Shan Wells
American artist
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| Intro | American artist | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Artist Sculptor | |
| Work field | Arts | |
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| Birth | 31 May 1967, Colorado | |
| Age | 57 years |
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Biography
Shan Wells is a North American sculptor and political illustrator. He attended Art Center College of Design in California and the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, where he studied under Andrew Drummond and completed a Master of Fine Arts in 1998.
Wells illustrates a weekly political cartoon for the Durango Telegraph, an independent weekly newspaper in Durango, Colorado. His illustrations and editorial cartoons are sydicated worldwide with Artizans, and he is a blogger for the Huffington Post.
Awards and grants
- 2003 Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship- Sculpture
- 2002 Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art Biennial Award
- 2000 Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship-Drawing
- 1999 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
- Colorado Council on the Arts
- Colorado Council on the Arts
- artnet.com Magazine News - ArtNet.com News 8/19/99
Important works
| Image | Dates | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–2002 | calendar | Berg Park, Farmington, New Mexico | |
| 2004–2005 | moments project | Durango, Colorado |
Political cartoons
2015 cartoon referring to the prevalence of religious-sponsored terrorism