Leah Shyra
Leah Shyra is an emerging visual artist and arts worker, born in Hyderabad, India and now living and practicing in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia) on the unceded Aboriginal lands of the wider Kulin Nation. In 2023, she obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from Monash University. Practicing primarily through painting and drawing, Leah’s intimately-scaled works adopt a material-led approach to art making, imploring the conceptual inklings that underpin processes of layering, mark-making and framing. Working with both representational subject matter and abstract forms, Leah’s practice is underpinned by broader themes of introspection, tenderness and the sublime.
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EDUCATION
2023 Bachelor of Fine Art, Monash University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Conversations with the Cosmos, Intermission Gallery, Caulfield
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Graduate Prize Winner Exhibition, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale
2024 Endless (spiral), Unassigned Gallery, Brunswick
2024 In a Distant Memory, The Store, Abbotsford Convent
2024 A lot of Gems by Gemzine, Neon Parlour, Thornbury
2023 MADA Now - Monash University Fine Art Graduate Exhibition, Monash University Caulfield Campus
2023 small works show, Unassigned Gallery, Brunswick
2022 Re-imagine, Re-create, Re-ality, Pop-up Exhibition, Monash University Caulfield Campus
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2024 Firestation Print Studio Graduate Prize + Residency [UNDERTAKING]
2023 Mass Memo 2023 Emerging Writers Mentorship Program
PROFESSIONAL ARTS EXPERIENCE
March 2023 - Present Gallery Visitor Services Attendant, Bunjil Place Gallery
March 2023 - April 2024 Programs and Events Officer - Arts and Culture, Glen Eira City Council
Dec 2022 - Present Visitor Experience Team Member, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)
Aug 2022 - June 2023 Student Ambassador (Fine Art), Monash Art, Design & Architecture (MADA)
June 2022 - Dec 2022 Visitor Experience Volunteer, ACCA
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