Shonna Pryor

Shonna Pryor
Artist, art programs producer, and educator School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Shonna Pryor is a nationally exhibiting artist, art programs producer, and educator at the renowned School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her multidisciplinary art practice examines the politics of identity, memory, power, and play through the sociocultural lens of food theory. From this vantage, her interests in “STEM–ologies” are also apparent. Pryor has also contributed to the field of art and culture through her award-winning broadcast media projects. These works aspire to create equitable space and expanded reach through a cross-disciplinary approach. Shonna Pryor’s work has been exhibited in major cities such as Chicago, Detroit and New York, with esteemed residencies at Hyde Park Art Center and High Concept Labs in her resident South Side of Chicago.