Education

2018    Savannah College of Art and Design, MFA, Photography

2000 Temple University, BA in Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising

Awards

2022 ADC Awards, Hometown Shot on iPhone, Apple

2020    AI-AP American Photography 35

2019    PDN’s 30 New & Emerging Photograph

2019     Getty Images / ARRAY ‘Where We Stand’ 

2018    Knight Foundation Grantee, ‘A Dream Deferred PHL’

2018     The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellowship, Nominee 

2018     Magnum Foundation Fund, Nominee

2016 The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellowship, Nominee

2018     SPACES Residency at The Village of Arts and Humanities, "Home Court" Project

2018 VSCO Voices, Mentor

2023 The Print Center, Philadelphia

2023          The Center For Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia

2019           Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, Philadelphia

2019-20 TILT Institute (formerly Philadelphia Photo Arts Center)

2021    ‘Night Stars’ Paradigm Gallery and Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2020    ‘Future Antebellum’ Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2020    ‘Colin Kaepernick - Know Your Rights Camp Photo Exhibit, KUUMBA25’, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2019     ‘Shawn Theodore’ The Photography Gallery at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2019    ‘These Subtle Declarations’ Allens Lane Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

2019     ‘A Castle Beyond the Inland Delta: Visions of Afromythology’, Rush Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2019    ‘Sisters of the Cypress’, TBWA\MEDIA ARTS LAB, Los Angeles, CA

2018    'One Leaf Does Not a Cypress Make', Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY

2017    'Church of Broken Pieces', Richard Beavers Gallery, NYC

2017    'Future Antebellum', Art Sanctuary, Philadelphia, PA

2017    'Ctrl+P', Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL

2017    'Church of Broken Pieces', African American Museum in Philadelphia, PA 

2015 ‘The Avenues’, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

2023 ‘The Art and Influence of John Dowell: An Exhibition’. The Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

2023 ‘Someone’, Sohn Fine Art. Lenox, MA

2020    ‘Solidarity’ Sohn Fine Art. Lenox, MA

2020    ‘Black Art Matters’, photoSCHWEIZ, Zurich, Switzerland

2020    ‘Shifting Gaze: A Reconstruction of The Black & Hispanic Body in Contemporary Art’, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art

2020    ‘Black Culture – Identität und Kultur’, photoSCHWEIZ, Stockholm, Sweden

2020     ‘Lost Carmel, curated by Kris Graves’ Center for Photographic Art, Sunset Center, Carmel by the Sea, CA

2018     ‘Shifting Gaze: A Reconstruction of The Black & Hispanic Body in Contemporary Art’,         Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, FL

2018    ‘Yearbook’, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Mural Arts and For Freedoms, Philadelphia, PA

2018    “Redlining — Past, Present, Future”, A Dream Deferred, PHL, Philadelphia, PA

2018    ‘Collective Conscious: The Art of Social Change’, African American Museum in Philadelphia, PA 

2018     ‘Home Court’, Shawn Theodore, Aysha Ray Walker, Danielle Morris. Philadelphia, PA

2018    ‘Between Now & Then; Life in the Bardos’, Norwood Club by G A Macura, NYC

2018    ‘Refraction: New Photography of Africa and Its Diaspora’, Steven Kasher, Chelsea, NYC

2018    'Legacy of the Cool, A Tribute to Barkley L. Hendricks' MassArt, Bakalar & Paine Galleries, Boston, MA

2018    'SHABAZZ / THEODORE' Jamel Shabazz and Shawn Theodore, Snap! Space, Orlando, FL

2017    ‘InVision Photo Festival’, Bethlehem, PA 

2017     ‘We Are Stronger Together' Rush Arts Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation, and Art Sanctuary

2017    ‘Revolutionary: A Pop-Up Street Art Exhibition’, Philadelphia, PA

2017    ‘Other Articulations of the Real’ The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, NY

