Artist Statement
Kirthana Selvaraj is a Queer, South Asian Artist, working on the unceded Gadigal Land of the Eora Nation (Sydney, Australia). Drawing on both individual and collective experiences within a Neo-colonial feminist discourse,her practice is centered on Race, intersections of seen and unseen, violence and passivity, Gender and Sexuality.
Artist CV
Selected Exhibitions
Group
2023
In all its forms, First Draft, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011
Finalist : Archibald prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Upcoming Solo exhibition: Making Space at Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2022
Finalist:The Blacktown City Art prize, The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre.
Finalist:The Lester Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Finalist Exhibition: Portia Geach Memorial Award, at S.H Ervin Gallery, The National Trust, Observatory Hill,Sydney,NSW
Exploration 22, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2021
Finalist Exhibition: Portia Geach Memorial Award at S.H. Ervin Gallery, Watson Rd, Observatory Hill
Finalist : Archibald prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
2020
Finalist Exhibition: Portia Geach Memorial Award at S.H. Ervin Gallery, Watson Rd, Observatory Hill
2019
The Other Art Fair Sydney
2014
Rah Collective Book Launch, The Tate, Glebe, Sydney, Australia
We’re Wolves, Lo-Fi Collective, Surry Hills, Sydney,Australia
RAWTranslations ,The Roxy, Paramatta, Sydney, Australia
2012
Fanboy vs Artboy, Artboy Gallery, Prahran, Melbourne,Australia
Girls, Girls, Girls, The Tate, Glebe, Sydney, Australia
Solo
2023
Making Space, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2012
Collective pieces, Bohemian Grove, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
2013
Dark Water, The Tate, Glebe, Sydney, Australia
Education
Bachelor of Fine Art (with Distinction) - UNSW Art & Design ,Paddington, Sydney
Master of Art Therapy (with Distinction) - Western Sydney University
AWARDS
Recipient of the Exploration 22 Emerging Artist Award, 2022
Winner of the Winsor & Newton Start your Studio Scholarship 2013