Curriculum Vitae
Education
M.F.A. Photography, Yale University
B.F.A. Photography, Columbia College Chicago
Screenings
2025 Family Stories: Rencontres Internationales: New Cinema & Contemporary Art, Berlin, DEU
2024 Histoires de famille, Rencontres Internationales: New Cinema and Contemporary Art, CWD Paris, Paris, FRA
2018 The Center of the World, Rencontres Internationales: New Cinema & Contemporary Art, Berlin, DEU
2017 Le centre du monde, Rencontres Internationales: New Cinema and Contemporary Art, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, FRA
2015 This Instant, Rencontres Internationales: New Cinema & Contemporary Art, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin, DEU
2014 À l'instant, Rencontres Internationales: New Cinema and Contemporary Art, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, FRA
What Else Could This Be, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Giant System Chicago Presents, The Nightingale, Chicago, IL
Exhibitions
2024 69 for 69, Side Street Studio - Elgin, IL
2021 Dissonance and Resonance: Four Photographers, Salina Art Center - Salina, KS
2020 (Re)Visions of Chicago Public Schools, Gallery 062 - Chicago, IL
2019 Ringer, Athica - Athens, GA
2018 New Pictures, ArtSpace 144 - Crystal Lake, IL
2016 Public Service Announcement, Johalla Projects - Chicago, IL Like a Juggernaut, Gallery One & Two - Crystal Lake, IL (Solo)
2015 Like a Juggernaut, Lamar Dodd School of Art - Athens, GA (Solo)
Our Bodies as One, Gallery 101 - Athens, GA (Solo)
2014 Soft Target, M+B Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
Summer Home, Schneider Gallery - Chicago, IL
Tierney Foundation Exhibition, Photoville NYC - New York, NY
Shannon, Belfast School of Art - Belfast, IRL
2013 Chicago Style, The Coat Check - Chicago, IL
Shades of Darkness, C33 Gallery - Chicago, IL
Shannon: Yale Photography MFA 2013, Aperture Foundation - New York, NY
Shannon: Yale Photography MFA 2013, Johalla Projects - Chicago, IL
All Pictures By: Yale Photography MFA 2013, Green Gallery - New Haven, CT
Stitched and Glued: The Handmade Photo Book, Riverside Arts Center - Riverside, IL
2012 Begin Again, Green Gallery, Yale University MFA 2013 - New Haven, CT
2011 Frais Peint, Green Gallery - New Haven, CT
For No One But Us, Living Room Gallery - Chicago, IL (Curator)
2008 At 21, Marwen Foundation - Chicago, IL
2006 18th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center - Evanston, IL
New Trends in Chicago Photography, Version06 Festival - Chicago, IL
Art Show, Buddy Gallery - Chicago, IL
2005 The Wrestlers, Garden Fresh - Chicago, IL (Solo)
Winter Showcase, South Union Arts - Chicago, IL
Parks and Recreation, Buddy Gallery - Chicago, IL
2004 Recollection, Vespine Gallery - Chicago, IL
Chicago/Land/Space/Place, Glass Curtain Gallery - Chicago, IL
Union Civic and Arts League Honor Exhibition, Union Civic and Arts League - Chicago, IL
Awards & Grants
2013 Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship, Yale University School of Art
Tierney Foundation Fellowship, Yale University School of Art
2010 First Runner-Up Blurb Photography Book Now Book Contest
City of Chicago CAAP Grant
2009 City of Chicago CAAP Grant
2008 City of Chicago CAAP Grant
Finalist, Honickman First Book Prize, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University
2007 City of Chicago CAAP Grant
2004 Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship
2003 Union Civic and Art League Scholarship
Residencies
2021 CPSLives, Chicago Public Schools - Artist in Residence
2020 CPSLives, Chicago Public Schools - Artist in Residence
Salina Art Center - Visiting Artist
2014 Lamar Dodd School of Art at The University of Georgia - Post-MFA Photography Fellowship
Collections
The Tierney Family Foundation - New York, NY
Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, School of the Art Institute - Chicago, IL
Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library Special Collections, Yale University - New Haven, CT
Midwest Photographers Project, Museum of Contemporary Photography - Chicago, IL
McHenry County College Permanent Art Collection - Crystal Lake, IL
Columbia College Chicago - Chicago, IL
The Indie Photobook Library - Washington D.C.
Panels and Lectures
2021 Artist Lecture, Dissonance and Resonance: Four Photographers, Salina Art Center
2017 Visiting Artist Lecture, Truman College
2016 Visiting Artist Lecture, Northern Illinois University
Visiting Artist Lecture, McHenry County College
2015 Photography Fellow Lecture, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia
Visiting Artist Lecture, Georgia State University
2014 Visiting Artist Lecture, College of Lake County
2013 The MFA and Contemporary Practitioners, Latitude Chicago with Johalla Projects