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ABOUT
Kansas born & Austin raised
Shannon currently lives in Seattle Washington,
along with her talented old car loving husband Bruce,
a fleet of vintage scooters, Willie the one eyed cat
& a french bulldog named June Carter.
Teaching Artist Residencies:
Arts Corps; Seattle WA, 2008-10
ORCAS School; Seattle WA, 2010
Cascade Elementary; Seattle WA, 2008-09
Treehouse; Seattle WA, 2008
Seattle Urban Academy; Seattle WA, 2008-09
Art with Heart; Seattle WA, 2008-09
Maple Lawn Elementary; Sumner WA, 2006
Daffodil Elementary; Sumner WA, 2006
Seattle Center Academy; Seattle WA, 2004-05
VSA arts of WA; Seattle WA, 2004-06
Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle WA, 2003-04
Seattle Center Artist Studio; Seattle WA, 2003-05
Art Spring Arts Festival; Seattle WA, 2002-04
Seattle Children’s Museum; Seattle WA, 1996
Independent Curation & Design:
FRIDA; Venue Curator, Seattle WA 2009-10
Georgetown Art Attack; Designer, Seattle WA, 2008-10
Georgetown Tile Works; Venue Curator, Seattle WA, 2007-09
Feature Film Mondoscooterama ; Set Dresser, Seattle WA, 2006
Vision Gallery Tashiro Kaplan; Venue Curator, Seattle WA, 2005-06
VSA arts of Washington; Designer, Seattle WA, 2003-05
Bumbershoot; Pillar Project, Seattle WA, 2004
Architerra Northwest; Designer, Seattle WA, 2002-07
Lighthouse for the Blind; Designer, Seattle WA, 1998-01
Commissions & Public Works:
City of Kennewick; Senior Center, Kennewick WA, 2010
Homesite of Washington; Pontedera Place, Seattle WA, 2009
City of Lynnwood; SWIFT Transit Stations, Lynnwood WA, 2009
Atlanta Children’s Hospital; Atrium Sculptures, Atlanta Georgia, 2008
City of Sumner, Rainier View Park Plaza, Sumner WA, 2007
WA State Arts Commission; Hazel Valley Elementary, Burien WA, 2006
Children’s Museum of Chicago; Sculpture Garden, Wilmette, Il, 2006
Burien Arts Commission; 152nd Street Sculpture, Burien WA, 2006
Tacoma Old Town Business District; Salmon, Tacoma WA, 2005
Seattle Children’s Hospital; Sculpture Collection, Seattle WA, 2004
Kent Arts Commission; Kent Memorial Park, Kent WA, 2003
Selected Sculpture Exhibition:
GS8 Film Festival Award; Georgetown Pocket Project, Seattle WA, 2009
Nutcrackers on Parade; The Big Kahuna, Seattle WA, 2007
Northwest Craft Gallery; Artisan Tile NW Exhibition, Seattle WA, 2007
Pigs on Parade; Leland, Seattle WA, 2007
West Edge Sculpture Invitational, Phoenix, Seattle WA, 2006
Pitcarine Scott Gallery; WESI Invitational, Seattle WA, 2006
Art Core Gallery; Citizens, Seattle WA, 2005
Nutcrackers on Parade; Kingston, Seattle WA, 2005
Ponies on Parade; Rin Tin Pony, Seattle WA, 2004
City of Palm Desert’s Gallery; El Paseo, Palm Desert CA, 2004
Puyallup’s Arts Downtown; Invitational, Puyallup WA, 2003-05
Cambium Arts; Queen Anne Treewalk, Seattle WA, 2003-04
Everett Cultural Commission; Arts Downtown, Everett WA, 2003-04
Bumbershoot Arts Festival; Whistlenut Installation, Seattle WA, 2003
Bassetti’s Crooked Arbor Garden; Invitational, Woodenville WA, 2003
Monarch Sculpture Park; Invitational, Tenino WA, 2003-06
Maryhill Museum of Art; Sculpture Invitational, Goldendale WA, 2003
Redmond Arts Commission; Outdoor Sculpture, Redmond WA, 2002-03
Phinney Center Gallery; NW Designer Craftsmen, Seattle WA, 2003
Center on Contemporary Art; Little Things Count, Seattle WA, 2002
Arts Council of Snohomish; Art of the Garden, Everett WA, 2002
Madison Park City People; Pratt Invitational, Seattle WA, 2001-03
Pigs on Parade; Flora, Seattle WA, 2001
Publications:
The Seattle Times; Georgetown Arts Feature, 2010
Seattle Picks; Independent Design Feature, 2009
Seattle PI NW Source; Independent Design, 2009
Seattle Metropolitan; Best of Seattle, Neighborhood Art, 2008
Seattle Weekly, Artopia; Georgetown Tile Works, 2007-08
Seattle Weekly, Art Buzz; Sculpture Sculpture Everywhere, 2006
Home & Garden Network, What’s with that House, Feature House, 2006
Seattle Post Intelligencer, Kingston Photographic Feature, 2005
Everett Herald, Aqua Photographic Feature, 2005
Seattle Post Intelligencer, Rin-Tin Photographic Feature, 2004
University of Chicago Mapping State Cultural Policy; Featured Artist, 2004
The Everett Herald Arts & Entertainment; Featured Sculpture, 2003
The Dalles Chronicle; Garden Sculpture at the Maryhill Museum, 2003
Sterling Publishing, World Book of Mosaics; Featured Artist, 2003
Lark Books, Garden Mosaics; Featured Artist, 2002
Kansas born & Austin raised
Shannon currently lives in Seattle Washington,
along with her talented old car loving husband Bruce,
a fleet of vintage scooters, Willie the one eyed cat
& a french bulldog named June Carter.
