Shona Inatimi is a painter, storyteller and dreamer exploring colour, light and movement. Dundee born mixed-raced artist, now currently residing in Glasgow. In 2024-25 Shona was one of two selected artists for Dòigh Nàdair residency programme organised by Rhubaba Artist Initiative, which culminated in a sophomore solo exhibition Earthing: Through Nature Back to Ourselves (March 2025) held at Johnstone Terrace Garden, Edinburgh. In 2023 she was one of six CULTIVATE Creative Practitioners nominated by Creative Dundee. Shona’s commission resulted in two portraits; a glimmer, a glimpse, a glare (2023) which formed part of the exhibition Dear Earth: Creating Hope in a Climate Crisis at Centrespace DCA Dundee, organised in partnership with fellow practitioners. In 2022 she had her debut solo exhibition where she showcased see you glow (2022) at Federation Gallery (Keiller Center Dundee). From 2016-2021 Shona studied at DJCAD (University of Dundee) graduating with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art.
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Residency
2024-2025 Dòigh Nàdair Programme Artist in Residence, Rhubaba Gallery & Studios
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Mar ‘Earthing: Through Nature Back to Ourselves’ Johnstone Terrace Garden, Edinburgh
2022 Aug-Sep ‘See You Glow’ Federation Gallery, Keiller Centre Dundee
Group Exhibitions
2024 Sep ‘Muster Point’ Saltspace Gallery, Glasgow
2024 Aug ‘209 Studios Open weekend’ Hilltown, Dundee
2023 Oct ‘Dear Earth: creating hope in a climate crisis’ Centrespace DCA, Dundee
2021 Oct ‘I AM’ Kathryn Rattray Gallery, Dundee
2021 Jun ‘DJCAD Degree Show’ Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee
2020 Nov 'Movement’ Front Lounge, Scotland X South Africa, Hilltown Dundee
2019 Jul ‘a quest that’s just begun’ Generator Projects x Whooosh gallery, Perth Road, Dundee
2019 May ‘OpenClose Market' Dock Street Studios, Dundee
2018 Feb ‘Generator Projects Annual Show’ Dundee
Community Projects
2023 Creative Practitioner ‘CULTIVATE’ Creative Dundee
2018 Jun-Aug Community Artist Facilitator ‘JAMD: Year of Young people’ Front Lounge, Hilltown Dundee
2017 Aug Community Artist Facilitator Front Lounge International exchange trip to China Lijiang, Yunnan Province and Beijing
Education
2016 - 2021 Duncan of Jordanstones College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art,