Portfolio site of Bay Area sculptor and installation artist Shannon G. Wright.
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Partner in Crime: Commemorating a Decade of Swiping Left in Silicon Valley

Partner in Crime: Commemorating a Decade of Swiping Left in Silicon Valley

Dye-infused chromogenic print on aluminum. 43” x 25.5” x .75”
2024

Partner in Crime, detail.

Partner in Crime, detail.

Dye-infused chromogenic print on aluminum, 43” x 25.5” x .75”. 2024

Enlarged detail: Dealbreaker

Enlarged detail: Dealbreaker

Dye-infused chromogenic print on aluminum. 16” x 16”. 2024.

Salon après Tetris (5 seconds of fame) 1

Salon après Tetris (5 seconds of fame) 1

Drawing in Adobe Illustrator, printed on metal. 25.5” x 36.5”

Salon après Tetris (5 seconds of fame),  (closeup). 2023.

Salon après Tetris (5 seconds of fame), (closeup). 2023.

Drawing in Adobe Illustrator, printed on metal.

Seven-Hour Mile: a record of my footsteps in the space of seven hours in my apartment during the COVID-19 lockdown, January 22, 2021.

Seven-Hour Mile: a record of my footsteps in the space of seven hours in my apartment during the COVID-19 lockdown, January 22, 2021.

Proposal for an installation. Modeled in Rhino, and printed on aluminum. 8.3” x 16.4”

Seven-Hour Mile: a record of my footsteps in the space of seven hours in my apartment during the COVID-19 lockdown, January 22, 2021. (Aerial view.)

Seven-Hour Mile: a record of my footsteps in the space of seven hours in my apartment during the COVID-19 lockdown, January 22, 2021. (Aerial view.)

Aerial view of proposed installation piece.

Rubric: Effort

Rubric: Effort

Model in Rhino of the first piece in the Rubric: Sculptures for the Evaluation of Sculpture series, 2022. Physical sculpture is in progress.

Rubric: Effort (handle view).

Rubric: Effort (handle view).

Model in Rhino of the first piece in the Rubric: Sculptures for the Evaluation of Sculpture series, 2022. Physical sculpture is in progress.

Rubric: Effort (cutaway view)

Rubric: Effort (cutaway view)

Model in Rhino of the first piece in the Rubric: Sculptures for the Evaluation of Sculpture series, 2022. Physical sculpture is in progress.

Rubric: Hours Invested

Rubric: Hours Invested

Model in Rhino of the second piece in the Rubric: Sculptures for the Evaluation of Sculpture series, 2022. Physical sculpture is in progress.

Rubric (Hours Invested).  Nighttime version.

Rubric (Hours Invested). Nighttime version.

Model in Rhino of the second piece in the Rubric: Sculptures for the Evaluation of Sculpture series, 2022. Physical sculpture is in progress.

Leaf Blower (1)

Leaf Blower (1)

Proposal for silent leaf blower.
April 1, 2022
Ink and watercolour on watercolour paper.

Leaf Blower (2)

Leaf Blower (2)

Proposal for silent leaf blower.
April 1, 2022
Ink and watercolour on watercolour paper.

Leaf Blower (3)

Leaf Blower (3)

Proposal for silent leaf blower.
April 1, 2022.
Ink and watercolour on watercolour paper.

Number Crunchers (sandwich board)

Number Crunchers (sandwich board)

The Illustrator drawing I made for the sandwich boards in Courthouse Square during the run of my exhibition at the Art Kiosk, Redwood City.

"Patent Model: Disaster-Proof Valley"

"Patent Model: Disaster-Proof Valley"

Proposal to Urban Confluence competition, July, 2020.

Disaster-Proof Valley

Disaster-Proof Valley

Proposal made for Urban Confluence competition, July 2020.
Drawing in Adobe Illustrator.

