Shona Stark
Born in Melbourne.
Lives and works in Berlin and Naarm/Melbourne.
Education
2023-27
PhD Candidate, PhD (Architecture & Design), PRS Europe, RMIT University
2021–22
Meisterschüler (Post graduate programme), Berlin-Weißensee Kunsthochschule (Academy of Arts Berlin), Class of Prof. Albrecht Schäfer (DE)
2016–21
Diplom für Freie Kunst (Master Degree of Fine Arts), Berlin-Weißensee Kunsthochschule (Academy of Arts Berlin), Class of Prof. Albrecht Schäfer (DE)
2018–19
Exchange: Two semesters at École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, Class of Prof. Claude Closky (FR)
2006-08
Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication), Monash University, Melbourne (AU)
2008
Exchange: Summer semester, Multidisciplinary design studio, at Monash University, Prato (IT)
2006
Two semesters: Bachelor of Visual Arts, Monash University, Melbourne (AU)
Solo exhibitions
2022
LOVE x 100, Lobe Block, Berlin (DE)
Public Art Installations
2022
I love you, ich liebe Dich, Seni Seviyorum, Public art sound installation, Richardplatz, part of 48stunden Neukölln Art Festival, Berlin (DE)
Performances
2024
20-jähriges Jubiläum dtb Rechtsanwälte, Bode Museum, Berlin (DE)
Artpéro by Independent Collectors and NZZ, Art Basel, Hotel Kraft, Basel (CH)
Fight or Flight, Adlerhalle, StadtWERKSTATT Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin (DE)
Intime Fakten, Feldfünf, Berlin (DE)
Artpéro by Independent Collectors and NZZ, Art Basel, Hotel Kraft, Basel (CH)
Fight or Flight, Adlerhalle, StadtWERKSTATT Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin (DE)
Intime Fakten, Feldfünf, Berlin (DE)
2023
Too Small to Fail, Raum on Demand / Alte Münze, Berlin (DE)
Chaos Breaks Out Special Payout, Reading of poems in two voices: Claude Closky and Shona Stark, Laurent Godin, Paris (FR)
Chaos Breaks Out Special Payout, Reading of poems in two voices: Claude Closky and Shona Stark, Conceptual Poetics Day, Miss Read, Das Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), Berlin (DE)
I’m going to eat my head off, KINDL - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst - Kesselhaus, 48stunden Neukölln Art Festival, Berlin (DE)
It’s like putting a hat on a hat, Backhaus Projects, Berlin (DE)
Chaos Breaks Out Special Payout, Reading of poems in two voices: Claude Closky and Shona Stark, Laurent Godin, Paris (FR)
Chaos Breaks Out Special Payout, Reading of poems in two voices: Claude Closky and Shona Stark, Conceptual Poetics Day, Miss Read, Das Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), Berlin (DE)
I’m going to eat my head off, KINDL - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst - Kesselhaus, 48stunden Neukölln Art Festival, Berlin (DE)
It’s like putting a hat on a hat, Backhaus Projects, Berlin (DE)
2022
Art, Love & Rebellion, Trash Atelier, Berlin (DE)
Diagonale/4 Transfinity, Verwalterhaus, Berlin (DE)
The show must go on, KINDL - Kesselhaus, part of 48stunden Neukölln Art Festival, Berlin (DE)
In between Tension, Millimeter-genau, Mart Stam Prize Exhibition, Kunstraum Kreuzberg – Projektraum, Berlin (DE)
How’s it going?, Writing & Concepts, State Library Victoria Forecourt, Melbourne (AU)
Opening Hours, Treptower Atelier, Berlin (DE)
Marlborough, Lost Tablets book launch, as part of Melbourne Art Book Fair, Composite, Melbourne (AU)
Diagonale/4 Transfinity, Verwalterhaus, Berlin (DE)
The show must go on, KINDL - Kesselhaus, part of 48stunden Neukölln Art Festival, Berlin (DE)
In between Tension, Millimeter-genau, Mart Stam Prize Exhibition, Kunstraum Kreuzberg – Projektraum, Berlin (DE)
How’s it going?, Writing & Concepts, State Library Victoria Forecourt, Melbourne (AU)
Opening Hours, Treptower Atelier, Berlin (DE)
Marlborough, Lost Tablets book launch, as part of Melbourne Art Book Fair, Composite, Melbourne (AU)
2021
Parken ist Bewegung, Festival Junger Kunst in Berlin, Kunstraum Potsdamer Straße, parallel to Gallery Weekend Berlin (DE)
2020
Rundfahrt, Schöneberg Boat tour, Spree river, Berlin (DE)
Group Exhibitions
2024
