{"id":2818,"date":"2017-07-20T11:03:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T09:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/artists\/shannon-finley\/biografie"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:17:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T12:17:18","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/en\/artists\/shannon-finley\/biography","title":{"rendered":"biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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In an intensive process, Shannon Finley layers countless translucent layers of acrylic paint in purely geometric shapes on the canvas. In the prismatic-looking surface, which makes the creation process comprehensible, reality disintegrates into a colorful glow like in a kaleidoscope, but is also reminiscent of the technoid world of Metropolis and the coarse pixels of early computer games.<\/p>\n

Shannon Finley, born 1974 in Ontario, Canada, lives and works in Berlin. He received his BFA in 1999 from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax. His recent museum highlights include the exhibition “Light – Color – Space” at Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren in 2021 and the exhibition “Aftermathematics” at Mies van der Rohe Haus in Berlin in 2023. These exhibitions reflect his ongoing exploration of the relationship between digital and analog art as well as his ability to create complex, layer-based works.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column]\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\n\t\t

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2006-08<\/strong>
\nMaster student of Prof. Roger Ackling, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
\n2002-04<\/strong>
\nMFA, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
\n1996-00<\/strong>
\nBFA, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada
\n1998<\/strong>
\nStudy visit, St\u00e4delschule, Frankfurt am Main (Class Ayse Erkmen)<\/p>\n

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public collections<\/strong><\/p>\n

Georgia Museum of Art, Athens (USA)
\nMuseum f\u00fcr Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt<\/p>\n

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selected solo exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025<\/strong>
Mutations, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York
\n2023<\/strong>
Aftermathematics, Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin
Aftermathematics, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York
\n2021<\/strong>
Cascade, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York
Rupprecht Geiger | Shannon Finley: Licht, Farbe, Raum, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren
\n2020<\/strong>
End of Line, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago<\/strong>
\n2016<\/strong>
INTERFERENCE, Carrie Secrist Gallery
Lora Reynolds Gallery
Future Shock, Culture Circle Gallery
\n2015<\/strong>
Paintings for the Future, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco
\n2014<\/strong>
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, New York
\n2013<\/strong>
Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Brussels
\n2012<\/strong>
Century Entropy, Bischoff Weiss Gallery, London
\n2011<\/strong>
Encrypted and Lost, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin<\/p>\n

2010<\/strong>
Specters into Signals, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin, Germany
Jessica Silverman, San Francisco<\/p>\n

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selected group exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n

2024<\/strong>
All Bangers, All The Time: 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York
\n2019<\/strong>
Shall we go, you and I while we can, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago
\n2018<\/strong>
Tomorrow\u2019s Dream, Neuer Essener Kunstverein, Essen
\n<\/strong>2016<\/strong>
Takashi Murakami\u2019s Superflat Collection, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama
Pioneer Lust, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin
\n2015<\/strong>
Shifting Optics, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
White is the Warmest Color (curated by Jessica Silverman), Hedge Gallery, San Francisco
Neon \u2013 From Glowing of Art, Stadtgalerie, Saarbr\u00fccken
\n2014<\/strong>
Neon, Museum f\u00fcr Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt
Painting Forever!, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
In the Studio, Kunsthalle Athena, Athen
Photography, Reconstructed (curated by Pavel Vancat), Prague Biennale, Prague
\n2012<\/strong>
Linie, Fl\u00e4che, Zeit, Ratskeller, Galerie f\u00fcr Zeitgen\u00f6ssische Kunst, Berlin
Abstract Confusion, St\u00e4dtische Galerie Gladbeck, Gladbeck & Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt
Kaleidoscope, C24 Gallery, New York
\n2011<\/strong>
Abstract Confusion, b05 Kunst- und Kulturzentrum, Montabaur, Germany & Kunstverein Ulm, Ulm
Liquid Space, Nettie Horn Gallery, London
You Are Here: Berlin \u2013 Tokyo, Berlin & Tokyo
\n2010<\/strong>
Konstruktiv!, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, D\u00fcsseldorf
\n2009<\/strong>
wasistdas \u201809, Paris
\n2008<\/strong>
Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
\n2007<\/strong>
New Revolutionary Ghosts, Broadway 1602, New York & Los Angeles
Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
\n2004<\/strong>
Super Salon, Samson Projects, Boston
\n2003<\/strong>
Groundswell, White Columns, New York
\n2002<\/strong>
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