Portfolio site of Bay Area sculptor and installation artist Shannon G. Wright.
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Number Crunchers

Number Crunchers

Number Crunchers installation at Redwood City Art Kiosk, curated by Lance Fung.
Wooden yardsticks, hardware
12’6”x 13’6” x 14’6”
2020

Four-bar linkages

Four-bar linkages

Night view of Number Crunchers installation at the Redwood City Art Kiosk, curated by Lance Fung.
2020

Number Crunchers, detail

Number Crunchers, detail

Installation at Redwood City Art Kiosk, curated by Lance Fung.
13’6” x 12’6” x 14’6”.
Wooden yardsticks and hardware.
2020

Number Crunchers, courthouse view

Number Crunchers, courthouse view

Number Crunchers installation at Redwood City Art Kiosk, curated by Lance Fung.
13’6” x12’6” x14’6”
Wooden yardsticks, hardware
2020

Entire Number Crunchers show in collapsed form

Entire Number Crunchers show in collapsed form

This exhibition was made in my apartment during the shelter-in-place months of 2020. It was designed to be transported and assembled by me with no assistance. The entire exhibition fit in the back of my car.

Feral Fence, installation view 2018

Feral Fence, installation view 2018

13 feet x 42 running feet
Galvanized steel, chain link, hardware. Photo credit: Tran Tran Photography.

Feral Fence

Feral Fence

Original iteration, 2007. Reconfigured and rebuilt for Beyond Borders exhibition at Santa Clara University, in December, 2017.
Photo credit: Tran Tran Photography.

Feral Fence

Feral Fence

2007/ 2018. Photo credit: Tran Tran Photography.

Feral Fence, detail, 2018

Feral Fence, detail, 2018

Galvanized and zinc-plated steel, chain link, hardware.
13' x 18.5' x 12.5', approximately. Photo credit: Tran Tran Photography.

Installation View at Untitled Miami, December 2017

Installation View at Untitled Miami, December 2017

Left to right: Valley, Moonshot, Googolplex, New Campus, ISTJ (pedestal).

Moonshot

Moonshot

2017
25” x 19” x 8”
Acrylic and aluminum hardware

Googolplex, 2017

Googolplex, 2017

 

2017
17 x 14.5 x 9"
Acrylic and aluminum

Photo: Keay Edwards

 

Googolplex

Googolplex

2017
Acrylic and aluminum
17 x 14.5 x 9"

Photo: Keay Edwards

Valley

Valley

2017
Aluminum and acrylic parts for hanging
23 x 19 x 3.5

Photo: Keay Edwards

ISTJ-A

ISTJ-A

2016
Acrylic
13.5" x 11" x 17"

Photo credit: Keay Edwards

Holding Pattern

Holding Pattern

January, 2017
22.2ft x 7.23 ft x 3 ft
Galvanized steel, found chromed turnstile

Holding Pattern, detail

Holding Pattern, detail

January, 2017
22.2ft x 7.23 ft x 3 ft
Galvanized steel, found chromed turnstile

Exodus

Exodus

Resin and steel hardware
Dimensions variable
2015
Photo credit: Rob O’Neill, 2018

Exodus

Exodus

Resin and steel hardware
Dimensions variable
2015
Photo credit: Rob O’Neill, 2018

Exodus, detail.

Exodus, detail.

Resin and steel hardware.
2015
Photo credit: Rob O’Neill, 2018

Horror Vacui

Horror Vacui

Drawing paper, chipboard, wire binding, misc.
30" x 20" x 8.5"
2014

Horror Vacui, detail

Horror Vacui, detail

Drawing paper, chipboard, wire binding, misc.
30" x 20" x 8.5"
2014

Form and Content (Internal Logic)

Form and Content (Internal Logic)

Object made of generative notes toward its own manufacture
College-ruled notebook paper, chipboard, aluminum binding coil, ink
15" x 21" x 10"
2014

