Shawn Marshall

Bio

Shawn Marshall is a mixed media artist who earned a Master of Architecture with a minor in Fine Art from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Kentucky. Whether working in mediums of painting, collage, or photography, her work focuses on the landscape and its universal meanings and qualities. She was recently selected by art historian, author, and critic Martica Sawin for the Juried Show at the Blue Mountain Gallery in New York in June of 2020. Her work can be found in countless private collections in the U.S. and is also in many corporate collections including PNC Bank, Brown-Forman Corporation, the University of Kentucky, and Commonwealth Bank. Her website is https://www.shawnmarshallart.com/

Artist Statement

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

My artistic practice focuses on the natural world and its universal meaning. Through different approaches, abstract and more representational, I explore our connection to and impact on the natural environment. When working in a more representational way, the emphasis tends to be on the horizon, a metaphor for hope and moving forward. My abstract work explores our impact on the environment through an overhead lens, viewed like partially unearthed excavations or ruined cities and gardens. Though worn and somewhat rough, with patterns left beauty can still be found. The conceptual idea in both approaches centers around hope.