2017    'Philadelphia Renaissance', Art Sanctuary, Philadelphia, PA

2016    OFF WHITE’, MoCADA Museum, Brooklyn NYC

2016    ‘Street Diaries’ Melbourne, Australia

2015 PPAC 6th Annual Contemporary Photography Competition & Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

2021    Art on Paper, NYC, solo booth, Paradigm Gallery+Studio

2020   Photoville, NYC, ‘Places of Inspiration’ New York, NY

2020   ‘Scope Art Fair Scope’ Immersive 2020, Second Edition. Booth, Paradigm Gallery+Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2020   ‘Photo LA’: Booth, ParisTexasLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2018    ‘The Photography Show at AIPAD’: Booth, Steven Kasher Gallery, NYC 

2017    ‘PRIZM Art Fair’, Art Basel, Miami, FL

2016    ‘PRIZM Art Fair’, Art Basel, Miami, FL

2014 ‘Art Takes Miami’, SCOPE Art Miami, Miami, FL

2021 ‘American Refugee’

2020   ‘The Photograph’, Universal Pictures

2019   ‘Boomerang’, Halle Berry, Lena Waithe, BET Network, Viacom, Paramount Television

2018 ‘The Obituary of Tunde Johnson’, Zgreen Entertainment, Jason Shuman Productions, JRU Studios

2017    Participant/Actor in ‘Suburban Invasion,’ Sanford Biggers in collaboration with Xaviera Simmons and Michael Stablein as part of The Barnes Foundation ‘Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie’

2021    ‘Wake’ Philadelphia International Airport, Terminal D

2021    ‘Future Antebellum’, The New Freedom Theatre

2020    ‘Seasons’, 2900 Ridge Avenue, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

2020    ‘Windows on Latimer’, Inaugural artist, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

2020 ‘The Sisters of Cypress’, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2019    ‘A New Life’, Eric Okdeh with contributions by Shawn Theodore, Mural Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2017 ‘Aizen’, 990 Spring Garden, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

2021    Apple campaign ‘Hometown’, television, billboard, and social media

2021    Spotify, Spotlight on Black photographers, Honoring Black History Month

2020     Apple Feature Campaign ‘Mobile to Museum’ television, billboard, and social media

2020    Showtime Network, ‘The Chi’ Season 3 key art

2019     RocNation, Buju Banton key art

2019    Apple, Instagram Account, Black History Month Profile: Poet Ursula Rucker

2017    Apple, QWERTY Campaign. Officially premiered during ‘Apple Special Event, October 2016’

2016 Apple, Instagram Launch Campaign: Instyle (main image), Yahoo Finance (main image), TIME.

2020    The Globe and Mail, ‘Photo project with Colin Kaepernick goes from Paper magazine to public art installation at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre’

2020    Flaunt Magazine, ‘PARISTEXASLA / Shawn Theodore’

2020    Apple, ‘Mobile to Museum; video feature on Shawn Theodore’

2019    Ignant, ‘Shawn Theodore’s Captivating Work Is An Exploration Of The African American Experience’

2018    Musée Magazine: ‘A Photographic Reimagining of Black Past and Black Future with Shawn Theodore’

2018    PDN ‘END FRAME - ‘Finding a Voice and Community through Instagram’

2018    PDN ‘How Photo Editors Use Instagram’

2017     Blavity: 'Philadelphia Artist Shawn Theodore Conveys The Essence Of Black Excellence…’

2017     Fox29 Local Good Day: ‘Photog’s 1st museum show after inspiring Moonlight’s cinematographer’

2017     VSCO: 'Frame of Reference, Shawn Theodore' 

2017     CBSPhilly: 'Philly Street Artist Gets Exhibit At African American Museum' 

2017     6ABC Visions 2017: Celebrating Black History Month' 

