Shawn Marshall

Artist Statement:

Bio:

Shawn Marshall is a Kentucky-based published artist whose work can be found in private and public collections throughout U.S. and Europe. Marshall earned a Master of Architecture with a minor in Fine Art (Sculpture) from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Kentucky. She is represented by Viridian Artists in New York, NY, New Editions Gallery in Lexington, KY, and Singulart International.

Statement:

My artistic practice focuses on the natural world. Through different approaches, abstract and more representational, I explore our connection to and impact on the natural environment and its universal meanings. When working in a more representational way, the emphasis leans toward the horizon, the point where the known and unknown meet. We are always drawn to keep moving forward with hope to see what lies ahead. 

My abstract work explores our impact on the environment through an overhead lens, viewed like unearthed excavations of cities and/or garden ruins, empty billboards, etc.. Though worn and rough, with imprints and patterns left from human imposition, beauty still exists. As we explore the weathered layers, we come across remnants known and unknown, man-made and natural, yet leaving us with a sense of wonder and hope about the future. 

“You are the intersection of infiniteness and insignificance." Aditya Shukla

Education:

2009 - Master of Art in Teaching, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY
1996 - Master of Architecture, Minor in Fine Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1992 - Bachelor of Architecture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Awards & Distinctions:

PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS

January 2022 Thought Art Magazine, Issue 05
October 2020 Art Reveal Magazine, Featured Artist and Interview
July 2020 Blue Mountain Gallery Summer 2020 Catalog, Juror: Martica Sawin, NY, NY
November 2019 New Limestone Review, Featured Artist, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
11/4/19 3rd Place, MAZIN Juried Art Exhibition, J Gallery, Louisville, KY 
October 2018 Art Hive Magazine, Artist Spotlight
January 2018 Supersonic Art, Featured Artist
April 2019 Open Journal Art & Letters, Featured Artist
11/12/17 Best in Show, MAZIN Juried Art Exhibition, J Gallery, Louisville, KY
08/2017 Featured Artist, Louisville Magazine
05/2016 Professional Artist Magazine, Featured Artist
03/2016 Nominee for the 2016 Awards in the Arts, Louisville Fund for the Arts
2013-2019 Featured in Artebella - Louisville Visual Art's online Publication
1994 Helen Fagan Tyler Award, Cornell University
 

Exhibitions:

CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2/4/22-3/7/22 Winter Group Show, New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY
4/1/22-7/2/22 Salon de Refuses Juried Exhibition, Wausau Fine Art Museum, Wausau, WI
5/14/22 - 7/15/22 Connections-Louisville Invitational, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
6/7/22-6/30/22 Affiliate Group Exhibition, Viridian Artists Gallery, New York, NY
11/15/22-12/31/23 Solo Exhibition, Lowber Gallery, Louisville, KY

