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BIO

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Eira-Shay is an emerging artist based on the Gold Coast, Queensland. As a self-taught painter, she has developed a distinctive style through experimentation with oil, charcoal, and carved wood. Her use of organic materials brings warmth and texture to her work, allowing the wood grain to glow beneath translucent layers of paint. Gestural charcoal marks and delicate carvings intertwine to create dreamlike narratives.

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Her paintings explore themes of mysticism, femininity, and the interconnection between self and nature. Through immersive exhibitions and large-scale private commissions, Eira-Shay has established an enthusiastic collector base. She is a recent recipient of the City of Gold Coast Small Grant to fund her attendance at The Other Art Fair in Sydney. Eira-Shay is undertaking a studio residency as part of Creative Spaces, City of Gold Coast, where she is working on her next series of large scale paintings exploring water.

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Experience

  • Manager/Creative Director for Avalon, Miami, QLD

Current

  • 2022 - 2024 Creative director for Yowie Festival, installation and gallery curation

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Select Exhibitions

  • 2025 The Other Art Fair, Sydney, NSW

  • 2024 Rewind - Group Exhibition/ Level up residency exhibition at Mint Art House, Burleigh Heads, QLD

  • 2024 Catching Light - an immersive art experience - Solo Exhibition at Avalon, Miami QLD

  • 2024 Thom Gallery - Byron Bay, NSW

  • 2022 Into The Mystic - Solo Exhibition at Mint Art House, Burleigh Heads, QLD

 

RESIDENCIES

  • 2025 Creative Spaces - Coolangatta, QLD 

  • 2024 Level Up - Mint Art House, Burleigh Heads, QLD

  • 2024 Level Up - 4217 Studio, Surfers Paradise, QLD

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Awards

  • 2025 "Dean Cogle Portrait Prize” - Finalist, Dust Temple, Currumbin, QLD

  • 2025 - 2023 “Doyles Art Award” - Finalist, Mudgeeraba, QLD

  • 2022 “Fifty squared art prize” - Finalist, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

  • 2022 Into the Mystic - Solo Exhibition at Mint Art house Burleigh Heads, QLD

  • 2022 “The Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards” - Finalist, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery, Gladstone, QLD

  • 2020 “Federation Art Prize” - Highly Commended, Corowa, NSW

  • 2025 “Revival Emerging Art Prize,”- Finalist, Albion Brisbane

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Grants/FUNDING 

  • 2025 Arts Development Fund Small Grant Recipient

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