Shawn Powell

Shawn Powell has presented solo exhibitions at 106 Green, Brooklyn, NY; Chapter, New York, NY; Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery, New York, NY; Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH; and at Webster University, St. Louis, MO.  His work has been included in two-person exhibitions at Abattoir Gallery in Cleveland, OH and NADA Miami along with numerous group exhibitions at venues such as Marrow Gallery, San Francisco, CA; The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA; and NADA New York.  His work has been featured online in Vanity Fair, Brooklyn Magazine, Bedford and Bowery, Art F City, Hyperallergic, the White Columns' Artist Registry, Cleveland Scene, and Juxtapoz Magazine as well as in print in Artmaze Mag, Secret of the Friendly Woods with the Wassaic Project, and the CAN Journal.  He co-curates the project space Gazebo Gallery in Kent, Ohio with his wife, which was featured in New Art Examiner, and he has recently curated the exhibitions The Dead Don’t Die and Near Zero at Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH.  Powell received his BFA in Painting and Art History from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA in Painting from Hunter College where he was presented a Tony Smith Award Grand.  He was awarded a 2021 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award Grant and was invited to participate in the summer 2022 residency and exhibition nido in Monte Costello di Vibio, Italy.