Shima Star

Shima Star is a Seattle‑based interdisciplinary artist and arts educator whose work engages with personal narrative, social commentary, and transnational experience through color, form, and pattern. Born in South London, England, she draws from a multigenerational heritage spanning India, Africa, and Britain. She immigrated to Seattle, Washington, in 2007, a transition that continues to inform the cultural and geographic layers within her practice.

Shima was the first in her family to pursue formal arts education, earning a Diploma with Distinction from the University of the Arts London. Her career reflects a focused commitment to creative research, material exploration, and arts education in both London and Washington State. In 2024, she was selected as a finalist for Gallery 110’s Emerging Artist Program and is now a formal member of the Gallery 110 community.

She has received public art commissions from the cities of Bellevue, Kent, and Kirkland, and has collaborated with the Bellevue Arts Program and Shunpike’s Amazon Storefronts initiative. Her work has been exhibited in solo shows in London and Seattle, and in group exhibitions across London, Chicago, New York, Seattle, and Rhode Island. Her work has also been featured in the Rutgers University Arts Magazine, Bellevue Arts Museum, and Amazon.