Teaching Artist Residencies:
Arts Corps; Seattle WA, 2008-10
ORCAS School; Seattle WA, 2010
Cascade Elementary; Seattle WA, 2008-09
Treehouse; Seattle WA, 2008
Seattle Urban Academy; Seattle WA, 2008-09
Art with Heart; Seattle WA, 2008-09
Maple Lawn Elementary; Sumner WA, 2006
Daffodil Elementary; Sumner WA, 2006
Seattle Center Academy; Seattle WA, 2004-05
VSA arts of WA; Seattle WA, 2004-06
Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle WA, 2003-04
Seattle Center Artist Studio; Seattle WA, 2003-05
Art Spring Arts Festival; Seattle WA, 2002-04
Seattle Children’s Museum; Seattle WA, 1996
Independent Curation & Design:
FRIDA; Venue Curator, Seattle WA 2009-10
Georgetown Art Attack; Designer, Seattle WA, 2008-10
Georgetown Tile Works; Venue Curator, Seattle WA, 2007-09
Feature Film Mondoscooterama ; Set Dresser, Seattle WA, 2006
Vision Gallery Tashiro Kaplan; Venue Curator, Seattle WA, 2005-06
VSA arts of Washington; Designer, Seattle WA, 2003-05
Bumbershoot; Pillar Project, Seattle WA, 2004
Architerra Northwest; Designer, Seattle WA, 2002-07
Lighthouse for the Blind; Designer, Seattle WA, 1998-01
Commissions & Public Works:
City of Kennewick; Senior Center, Kennewick WA, 2010
Homesite of Washington; Pontedera Place, Seattle WA, 2009
City of Lynnwood; SWIFT Transit Stations, Lynnwood WA, 2009
Atlanta Children’s Hospital; Atrium Sculptures, Atlanta Georgia, 2008
City of Sumner, Rainier View Park Plaza, Sumner WA, 2007
WA State Arts Commission; Hazel Valley Elementary, Burien WA, 2006
Children’s Museum of Chicago; Sculpture Garden, Wilmette, Il, 2006
Burien Arts Commission; 152nd Street Sculpture, Burien WA, 2006
Tacoma Old Town Business District; Salmon, Tacoma WA, 2005
Seattle Children’s Hospital; Sculpture Collection, Seattle WA, 2004
Kent Arts Commission; Kent Memorial Park, Kent WA, 2003
Selected Sculpture Exhibition:
GS8 Film Festival Award; Georgetown Pocket Project, Seattle WA, 2009
Nutcrackers on Parade; The Big Kahuna, Seattle WA, 2007
Northwest Craft Gallery; Artisan Tile NW Exhibition, Seattle WA, 2007
Pigs on Parade; Leland, Seattle WA, 2007
West Edge Sculpture Invitational, Phoenix, Seattle WA, 2006
Pitcarine Scott Gallery; WESI Invitational, Seattle WA, 2006
Art Core Gallery; Citizens, Seattle WA, 2005
Nutcrackers on Parade; Kingston, Seattle WA, 2005
Ponies on Parade; Rin Tin Pony, Seattle WA, 2004
City of Palm Desert’s Gallery; El Paseo, Palm Desert CA, 2004
Puyallup’s Arts Downtown; Invitational, Puyallup WA, 2003-05
Cambium Arts; Queen Anne Treewalk, Seattle WA, 2003-04
Everett Cultural Commission; Arts Downtown, Everett WA, 2003-04
Bumbershoot Arts Festival; Whistlenut Installation, Seattle WA, 2003
Bassetti’s Crooked Arbor Garden; Invitational, Woodenville WA, 2003
Monarch Sculpture Park; Invitational, Tenino WA, 2003-06
Maryhill Museum of Art; Sculpture Invitational, Goldendale WA, 2003
Redmond Arts Commission; Outdoor Sculpture, Redmond WA, 2002-03
Phinney Center Gallery; NW Designer Craftsmen, Seattle WA, 2003
Center on Contemporary Art; Little Things Count, Seattle WA, 2002
Arts Council of Snohomish; Art of the Garden, Everett WA, 2002
Madison Park City People; Pratt Invitational, Seattle WA, 2001-03
Pigs on Parade; Flora, Seattle WA, 2001
Publications:
The Seattle Times; Georgetown Arts Feature, 2010
Seattle Picks; Independent Design Feature, 2009
Seattle PI NW Source; Independent Design, 2009
Seattle Metropolitan; Best of Seattle, Neighborhood Art, 2008
Seattle Weekly, Artopia; Georgetown Tile Works, 2007-08
Seattle Weekly, Art Buzz; Sculpture Sculpture Everywhere, 2006
Home & Garden Network, What’s with that House, Feature House, 2006
Seattle Post Intelligencer, Kingston Photographic Feature, 2005
Everett Herald, Aqua Photographic Feature, 2005
Seattle Post Intelligencer, Rin-Tin Photographic Feature, 2004
University of Chicago Mapping State Cultural Policy; Featured Artist, 2004
The Everett Herald Arts & Entertainment; Featured Sculpture, 2003
The Dalles Chronicle; Garden Sculpture at the Maryhill Museum, 2003
Sterling Publishing, World Book of Mosaics; Featured Artist, 2003
Lark Books, Garden Mosaics; Featured Artist, 2002