010 Third Place —Certificate of Creative Excellence, U.S. International
Film and Video Festival, Illustration and Animation
RESIDENCIES
2020 - 2023 Resident Artist, Primrose Park, Artist Studio Program, North Sydney Council
2019 Group residency, Fowler’s GapArid Zone Research Station, UNSW
COLLECTIONS
University of New South Wales, Art Collection
Private collections in Australia, US, Iran and France