EXHIBITIONS & COMPETITIONS
1/14/22 - 2/26/22 2022 International Juried Show, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ 
10/15/21-11/19/21 Open Studio Juried Exhibition, Cressman Center for Visual Art, Louisville, KY
10/1/21-12/1/2021 Celestial, Group Exhibition, Lowber Gallery, Louisville, KY
11/30/21-12/25/21 The Gift, Invitational Exhibition, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
4/30/21-6/11/21 Infiniteness & Insignificance, Solo Exhibition, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
3/3/21-3/27/21 Herstory: Moving Forward, Group Exhibition, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
2/3/21-2/27 Incongruent Realities, Affiliate Exhibition, Viridian Artists, New York, NY 
1/7/21-1/30/21 Hope, Invitational Show, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
11/8/20-12/2/20 Uncertainty, Group Exhibition, Viridian Artists, New York, NY 
11/20/20-11/15/20 Member Exhibition, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY 
7/7/20-7/25/20 2020 Juried Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY (Juror, Martica Sawin)
12/14/19-01/11/20 3rd Annual Small Works Juried Show - ART ROOM, Fort Worth, TX
9/7/19-10/5/19 ENID: Generations of Women Sculptors, McGrath Gallery, Louisville, KY 
8/23/19-10/1/19 Connecting Community Through Creativity, Studioworks, Louisville, KY 
8/17/1-10/08/19 ENID: Generations of Women Sculptors, Berheim Gallery, LFPL, Louisville, KY
7/19/19-9/1/19 Mix it Up Group Exhibition, New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY
6/7/19-12/31/19 Selected Artist, AC Hotel Exhibition, Louisville, KY
2/3/19-3/1/19 Fresh Paint Group Show, Moremen Gallery, Louisville, KY
11/2/19-12/2/18 2018 OSW Juried Exhibition, Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Louisville, KY
9/29/18-9/30/18 Juried Art Show, Portland Art &Heritage Fair, Louisville, KY
6/15/18-7/28/18 Landscapes - on the Canvas | from the Camera, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
May 2018 Group Show, Sozo Gallery, Charlotte, NC
3/2/2018-3/31/2018 SURFACE, Solo Exhibition, Crafts[s] Gallery & Mercantile, Louisville, KY 
12/1/17-3/18/18 Group Exhibition, Downtown Pilates Studio & Gallery, Louisville, KY 
11/12/17-1/18/18 2017 MAZIN Juried Art Exhibition, J. Patio Gallery, Louisville, KY 
11/3/17-11/25/17 2017 OSW Juried Exhibit, Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Louisville, KY 9/7/17-9/30/17 Selfies & Self-Portraits, Viridian Artists Gallery, New York, NY
9/15/17-10/14/17 The Modern Landscape, New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY
8/20/17-9/16/17 LandEscape, Group Show, McGrath Gallery, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY 
7/7/17-8/12/17 Reunion II, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL
7/21/17-9/2/17 Mix It Up, Group Show, New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY
6/23/17-10/1/17 Landscapes, Solo Show, Downtown Pilates Studio & Gallery, Louisville, KY 
6/16/2017 Featured Artist, Modern Thinker Social Series, Louisville, KY 
March-May 2017 Gridworks Revisited, 12"x12"Works - New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY 
March-April 2017 Inward Landscapes, Solo Exhibition, Pypro Gallery, Louisville, KY ?6/2/16-6/30/16 27th International Juried Show, Viridian Artists, NY, NY (Juror: Tumelo Mosaka)
01/08/16-02/13/16 Movement + Context, Group Show, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY 
11/19/15-12/26/15 Inside/Outside Invitational Exhibition, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY 
06/01/15-6/30/15 ART IN AMERICA, Juried Exhibition,The Art House, Chicago, IL 
10/31/14-1/3/15 Abstract in Kentucky, Kaviar Forge & Gallery, Louisville, KY 
10/1/14-11/15/14 HORIZON: Contemporary Landscape, Juried Exhibition, Danville, KY 
10/2014 Portland Art & Heritage Festival, Juried Exhibition, Louisville, KY?
2014 Displacement II, New Harmony Gallery of Art, New Harmony, IN?
2014 ENID Group Exhibition , Morlan Gallery,Transylvania University, Lexington, KY 
2014 Displacement I, Huff Gallery - Spalding University, Louisville, KY?
2013 ENID 2013, Group Exhibition, Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Louisville, KY
?2011 ENID Group Exhibition, Carnegie Center for Art & history, New Albany, IN?
2009 Solo Exhibition PYRO Gallery, Louisville, KY?2007 ENID Group Exhibition, Patio Gallery, Jewish Community Center, Louisville, KY?
2006 Tribal Countenance, Solo Show, McGrath Gallery, Bellarmine Univ., Louisville KY?
2004 ENID Group Exhibition - Huff Gallery, Spalding University, Louisville, KY 
 

Professional/Teaching Experience:

2016-Current - Visual Art and Design Educator

Artistic Influences:

JMW Turner, Monet, Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler, Nancy Holt, James Turrell, Michael Hizer