About

Nicole Shannon is an artist whose practice examines how perception and belief shape inner experience and shared cultural frameworks. Working across multiple mediums, she creates metaphor-driven work that operates through inquiry rather than fixed narrative.

She began her career as a bench jeweler, developing objects embedded with intention and symbolic meaning—an approach that continues to inform her practice. Her work has since evolved into distinct bodies of work, including sculptural investigations of post-traumatic growth that address healing and human potential; The Worlds We Create, a series exploring inner landscapes shaped by belief; and paintings of symbolic forms that interrogate how value, identity, and difference are culturally constructed.

Situated at the intersection of art and philosophy, Shannon’s practice approaches meaning as something actively formed, emphasizing interpretation as an open, participatory process in which viewers are invited to reflect on their own patterns of thought and perception. This work also reflects Shannon’s broader research interest in how perception, belief, and creativity shape human experience—questions she examines across disciplines through both artistic exploration and research-driven work.

An internationally exhibited and award-winning artist, Shannon’s work has been featured in Vogue, New York Fashion Week, the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida, and the Telfair Museum in Savannah, Georgia, among other curated exhibitions in the United States and abroad. Her work is held in permanent collections including Clemson University’s Center for Human Genetics, the University of Chicago’s Department of Human Genetics, Boston Children’s Hospital, the Greenwood Genetic Center, and the Medical University of South Carolina. She studied art and design at SUNY New Paltz and the Savannah College of Art and Design.