Shani Strand

born in 1995 in New York, NY

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Shani Strand is a Los Angeles-based, multidisciplinary artist. Strand explores themes such as colonialism and myth-making through dynamic installation projects, which have recently been exhibited in "Extra Terrestrial" (Rachel Uffner, 2021); "A Gathering" (HOUSING, 2021); and "100% Salt" (HOUSING, 2020). She has also lectured at Harvard Graduate School of Design, and was the graduate student speaker at her commencement from UCLA MFA in 2023. Upcoming shows include a solo exhibition at Deli Gallery.

Exhibitions

SLIPPERY 4L

Sep 14 - Oct 19, 2024

Fishbowl

Feb 28 - Mar 3, 2024

Daydreaming pressed against a fence

July 14 - Sept 11, 2023

Selected Works

Education

2023
Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art & English
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Solo & Two Person

2024
Harkawik, Los Angeles, CA
Procession: Shani Strand & Orlando Estrada
Rachel Uffner, New York, NY
Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Walk Good Act Bad
Deli Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
My Free Fall into Globalized Circulation
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2020
100% Salt
HOUSING, New York, NY

Group

2023
Harkawik, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Extra Terrestrial
Rachel Uffner, New York, NY
2021
A Gathering
HOUSING, New York, NY
2020
NADA Miami, Doom: Dune
HOUSING, New York, NY
2017
The Home Page
115 Orchard Street, New York, NY
RE DIS MIS
Fisher Gallery, Oberlin, OH
2016
NEO
SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2015
4U
Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH
For Collecting
Frank Lloyd Wright House, Oberlin, OH

Performances

2022
Miho Hatori's Salon Mondialité
The Broad, Los Angeles, CA

Lecture

2022
Caribbean Architecture, What is it?
Caribbean GSD, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA

News

2023
Gvnmen and Blixkys, Transnational Badness
The Avery Review, No. 60, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, New York, NY
2022
Archives Beyond Authorship, An Interview with Sucking Salt
Ella Ray, Cult Classic Magazine, Berkley, CA
2021
Video, Caribbean Architecture Explored Through Its Own Material History
Pin-Up Magazine, New York, NY

Curation

2021
Thick Like Dumpling
HOUSING, New York, NY
2020
Hard Opening: Vigil for Black Death
HOUSING, New York, NY

Residencies

2022
Resident Artist
Automata, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Interstate Projects Artist Residency
Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY