Shanay Manitzky

“My arts practice journals my personal feelings and experiences, but also explores themes that viewers can relate to. Sometimes they are momentous experiences like moving to a new country or battling cancer. Other times they are the everyday experiences, the small but poignant moments.”
- Shanay Manitzky, 2022 Fraser Coast Scene Magazine

Shanay Manitzky is a full-time artist and art teacher living in the beautiful Fraser Coast, Qld, Australia. In 2013, she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design in Auckland, NZ. In 2014, she completed a Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary) at University of Auckland, NZ. Manitzky is a multi-disciplinary artist, often creating works in pencil, pen, paint and film. Dipping in between real and surreal imagery, her intricately detailed portraits are inspired by personal experiences, yet invite the viewer to construct their own narrative.

Featured on TV, newspapers and in magazines, Manitzky has been commended for her community arts practice. As an art teacher, she coordinates a range of student focused projects from art classes, workshops, art exhibitions and murals.

MERITS & PRIZES

Finalist, Omnia Art Prize, VIC | 2024

Finalist, Foot Square Art Prize, Aspire Gallery, QLD | 2023

Finalist, Bluethumb Art Prize | 2023

Winner (Drawing), Aspects Art Show, QLD | 2023

Finalist (Salon de refuse), Lethbridge 2000, QLD | 2023

Finalist, Petite Pieces Art Prize, Aspire Gallery, QLD | 2023

Finalist, Bluethumb Art Prize | 2022

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

Downlands Art Show, Downlands College, Toowoomba, QLD | 2024

Affordable Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC | 2024

The Tower Art Show, Marist College, Brisbane, QLD | 2024

Affordable Art Fair, The Royal Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, NSW | 2024

Aspects Art Prize, Goondiwindi Showgrounds, Goondiwindi, QLD | 2024

Omnia Art Prize, St Kevins College, Melbourne, VIC | 2024

"Petite Pieces", Aspire Gallery, Brisbane, QLD | 2024

Echo, Side Gallery, Brisbane, QLD | I 2023

"Foot Square" Art Prize, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane, QLD I 2023

Surface, Art Lovers Australia, Melbourne, VIC I 2023

Downlands College Art Show, Downlands College, Toowoomba, QLD | 2023

Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi Showgrounds, Goondiwindi, QLD I 2023

Foot Square Art Prize, Aspire Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD I 2023

Petite Pieces, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane, QLD | 2023

Inverell Art Prize, Inverell Art Gallery, Inverell, NSW | 2022

Downlands College Art Show, Downlands College, Toowoomba, QLD | 2022

Little Feature, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane, QLD | 2022

Maryborough Art Society Annual Exhibition, Gatakers Art Space, Maryborough, QLD | 2022

CQ Stories without words, Gladstone Hospital, Gladstone, QLD | 2020

Females to the Front!, Lewis Gallery, Hervey Bay, QLD | 2020

Creative Mirror, Thievery Studio, Auckland, NZ & Crisp Creative Studios, Sydney, NSW | 2017

Poona Art Show, Poona, QLD | 2016

Maryborough Art Festival, Maryborough, QLD| 2015

Mount Albert Grammar Fine Art Show, Mount Albert Grammar, Auckland, NZ | 2014

Whitecliffe College of Fine Arts Graduation Show, Whitecliffe College of Fine Arts, Auckland, NZ | 2013

Un-hung, Pearce Gallery, Auckland, NZ | 2-13

Trinket, Lazy Last Sundays Festival, Auckland, NZ | 2012

Orphaned By Purpose, Pearce Gallery, Auckland, NZ | 2012
Dig My Soul, The Loft, Auckland, NZ | 2011

Fraser Coast Art Awards, Maryborough Showgrounds, Maryborough, QLD | 2010

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Dear Diary - Artist in residence, Gatakers Creative Space, Maryborough, QLD | 2024

Mid-Sentence, Gatakers Artspace, Maryborough, QLD | 2022

COMMISSIONS

Maryborough Community Recreation Centre, 2019
Exterior painting on marine ply, 20 x 1.8 metres. Located at Cnr Ariadne &, Woodstock St, Maryborough QLD.
Commissioned by Fraser Coast Regional Council

Faith, strength, and courage, 2019
Exterior paint on aluminium panels. 3 x 3 metres. Located at Maryborough Town Hall Green, QLD.
Commissioned by Fraser Coast Regional Council

Whipcracker, 2018
Exterior painting on brick wall. Located at 144 Bazaar Street, Maryborough, QLD.

Works held in private collections in Australia and New Zealand.

PUBLICATIONS AND INTERVIEWS

Curated by Sariah, New Beginnings, Issue #2, 2023 p. 31-33

Scene Magazine, Telling stories through sketches, December, 2022 p. 2-3

Alive Magazine, Putting pen to paper, Issue #21 April, 2022 p. 20-21

Art Edit Magazine, In conversation with, Issue #31 – Winter, 2022 p. 106-107

The Beacon Magazine, Shanay’s Art Studio Presents Endangered, Issue #7 - November, 2019 p. 26-29

Fraser Coast Chronicle, Students cheer for house mascot murals, July 4, 2019

Fraser Coast Herald, Rec Centre gets mural makeover, May 16, 2019WIN News, The Crest, March 29, 2019

Fraser Coast Regional Council, Maryborough Crest unveiling, March 28, 2019

The Beacon Magazine, Painting a brighter future, Issue #2 - December, 2018 p.22-23, 28-29

Fraser Coast Chronicle, Rubbish finds new life as art, December 6, 2018

Wide Bay News, Whipcracker mural, June 25, 2018