2017     NBC10: 'NBC10 Celebrates Black History Month' 

2017    Philadelphia Inquirer / Philadelphia Daily News: 'Q&A with Shawn Theodore' 

2017     Philly.com: 'Philly's Instagram-famous street photographer gets his first museum show' 

2017     Philly.com: '8 ways to celebrate Black History Month in Philadelphia' 

2017     PhillyVoice: 'Local street photographer's work to be displayed in African American Museum' 

2016     Huffington Post: "Dreamlike Photos Capture The ‘Vanishing Landscape’ Of Black Life In America" 

2016     ThandieKay: ‘In conversation with photographer Shawn Theodore’ 

2015     Instagram.com global feature.

2015     Temple News: 'Focusing on the Unseen' 

2015     This Week In Photo: The Candid Frame Podcast, 'xST Shawn Theodore' (#293)

2015     Ebony.com (Ebony Magazine) ‘xST Captures Vanishing Black Neighborhoods’ 

2015     Mic.com, 'Meet the Photographer Capturing America's Vibrant Black Neighborhoods as They Disappear' 

2015     Complex.com, 'Shawn Theodore's Photography Illustrates the Changing Landscape of Black Neighborhoods' 

2015     I-D (UK) / Vice (US) 'Shawn Theodore's street shots shine a light on America’s black neighbourhoods' 

2015     Philly.com, 'Philly street photographer XST highlighted in beautiful video series' 

2015      Video documentary by director Morgan Maassen 

2015     @Newyorkermag 'Instagram feature' 

2015     New Yorker Photo 'Instagram Takeover' @newyorkerphoto

2014    New York Times, 'Buying the Bricks for Your Online Storefront' 

2014     Gryyo.com, 'Everyone is Flawed and Beautiful' 

2020    The New Republic: ‘Larry Krasner’s Lonely, Radical Crusade to Solve America’s Gun Problem’ 

2020    The New Republic: ‘Bookerism and the Black Elite: Managing Race Relations From Up On High’

2019     The Atlantic: ‘The Fight to Decolonize the Museum’

2019    The New York Times: What Reparations for Slavery Might Look Like in 2019, by Patricia Cohen  

2020    American Photography 35

2020    UNC Press Books, Veil and Vow: Marriage Matters in Black Cultural Production, Aneeka Henderson,     Cover 

2019     Virginia Quarterly Review, ‘Survivor Files’. 

2019    PAPER Magazine, Know Your Rights featuring Colin Kaepernick, Cover and portfolio

2019    UNC Press Books, Black in Place: The Spatial Aesthetics of Race in a Post-Chocolate City, by Brandi Thompson Summers, Cover

2019    ‘LOST II: Birmingham’ by Shawn Theodore, published Kris Graves Projects

2018    The Cut, New York Magazine, Fall Fashion: ‘Night Stars’

2018    PDN: ‘The Social Media Issue’, Cover

2018    The Cut, New York Magazine, ‘Out of the Box, Artists Edition’

2018    NYTimes: ‘Black With (Some) White Privilege’

2018    PDN 'Photo of the Day' 2/8 ”Dubhe” from Future Antebellum series. 

2018    PDN 'Photo of the Day' 2/8 ‘On the Streets with Jamel Shabazz and Shawn Theodore’

2018     Philadelphia Inquirer, ‘Can a new basketball court help transform a struggling Philly neighborhood?’

2017    Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style, by Shantrelle P. Lewis

2017     Virginia Quarterly Review, ‘Joy Comes in the Morning, Finding Sanctuary in the Wake of Pulse’

2017     Blavity: '10 Dope Photographers That Should Be In Your Instagram Feed' 

2017     6ABC: '6ABC Loves the arts: AAMP 40th anniversary celebration'

