This show, Natural Habitat, merges two collections of my work: Human Nature, a sculpture series and Home, a painting series. In these collections natural elements act as metaphor and setting for my experience as a woman and creating a home in a new region. In a previous life I was a theatre director and actor and the love of language is still integral to my work as an artist. Both collections of sculpture and painting have poetry and narrative embedded in the compositions allowing the viewer to experience the work not only visually but also through story.
Shawn Hull is a self-taught ceramicist and visual artist living in upstate NY. Shawn’s art practice centers around the
exploration of how nature and people impact one another and the rituals and relationships between people and nature. Shawn ‘s functional work has been featured in the New York Times, Grey Likes Weddings, and a collaboration with the
Terrain Brand/stores – subsidiary of Anthropologie/URBN. Shawn’s sculptural work has been included in several
exhibitions including the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, NY, University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art, Old
Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock, IL, Gallerium, Toronto Canada, and Community Arts Partnership, NY. Shawn also works in fiber and paint with work featured in Art in the Time of Corona, Volume II with Dab Art, Los Angeles, CA and Cecil County Arts Council, MD.
Prior to working in clay and fine arts, Shawn Hull worked in theater as a director, actress, and educator. Shawn holds a MFA in Dramatic Art from UC Davis and has been the Artist in Residence at Delaware Theater Company, and an adjunct
theater Professor at Cecil College, MD and Wesley College, DE.
