Moonis Shah

Graduate Academy Member 2020, 2021


Moonis Ahmad, born in Srinagar Kashmir is an interdisciplinary artist who works with hybrid practices involving mediums like video, photography, painting, programming and installation. He has shown his work at various exhibitions nationally and internationally such as his solo show at Sattlekamer, Bern, Switzerland 2018, Founders Gallery University of Melbourne 2018, Rohtas Gallery Lahore in (Dec-Jan) 2016-17; Group Show “Beyond Boundaries”, Auckland Art Fair 2018; “Sleepless Constellations” at 1×1 Gallery, Dubai 2017; Two person show, “Bureaucracies of Imagination” at Canvas Gallery Karachi, Group Show “A Million Mutinies Later – India at 70”, at Turner House, Cardiff, UK; Group show “New Wight Biennale”, UCLA, USA as Seh Rang Collective (Sept’16); Group show “Boxed Light” at Mars Gallery 2018, Melbourne amongst various others. He has also participated in various residential programmes such as “The Shifting Place: Understanding Territorialities: Identity, Place & Possession” at UNIDEE, Cittadelarte, Italy 2016, where he was fully funded by EU, 3 Month Residency at Progr, Bern & HSLU, Luzern Switzerland organized by Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council. He also is a recipient of VCA Access Mentorship Program at the University of Melbourne. Currently, he is a Doctoral Candidate and a recipient of Australian Graduate Research and Training Programme scholarship which fully funds his studies and living in Australia. He lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.