Shannon Alonzo is an interdisciplinary artist focusing primarily on drawing, soft sculpture and performance.
2023 year exhibited in Biennial Find out more
Her practice explores themes of collective belonging, place attachment, historical erasure and the significance of carnival ritual to the Caribbean consciousness.
She holds a BA from London College of Fashion and MRes Creative Practice from the University of Westminster. Most recently she has exhibited work at Documenta Fifteen in Germany, Ambika P3 and London Gallery West in the U.K, the Atlantic World Art Fair on Artsy and Alice Yard in Trinidad & Tobago.
Liverpool Biennial 2023
Washerwoman (2018)
In her artistic practice, Shannon Alonzo aims to create a connection, or draw a thread, between past and present. She etches, stitches, draws and moulds as a way of making the rich archive of the Caribbean community more tangible. She attempts to counteract years of historical erasure and remnants of colonial legacy which often obscures progress towards collective belonging and a deeper understanding of the self for Caribbean people. ‘Washerwoman’ (2018) is inspired by an unnamed woman featured in a photograph taken by J.W. Cleary in Jamaica around 1890. It is the product of Alonzo’s attempt to get to know her ancestors through the work of her own hands, which silently move alongside theirs across time.
Showing at Tate Liverpool
Monday to Sunday 10.00am-5:50pm
