NAP Contemporary presents a solo exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by the rising Ngunnawal / Canberra artist Dionisia Salas. Born in Darwin in 1982, Salas spent her early life living in Alice Springs, Dubbo, Botswana and Newcastle before arriving in Canberra to study at the ANU School of Art and Design, graduating in 2007. She has since lived and practiced in Canberra, Melbourne and Berlin. Dionisia has been the finalist in awards including the 2023 Sir John Sulman Art Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney and the Goulburn Regional Gallery Art Award in 2022. She received an ArtsACT project grant in 2017 and the Torres Spanish Travel Scholarship for Young Australian Artists in 2008. She has participated in residencies including the Art Vault, Mildura in 2017, Glint a collaboration between the Canberra Glassworks and Megalo Print Studio in 2013 and a Basso Kreuzberg residency in Berlin in 2011. Recent exhibitions include at Pavillion am Milchoff in Berlin, Watters Gallery in Sydney and Sutton Gallery in Melbourne as well as exhibitions in Canberra including at the Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Gorman House, the ANU School of Art and Design Gallery and ANCA Bus Project. Image: Dionisia Salas, Cry Milk Stains, 2024. Installation view NAP Contemporary