Gluten-Free (Pasta Playground)

Gluten-Free (Pasta Playground)

“A Ramenesque Extravaganza to Feed the Imagination”
Semifinalist proposal for Charleston East Plaza, Google campus in Mountain View.
Drawing in Adobe Illustrator.
2018

Exodus

Exodus

Proposal for Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
2014

Wallpaper Number One

Wallpaper Number One

Digitally printed wallpaper.
Dimensions variable.
2006

 

Wallpaper Number One

Wallpaper Number One

Detail: nephrons of kidney.
Digitally printed wallpaper.
Dimensions variable.
2006

 

Wallpaper Number One

Wallpaper Number One

Detail: interior of bladder.
Digitally printed wallpaper.
Dimensions variable.
2006

 

 

Surrogate (Portable Outdoor Structure)

Surrogate (Portable Outdoor Structure)

Digital print on vinyl with aluminum bars top and bottom
32" x 52"
2005

Surrogate (Portable Outdoor Structure)

Surrogate (Portable Outdoor Structure)

Cutaway view of a set of galvanized steel trees proposed to a public art
opportunity.
2005

Salvage (Adjustable Orthotic Structure)

Salvage (Adjustable Orthotic Structure)

Digital print on vinyl with aluminum bars top and bottom
32" x 52"
2006

Salvage (Adjustable Orthotic Structure)

Salvage (Adjustable Orthotic Structure)

Detail
2006

Salvage (Adjustable Orthotic Structure)

Salvage (Adjustable Orthotic Structure)

Detail
2006

Preliminary drawing for "Ride"

Preliminary drawing for "Ride"

2005
Drawing in Adobe Illustrator

Perfect Form

Perfect Form

 

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2002
Drawing by Shannon Wright
Animated in Flash by Frank Pichel
Sound by Shannon Wright

Disaster

Disaster

 

click here for animation

2001
Drawing by Shannon Wright
Animated in Flash by Frank Pichel
Sound by Shannon Wright

Preliminary Drawing for Toy (Collapsing Elephant)

Preliminary Drawing for Toy (Collapsing Elephant)

Graphite on drawing paper.
1998

Preliminary Drawing for a Remotely-Controlled Toy

Preliminary Drawing for a Remotely-Controlled Toy

Graphite on drawing paper
1998

Lesson

Lesson

 

 

click here for animation

2001
Drawing by Shannon Wright
Animated in Flash by Frank Pichel
Sound by Frank Pichel

 

Partner in Crime: Commemorating a Decade of Swiping Left in Silicon Valley

Dye-infused chromogenic print on aluminum. 43” x 25.5” x .75”
2024

Partner in Crime, detail.

Dye-infused chromogenic print on aluminum, 43” x 25.5” x .75”. 2024

Enlarged detail: Dealbreaker

Dye-infused chromogenic print on aluminum. 16” x 16”. 2024.

Salon après Tetris (5 seconds of fame) 1

Drawing in Adobe Illustrator, printed on metal. 25.5” x 36.5”

Salon après Tetris (5 seconds of fame), (closeup). 2023.

Drawing in Adobe Illustrator, printed on metal.

Seven-Hour Mile: a record of my footsteps in the space of seven hours in my apartment during the COVID-19 lockdown, January 22, 2021.

Proposal for an installation. Modeled in Rhino, and printed on aluminum. 8.3” x 16.4”

Seven-Hour Mile: a record of my footsteps in the space of seven hours in my apartment during the COVID-19 lockdown, January 22, 2021. (Aerial view.)

Aerial view of proposed installation piece.

Rubric: Effort

Model in Rhino of the first piece in the Rubric: Sculptures for the Evaluation of Sculpture series, 2022. Physical sculpture is in progress.

Rubric: Effort (handle view).

Model in Rhino of the first piece in the Rubric: Sculptures for the Evaluation of Sculpture series, 2022. Physical sculpture is in progress.

Rubric: Effort (cutaway view)

Model in Rhino of the first piece in the Rubric: Sculptures for the Evaluation of Sculpture series, 2022. Physical sculpture is in progress.

Rubric: Hours Invested

Model in Rhino of the second piece in the Rubric: Sculptures for the Evaluation of Sculpture series, 2022. Physical sculpture is in progress.

Rubric (Hours Invested). Nighttime version.

Model in Rhino of the second piece in the Rubric: Sculptures for the Evaluation of Sculpture series, 2022. Physical sculpture is in progress.

