About

Nicole Shannon is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice examines how perception and belief shape human experience. Working across painting and sculpture, she creates metaphor-driven bodies of work that explore how people construct meaning, value, and possibility.

Her work includes The Worlds We Create, a series investigating how our internal beliefs shape our lived experience; Rare Roses, a series based on genetically abnormal roses that reconsider ideas of difference and human worth; and investigations of post-traumatic growth that examine rupture, adaptation, and resilience.

Nicole began her career as a goldsmith and bench jeweler, developing a sensitivity to symbolism, material transformation, and the psychological resonance of objects, an approach that continues to inform her interdisciplinary practice. Situated at the intersection of art and philosophy, her practice is inquiry-driven, inviting viewers into the questions she explores.

An internationally exhibited and award-winning artist, Shannon's work has been featured in publications including Create! Magazine, Vogue Gioiello, and American Artist Magazine, and is held in collections at medical, academic, and genetic research centers including Boston Children’s Hospital, Clemson University’s Center for Human Genetics, the University of Chicago’s Department of Human Genetics, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the Greenwood Genetic Center.

She studied art at the State University of New York at New Paltz and the Savannah College of Art and Design.