CV

EDUCATION

2024 PhD candidate, UNSW Art and Design, Sydney, Australia  

2016  National  Art  School,  Graduate Diploma of Fine Art

2015  Tasmanian College of The Arts,  Bachelor of Fine Art

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

2025 Between Science and the Sublime, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco

2025 Edge of the C, Penrith Art Gallery, New South Wales

2024 5364 nocturne, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand

2024 Al-Tusi preferred to rely on perfect circles instead, STATION Australia, Melbourne

2024 Shireen Taweel: Cosomgraphic, Artspace, Sydney

2023 Sacred Architecture and The Celestial Body, STATION, Sydney

2022 Shoe Bathers, Firstdraft, Sydney

2020 Switching Codes, Fairfield City Museum and Gallery, Sydney

2020 Holding Patterns, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney

2019 razing legacy, Haven For Artists, Beirut, Lebanon

2018  tracing transcendence, The Substation,  Next Wave Festival Melbourne

2017  al jaale'ah:  locally global,  Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre  

2017  translated roots,  Verge Gallery,  Sydney  

2016  tomorrow, InshAllah,  55 Sydenham Rd, Marrickville  

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2025 SPACE: internal illuminations, Fotografiska Museum Shanghai

2025 Still I Rise, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2025 Matters of Time: Contemporary Metal Practices, UNSW Galleries, Sydney

2025 TarraWarra Biennial 2025: We Are Eagles, TarraWarra Museum of Art

2024 STATION Australia at Art Basel Hong Kong

2023 In the Inner Bark of Trees, Archive SITES, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2022 Making Worlds, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2022 Destiny Disrupted, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane

2022 This language that is every stone, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

2021 Source Materials, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane

2021 SOULfury, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria

2021 Making Ground, CONSTANCE X MONA FOMA, Hobart

2020 Older Than Language, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart

2020 Both Sides of Either Wall, Kelly’s Public Art Garden, Hobart

2020 Isma’ {listen}, Firstdraft, Sydney

2019 Dora Ohlfsen and The Facade Commission, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2019 Right to Access Universal Data, Biennale of Contemporary Art, MACAM, Lebanon

2019 The NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship Exhibition, Artspace, Sydney

2019 Vices and Validation, Institut Français Du Liban, Beirut

2018  The NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship Exhibition, Artspace, Sydney

2018  The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship Exhibition, UNSW Galleries

2018   New Sacred, Mosman Art Gallery,  Sydney  

2018  So That You Might Know Each Other,  National Museum Australia, Canberra

2018 The Inner Apartment,  Nishi Gallery,  Canberra

2018  Khalas!,  UNSW Galleries,  Sydney   

2018  Waqt al-tagheer: Time of Change,  ACE Open,  Adelaide Festival  

2017  Familiar Stranger,  4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney 

2017  Know Your Neighbour,  Lock-Up Contemporary Art Space, Newcastle 

Residencies

2025 Design Doha, Qatar Museums

2025 Urban Art Projects, Brisbane

2025 Siding Springs Observatory, Australian National University, Warrumbungle NP

2024 International Visiting Artist, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Aotearoa

2024 Carriageworks Clothing Store Studio Artist, Sydney

2023 Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

2023 Megalo Print Studio Residency Program, ACT

2022 Vermont Studio Centre Residency, USA

2022 Sydney Observatory Residency, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

2020 Creative Live/Work Residency, City of Sydney

2019  Copper Tinsmith and Narce Association of Gaziantep Residency, Turkey  

2018  Haven For Artists Residency, Beirut, Lebanon  

2017  Artist in residence, Parramatta  Artists  Studios 

2017  Kickstart  Helix  Next  Wave  Program 

2017  Bundanon  Trust  Residency,  NSW

Grants + Awards

2025 Ramsay Art Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

2024 The Blake Art Prize, winner, Casula Powerhouse Art Centre

2024 Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (RTP), UNSW Art & Design, Sydney, Australia

2023 Creative Australia, projects for individuals grant

2022 Highly Commended, David Harold Tribe Sculpture Award, Finalist, Sydney College of the Arts

2022 Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Gallery, Finalist

2020 Highly Commended Award, Arts and Cultural Australia Day Awards, Parramatta City Council

2020 Recipient of Windgate Artist Fellowship, Vermont Studio Centre, USA

2019 Recipient of The Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant

2019 Recipient of Commendation Prize, The Churchie Art Prize, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

2018  Recipient of  The Australian Council For The Arts  Grant

2018  Recipient of The Parramatta Creative Fellowship Fund

2018  Recipient of The Freedman Foundation Traveling Scholarship

2018  Recipient of  The Arts and Culture Medal from Multicultural NSW

2017  Recipient of  The Australian Council For The Arts  Grant

2017  Fisher's Ghost Art Award - Finalist,  Campbelltown Arts Centre

2016  Recipient of  NAVA  New  South  Wales  Artist  Grant

 contact

     shireen_taweel@icloud.com