BIOGRAPHY
Photograph by Jolene Cody
Shannon Alonzo (b.1988, St.Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago) is an interdisciplinary artist focusing primarily on drawing, sculpture and performance. Her practice explores themes of collective belonging, place attachment and the significance of carnival ritual to the Caribbean consciousness. She holds a BA from London College of Fashion and MRes Creative Practice from the University of Westminster.
Alonzo has been working in the creative industries since 2011, within a variety of roles including visual art, costume design and production design. Her project collaborations with design house Meiling Inc Ltd have included work with Peter Minshall and the Callaloo Company, Costume Design for 3Canal’s annual carnival productions, and Wardrobe Design for the feature documentary ‘Pan! A Modern Odyssey’.
In 2013, Alonzo turned her focus to film taking on production design roles in projects such as ‘Play the Devil’, the award winning feature film which opened the LA Film Festival in 2016.
Other production design credits include the feature film ‘Moving Parts’ and short film ‘Salty Dog’, as well as television commercials for FLOW, Angostura and Bmobile, amongst others.
Since 2019 she has focused predominantly on her fine art practice. In 2023 she was the recipient of an Artist Fellowship from the Caribbean Cultural Institute of the Pérez Art Museum Miami and has exhibited work at the Liverpool Biennial 2023, Ambika P3 and London Gallery West in the U.K, Documenta Fifteen in Germany, Alice Yard, Loftt Gallery and Black Box in Trinidad & Tobago and the Atlantic World Art Fair on Artsy.
Education
2019 - 2021
Mres Creative Practice
University of Westminster, U.K.
2008 - 2012
BA Hons Fashion Design & Marketing
London College of Fashion, UAL
Upcoming Projects
2024
Prospect 6, New Orleans, USA
Awards & Residencies
2023
Artist Fellowship, Caribbean Cultural Institute, Pérez Art Museum Miami
2022
Artist Residency, Documenta Fifteen, Kassel, Germany
2020
Artist Residency, Alice Yard Project Space
2020
Shortlist Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize
2020
CATAPULT Caribbean Artist Showcase Grant
2020
125 Fund Research Grant
Exhibitions
Group
2023
2022
2022
2022
2020
2020
2019
Liverpool Biennial, uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things, Liverpool, U.K
Alice Yard Collective, Documenta Fifteen, Kassel, Germany
Atlantic World Art Fair, Artsy, Y Gallery Booth
Cloud Sediments, Ambika P3, London, U.K.
States of Confinement, POS, Trinidad
Ashurst Emerging Art Prize Shortlist Exhibition, London, U.K.
Physical Thinking, University of Westminster, London, U.K.
Solo
2019
2015
Imprint, Loftt Gallery, POS, Trinidad
Of smoke and sunshine, Black Box, POS, Trinidad