Nahem Shoa (b. 1968, London) lives and works in London. Shoa studied Fine Art at Manchester Polytechnic (1988-1991) before later completing postgraduate studies at The Royal Drawing School (2003-2004). Shoa was the recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshield’s Foundation award (1993-2001), and was the winner of the Royal Society Of Portrait Painters award (1992) and the Lord Leighton Prize (1992-93). Shoa’s exhibition Into The Light (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool) was recently selected for the landmark publication The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 3 (Anomie Publishing, 2024).

Recent and selected solo exhibitions and displays include: The London Look, William Hine Gallery, London (2025); Seen and Unseen, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull (2024-25); Nahem Shoa: Into the Light, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK (2023-24); Face of Britain, Southampton Art Gallery, Southampton, UK (2020); Black Presence, The Atkinson, Southport, UK (2019); Facing Yourself, Bury Art Museum, Bury, UK (2006); We Are Here, The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, UK (2005); Giant Heads & Multi Culture, Hartlepool Art Gallery (2004) and Youth Culture/Multi Culture, Plymouth Art Gallery (The Box), Plymouth, UK (2004).