Form and Content (Internal Logic), detail

Form and Content (Internal Logic), detail

Object made of generative notes toward its own manufacture
College-ruled notebook paper, chipboard, aluminum binding coil, ink
15" x 21" x 10"
2014

Folly (Colosseum of Rome)

Folly (Colosseum of Rome)

Installation view on Monterey Rd and Tully Ave, San Jose
Galvanized steel pipe and fence hardware
88" x 141" x 116"
2014

 

Folly (Colosseum of Rome)

Folly (Colosseum of Rome)

Installation view on Monterey Rd and Tully Ave, San Jose
Galvanized steel pipe and fence hardware
88" x 141" x 116"
2014

 

Folly (Colosseum of Rome)

Folly (Colosseum of Rome)

Installation view at Mulherin + Pollard Projects, NYC
Galvanized steel pipe and fence hardware
88" x 141" x 116"
2014

 

Flourish and Folly

Flourish and Folly

Installation view at ADA Gallery, Virginia
October, 2014

Flourish (10th and Hedding)

Flourish (10th and Hedding)

Archival dye-infused print on aluminum.
16" x 24"
2014

 

Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)

Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)

Snaidhm Cheilteach (Celtic Knot)
After Irish cable knit patterns
Archival dye-infused print on aluminum, 30" x 28"
2014
With Brendan Coyle

 

 

Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)

Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)

Gireh Chini (knotted/ interlaced pattern)
After stone tiles in the Sircali Medrese, Konya, Turkey, 1240 AD
Archival dye-infused print on aluminum, 30" x 28"
2014
With Brendan Coyle

 

 

Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)

Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)

Ice-Ray (cracked-ice pattern) 
After Chinese window lattice patterns, Szechwan, 1850 AD
Archival dye-infused print on aluminum, 30" x 28"
2014
With Brendan Coyle

 

Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)

Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)

Parcham (Banner/flag pattern) 
After tiles in the Alcazar de Seville, Spain, 1364 AD
Archival dye-infused print on aluminum, 30" x 28"
2014
With Brendan Coyle

 

 

Mechanical Reproduction

Mechanical Reproduction

Installation view at Mulherin + Pollard Projects, NYC
Stamp (cast urethane rubber, neoprene, basswood, paint) and walls hand-stamped with latex paint.
Dimensions variable.
2012

 

Mechanical Reproduction

Mechanical Reproduction

Detail: Stamp
Cast black urethane rubber, neoprene, basswood, paint
14" x 14" x 14"
2012

 

Mechanical Reproduction

Mechanical Reproduction

Installation view at Mulherin + Pollard Projects, NYC
Stamp (cast urethane rubber, neoprene, basswood, paint) and walls hand-stamped with latex paint.
Dimensions variable
2012

 

 

Chronicle (proposal for Humvee tire)

Chronicle (proposal for Humvee tire)

Cast black urethane rubber, hanging hardware
72" x 12" x 1"
2008/2009

 

Chronicle (proposal for Humvee tire)

Chronicle (proposal for Humvee tire)

Cast black urethane rubber, hanging hardware
72" x 12" x 1"
2008/2009

 

Chronicle (proposal for Humvee tire)

Chronicle (proposal for Humvee tire)

2008, redone with Brendan Coyle in 2014
Archival dye-infused print on aluminum
30" x 28"
2014

 

 

Feral Fence

Feral Fence

Installation view at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, Vermont
Galvanized and zinc-plated steel, chain link fencing, barbed wire
12.5 ft high x 80 ft long
2007
Photograph: David O'Rourke

 

Feral Fence

Feral Fence

Installation view at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, Vermont
Galvanized and zinc-plated steel, chain link fencing, barbed wire
12.5 ft high x 80 ft long
2007
Photograph: David O'Rourke

 

Feral Fence

Feral Fence

Installation view at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, Vermont
Galvanized and zinc-plated steel, chain link fencing, barbed wire
12.5 ft high x 80 ft long
2007
Photograph: Jonathan Brilliant

