Shehzad Jaffer
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UK based Artist currently living and working in London
Awarded the Leverhulme Arts Scholarship 2024-2025
Education
2024/2025 Contemporary Art Practice MA, Royal College of Art
2023 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Fine Art, First Class, De Montfort University
Awards and Achievements
2023 The Duncan Henderson-Therese Taylor Memorial Award-Exceptional Achievement, De Montfort University
Commissions and Collections
2025 Upcoming Commission- Permanent Sculpture at Jardin al Andalas Sculpture Park, Spain
2023 ‘Childs Play’ ILKON Gallery permanent collection
2022 ‘Cotton’ De Montfort University, ‘Being Here’ Collection
2022 Private Commission, plaster bust, Leicester, UK
Selected Solo
2024 ‘CASSAVA’, Garden, South Wigston, Leicester, UK
2023 ‘Children of Empire’, Leicester Adult Education Centre, Belvoir Street, Leicester, UK
Joint Exhibitions
2025 CAP MA Degree Show, Royal College of Art, Battersea, London,UK
2024 ‘Living Archives’, Saym Hussain, Zina Karaman. Divyam Raghunath, CAP Gallery, RCA, Battersea, London, UK
2023 ‘NANIMA: THE REBELLION, Pendulum Chamber-Libra and the Pear Tree’, Joint, Exhibition with Ruby Waage Townsend, Brunswick Art Gallery, Russell Square, London, UK
2023 ‘NANIMA: THE REBELLION, Pendulum Chamber-Libra and the Pear Tree’, ILKON Gallery, Ilkeston, UK
2023 ‘Pendulum Chamber’ De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
2021 ‘Habitat’ Joint Exhibition with artist Ruby Waage Townsend, GraffWerk, Leicester, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 FREE RANGE, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, UK
2022. ‘Being Here’ Exhibition, LCB Depot, Leicester, UK
2022. ‘Being Here’ Exhibition, DMU Gallery, Atrium, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
2022 ‘Point 2’ Exhibition, DMU Gallery Atrium, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
2022 Shop Front Gallery Exhibition, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK Professional Experience
2023 Figurative Sculpture Workshops, Self-directed, Leicester, UK
2023. Curator and Creative Advisor, Exhibitions and Curation, ILKON