Mr Shodavarian is among the artists whose work is being displayed by Studio2 & Margaret Freeman Gallery in a new print exhibition at the Community Gallery this week.
The studio was created 20 years ago, providing neurodivergent artists a safe and inclusive space to explore and develop their art practice.
Mr Shodavarian had been attending Studio2 classes for almost a year.
"I'm finding it good.
"I like pictures, paintings, drawings, and I like making friends."
He said art made him "happy" and his favourite things to draw were "sunlight and clouds".
The exhibition included an array of unique and original printed T-shirts, all hung at the eye-line of each artist, and framed versions of the prints throughout the gallery.
Mr Shodavarian said he enjoyed creating T-shirts and was "surprised" by the process of reproducing his art on to clothing.
He was proud to share his work with the public, but he preferred to keep the pieces for himself.
"I’d like to keep it to myself — this is my own T-shirt, it's my own painting," he said.
Mr Shodavarian attended classes three days a week and said he had improved a lot during his time at the studio.
"At first it was quite hard to do it — drawing and painting.
"For example, I was finding it very hard drawing people's faces and usually the tutors tell you ‘try to do it, I've seen you do it’, but that was quite hard."
He planned to continue practising and creating art indefinitely.
Artist Owen Palmer said he enjoyed using "watercolours and sharpies" and his favourite things to draw were "trucks".
He said he liked creating pictures and he found art quite easy.
"It’s really exciting," he said.
Artists from Studio2 had been working on their prints for the past six months.
Although the T-shirts themselves were not for sale, people could buy prints of their art and the proceeds would go to the artist.
Studio2 is a self-funded and free service, relying on grants and funding applications to continue providing classes.
There were just four artists involved in the studio 20 years ago — today there are 80.
Art facilitator Bekah Carran said she got "a lot of satisfaction" working with Studio2.
"Most of us have got our own art practices, which can be solitary, so it's amazing being in the community and seeing how people benefit from getting their work out into the public sphere."
The team behind Studio2 put a considerable amount of effort into displaying the art in a respectful and professional manner.
"In art, people can say or do whatever they like.
"Every artist can express themselves the way they want and there's no real limitations," Ms Carran said.
Members of the neurodivergent community were welcome to do a trial of the classes to see if it was right for them.
The print exhibition would continue to be open to the public until 3pm Saturday.
