Shawn Marshall is a Kentucky-based painter & mixed-media artist with a background in architecture and design. She earned a Master of Architecture with a Minor in Fine Art from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Kentucky. She is also a visual arts educator who earned Master of Art in Teaching from Bellarmine University.
Shawn Marshall’s work has received international recognition and has been published in Art Seen Magazine, Suboart Magazine, Contemporary Collage Magazine, Art Hive Magazine, and others. She was recently accepted for a residency & exhibition at the Jen Tough Gallery in Santa Fe, NM, happening in the summer of 2024. Marshall is also a recipient of an Artist Enrichment Grant from the Great Meadows Foundation, and her work is included in many collections including the S.N.A.P. Collection in Louisville, KY. Her work can be found in corporate collections including Brown-Forman Corporation, PNC Bank, Commonwealth Bank, and the University of Kentucky, and numerous private collections in the U.S. and Europe. Shawn Marshall is represented by Viridian Artists, New York, NY, and New Editions Gallery in Lexington, KY.
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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
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY
Viridian Artists, New York, NY
CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS | RESIDENCIES
3/15/24-5/4/24 Scraps - a Solo Exhibition, John G. Irvin Gallery, Lexington, KY
4/9/24-5/5/24 Alchemy of Color, Kefi Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
June 2024 Slips & Scraps, Duo Exhibition, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY
7/9/24-8/3/24 Affiliate Exhibition, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
7/15/24-7/29/24 Residency, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Imprints & Abstraction, Capacity Contemporary, Louisville, KY
2022 Inspired, Lowber Gallery, Louisville, KY
2021 Infiniteness & Insignificance, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2018 Surface; Beyond the Horizon, Crafts[s] Gallery, Louisville, KY
2017 Inward Landscapes, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY
Landscapes, Downtown Pilates Studio & Gallery, Louisville, KY
2009 Shawn Marshall: New Works, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY
2006 Tribal Countenance, McGrath Gallery, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & COMPETITIONS
2024 Girl Crush, Art Portal, Louisville, Kentucky
Celebrating Radiance, Kefi Gallery, Toronto, CA
Redefining Form, Anne Wilson Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
Art in City Hall, an Invitational Exhibition, Prospect, KY
2023 Fresh Paint Exhibition, Create! Magazine, New York, NY
What Remains, Juried Exhibition, Visionary Art Collective, Brooklyn, NY
Materia Prima Juried Exhibition, ARTS Southeast, Savannah, GA
Showers Spring, Chauvet Arts, Nashville, TN
Mothering Me, Art Sanctuary, Louisville, KY
2022 Anticipation, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
Juried Show, Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
The Blue Show, Lowber Gallery, Louisville, KY
Anything Goes, ENID, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
Artful Connections, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
Salon de Refuses, Wausau Fine Art Museum, Wausau, WI
Winter Exhibition, New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY
2021 Open Studio Juried Exhibition, The Cressman Center, Louisville, KY
Celestial, Lowber Gallery, Louisville, KY
The Gift, Invitational Exhibition, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
Herstory: Moving Forward, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
Incongruent Realities, Affiliate Exhibition, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
Hope, Invitational Show, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
2020 Uncertainty, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
Summer Juried Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, NY, NY (Juror: Martica Sawin)
3rd Annual Small Works Juried Show, ART ROOM, Fort Worth,TX
2019 ENID: Generations of Women Sculptors, McGrath Gallery, Louisville, KY
Mix It Up, Group Show, New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY
AC Hotel Exhibition, Selected Artist, Louisville, KY
Fresh Paint, Group Show, Moremen Gallery, Louisville, KY
2018 2018 Open Studio Juried Exhibition, Cressman Center, Louisville, KY
Juried Exhibition, Portland Art & Heritage Fair, Louisville, KY
Landscapes: on the Canvas|From the Camera, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
Spring Exhibition, Sozo Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2017 Mazin Juried Art Exhibition, J. Patio Gallery, Louisville, KY
Open Studio Juried Exhibit, Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Louisville, KY
Selfies & Self-Portraits, Viridian Artists Gallery, New York, NY
The Modern Landscape, New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY
LandEscape, McGrath Gallery, Bellarmine University,Louisville, KY
Reunion II, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mix It Up, New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY
Gridworks Revisited, New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY
2016 27th International Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
Movement+Context, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY
ART IN AMERICA, Juried Exhibition, The Art House, Chicago, IL
2015 Abstract in Kentucky, Kaviar Forge & Gallery, Louisville, KY
2014 HORIZON: Contemporary Landscape, The Art Center, Danville, KY
Displacement II, New Harmony Gallery of Art, New Harmony, IN
ENID; Women Sculptors, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
Displacement I, Huff Gallery, Spalding Univ., Louisville, KY
2013 ENID 2013, The Cressman Center, Louisville, KY
2011 ENID; Women Sculptors, Carnegie Center, New Albany, IN
2004 ENID; Women Sculptors, Huff Gallery, Spalding University, Louisville, KY
GRANTS, PUBLICATIONS, & AWARDS
2023 Great Meadows Foundation, Artist Enrichment Grant, Louisville, KY
Suboart Magazine, Issue 15, December 2023
Art Seen Magazine, Issue 10, Winter 2023
Contemporary Collage Magazine, Issue 21, Featured Artist
Contemporary Collage Magazine, Issue 17, Featured ArtworkArtWife Arts Journal, Selected Artwork, April 2023
2022 Orange Book,1st Ed., Artrepreneur, Contemporary Art Book, cover art & inside feature
Thought Art Magazine, Issue 05
2020 Art Reveal Magazine, Featured Artist and Interview
2020 International Juried Exhibition Catalog, Blue Mountain Gallery NY, NY
2019 New Limestone Review, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
3rd Place, MAZIN Juried Art Exhibition, J Gallery, Louisville, KY
Open Journal Art & Letters, Featured Artist
2018 Art Hive Magazine, Featured Artist
Supersonic Art, Featured Artist
2017 1st Place, MAZIN Juried Art Exhibition, J Gallery, Louisville, KY
Louisville Magazine, Featured Artist, Louisville, KY
2016 Professional Artist Magazine, Featured Artist
Nominee for the 2016 Awards in the Arts, Louisville Fund for the Arts
2013-2019 Artebella, Featured Artist, Louisville Visual Art’s Online Publication
1995 Travel Grant, Cornell University, Visited works by Earth Artists Heizer, Ross, Holt, Turrell, etc.
1994 Helen Fagan Tyler Scholarship, Cornell University - Full Tuition
COLLECTIONS
Shapin Nicolas Art Project (S.N.A.P. Collection), Louisville, KY
Brown-Forman Corporation, Louisville, KY
PNC Bank, Pittsburgh, PA
Commonwealth Bank, Louisville, KY
The University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY
VisitLEX Offices, Lexington, KY
Private Collections throughout the U.S. & Europe