 

Number Crunchers

Number Crunchers installation at Redwood City Art Kiosk, curated by Lance Fung.
Wooden yardsticks, hardware
12’6”x 13’6” x 14’6”
2020

Four-bar linkages

Night view of Number Crunchers installation at the Redwood City Art Kiosk, curated by Lance Fung.
2020

Number Crunchers, detail

Installation at Redwood City Art Kiosk, curated by Lance Fung.
13’6” x 12’6” x 14’6”.
Wooden yardsticks and hardware.
2020

Number Crunchers, courthouse view

Number Crunchers installation at Redwood City Art Kiosk, curated by Lance Fung.
13’6” x12’6” x14’6”
Wooden yardsticks, hardware
2020

Entire Number Crunchers show in collapsed form

This exhibition was made in my apartment during the shelter-in-place months of 2020. It was designed to be transported and assembled by me with no assistance. The entire exhibition fit in the back of my car.

Feral Fence, installation view 2018

13 feet x 42 running feet
Galvanized steel, chain link, hardware. Photo credit: Tran Tran Photography.

Feral Fence

Original iteration, 2007. Reconfigured and rebuilt for Beyond Borders exhibition at Santa Clara University, in December, 2017.
Photo credit: Tran Tran Photography.

Feral Fence

2007/ 2018. Photo credit: Tran Tran Photography.

Feral Fence, detail, 2018

Galvanized and zinc-plated steel, chain link, hardware.
13' x 18.5' x 12.5', approximately. Photo credit: Tran Tran Photography.

Installation View at Untitled Miami, December 2017

Left to right: Valley, Moonshot, Googolplex, New Campus, ISTJ (pedestal).

Moonshot

2017
25” x 19” x 8”
Acrylic and aluminum hardware

Googolplex, 2017

 

2017
17 x 14.5 x 9"
Acrylic and aluminum

Photo: Keay Edwards

 

Googolplex

2017
Acrylic and aluminum
17 x 14.5 x 9"

Photo: Keay Edwards

Valley

2017
Aluminum and acrylic parts for hanging
23 x 19 x 3.5

Photo: Keay Edwards

ISTJ-A

2016
Acrylic
13.5" x 11" x 17"

Photo credit: Keay Edwards

Holding Pattern

January, 2017
22.2ft x 7.23 ft x 3 ft
Galvanized steel, found chromed turnstile

Holding Pattern, detail

January, 2017
22.2ft x 7.23 ft x 3 ft
Galvanized steel, found chromed turnstile

Exodus

Resin and steel hardware
Dimensions variable
2015
Photo credit: Rob O’Neill, 2018

Exodus

Resin and steel hardware
Dimensions variable
2015
Photo credit: Rob O’Neill, 2018

Exodus, detail.

Resin and steel hardware.
2015
Photo credit: Rob O’Neill, 2018

Horror Vacui

Drawing paper, chipboard, wire binding, misc.
30" x 20" x 8.5"
2014

Horror Vacui, detail

Drawing paper, chipboard, wire binding, misc.
30" x 20" x 8.5"
2014

Form and Content (Internal Logic)

Object made of generative notes toward its own manufacture
College-ruled notebook paper, chipboard, aluminum binding coil, ink
15" x 21" x 10"
2014

Form and Content (Internal Logic), detail

Object made of generative notes toward its own manufacture
College-ruled notebook paper, chipboard, aluminum binding coil, ink
15" x 21" x 10"
2014

Folly (Colosseum of Rome)

Installation view on Monterey Rd and Tully Ave, San Jose
Galvanized steel pipe and fence hardware
88" x 141" x 116"
2014

 

Folly (Colosseum of Rome)

Installation view on Monterey Rd and Tully Ave, San Jose
Galvanized steel pipe and fence hardware
88" x 141" x 116"
2014

 

Folly (Colosseum of Rome)

Installation view at Mulherin + Pollard Projects, NYC
Galvanized steel pipe and fence hardware
88" x 141" x 116"
2014

