Krone Artist In Residence: Shakil Solanki
Channel: Krone Cap Classique
Date: 2022-10-13

Shakil Solanki (6. 1997) was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He completed his undergraduate degree at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2019, and is currently based in Cape Town, practising as an artist, working primarily within the mediums of paintings and printmaking. On completion of his degree, he was awarded the Simon Gerson Award, as well as the Katrine Harries Print Cabinet Award, for excellent achievement in the printmaking medium. Since 2018, he has taken part in several group shows, along with many silkscreen-printing jobs, and a short residency at the South Atlantic Press. He held his first solo presentation at WHATIFTHEWORLD Gallery in Cape Town, at the end of 2020. Recent collaborations include the set design of Cape Town Opera's production of Georges Bizet's 'The Pearl Fishers', where he produced a series of paintings, which served as large-scale backdrops to the performance. 

In 2021, Shakil Solanki attended the Krone x WhatIfTheWorld artist-in-residence program at Twee Jonge Gezellen.

Video: Jonathan Kope
Creative Direction: Hoick