Sonali Patel
Instagram: sonali_art_view
Education
2014-17 Advanced Diploma in Arts (Professional Writing), Adelaide College of Arts
2002-07 Bachelor of Visual Art and Design (Sculpture), Adelaide College of Arts
2002-06 Adelaide Central School of Art, Painting Studies for 5 years
1992 -94 Advanced Diploma in Fashion Design, Marleston TAFE, Adelaide
1985 Bachelor of Arts (Economics), Mumbai University, Mumbai
Residencies/Workshops
2023 Chateau Orquevaux Residency, Champagne region, France
2017 Studio Orta Residency in Paris, Les Moulins, contemporary painting with Jorge
2017 Artist - in - Residence at SAHMRI
2011 Studio Orta Residency – Invited by Jorge + Lucy Orta to create sculptures
for Les Nuages Exhibition, La Maréchalerie, Versailles
2010 Apart, We Are Together, Adelaide International 2010
Selected for the Heart Workshop, Jam Factory with Jorge Orta
Selected International Exhibitions
2023 Maximalism, Rossocinabro Gallery, Rome, Italy
2023 Womanism, Nippon Gallery, Flora Fountain, Mumbai, India
2023 Interspaces: Beyond the tangible, Galleria La Pigna, Rome, Italy
2023 Van Gogh Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2023 International Contemporary Art Fair Paris, Van Gogh Gallery, France
2022-23 Convergence, Galeria Azur Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Heartwood, Collective Haunt, Adelaide
2022 Joie de Vivre, Minor Works Building, Adelaide
2021 Heavenly Bodies, Collective Haunt, Adelaide
2019 Transient, SALA Exhibition, JPE Design Studio, Adelaide
2017 A Heart has a Thousand Names SALA Exhibition at the SAHMRI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Common Place, The Gallery, St Peter's Town Hall, Adelaide
Art on Parade, The Parade, Norwood, Adelaide
Botanic Beauty, Lothian Hall, Adelaide Botanical Gardens, Adelaide
2022 Political Climate Exhibition, Finalist Heysen Sculpture Biennial, Adelaide
Finalist Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize, Marion, Adelaide
Constantly Curious, SALA, Hahndorf Academy
Nature and Consciousness, The Main Gallery, Adelaide
Prospect Community Show, Newmarch Gallery, Adelaide
SALA at Glenelg, Glenelg Art Gallery, Adelaide
Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Brunswick, Melbourne
2021 Finalist Tatiara Art Prize, Walkway Gallery, Bordertown, SA
Finalist Du Rietz Art Award, Gympie Regional Gallery, Queensland
Fifty Squared Art Prize Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
By George Art Prize, Hellenic Studies, Wakefield Street, Adelaide
Prospect Community SALA show, Newmarch Gallery, Adelaide
Music is the trigger SALA show, Campbelltown Arthouse, Adelaide
Finalist (Online) Lethbridge 20000, Melbourne
Finalist All Connections to Unley Art Prize, Hughes Gallery, Fullarton, Adelaide
Small Works Art Prize Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Remade, Gallery 1855, Tea Tree Gully, Adelaide
St Ignatius Miniatures Art Show, Norwood, Adelaide
Wish you were here, Adelaide Central School of Art Fundraising Exhibition
Celebrations, Arthouse Campbelltown, Adelaide
A Haunt Collision, Collective Haunt Group show, Norwood
2020 Finalist Du Rietz Art Awards, Gympie Regional Gallery, Queensland
Finalist (Online) Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, Melbourne
Prospect Community SALA Show, Newmarch Gallery, Adelaide
Collect, Group Fundraiser exhibition, Collective Haunt, Adelaide
Wish you were here, Annual Fundraising exhibition, Adelaide
2019 Finalist in Prospect Portrait Prize, Newmarch Gallery, Adelaide
Finalist in Urban Cow Prize, Climate, Vaughan Place, Adelaide
In the Flesh, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
Gardens of the Heart, Fringe Exhibition, Fabrik, Lobethal
2018 Winner of the ACMD Acquisitive Art Prize,
Art in Science/ Science in Art Exhibition, St Vincent Gallery, Melbourne
Connected Thread, SALA Exhibition, Lobethal
2017 Heart has a Thousand Names, Solo exhibition at SAHMRI, Adelaide
Finalist – Advertiser Contemporary SALA Award, Keith Murdoch Hall, Adelaide
Loretto Spring Art Show
2015 Renew Pepper Street Gallery, SALA Festival
Belonging Norwood Council Gallery
2014 Subtext, SA Writers’ Centre, Fringe Festival
2013 The ERA We Live In, Prospect Gallery, SALA tour 7 Eastern Council galleries
WOMADelaide 2013, selected artists, Helpmann Academy
Re-purposed Books, The Arts Centre, Port Noarlunga
2012 Germinate , Queens Theatre, 2012 Australian Ceramics Triennial
2009 SALA Festival, Kensington Gallery, Adelaide
Become Acquainted, Artistic License Gallery, Melbourne St, North Adelaide
2008 Women to Watch, Kensington Gallery, Adelaide
Freedom with Figurative & Formative, Artistic License Gallery
2007 Cognoscenti with sauce, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
SALA Festival, Norwood Town Hall, The Parade, Norwood
2006 Temptations for all, Artistic License Gallery, Adelaide
SALA Festival, Kensington Gallery, Adelaide
2005 Florescence, Artistic License Gallery, Adelaide
SALA Festival, Kensington Gallery, Adelaide
2004 Sincerely yours, Fringe Festival, Artistic License Gallery, Adelaide
Articles & Reviews
2022 Neylon, John, InDaily magazine review, Nov issue023
2021 Sculpture Magazine, July/Aug 2021 issue, Pg 14
2021 Art Edit Magazine, Summer 2021, Issue #30, Pg 1
2017 Campbell, Lance. SA Life, August 2017
2015 Chandiok, Avi. Indian Link, September 2015
www.indianlink.com.au/art-is-a-many-splendoured-thing/
2011 Bull, Chris. Update Arts magazine, Issue 73, (Paris Residency 2011)
www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/3911094/unisa-bachelor-of-visual-arts- helpmann-academy/9
2011 Clifton, Catherine. Paris Art Trail, Adelaide Matters, Issue 141, December 2011
Heart The Gift Workshop, Update magazine, Vol.17, No 1, Issue 17, Mar-May
2010 Peter Goers, 891 ABC Radio Interview, Nov 2010
2009 Clifton, Catherine. Body Conscious, Adelaide Matters, Issue 116, October 2009
2008 Gallery’s choice, Scoop Traveller magazine (SA, Vic & Tas), Issue July 2008
2008 Ditessa, Rob. Slow Art, Australian Ceramics, Glasswork & pottery, Issue Oct
2007 Sutter, Lauren. Cognoscenti with sauce, dB magazine, Issue 424, 2007
2007 Sutter, Lauren. Issue, 2007 in review, Visual art, dB magazine, Issue 428, 2007
2006 Clifton, Catherine. Creative Energy, Adelaide Matters, Issue 75, September 2
2004 Clifton, Catherine. In Bloom, Adelaide Matters, July 2004, Issue 60