 

Flourish and Folly

Installation view at ADA Gallery, Virginia
October, 2014

Flourish (10th and Hedding)

Archival dye-infused print on aluminum.
16" x 24"
2014

 

Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)

Snaidhm Cheilteach (Celtic Knot)
After Irish cable knit patterns
Archival dye-infused print on aluminum, 30" x 28"
2014
With Brendan Coyle

 

 

Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)

Gireh Chini (knotted/ interlaced pattern)
After stone tiles in the Sircali Medrese, Konya, Turkey, 1240 AD
Archival dye-infused print on aluminum, 30" x 28"
2014
With Brendan Coyle

 

 

Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)

Ice-Ray (cracked-ice pattern) 
After Chinese window lattice patterns, Szechwan, 1850 AD
Archival dye-infused print on aluminum, 30" x 28"
2014
With Brendan Coyle

 

Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)

Parcham (Banner/flag pattern) 
After tiles in the Alcazar de Seville, Spain, 1364 AD
Archival dye-infused print on aluminum, 30" x 28"
2014
With Brendan Coyle

 

 

Mechanical Reproduction

Installation view at Mulherin + Pollard Projects, NYC
Stamp (cast urethane rubber, neoprene, basswood, paint) and walls hand-stamped with latex paint.
Dimensions variable.
2012

 

Mechanical Reproduction

Detail: Stamp
Cast black urethane rubber, neoprene, basswood, paint
14" x 14" x 14"
2012

 

Mechanical Reproduction

Installation view at Mulherin + Pollard Projects, NYC
Stamp (cast urethane rubber, neoprene, basswood, paint) and walls hand-stamped with latex paint.
Dimensions variable
2012

 

 

Chronicle (proposal for Humvee tire)

Cast black urethane rubber, hanging hardware
72" x 12" x 1"
2008/2009

 

Chronicle (proposal for Humvee tire)

Cast black urethane rubber, hanging hardware
72" x 12" x 1"
2008/2009

 

Chronicle (proposal for Humvee tire)

2008, redone with Brendan Coyle in 2014
Archival dye-infused print on aluminum
30" x 28"
2014

 

 

Feral Fence

Installation view at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, Vermont
Galvanized and zinc-plated steel, chain link fencing, barbed wire
12.5 ft high x 80 ft long
2007
Photograph: David O'Rourke

 

Feral Fence

Installation view at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, Vermont
Galvanized and zinc-plated steel, chain link fencing, barbed wire
12.5 ft high x 80 ft long
2007
Photograph: David O'Rourke

 

Feral Fence

Installation view at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, Vermont
Galvanized and zinc-plated steel, chain link fencing, barbed wire
12.5 ft high x 80 ft long
2007
Photograph: Jonathan Brilliant

 

Number Crunchers
Four-bar linkages
Number Crunchers, detail
Number Crunchers, courthouse view
Entire Number Crunchers show in collapsed form
Feral Fence, installation view 2018
Feral Fence
Feral Fence
Feral Fence, detail, 2018
Installation View at Untitled Miami, December 2017
Moonshot
Googolplex, 2017
Googolplex
Valley
ISTJ-A
Holding Pattern
Holding Pattern, detail
Exodus
Exodus
Exodus, detail.
Horror Vacui
Horror Vacui, detail
Form and Content (Internal Logic)
Form and Content (Internal Logic), detail
Folly (Colosseum of Rome)
Folly (Colosseum of Rome)
Folly (Colosseum of Rome)
Flourish and Folly
Flourish (10th and Hedding)
Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)
Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)
Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)
Historic Preservationist Series (Heavy Equipment Tires)
Mechanical Reproduction
Mechanical Reproduction
Mechanical Reproduction
Chronicle (proposal for Humvee tire)
Chronicle (proposal for Humvee tire)
Chronicle (proposal for Humvee tire)
Feral Fence
Feral Fence
Feral Fence