Shannon Castor is a mixed media artist working in film, photography, oil, and acrylic painting. She uses her practice of long distance running as a way to investigate the phenomenological experience of place. Shannon has been the recipient of multiple scholarships and awards such as the Gamblin Paint Award for Outstanding Achievement in Oil Painting in May 2018 and the Southwest Art Magazine where she was interviewed for the 21 Under 31 series for the September 2018 issue. Shannon recently earned a Masters of Fine Arts in Art and Ecology from the Burren College of Art, NUIG in Spring 2021 and is continuing to expand her artistic practice in themes of agency, perception and ecological awareness.
