Shannon Brinkley

Thank you for joining me here!

As an interdisciplinary artist, I draw upon a background in painting, printmaking, and papermaking to inform my work with video projections, fiber art, drawing, and installation. Through these varied forms, I examine the relation of the body and the self to society, motion, space, and time. As an American-South African artist, places shape the ways I’ve worked and continually inform my content. I have lived and worked in the American Mid-Atlantic, Southeast & Midwest, Egypt, and South Africa. Leipzig, Germany, is where I call home today.

My work can be viewed in private and public collections in Belgium, the UK, the Netherlands, South Africa, Egypt, Germany, and the USA. 

I am happy to discuss my work with you further and welcome your comments and feedback. Please write to me here.

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Alongside my art practice, I am an art curriculum specialist and have a long career teaching art at secondary schools and the university level. At the moment, I am fortunate to work both as a classroom teacher and to support teachers as they navigate curriculum delivery. I am one of two site authors for In Thinking Visual Arts. Additionally, I teach graduate students as Studio Adjunct Faculty at the Art of Education University and secondary students at Leipzig International School.

Image Credits:

All images on this site were produced by the artist, Shannon Brinkley, except:

• Betty Pietak photographed most of the work seen in "Investigations" and "(R)evolve"

• Lauri Hafvestein contributed her documentation of “Undo (Part II)”

• Julius Wilm captured the portrait, above