mita solanky

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
I studied Art Foundation at City Lit in London, and gained my Diploma with a distinction award in 2014.
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 - I feature in  Issue Issue 1: "Women and Climate Change"  after having participated at Invisible Dust's Under Her Eye event in June 2018.
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.
I am a member of the online art and environment forum.
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.
'Spine Walk' was selected for the MAPS exhibition in London 2015.
Artist Crit presentation at Stanley Picker Gallery, London 2014.
I was elected member to the Leicester Society of Artists in September 2021
I contributed to edition #15 in 2018 which featured my  work 'Sleep Walks'
I was selected as an AA2A visiting artist at Loughborough University for 2021-2022 
I have been contributor to the artist zine IMMINENT by Jo Dacombe in 2020 and 2021.
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.
In 2015 carried out my first artist residency in  Corris in rural Wales, where I created the 'Sleep Walks' series.
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
I was awarded 1st Prize in the Visual Arts Category in 2016 for my 'Sleep Walks' series
An article featuring my residency at the 'Vegetable Agenda' site.
'Spine Walk' piece was selected for publication in the January 2018 edition of the journal
In 2014 I worked as a project assistant  and studio assistant for Artist Joshua Sofaer at the London Science Museum
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 work part-time at Attenborough Art Centre to support my practice
Upcycled and bespoke hand-made furniture designer-maker co-exhibit of 'Blue Collar' work at designers block at London Design Festival in 2015.