shannon mcconnell
Biography (brief overview)
Shannon Mcconnell is an artist and musician based in Seattle, Wa, USA. Figural/Abstract allegorical scenes, socio-political overtones, motion/transformation, the influence of sound (noise/music), and northwestern colors, are some elements integrated in his imagery. His drawings and paintings have been exhibited at various galleries and other locations, while doing commissioned portraits and murals. He attended the University of Washington, Skidmore College of the Arts (New York), North Seattle Community College, Seattle Central Community College, and The Art Institute of Seattle. He was a founding member of the legendary garage pop/punk band "The Fall-Outs", the messthetic/pop sound of "The Pulses", performed in "The Intelligence", and other music projects.
CV - Curriculum Vitae
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 - Galerie Blacklist, Prague, Czech Republic - "Proposed Land-Use Action"
2009 - Snoose Part Dieu Gallery, Seattle, Wa. - "Media-Mutations"
2008 - JiveTime Records/Gallery, Seattle, Wa. - "Seeing Sound / Hearing Color"
2007 - BaBa Louise Gallery/Salon, Seattle, Wa. - "recent paintings"
2006 - BAZR Gallery, Seattle, Wa. - "Urban Curiosities" selected works
2003 - Rosebud Gallery, Seattle, Wa. - selected works
2002 - Capitol Hill Internet Gallery, Seattle, Wa. - selected works
2002 - Rebar Gallery/Nightclub, Seattle, Wa. - "new paintings & monoprints"
2002 - Elliot Bay Gallery, Seattle, Wa. - selected works
2001 - Crocodile Cafe Gallery/Nightclub, Seattle, Wa. - selected works
2000 - The Pearl Gallery, Seattle, Wa. - "Troubled Walls" (selected works)
2007 - Wall of Sound Music/Gallery, Seattle, Wa. - November group show
2005 - D'Adamo/Woltz Gallery, Seattle, Wa. - January group show, selected paintings
2004 - M:Pulse Gallery/Boutique, Seattle, Wa. - group show, selected works
1992 - Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. - "Student group show", selected drawings
1987 - Lincoln Arts Center, Seattle, Wa. - "Seattle Arts-Underground" group show
1983 - Washington State School District "Art Competition", Olympia, Wa.
1983 - Edmonds Arts Festival, Edmonds, Wa.
1982 - Washington State School District "Art Competition", Olympia, Wa.
1982 - Edmonds Arts Festival, Edmonds, Wa.
1981 - Mukilteo Art Fair Contest, Mukilteo, Wa.
1981 - Edmonds Arts Festival, Edmonds, Wa.
Commissions
Misc Portraits & Murals 1996-2009
Various independent record labels, music groups, venues and organizations:
(posters, cover art, t-shirt designs, flyers, misc.graphics) 1985-2004
Jan Kraus, Prague, Czech Republic
Marie Adamcova, Prague, Czech Republic
Hugo and Martha Taylor, Seattle, Wa.
The Steve Burton estate, Kenmore, Wa.
Vivienne Collins, Durham, NC.
Jane Hedreen, Seattle, Wa.
Andrew Larson, Seattle, Wa.
Judy Norleen-Wilson, Denver, Co.
Daniel Wood, San Francisco, CA.
Oleg Botamanenko, Bellevue, Wa.
Kimra Milner, Phoenix, AZ.
Steven & Kristen Roy, Lynnwood, Wa.
Pauline and Peter Bradshaw, Seattle, Wa.
Marianne and Richard Nelsen, Lynnwood, Wa.
Dennis and Marie McConnell, Sterling, Ak.
Ellen Oliver, Seattle,Wa.
Washington Senator office, Olympia, Wa.
Education
Art Institute of Seattle 1993-1995
Skidmore College of the Arts New York 1991-1992
University of Washington / ASUW College 1986-1988
Seattle Central Community College 1990/1996/2002
North Seattle Community College 1983-1984
Grants/Awards/Honors
Recipient of the Philanthropic and Education Society, F.U. of P.E.O. Scholarship for Art - 1983
Washington State School District Art Competition First Place Winner - 1983
Meadowdale High School Art Department Award - 1983
Edmonds Arts Festival Finalist - 1982/1983
9thAnnual Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Art Award Winner - 1982
(my painting was in the collection of Washington Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson,
and was displayed at the "Imagination Celebration", Seattle Center - 1982,
and at the Western Washington Art Fair - 1982)
Washington State School District Art Competition Finalist – 1981/1982
Professional Art Related Experience/Occupations
J.A. Dedouche Co. - portrait artist, ceramic memorial plaques - 1995-1998
Artsign/Artco Sign Co. - graphic design, sign fabrication, construction, installation, maintenance - 2000-2008
Various independent venues, organizations, record labels, and music groups - graphic design, posters, cover art, t-shirt designs, flyers, misc.graphics - 1985-2008
Professional Music Experience
The Fall-Outs - 1981-1996 / 4 singles, 3 albums, 3 tours.
The Pulses - 1999-2005 / 3 albums, 1 tour. (BBC airplay, "John Peel Show")
Other related projects; The Intelligence, Night Kings, Invisible Men, El Vez,
Milkduds, The Outcasts, The Seperates, and misc studio recordings - 1985-2010