Shanelle Harrison (b. 1997, Columbia, MD) is an African American narrative artist, printmaker, researcher, educator, and author. Working at the intersection of storytelling, audio installation, assemblage, print, and sculpture; her practice explores themes of memory, psychology, race, identity, spirituality, eternal life, and romance. Shanelle is currently commemorating personal events and rituals in her life through experimental, restorative narrative.
Shanelle Harrison is a recipient of the 2021 Independent Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council. Recently, Shanelle exhibited work for her solo show “Transition” at Motor House Gallery in Baltimore, MD, The Cumberland Valley Artists’ juried exhibition at The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, Maryland, The Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit, Michigan, and The American Hungarian Foundation in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Shanelle received her B.A. from Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD in 2019 and she is a current MFA candidate at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI.
