Bio
Shanti Des Fours is an emerging artist based in the Northern Rivers (NSW). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art History from the University of Queensland and completed three years of study at the Byron School of Art in 2021. Shanti’s multidisciplinary practice—spanning photography, painting, video, printmaking, and installation—focuses on deeply personal and emotional themes, exploring identity, personal history, spirituality, and belief systems. Through her work, she reflects on the experiences that shape both individual and collective understandings of self.
In 2021, Shanti was awarded the inaugural Tweed Regional Gallery BSA Graduate Award. She has since been recognised through several awards and grants, including the 2023 CASE Prize, Create NSW Small Projects Grant, and the C.A.S.E. Mentorship Grant, as well as finalist placement in the Byron Arts Magazine BAM Art Prize and the Tweed Regional Gallery Wollumbin Art Prize. Shanti’s work has been exhibited in galleries nationally.
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Education
2021 Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby. Year Long Course: Visual Arts Research and Portfolio
2020 Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby. Year Long Course: Visual Art Practice
2019 Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby. Year Long Course: Year of Painting
2009 University of Queensland, Brisbane. Bachelor of Arts in Art History
Group Exhibitions
2024 Micro II, Gallery 3, Byron Bay, NSW
2023 C.A.S.E Postcard Show, Mullumbimby, NSW
2023 Micro, Gallery 3, Byron Bay, NSW
2022 Fifty Squared, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2022 Birds 2, Gallery 3, Byron Bay, NSW
2021 Ten Thirds, Graduate Show, BSA Project Space, Mullumbimby, NSW
2021 Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2020 Eleven Seconds, BSA Project Space, Mullumbimby, NSW
2018 Ocean Shores Art Expo, Ocean Shores, NSW
2016 Byron Art Classic, Byron Community Centre, Byron Bay, NSW
2015 Byron Art Classic, Byron Community Centre, Byron Bay, NSW
2012 Byron Art Classic, Byron Community Centre, Byron Bay, NSW
2012 Artfelt Art Prize Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina, NSW
Selected Group Exhbitions
2024 Convergent, Lone Goat Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW
2024 Untitled, Pack Studio Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW
2023 BSA 10 Years, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
2022 Facing Scopophilia, Gallery 7 Art Space, Byron Bay, NSW
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Stories I’ve Been Told, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
2023 Stories I’ve Been Told #2, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC
2025 The Black Lake, Northern Rivers Community Gallery, NSW
Residencies, Awards & Grants
2023 C.A.S.E Postcard Show, CASE Prize
2023 Byron Arts Magazine, BAM Art Prize, Finalist
2023 C.A.S.E. Mentorship Grant
2022 Wollumbin Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery, Finalist
2021 Tweed Regional Gallery BSA Graduate Award
2021 CREATE NSW, Small Project Grant
2012 Artfelt Art Prize Northern Rivers Community Gallery, First Prize