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Damien Shen is a South Australian man of Ngarrindjeri and Chinese bloodlines. His artistic practice is embedded in histories, revisiting the people, places and stories that shape the world he occupies.

Shen is constantly constructing and deconstructing the world around him through drawing, painting and photography, using the creative process to better understand his identity and the identity of those that help to shape the world he lives. While he pushes his practice across different mediums his content remains relevant to contemporary Australian issues around race, history and politics.

In this video, Shen chats to NAVA about the instrumental impact of receiving awards and undertaking international residencies to his career trajectory.