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Shanice Farrugia (b. 2000) is a Malta-based multidisciplinary artist working across drawing, painting, and mixed media. Grounded in lived experience, her practice explores perception and identity through self-portraiture and depictions of those closest to her. Her work captures intimate, often quiet moments, balancing introspection with a sense of shared emotion.

Farrugia holds a B.A. (Hons) in Fine Art (First Class) from MCAST Institute for the Creative Arts. She has exhibited locally and internationally, including in London at The Gallery at Green & Stone, Mall Galleries, and Copeland Gallery, as well as in Gibraltar and Malta. Her work is held in private collections in Malta and abroad.

In 2024, she was runner-up for Best Artist–Illustrator at the Lovin Malta Awards. In 2025, she was nominated for the Young Creative Practitioner Award at Premju għall-Arti and her drawing Landline Lullaby received The Gallery Choice and People’s Choice Award at The Gallery at Green & Stone, London. In the same year, she was featured as one of the ARTIT Portrait Artists of the Year 2025.