2017     CBS3: African-American Museum Of Philadelphia Celebrates 40 Years

2016    Smithsonian Magazine, Volume 47, Number 5, Cover

2016    Fields Magazine, “Documenting Life Within A Vanishing Landscape of Black Neighborhoods”, Cover

2016    HYCIDE Magazine, Issue 8, Redux 1 and 2, Dual Covers

2015    New Republic, ‘Backstory: Bearing Witness to Harlem's Gentrification’

2015     Sports Illustrated, 'Max Fennell continues to lead the way for diversity in triathlon athletes' 

2015    MORE Magazine, Vol. 18, No.8, ‘Shear Beauty’

2015    JUMP, Issue #19, The Student Becomes Teacher’, Cover

2014    Out Of The Phone, The Mobile Photo Book

2014     CNN.com, 'Fine art from an iPhone? The best Instagram photos from 2014' 

2013    Snax Magazine, Fall/Winter ‘Dream Issue’

Selected works in limited editions are held in international private and public collections. Notable collectors/collections include former first lady Michelle Obama, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The African American Museum of Philadelphia, the Library of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Library of the Whitney Museum, Library of the Guggenheim Museum, Library of the Getty Institute, Amon Carter Museum of Art, Arcadia University, Texas State University, ArtCenter College of Design, Syracuse University, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Drexel University.

2018    Orlando Weekly: Orlando's 2018 art exhibitions snapped our eyes wide open 

2018    Boston Globe: Celebrating Barkley L. Hendricks at MassArt

2018    WBUR (NPR): MassArt's Barkley L. Hendricks Tribute 'Legacy Of The Cool' Is Too Hot To Overlook

2018    WMFE (NPR): Intersection: Photographer Shawn Theodore

2018    Orlando Weekly: Black Magic, Orlando Weekly

2018    Orlando Magazine: Street Views, Orlando Magazine

2017     The Review Panel Philadelphia, An Evening of Critical Debate. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA.

2017     ArtBlog: Self-made saints – Dawoud Bey and Shawn Theodore at the AAMP

2017     Philadelphia Tribune: 'Black resilience focus of AAMP photo exhibits' 

2017     ArtBlog: 'Philadelphia Renaissance is now on display at Art Sanctuary' 

2016 Artblog: '_xST / Shawn Theodore on Artblog Radio'

2019-21    History of Photography, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2019    History of Photography, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2019    Kris Graves, director of +KGP, in conversation with artists featured in the newly-released book series LOST II. Panelists: Saleem Ahmed, Andrea Modica, and Shawn Theodore. Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA

2019    Guest critic for senior photography thesis exhibition, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2019    Introduction to Photography and Collage, Mural Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2018    AIPAD: ‘Refraction: New Photography of Africa and its Diaspora’ Artists Nona Faustine, Adama Delphine Fawundu, and Shawn Theodore NY, NY

2018    Hudson Valley Community College, artist talk. Troy, NY

2018    PhotoNative, Lecture: ‘Street Portraiture: Best Practices & Methods’. Provo, UT. 

2017    Virginia Commonwealth University, Guest Lecturer for the series, ‘The Black Artist in Perspective.’ Richmond, VA

2017    Art Sanctuary, closing reception artist talk. Philadelphia, PA

2017    Art Sanctuary, Guest Lecturer for PaFA Low-Res students, Philadelphia, PA

2017    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 

2017    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. Philadelphia, PA

2017    African American Museum in Philadelphia, PA' Films at AAMP: Black Girl + Merkato'

conversation between filmmaker Sosena Solomon and photographer Shawn Theodore. Philadelphia, PA

2017    African American Museum in Philadelphia, PA ‘Discussion with members of ‘Oh, Snap (PPAC)’. Philadelphia, PA

2016    First Person Arts Festival, National Museum of American Jewish History - Panelist, ‘My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me'. Philadelphia, PA 

2016    First Person Arts Festival, WHYY Studios, Philadelphia, PA Panelist ’A Letter to My Father / A Letter to My Son' Philadelphia, PA

2016 Temple University, Aperture Agency - Guest Lecturer. Philadelphia, PA