mita solanky

FRUIT ROUTES

I'm the current artist lead and curator of the project initiated and developed by eco-activist and artist Anne-Marie Culhane on Loughborough University campus. May 2023 - to date

Artist residency at the New Art Exchange in Nottingham, July-Sept 2022,

NAE RESIDE

Leicester Print Workshop

I am based at the Leicester Print Workshop. There are regular open studios and annual member shows where you can come and meet me and see new work

I am a member of the east midlands regional contemporary visual artist network. And participated in their 'meet the artist' feature in March 2018

CVAN eM

city lit

I studied Art Foundation at City Lit in London, and gained my Diploma with a distinction award in 2014.

Rhôd

I was invited to join Rhod Artist Camp in 2017, my third rural residency in Wales and developed collaborative performance and live work (Braid and Wheel series of works).

Many Hands

Many Hands - I feature in  Issue Issue 1: "Women and Climate Change"  after having participated at Invisible Dust's Under Her Eye event in June 2018.

CLIMATE CULTURES

I am a member of the online art and environment forum.

Flourish Award 2022

My Afterglow Prints were selected for the Flourish Award for excellence in printmaking 2022, with work touring the north east, at WYPW, Huddersfield, and Northern Print, Newcastle.

Superposition

I worked as a project assistant at the London Canal Museum exhibition, for an art-science collaboration with Artist Lyndall Phelps and Particle Physicist Ben Still

South Square Centre

I carried out my first self-directed rural residency for the 'Highline' show and created my Spine Walk piece through walking the Pennine Way in 2015.

WAKE UP SCREAMING

I contributed to edition #15 in 2018 which featured my  work 'Sleep Walks'

'Spine Walk' was selected for the MAPS exhibition in London 2015.

sceneart

Q-ArT

Artist Crit presentation at Stanley Picker Gallery, London 2014.
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I've been taking part and contributing to the cyclical programme run by Rebecca Beinart at Primary, Nottingham. since 2022-2023

nourishment

IMMINENT

I have been contributor to the artist zine IMMINENT by Jo Dacombe in 2020 and 2021.

I was selected as an AA2A visiting artist at Loughborough University for 2021-2022 

AA2A

Vegetable Agenda

My 'Sleep Walks' works were selected for the 'Basic Human needs' exhibition in 2016 and I later carried a residency at their permaculture market garden and self-build straw-bale house site and have taken part in various artist led project there.

ECOLOGICAL CITIZEN

'Spine Walk' piece was selected for publication in the January 2018 edition of the journal

I've held events at Windmill Community Gardens in Nottingham, as part of my NAE residency and independently

Windmill community gardens

Stiwdio Maelor

In 2015 carried out my first artist residency in  Corris in rural Wales, where I created the 'Sleep Walks' series.

Sustainable Food Trust

An article featuring my residency at the 'Vegetable Agenda' site.
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the rubbish collection

In 2014 I worked as a project assistant  and studio assistant for Artist Joshua Sofaer at the London Science Museum

I work part-time at Attenborough Art Centre to support my practice

Attenborough Arts Centre

The Elbow Room Prize 2016

I was awarded 1st Prize in the Visual Arts Category in 2016 for my 'Sleep Walks' series

webinart

WebinArt is a one year professional development programme run by Creative Leicestershire, helping creative start-ups . I delivered a creative webinar and 1-to-1 mentoring sessions for local emerging artists, alongside peer support for the 2019-2020 programme. 

I was elected member to the Leicester Society of Artists in September 2021 and was a council member until August 2023

LSA