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 ​​​​​​​