Shannon Bono (b. 1995, London) received her MA in painting from the Royal College of Art supported by the RCA BLK Sir Frank Bowling scholarship in 2024 and also holds an Art and Science MA from Central Martins.
This year Bono has been awarded the Paul Smith Foundation x Winsor & Newton International Art Prize and she was also selected by his majesty the King to contribute in the ‘Portraits of Generation’ project, this touring exhibition has been displayed at the National Portrait Gallery and will remain in the permanent Royal Collection.
Bono has been featured in notable group exhibitions most recently at Eric Firestone Gallery, New York; Christie’s, London; Claridge’s Art Space, London, Affinity Gallery, Lagos; National Portrait Gallery, London; Royal Academy, London; Cromwell Place, London; The Lee Alexander McQueen Sarabande Foundation, London; Workplace Gallery, London; WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong; Marlborough Gallery, London. Bono was selected for the Bloomberg New Contemporaries award 2021 which displayed at Firstsite and The South London Gallery.
Her work has been presented on the Maximus billboard in partnership with Black Blossoms and the Kensington and Chelsea Art week, The Piccadilly lights and billboards in New York transit systems in collaboration with Artsy. Bono’s work has also been featured in Dazed Magazine and online press by Elephant magazine, Wallpaper magazine, Vogue, Bazaar, i-D and Soho house.