Shannon Benine is an internationally exhibited interdisciplinary artist working within the mediums of photography, video and instillation. She received her MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago and she currently teaches photography at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Conceptual, Conceptual photography, Contemplative, Dark, Documentary photography, Domestic, Intense, Political, Sincere, Smart, Tragic, Violent

hmmm, 1982... all i remember is tears for fears songs, pink and green flashes, building forts in the backyard, swimming with sharks, fluttering around like a butterfly until i hit smack into a brick wall. reality began to enter into the mind. what is this i thought? i'm not sure if i've ever fully gr

Baroque, Charming, Composed, Contemplative, Dark, Lush, Moody, Nostalgic, Quiet, Sensual, Surreal

Dark, Ecstatic, Euphoric, Formless, Improvised, Minimal, Organic, Overflowing, Postmodern dance, Pre-modern sculpture, Psychedelic, Sensual, Spiritual, Trippy

I've seriously considered painting a burden, though I do consider it my only means of understanding the world, and, in fact my only means of feeling at home in the world. I don't know what I feel and think until I paint. Painting is my only means of bringing each day about '“ making peace with myse

Dark, Death, Distorted