Shanna Waddell’s works depict a constructed world, a self-sustaining flower farm and artist commune that is an exercise of the imagination. The artist creates serial compositions that are in dialogue with models of both art history and art-making. Waddell absorbs and adapts what has been historically considered primarily masculine modes of painting—freely injecting her spirit into ideas for future systems of living.

BIO:

Shanna Waddell was born in Long Beach, California in 1981. The artist received an MFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2010 and a BFA from California State University, Long Beach in California in 2006.

Solo exhibitions of Waddell’s work have taken place at: M+B in Los Angeles, California; Jack Barrett Gallery in New York City; SPURS Gallery in Beijing, China; Friends Indeed in San Francisco, California; Thomas Erben Gallery in New York City; and Galerie La Croix at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California; among others.

Group exhibitions that have shown Waddell’s work have taken place at: Vielmetter in Los Angeles, California; Galerie Hussenot in Paris, France; Harawick in New York City; BOZOMAG in Los Angeles, California; Queens LA in Los Angeles, California; Torrance Art Museum in Torrance, California; FJORD in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Thomas Erben Gallery in New York City; among others.

Waddell lives and works in Los Angeles, California.