BIO

Shannon Blanton is a visual artist currently based in Northwest Connecticut.  Blanton’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions nationally and collected internationally.  Always invested in collaboration, Blanton has participated in an artist campaign project with Cole Hahn, as well as designing and painting backdrops for MyHabit.com (Amazon).  Recently her work has appeared in Dutchess Magazine and Litchfield Magazine. She has also been nominated as a top visual artist in Litchfield County in the Litchfield Magazine Reader’s Choice Issue.

She received her BA from Centre College (Danville, KY) in Art History with a focus on medieval iconography as well as a concentration on studio work, studying with Sheldon Tapley and Janet Link.  Blanton received a certificate in Appraisal Studies of Fine and Decorative Art from New York University (New York, NY).  Early in her career she established a studio practice in Bushwick NY, while also working in the commercial gallery world.  In New York she also Co-Founded Nude with a Goose with Berit Hoff, a pop up focused curatorial duo that exhibited international and emerging artists in spaces around New York City .  Blanton is also invested in art as dialogue, and has worked to foster public conversation through published articles in ArtObserved and ArtLog and as a docent at The New Museum (New York, NY). Blanton currently works out of her home studio along with her two children in Litchfield County, CT.