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Shawne Major
Opelousas, LA
Mixed Media Artist
Contemporary Artist

About the Artist

Major earned a BFA from the University of Louisiana, an MFA from Rutgers University in New Jersey and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She exhibits nationally and currently resides in Opelousas, Louisiana. The artist states, “I use a bricoleur approach to create a magical and sacred space weaving a critical narrative of ideas, memories and fragments of experience associated with growing up in Southwestern Louisiana.

Websites

http://www.heriard-cimino.com
http://www.bestofneworleans.com
http://www.jonathanferraragallery.com


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Shawne Major on her work
“My cultural experience serves as the accent for my visual language. It is the filter through which I see the world and the voice through which I discuss concepts that are important to me. My work is not only about my cultural experience but of it”.

 

 
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