SHAN Wallace
EDUCATION
Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland— Bachelor of Science in Journalism,
August 2011- May 2015
AWARDS
2024
Women the Watch, National Museum of Women in the Art
2021
Ruby Artist Grant
Shea Moisture X Good Mirrors Grant
2020
United Artist Relief Fund
2018
Lit List 30 Photographers to Watch by Authority Collective
Awarded 2nd Place for Small Outlet Feature of “Losing Conner’s Mind” by Association of Health Care Journalists'
2017
Voted ‘Best Solo Exhibition: Ain’t I A Woman’ by Baltimore Beat
Voted ‘Best New Artist’ by CityPaper of Baltimore
2016
Voted ‘Best Photographer’ in Baltimore City, CityPaper of Baltimore
Nominated ‘Innovative Creative of the Year’, Technical.ly Baltimore
Top Ten Local Books by Citypaper
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Derivatives, Memory, and the Mundane, Mehari Sequar Gallery, Washington, DC
The Avenue, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
2020
410, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
2019
cutXcopy, Central Piedmont’s Bill and Patty Gorelick Gallery Levine Campus, North Carolina
Sisters With Stories, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
cutXcopy, The New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
2018
The Banshee Unde[rage] , Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina
2017
Ain’t I a Woman, Platform Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
With Love, From Cuba, Jubliee Arts Center, Baltimore, Maryland
With Love, From Baltimore, Marianao Arts Center, Marianao, Cuba
2016
Black Seeds, Impact Hub, Baltimore, Maryland
BLVKBLUE, Red Emma’s Bookstore & Coffee Shop, Baltimore, Maryland
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025
LAYERS: The Art of Contemporary Collage, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
2024
Bearing Witness: Photographing Black Families in Baltimore, Eubie Blake Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Flaunt: Being the Dream, The Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts
New Worlds, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
2023
Public Access, NXTHVN, New Haven, Connecticut
2022
These are a Few of my Favorite Things, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2021
Amplify, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, Virginia
wont you celebrate with me, Flxst Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois
Minding My Business (i said what i said), August Wilson Center, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
2020
Close Read, Connect+Collect Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
2019
W|ALLS: Defend, Divide, and the Divine, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, California
Historically Hysterical, The Peale Center, Baltimore, Maryland
2018
Lit List, Photoville, Brooklyn, New York
We Rise LA, We Rise Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Reflections of Baltimore, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
2017
Baldamor, Okay Space, Brooklyn, New York
Tell the Truth About Me, Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center, Prince George’s County, Maryland
People4People, Gallery CA, Baltimore, Maryland
Development Without Displacement, Chesapeake Arts Center, Baltimore, Maryland
The Art of Storytelling, Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center, Baltimore, Maryland
RESIDENCIES / FELLOWSHIPS
2024 The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
2023 The Association of Moving Image Archivists, Baltimore, Maryland
2023 Enoch Pratt Free Library Artist-In-Residence, Baltimore, Maryland
2022 USC Civic Media Fellowship, Los Angeles, California
2022 Pedantic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2021 Video Consortium, New York, New York
2021 Baltimore Living Archives, Baltimore, Maryland
2019 The Roll Up CLT, Charlotte, North Carolina
2018 Creative Live x Red Bull Photography Seminar, Seattle, Washington
2018 Souther Constellations Fellowship, Greensboro, North Carolina
2017 Imaging America, Syracuse, New York
2017 Baltimore Artist Retreat, Baltimore, Maryland
2017 Baltimore Youth Arts, Baltimore, Maryland
2017 Baltimore Artist Retreat by the Contemporary Museum
2016 Close Up Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
VISITING ARTIST / LECTURES / PANELS
2022, Panelist, Allied Media Conference, Detroit, Michigan
2021, lecture - Apple
2021, virtual studio visit - ItsNiceThat x Apple
2019, lecture - The Colored Girls Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2019, panel discussion - The Annenberg Space For Photography, Los Angeles, CA
2019, lecture - Elder Gallery/Hodges Taylor/YWCA 'Sisters with Stories', Charlotte, NC
2019, lecture - Beatties Ford Library, Charlotte, NC
2019, lecture - CM Main Library 'Lunchtime Talks', Charlotte, NC
2019, panel discussion - Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC
2018, panel discussion - East Village Community School, New York, New York
2018, visiting artist and lecturer - Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
2018, visiting artist and lecturer - Stevenson University, Baltimore, Maryland
2017, visiting artist and lecturer - Trinity University, Washington, D.C
2017, visiting artist and lecturer - Platform Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
2016 panel discussion - Columbia Law School - New York, New York