CV
2022
Śūnyatā Studios Bali established and built
2019 - 2021
Śūnyatā Sri Lanka Art refuge/residency established and built
2018
Dubai - Commission mural for the UAE cultural development
LA- GREENPEACE commission mural
Frezzano Sicily,- Italy Frame IT festival
Sapri Italy - Commission Mural
Paxos Greece- Paxos contemporary art festival
Satka Russia - Commission mural
Seattle - Sodo Track public art festival
Vukover Croatia - Public art festival
Lisbon Portugal -Underdogs gallery artist residency
2017
Scholarship to attend the Los Angeles academy of figurative art with a further grant awarded by the RVCA artist network program
Nuart festival - Stavanger Norway
UPEA Art festival - Helsinki Finland
Noa Noa group exhibition - Martinas gallery Italy
Crystal Ship public art festival - Oostende Belgium
Edit art festival - Klaipeda Lithuania
Live painting for Venice family clinic art auction - Google HQ Venice , CA
LAXDTW - Group exhibition Inner-state Gallery Detroit USA
Urban Nation Museum public mural commission - Berlin Germany
Noa Noa art residency - Bali
Public mural commission - Penang Malaysia
2016
Art4writes - Amnesty international group exhibition.Commissioned to paint an artwork raising attention for Edward Snowden's human rights case.
BONOBO - Commission for album launch
Museum group show - Entry Point: Exploring The New Contemporary Movement - Fullerton Museum Center California , Curated by Thinkspace Gallery
Group exhibition - One Year Anniversary -Athen B Gallery Oakland, USA
United Artists mural project - Kiev, Ukrain
Memorie Urbane mural festival - Gaeta, Italy
Notacrime Campaign mural project - New York, USA
WAC Big Walls: Columbia College mural project - Chicago, USA
DO ART Foundation mural commission - Los Angeles, USA
Athen B gallery x RVCA mural project - Oakland, USA
Museum group show - Exploring The New Contemporary Movement Pow Wow - Honolulu Museum of Art Hawaii, Curated by Thinkspace Gallery
Pow Wow Hawaii mural festival - Honolulu, Hawaii
2015
La Zona Residency - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Artesano Mural festival - Nagua, Dominican Republic
Amnesty international - Art4writes exhibition and mural - New Orleans, USA
Walk & Talk public art festival – Azores, Portugal
Matharan Green art festival – Mumbai, India
Solo Exhibition: THE ABSTRACT AND THE ABSOLUTE, Dangerfork Gallery - Melbourne, Australia
Everfresh artist residency - Melbourne, Australia
Solo Exhibition: THE NATURE OF OUR PRESENCE, Worldart Gallery - Cape Town, South Africa
2014
FESTIVAl D ART URBAIN ANTANANARIVO - Antananarivo, Madagascar
Nelson Mandela tribute mural commission – Johannesburg, South Africa
Bronze Age, group exhibition – Cape Town, South Africa
Peace Revolution artist meditation residency - Bangkok, Thailand
Commission artwork for Google
2013
WWF Earth Hour, mural commission – Cape Town / Johannesburg
Global Power Shift conference, mural commission – Istanbul, Turkey
Muralist festival, public art festival – Istanbul, Turkey
Kolor Kathmandu public art festival – Kathmandu, Nepal
Wall Therapy, public art festival – Rochester NY, USA
The Philadelphia Mural Art Program, mural commission – Philadelphia, USA
Living Walls, public art festival – Atlanta, USA
Kurema, Kureba, Kwiga, mural project – Kigali, Rwanda
Do Art Foundation ‘Urban Art’, Group exhibition – LA, USA
2012
Open Walls, public art festival – Baltimore, USA
Maboneng Township Experience public art project – Gugulethu Cape Town, South Africa
Acrylic Walls, mural project – Johannesburg / Cape Town, South Africa
A WORD OF ART gallery, ‘Ways of seeing’ exhibition – Cape Town, South Africa
2011
Coachella Music Festival live painting – LA, USA
I ART SA – Johannesburg / Cape Town, South Africa
Wall Therapy, public art festival - Rochester NY, USA
Ritual Gallery, group exhibition – NY, USA
Happy Studios, residency – Portland Oregon
Living Walls, public art festival – Atlanta, USA
World Art Gallery “Urban Aesthetic” exhibition with Paul Senyol – Cape Town, South Africa
Wide Open Walls, mural project – The Gambia
Śūnyatā Studios: Seseh Bali / Nilwella Sri Lanka