Shawn Marshall is a Kentucky-based 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 garnered both national and international recognition, with features in Visionary Art Magazine, Create! Magazinee, Suboart Magazine, Contemporary Collage Magazine, and others. In the summer of 2024, she completed a residency with the Jen Tough Gallery in Santa Fe, which culminated in a solo exhibition in November of 2024. Marshall has also received multiple Artist Enrichment Grants from the Great Meadows Foundation, the most recent of which supported her travels to Venice, Italy, to attend the 2024 Biennale.
Shawn Marshall’s work is included in many collections including the S.N.A.P. Collection in Louisville, KY, and corporate collections including Brown-Forman Corporation, PNC Bank, Commonwealth Bank, and the University of Kentucky. Her work can also be found in numerous private collections in the U.S. and Europe.
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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
UPCOMING & CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
April 2025 Group Exhibition, Hammond Harkins Gallery, Columbus, OH
4/18/25-6/8/25 stills, Solo Exhibition, Garner Narrative Contemporary, Louisville, KY
6/7/25-7/31/25 Resident Exhibition, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Jan 2026 LA Art Show | Jen Tough Gallery
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Reframe, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Scraps, John G. Irving Gallery, Central Bank, Lexington, KY
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, Craft[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
2025 inaugurate, garner narrative contemporary, Louisville, KY
2024 Let's Proceed...., Gather Gallery, Louisville, KY
Mothering Me, Carnegie Cultural Arts Center, New Albany, IN
Slips & Scraps, a Duo Exhibition, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY
Moments in Time, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
Beauty in the Living, Sanctuary Gallery, Lexington, KY
Alchemy of Color, Kefi Art Gallery, Toronto, CA
Girl Crush, Art Portal, Louisville, KY
Celebrating Radiance, Kefi Gallery, Toronto, CA
Redefining Form, 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, ARTS Southeast, Savannah, GA
2023 Showers Spring, Chauvet Arts, Nashville, TN
Mothering Me, Art Sanctuary, Louisville, KY
2022 Anticipation, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
Summer 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
3rd Annual Small Works Juried Show, ART ROOM, Fort Worth,TX
2019 ENID: Generations of Women Sculptors, McGrath Gallery, Louisville, KY
Mix It Up, New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY
AC Hotel Exhibition, Selected Artist, Louisville, KY
Fresh Paint, Moremen Contemporary Gallery, Louisville, KY
2018 2018 Open Studio Juried Exhibition, Cressman Center, Louisville, KY
2018 Juried Exhibition, Portland Art & Heritage Fair, Louisville, KY
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, 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, Woman Made 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
2016 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; Sculptors, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania Univ., 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 etc
2025 Featured Artist, Issue #13, New Visionary Magazine, New York, NY
2024 Artist Residency, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Featured Artist, Suboart Magazine, Issue 33
Contemporary Collage Magazine Awards 2024, Portfolio Shortlist
Great Meadows Foundation, Artist Enrichment Grant, Louisville, KY (Traveled to the 2024 Biennale)
Online Interview, Suboart Magazine
2023 Great Meadows Foundation, Artist Enrichment Grant, Louisville, KY (Traveled to New York, NY)
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 Artwork
ArtWife Arts Journal, April 2023
2022 Orange Book,1st Ed., Artrepreneur Art Book, Cover & Feature
Thought Art Magazine, Issue 05
2020 Art Reveal Magazine, Featured Artist and Interview
2020 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
1995 Travel Grant, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Traveled to see works by artists Heizer, Ross, Holt, Turrell, etc.)
1994 Helen Fagan Tyler Scholarship, Cornell University - Full Tuition Award
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, Lexington, KY
Private Collections throughout the U.S. & Europe
REPRESENTATION
Garner Narrative Contemporary Fine Art, Louisville, KY
Hammond-Harkins Galleries, Columbus, OH