About me

Short Bio

Shanice Farrugia (b.2000) is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Malta. Her focus is on drawing, painting, and mixed media. Her creative process revolves around the theme of perception, reality, and identity, where she attempts to capture the essence of the subject through keen observation. 
Looking for

Personal development, new connections, artistic collaborations, and opportunities
Other Roles Fine Artist
Skills Drawing Painting Photography Sculpture

Education

Education History

2016- 2018         Advanced Diploma in Art and Design,  MCAST for the Creative Arts, Mosta, Malta

2018 – 2021        1st Class B.A (Hons) in Fine Art , MCAST for the Creative Arts, Mosta, Malta

 

Experience

Exhibitions

2024 – Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours – 212th Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

2023 – XQXS – Xewka f’Qalbi Xewka f’Sormi (Thorn In My Heart; Thorn in my Side) at Rosa Kwir, Balzan

2023 – ROCK PAPER /• at Fine Arts Association & Gallery, Gibraltar

2023 – MARA at Bureau Iniala, Valletta

2022 – Fall into Fall at Storeroom, Ta’ Xbiex

2022 – Collective Exhibition at Kuncett, Valletta

2021 – The Pandemic – Survival, Art & New Action at Malta Enterprise, Pietà

2021 – Diversify at Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta

2021 – Reimagining the Found Object at MCAST, Mosta

2018 – Showcase at Casa Antonia, Balzan

2018 – Collective exhibition at Malta School of Arts, Valletta

2016 – Collective exhibition at Pop Up Art Gallery, Villa Castro, Naxxar

2014 – National Exhibition of Student’s Art, Palazzo De La Salle, Malta Society of Art, Valletta
Work

 

2014 – Present – Commissions sales of art

 

July 2021 – Present  Museum Assistant & PR Executive at the Malta Postal Museum & Arts Hub, Valletta

 

September 2022 – Stamp design issue commemorating the 25th anniversary of the passing of Mother Teresa

 

July 2019 – September 2019 – Artist assistant to Antonella Bussanich in Florence, Italy

 

April 2018 – June 2018 – Artemisia Fine Arts & Antiques Ltd, Bidnija, Malta

 

March 2021- Voluntary T-shirt design for Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity

 

August 2018 – November 2020 – Book Illustrator at Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector, for the children books ‘It-Tfal tal-Għoġol tad-Deheb’ and ‘Is-Sagrifiċċju tal-Għoġol tad-Deheb’