Shanna Strauss Explained

Shanna Strauss
Nationality:Canadian
Alma Mater:California College of the Arts
McGill University School of Social Work
Known For:Visual art

Shanna Strauss is a mixed media visual artist based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Strauss is Tanzanian-American-Canadian and has exhibited work in Tanzania, Canada, Senegal, and the United States.[1] Working predominantly on found wood, she combines photo-transfer, painting, wood burning, wood carving, beads, fabric, and other traditional Tanzanian materials. The techniques and mediums in her work are selected for their symbolic and cultural significance.[2] Strauss often collaborates with her life and artistic partner, visual artist Jessica Sabogal.[3]

Education

Strauss completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA. In 2014, she completed a Master's degree in Social Work at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, with a focus on International and Community Development.[4]

Career

Exhibitions

Strauss’ work has been exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec,;[5] SomArts, San Francisco, CA;[6] SPARC Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA;[7] the Thacher Gallery at the University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA;[8] and the Esker Foundation, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.[9] [10] [11]

Her work is in the permanent collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec.[12] [13]

Strauss collaborated with artist Jessica Sabogal on the mural "Protect Our Trans Daughters" in Sacramento, California, honoring Chyna Gibson who was murdered in New Orleans.[14] The grand opening was held on March 31, 2018, coinciding with Transgender Day of Visibility. [15]

Awards

Strauss was awarded a Kala Fellowship and Media Residency for 2020-2021 from the Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California.

In 2021, Strauss was a resident artist at Crosstown Arts, Memphis, Tennessee.

Publications

Her work has been featured in Canadian Art,[16] CBC Arts, Montreal Gazette,[17] Sacramento News & Review,[18] and M – Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Magazine.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bio . 2022-07-11 . shannastrauss . en.
  2. Web site: Henderson . Jill . Shanna Strauss . 2022-07-11 . Esker Foundation Contemporary Art Gallery, Calgary . en.
  3. Web site: Shanna Strauss Crosstown Arts . 2022-07-11 . en-US.
  4. Web site: Shanna Strauss . 2022-07-11 . Art Public Montréal.
  5. Web site: From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-face Picasso, Past and Present already seen by 100,000 people . 2022-07-11 . www.mbam.qc.ca . en.
  6. Web site: Rosario . Dara Katrina Del . The Black Woman is God: Divine Revolution . 2022-07-11 . SOMArts . en-US.
  7. Web site: Institute . Kala Art . Sea of Fertility - Looking At The Invisible . 2022-07-11 . Kala Art Institute . en-US.
  8. Web site: cbudamagunta . 2020-01-29 . Thacher Gallery - Emboldened Embodied - Catalog . 2022-07-11 . University of San Francisco . en.
  9. Web site: Henderson . Jill . RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting . 2022-07-11 . Esker Foundation Contemporary Art Gallery, Calgary . en.
  10. Web site: 2020-07-15 . PHI Foundation Proposes Poetic Study of Diasporic Identities . 2022-07-11 . Artskop3437 . en-US.
  11. Web site: Robinson . Lissa . 2021-08-09 . Diaspora and Painting . 2022-07-11 . Galleries West . en-ca.
  12. Web site: Memory Keepers . 2022-07-11 . www.mbam.qc.ca . en.
  13. Web site: Reopening of the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace and the Stephan Crétier and Stéphany Maillery Wing for the Arts of One World . 2024-03-07 . www.mbam.qc.ca . en.
  14. News: Nobles-Block . Samantha . May 31, 2020 . In celebration of women . San Francisco Chronicle.
  15. Web site: 2018-05-16 . SN&R • Arts&Culture • Arts & Culture • An altar for Chyna Doll Dupree • May 17, 2018 . 2024-03-07 . Sacramento News & Review . en.
  16. Web site: Frater . Sally . Making Throughlines . 2022-07-11 . Canadian Art . en-US.
  17. Web site: Painting the diaspora: Phi Foundation exhibit celebrates diversity . 2022-07-11 . montrealgazette . en-CA.
  18. Web site: 2018-05-16 . SN&R • Arts&Culture • Arts & Culture • An altar for Chyna Doll Dupree • May 17, 2018 . 2022-07-11 . Sacramento News & Review . en.

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