Kay Shah

Kay Shah is a British-Pakistani artist from Manchester who works in digital painting and installation. Their practice explores the intersections of culture and identity, examining how personal and collective histories shape our experience of belonging.

Through immersive, surreal environments, they question ideas of placement and isolation, constructing conceptual landscapes where geometric figures serve as inhabitants, guiding the narrative within their worlds.

2014 – 2017: BA (Hons) Fine Art, Manchester School of Art, Manchester, UK.

2013 - 2014: Foundation Diploma in art & design, Llandrillo College, UK.

Solo EXHIBITION

2023: Betwixt and Between: A Romance of Many Dimensions, HOME, Manchester, UK.

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Group EXHIBITIONS​​
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2025: 40 Years of the Future: Degrees of Duality, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK.

2025: 10 Artists 10 Years, Home, Manchester, UK.

2024: Manchester Open, HOME, Manchester, UK. (Castlefield Gallery: Artist Professional Development Award)

2023: Open, Bury Art Museum, Bury, UK. (Commended Artwork Award & Mentorship Award)

2023: DMZ, Air Gallery, Altrincham, UK.

2023: TEES, Rogue Studios, Manchester, UK.

2022: Beyond Landscapes, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester, UK.

2022: AWOL Comme Ca Open, Awol Studios, Manchester, UK.

2022: Manchester Open, Home, Manchester, UK.

2021: Immersion, Virtual Exhibition.

2021: Alone, Together, Virtual Exhibition.

2020: Talking Sense, The Portico Gallery, Manchester, UK.

2020: Manchester Open, Home, Manchester, UK. (shortlisted: Granada Foundation)

2019: State of The Arts, Selfridges (The Trafford Centre), Manchester, UK.

2017: Open Art, Cass Art Islington, London, UK.

2017: You Made It, Degree Show, Manchester School of Art, Manchester, UK.

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Commissions

2025: 40 Years of the Future: Degrees of Duality, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK.

2021: Velvet Shakes EP co...