Leaf Blower (1)

Proposal for silent leaf blower.
April 1, 2022
Ink and watercolour on watercolour paper.

Leaf Blower (2)

Proposal for silent leaf blower.
April 1, 2022
Ink and watercolour on watercolour paper.

Leaf Blower (3)

Proposal for silent leaf blower.
April 1, 2022.
Ink and watercolour on watercolour paper.

Number Crunchers (sandwich board)

The Illustrator drawing I made for the sandwich boards in Courthouse Square during the run of my exhibition at the Art Kiosk, Redwood City.

"Patent Model: Disaster-Proof Valley"

Proposal to Urban Confluence competition, July, 2020.

Disaster-Proof Valley

Proposal made for Urban Confluence competition, July 2020.
Drawing in Adobe Illustrator.

Gluten-Free (Pasta Playground)

“A Ramenesque Extravaganza to Feed the Imagination”
Semifinalist proposal for Charleston East Plaza, Google campus in Mountain View.
Drawing in Adobe Illustrator.
2018

Exodus

Proposal for Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
2014

Wallpaper Number One

Digitally printed wallpaper.
Dimensions variable.
2006

 

Wallpaper Number One

Detail: nephrons of kidney.
Digitally printed wallpaper.
Dimensions variable.
2006

 

Wallpaper Number One

Detail: interior of bladder.
Digitally printed wallpaper.
Dimensions variable.
2006

 

 

Surrogate (Portable Outdoor Structure)

Digital print on vinyl with aluminum bars top and bottom
32" x 52"
2005

Surrogate (Portable Outdoor Structure)

Cutaway view of a set of galvanized steel trees proposed to a public art
opportunity.
2005

Salvage (Adjustable Orthotic Structure)

Digital print on vinyl with aluminum bars top and bottom
32" x 52"
2006

Salvage (Adjustable Orthotic Structure)

Detail
2006

Salvage (Adjustable Orthotic Structure)

Detail
2006

Preliminary drawing for "Ride"

2005
Drawing in Adobe Illustrator

Perfect Form

 

click here for animation

2002
Drawing by Shannon Wright
Animated in Flash by Frank Pichel
Sound by Shannon Wright

Disaster

 

click here for animation

2001
Drawing by Shannon Wright
Animated in Flash by Frank Pichel
Sound by Shannon Wright

Preliminary Drawing for Toy (Collapsing Elephant)

Graphite on drawing paper.
1998

Preliminary Drawing for a Remotely-Controlled Toy

Graphite on drawing paper
1998

Lesson

 

 

click here for animation

2001
Drawing by Shannon Wright
Animated in Flash by Frank Pichel
Sound by Frank Pichel

 

Partner in Crime: Commemorating a Decade of Swiping Left in Silicon Valley
Partner in Crime, detail.
Enlarged detail: Dealbreaker
Salon après Tetris (5 seconds of fame) 1
Salon après Tetris (5 seconds of fame),  (closeup). 2023.
Seven-Hour Mile: a record of my footsteps in the space of seven hours in my apartment during the COVID-19 lockdown, January 22, 2021.
Seven-Hour Mile: a record of my footsteps in the space of seven hours in my apartment during the COVID-19 lockdown, January 22, 2021. (Aerial view.)
Rubric: Effort
Rubric: Effort (handle view).
Rubric: Effort (cutaway view)
Rubric: Hours Invested
Rubric (Hours Invested).  Nighttime version.
Leaf Blower (1)
Leaf Blower (2)
Leaf Blower (3)
Number Crunchers (sandwich board)
"Patent Model: Disaster-Proof Valley"
Disaster-Proof Valley
Gluten-Free (Pasta Playground)
Exodus
Wallpaper Number One
Wallpaper Number One
Wallpaper Number One
Surrogate (Portable Outdoor Structure)
Surrogate (Portable Outdoor Structure)
Salvage (Adjustable Orthotic Structure)
Salvage (Adjustable Orthotic Structure)
Salvage (Adjustable Orthotic Structure)
Preliminary drawing for "Ride"
Perfect Form
Disaster
Preliminary Drawing for Toy (Collapsing Elephant)
Preliminary Drawing for a Remotely-Controlled Toy
Lesson