Shamona Stokes

BIO
Shamona Stokes (b. 1980) is a Jersey City, NJ-based artist. She holds a BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY (2002). Her sculptures and mixed media paintings explore the imaginary figures and landscapes of the subconscious. In 2017, Shamona exhibited her work for the first time as one of the regional semi-finalists in the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series (Allouche Gallery, NYC). She’s exhibited at The Untitled Space (NYC), at art fairs like SCOPE (Art Basel Miami) and Superfine! (NYC), and has also worked on large-scale installations–most recently a shrine dedicated to the human imagination–shown at the Fort Worth Community Art Center in Texas. Her work has been featured in media outlets like New York Magazine’s “The Cut”, The Jealous Curator, ArtSlant, Create! Magazine, and Friend of the Artist. Shamona’s body of work is a product of a meditation practice which began in 2016. Prior to that, she hadn’t made any artwork in over 16 years.
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STATEMENT
My art practice focuses on reconnecting to the inner child’s joyful sense of play without attachment to final outcomes. From 2016-2019, I worked primarily with ceramics to build a “family” of imaginary friends inspired by my subconscious mind. I found that clay was an easy ...

2015-2017 School of Visual Arts, Continuing Education in Ceramics, NY, NY


2002 Pratt Institute, BFA Magna Cum Laude, Brooklyn, NY

SOLO INSTALLATIONS
2019
 Fort Worth Community Arts Center, “Horn of Plenty,” Fort Worth, TX

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
 The Mural Room, “Because I Saw a Mountain,” Brooklyn, NY
2020 Deep Space Gallery, “Return of the Mothership,” Jersey City, NJ
2019
 The Untitled Space, “Body Beautiful,” NY, NY

2019 Project Studios, “Project Studios Group Exhibition,” Hoboken, NJ

2019 Sugarlift, “Mother & Child Vol. II: Benefit to Support Immigrant Families,
“ NY, NY
2018
 Deep Space Gallery, “The Mothership,” Jersey City, NJ

2018 The Untitled Space, “Defining Form”, NY, NY

2018 Sugarlift, “Mother & Child Vol. I: Benefit to Support Immigrant Families,
“ NY, NY
2018 HUE Gallery, “Zip, Bang, Pop! Run! It’s The Cops!: Contemporary Pop Art National Invitational Exhibition,” Wichita, KS
2017 
Allouche Gallery, “Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series” sponsored by Artsy + SCOPE, NY, NY
2016 Rough Draft, “Summer Show,” Brooklyn, NY

ART FAIRS
2019
 Superfine! Art Fair, NY, NY
2018 SCOPE Art Fair, Miami, FL

2018 Superfine! Art Fair, NY, NY

2018 Clio Art Fair, NY, NY

AUCTIONS
2020
 Art for Food Auction benefiting Food Bank 4 NYC
2020
 Art4Equality x Paddle 8, “Body Beautiful”

AWARDS
2017 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner in Sculpture ...