Shawn Theodore

(b. 1970, Stuttgart)

Email: hi at shawntheodo.re

Currently based in Philadelphia.

Education

2000

Temple University, BA in Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising

Awards

2018

Getty Images ARRAY Grant, Recipient

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellowship, Nominee

Magnum Foundation Fund: Nominee

2016

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellowship: Nominee

Residencies

2017-18

SPACES - Artist in Residence
Village of Arts and Humanities Project: "Home Court"

solo exhibitions

2018

‘One Leaf Does Not a Cypress Make’ | Hudson Valley Community College, The Teaching Gallery | Curator, Tara Fracalossi

2017

'Church of Broken Pieces' | Richard Beavers Gallery, NYC | Curator, Richard Beavers

'Future Antebellum' | Art Sanctuary, Philadelphia, PA | Curators, James Claiborne and Noah Smalls

'Ctrl+P' | Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago

'Church of Broken Pieces' | African American Museum in Philadelphia, PA | Curator, Brittany Webb

2016

‘Shawn Theodore, xST' | Breakfast, Santa Barbara, CA

2015

‘The Avenues’, Painted Bride Art Center | Philadelphia, PA

2014

‘Storyville Presents: The A / V / E : The Audio Visual Experiment’ | Scribe Video Center

‘The Avenues, Uptown & GTown’ | Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

murals / outdoor

2017

‘Aizen’ mural at 990 Spring Garden, in conjunction with the Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

"Aizen" on the computer, before projection onto the stairs.

Ghazi Aizen sees her mural for the first time.

Dad, Daughter and the mural made for her.

Revolutionary: A Pop-Up Street Art Exhibition | Curator, Conrad Benner

"A Reminder" (2017) Shawn Theodore in Elfreth's Alley. Part of "Revolutionary: A Pop-Up Street Art Exhibition"

group exhibitions

2018

“Shifting Gaze: A Reconstruction of The Black & Hispanic Body in Contemporary Art” | Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, FL

"Between Now & Then; Life in the Bardos", Noorwood Club, NYC

“Refraction: New Photography of Africa and Its Diaspora”, Steven Kasher Gallery, Chelsea, NYC | Curators, Cassandra Johnson and Niama Sandy

Legacy of the Cool: A Tribute to Barkley L. Hendricks | The Bakalar & Paine Galleries at MassArt, Boston, MA | Curator, Darci Hanna

Shabazz / Theodore: The Photography of Jamel Shabazz and Shawn Theodore | SNAP! Space, Orlando, FL | Curators, Patrick and Holly Khan

Jamel Shabazz and Shawn Theodore at the opening of their two-man show.

2017

PRIZM Art Fair | Art Basel week, Miami, FL

'InVision Photo Festival' | Bethlehem, PA

'We Are Stronger Together' | Rush Arts Philadelphia, in partnership with The Barnes Foundation and Art Sanctuary | Curator, Oshun D. Layne

Shawn Theodore, works from 'Future Antebellum' at 'We Are Stronger Together' | Rush Arts Philadelphia

‘Other Articulations of the Real’ | The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY

2016

PRIZM Art Fair | Art Basel week, Miami, FL

'OFF WHITE’ | MoCADA Museum, Brooklyn NYC | Curator, Akintola Hanif

2015

'PPAC 6th Annual Contemporary Photography Competition & Exhibition' | Philadelphia, PA

performance

Sanford Biggers and ensemble

2017

Participant/Actor in 'Duchamp in the Congo (Suburban Invasion)' 1999/2017 | Sanford Biggers, Xaviera Simmons and Michael Stablein | The Barnes Foundation ‘Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie’.

curatorial

2018

Let’s Connect: Philly’s Artists Take on the Barnes

Lyric - Creative Suites for the Modern Traveler

Philadelphia
Minnesota
Dallas

2017

‘Fevered Dreams, Fractured Times’, Mark Jason Weston at Imperfect Gallery

artist talks, panels and lectures

2018

REFRACTION: NEW PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA at AIPAD

Niama Safia Sandy, Curator, and Artists Nona Faustine, Adama Delphine Fawundu, and Shawn Theodore

A discussion of the upcoming exhibition Refraction: New Photography of Africa and its Diaspora on view at Steven Kasher Gallery from April 19 through June 2, 2018, which looks at reframing blackness through visual art and challenging existing representations of black life.

PhotoNative 2018, Provo, UT | Street Portraiture: Best Practices & Methods

Creative Photography Mentor | Village Arts | Philadelphia

2017

Art Sanctuary, closing reception artist talk with host/moderator Sharon Chestnut | Philadelphia, PA

Art Sanctuary, artist talk with PaFA Low-Res students | Philadelphia, PA

National Constitution Center 'Revolutionary: Artist Panel’ A conversation with four of the Revolutionary artists – Shawn Theodore, Michelle Angela Ortiz, Lisa Kelley, and Yasmine Mustafa | Philadelphia, PA,

African American Museum in Philadelphia, PA' Films at AAMP: ‘A Moving Image’ Screening & Artists’ Talk. Activist, scholar and artist Nehad Khader will moderate a discussion and audience Q&A between director Shola Amoo and photographer, Shawn Theodore.

African American Museum in Philadelphia, PA' Films at AAMP: ‘Black Girl + Merkato' A conversation between filmmaker Sosena Solomon and photographer Shawn Theodore.

Shawn Theodore in discussion with Oh, Snap! PPAC

Philadelphia Weekly: Picture power: Photography and women’s empowerment collide with Oh, Snap! at the PPAC

2016

First Person Arts Festival, National Museum of American Jewish History - Panelist, ‘My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me' | Philadelphia, PA

First Person Arts Festival, WHYY Studios, Philadelphia, PA Panelist ’A Letter to My Father / A Letter to My Son' City of Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services and First Person Arts | Philadelphia, PA

Shawn Theodore with Dr. Brandi Summers, VCU | Richmond, VA

Virginia Commonwealth University - Guest Lecturer ‘The Black Artist In Perspective’ (Secondary Link) To hear the interview with with African American Studies instructor Chioke I’Anson, PhD, please visit this link. | Richmond, VA

Temple University, Aperture Agency - Guest Lecturer | Philadelphia, PA