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Shani Peters
Shani Peters in 2019
Born1981 (age 43–44)
Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Education
OccupationArtist
Websitewww.shanipeters.com

Shani Peters (born 1981) is an artist from Lansing, Michigan, based in New York.[1] She received her BA from Michigan State University and her MFA from the City College of New York,[1][2] where she taught in 2020.[3] Her work often addresses issues related to social justice in a range of media and processes including printmaking, interpretations of record-keeping, collaborative projects, video and collage.[4] Shani Peters has presented work all throughout the US and abroad at the New Museum, NY; The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NY; Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, South Korea; The National Gallery of Zimbabwe; and Bauhaus-Building Dessau, Germany.[5] In 2019, she was a Joan Mitchell Foundation artist-in-residence in New Orleans.[5] In 2017, she exhibited at Columbia University's Wallach Gallery.[6][7]

Artistic inspiration

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Peters' inspirations comes from various aspects of her life as she mentioned; "My art practice encompasses community building, activism histories, the subversion of popular media, and the creation of accessible imaginative experiences".[8]

Published writing

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Peters has contributed to various publications over the years. In 2015, she wrote The Good, which was published in Notebook 4: U.S. Independent Art Spaces & Initiatives Directory by Threewalls.[9] That same year, she authored Chameleon Street: A Reintroduction, which appeared in The Crown: Contemporary Construction of Self in America, a project associated with her exhibition at GalleryDAAS and published by The Regents of the University of Michigan in April 2015.[9] More recently, in April 2023, Shani Peters wrote U.S.->U.K.->S.K. and Back: Observations on the Western World's Fat Clogging of Arteries and Sugar Coating of Truth, which was featured in Arts in a Changing America. Through her written work, alongside her artistic practice, Peters continues to explore themes of identity, social justice, and collective empowerment.

Works

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  • 2011: "We Promote Love and Knowledge" (performance)[10]
  • 2008: "White Lies, Black Noise" (exhibit)[11]
  • 2010: "Battle for the Hearts and Minds" (film)[12]
  • 2013: "Steppin' Out: Half Hasn't been told" (photo-montage)[8]
  • 2016: "Peace and Restoration" (photo-montage)[6]
  • 2016: "The Crown" (traveling exhibit)[13]
  • "The Laundromat Project" (video)[14]
  • 2016: "Peace & Restoration for Self-Determination" (exhibit)[8]

Grants and awards

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  • 2009 Urban Artist Initiative/New York City Fellowship[15]
  • 2014 Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant[15]
  • 2015 Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Rema Hort Mann Foundation Artist Community Engagement Grant: "Tradução: Intercultural Media Exchange: US & Brazil", w/ Sharita Towne Alumni Award: The Laundromat Project The Rauschenberg Foundation, Artist As Activist Travel Grant: Zimbabwe & South Africa[15]
  • 2016 Precipice Fund: URe:AD Press, w/ Sharita Towne Rema Hort Mann Foundation Artist Community Engagement Grant: URe:AD Press, w/ Sharita Towne[15]
  • 2018 UMEZ Engagement, LMCC w/ The Black School Creative Learning, LMCC, w/ The Black School Creative Learning, LMCC, w/ The Black School[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bio". Shani Peters. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "Shani Peters: The Crown". Retrieved March 31, 2017.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ Sholette, Gregory (August 3, 2020). "Reimagining Higher Education Through Socially Engaged Art". Hyperallergic. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Jones, Martha (March 23, 2015). "Artist Talk with Shani Peters". University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Joan Mitchell Foundation Names 2019 Artists in Residence". Artforum. January 10, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Asimakis, Magdalyn (July–August 2017). "The Uptown Triennial". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  7. ^ Farago, Jason (June 1, 2017). "Columbia's New Harlem Museum Opens, with Art from Its Neighbors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c "Shani Peters". Joan Mitchell Foundation. January 10, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Contact - CV — Shani Peters". Shani Peters. Archived from the original on January 14, 2025. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  10. ^ Tancons, Claire (June 27, 2014). "Taking it to the Streets: African Diasporic Public Ceremonial Culture Then and Now". Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art. 34 (1): 60–65. doi:10.1215/10757163-2415213. ISSN 2152-7792. S2CID 194101754.
  11. ^ Bernard, Audrey J (December 21, 2008). "Lots of beautiful truths revealed at 'white lies, black noise' exhibition". New York Beacon. ProQuest 368007848. (subscription required)
  12. ^ Osterhout, Jacob E. (February 3, 2011). "ActNow: New Voices in Black Cinema festival showcases movies by Brooklyn filmmakers". New York Daily News. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  13. ^ Garan'anga, Stephen (January 22, 2015). "Multimedia still a foreign art form". The Herald. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  14. ^ Meyers, Paula Cogan (April 19, 2016). "What It's Like to Make Art". Bucknell University. Archived from the original on June 23, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  15. ^ a b c d e "Contact - CV". Shani Peters. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
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