Fight or Flight, Adlerhalle, StadtWERKSTATT Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin (DE)
Intime Fakten, Feldfünf, Berlin (DE)
Intime Fakten, Feldfünf, Berlin (DE)
2023
Art Auction 11, Weserhalle, Berlin (DE)
Too Small to Fail, Raum on Demand, Alte Münze, Berlin (DE)
I’m going to eat my head off, KINDL - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst - Kesselhaus, part of 48stunden Neukölln Art Festival, Berlin (DE)
Too Small to Fail, Raum on Demand, Alte Münze, Berlin (DE)
I’m going to eat my head off, KINDL - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst - Kesselhaus, part of 48stunden Neukölln Art Festival, Berlin (DE)
2022
The show must go on, KINDL - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst - Kesselhaus, part of 48stunden Neukölln Art Festival, Berlin (DE)
In between Tension, Millimeter-genau, Mart Stam Prize Exhibition, Kunstraum Kreuzberg – Projektraum, Berlin (DE)
Cruditiés, Untergeschoss der Pandora Art Gallery, Berlin (DE)
In between Tension, Millimeter-genau, Mart Stam Prize Exhibition, Kunstraum Kreuzberg – Projektraum, Berlin (DE)
Cruditiés, Untergeschoss der Pandora Art Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2021
Forever, Mal Mal, Bern (CH)
Ipso Facto, Diploma Graduate Exhibition of Berlin-Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Kühlhaus, Berlin (DE)
Parken ist Bewegung, Festival Junger Kunst in Berlin, Kunstraum Potsdamer Straße, parallel to Gallery Weekend Berlin, Berlin (DE)
Ipso Facto, Diploma Graduate Exhibition of Berlin-Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Kühlhaus, Berlin (DE)
Parken ist Bewegung, Festival Junger Kunst in Berlin, Kunstraum Potsdamer Straße, parallel to Gallery Weekend Berlin, Berlin (DE)
2020
Rundfahrt, Schöneberg Boat tour, Spree river, Berlin (DE)
KHB Rundgung, Humboldthain Club, Berlin (DE)
KHB Rundgung, Humboldthain Club, Berlin (DE)
2019
Replace, Aujourd’hui Demain, Paris (FR)
La maison de rendez-vous, Galerie Folie Béton, Paris, (FR)
Today’s clouds plagiarize yesterday’s clouds, AAD Art Studio, Shanghai (CN)
Qu’est-ce que tu fais, Salle Melpo, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris (FR)
La maison de rendez-vous, Galerie Folie Béton, Paris, (FR)
Today’s clouds plagiarize yesterday’s clouds, AAD Art Studio, Shanghai (CN)
Qu’est-ce que tu fais, Salle Melpo, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris (FR)
2018
74 synonyms for leaving, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris (FR)
Tun und Lassen, Greenhouse, Berlin (DE)
Tun und Lassen, Greenhouse, Berlin (DE)
2017
Synaesthesia, Wiensowski & Harbord Bunker, Berlin (DE)
2016
Aquaquark, CultD Gallery, Berlin (DE)
ZEITKAPSEL, Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Stuttgart (DE)
ZEITKAPSEL, Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Stuttgart (DE)
Lecturing
2022-
2021-22
2021-22
Writing Workshop, Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin (DE)
Lecturer Communication Design, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (DE)
Lecturer Communication Design, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (DE)
2021
Lecturer Communication Design, UPES University, Dehradun (IN)
2015-19
Lecturer Communication Design, BTK Art & Design, University of Europe for Applied Sciences, Berlin (DE)
Awards
2021
2013
2011
2009
2013
2011
2009
Mart Stam Prize, Berlin (DE)
Shortlisted: Die Schönsten Deutschen Bücher 2013 (DE)
Top 100 Most Influential Melburnians, The Age Newspaper Melbourne Magazine (AU)
Best Print Creative Award, Qantm Create Design Awards Australia (AU)
Short listed: AGideas Newstar–Award Australia (AU)
Shortlisted: Die Schönsten Deutschen Bücher 2013 (DE)
Top 100 Most Influential Melburnians, The Age Newspaper Melbourne Magazine (AU)
Best Print Creative Award, Qantm Create Design Awards Australia (AU)
Short listed: AGideas Newstar–Award Australia (AU)
Collections
2009
Rare Books Collection, The State Library Victoria, Melbourne (AU)
2010
Rare Books Collection, The State Library Victoria, Melbourne (AU)