Bio
Shannon May Mackenzie began studying visual arts at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 2009. She was awarded a Kenan Fellowship to study at Penland School of Crafts in 2012.
That same year, she moved to Boston, Massachusetts to attend the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University. She graduated in 2015 and was honored with the Allie Pratt Award.
In 2016, Shannon made her directorial debut with a short documentary, "Rotatio," which traveled the country screening at film festivals such as Slamdance, AFI Docs, Heartland, and the 54th New York Film Festival.
Following this circuit, she moved to live and work at Arcosanti in Arizona, exploring ideas of architecture, sustainability, and community.
Shannon is currently living in Richmond, Virginia building beautiful websites with VVITCH Digital Agency and working in ceramics with the Visual Arts Center of Richmond.
