CV — Mansi Shah is a South Asian artist & designer representing the alchemy of image-making through color, form & material explorations.
Born 1983, Ahmedabad, India
Lives/works in 29 Palms, CA
Contact: info@mansishah.com
Education
2004-2008 California Institute of Arts, BFA
2002-2004 California College of the Arts
Awards
Gelman Trust Fellowship, Los Angeles
Group Shows
May 2024 (forthcoming)
Three Little Pigs at Elliot Hundley’s Chinatown loft studio
— The Feel, Rest Energy & For Scale are joining forces to organize a group exhibition titled Three Little Pigs that will take place May 11-17, 2024 in Elliot Hundley’s Chinatown loft studio. The story and the exhibition, takes as its starting point three materials – straw; wood; brick – and goes on to explore labor, domesticity, fragility, contrast, and finding comfort under the specter of total ruin.
September 2023
Emergence at Compound YV
July 2023
Various Artists at Infinite School
May 2023
Some Clouds at AZ-West / High Desert Test Sites
— Lily Clark, Anja Salonen, Mansi Shah
November 2021
Super Group at Superhouse,
Curated by Stephen Markos
— Joseph Algieri, AuchKatzStudio, Thomas Barger, Olivia Bax, Hannah Bigeleisen, Aaron Blendowski, BNAG, Bradley L. Bowers, Steven Bukowski, Sophie Collé, Caroline David, Ryan Decker, Decio Studio, Zachery Dietrich, Emma Fague, Diego Faivre, Finemateria, Al Freeman, E. Winslow Funaki, Yuki Gray, Sean Gerstley, Zac Hacmon, Cristian 'Selva' Huygens, Ryan Jones, Misha Kahn, Kiss the Architect, Audrey Large, Leo Luccioni, Ryan Patrick Martin, Finn Meier & Studio Bad, Walter Mingledorff, Jolie Ngo, Amir Nikravan, Harry Nuriev, Odd Matter, Nifemi Ogunro, OrtaMiklos, Permanent Objects, Gaetano Pesce, Pieterjan, Ryan Preciado, Isabel Rower, Ruckercorp, Lukas Saint Joigny, Mansi Shah, Kent Fonn Skåre, Cat Snodgrass, Sam Stewart, Studio BehaghelFoiny, Studio Julia Olanders, Superpoly, Matt Taber & Andrew Erdos, Nicholas Tilma, Touche-Touche, Kasey Toomey, Jonas von Ostrowski, Jennifer Wilkinson
https://www.superhouse.us/exhibitions/super-group
September 2020
Evolved Resolve, at LA Design Week
Curated by Lora Appleton (KinderModern + FDC)
https://www.wallpaper.com/design/female-design-council-evolved-resolve-grant
September 2020
Under/Over, at Marta Gallery
— 1934, A History of Frogs, Joseph Algieri, Another Human, AOO Studio, Ryan Belli, Erik Benjamins, BNAG, Marco Campardo Studio, Daniel Castillo, Chen Chen + Kai Williams, Bradley Duncan, Daniel Eatock, Dean Edmonds, Max Enrich, Klas Ernflo, Martino Gamper, Ross Hansen, Tyler Hays (BDDW), Brooke Intrachat, Serban Ionescu, Sam Jayne, Doug Johnston, Pat Kim, Carlos Little, Lland, Sabine Marcelis, Nifemi Marcus-Bello, Michael Marriott, Theo Martins, MOS Architects, Matt Olson (OOIEE), Taidgh O’Neill, Fredrik Paulsen, Jorge Penadés, James Sterling Pitt, Playlab, Ryan Preciado, Alex Reed, Adrien Rovero Studio, Mansi Shah, Peter Shire, Spiritual Objects, Jonah Takagi, Terremoto, Three Sheep, Brendan Timmins, Visibility, Waka Waka, Kristen Wentrcek + Andrew Zebulon, WeShouldDoItAll, Wrk–Shp, and Zaven
https://marta.la/exhibitions/under-over
March 2019
Object Permanence, at Hem
Curated by Leah Hunt & Emma Holland Denvir
— Alex Reed, Another Human, Bianco Light & Space, Jackie Rines, Januari, Laun, Matt Hunt, Mansi Shah, Norma, Objects for Objects, wrk-shp
https://www.objectpermanence.co/work/edition-1
Work Experience
2020-2021
Studio Assistant, Julia Haft-Candell
2019-2020
Ceramic Assistant, Peter Shire Studio/Echo Park Pottery