Shannon Brooks

Shannon Brooks is a multisensory artist grounded in iterative experimentation. Their practice engages with the full range of our senses and draws on ritual, material, and performance to construct strange worlds between the physical and the ephemeral. As a Disabled/low-vision person, Shannon understands accessibility as a creative force that transforms time, space, and power structures.

Shannon is a founder of Hook&Loop, a collective of Disabled artists in Philadelphia, and UNDUE BURDEN, a digital community archive led by Disabled people in Philadelphia. They have shared their access practices with Yale Accessibility Symposium, The Velocity Fund, WHYY, and Theater Journal, and Philadelphia Death and Art Festival. Shannon’s work has been presented at Movement Research at Judson Church, DarkRoom Ballet, Fringe Arts, The Painted Bride, TechOWL, Fleisher Art Memorial, The Soil Factory, Vox Populi, and Icebox Project Space. and has received support from The Velocity Fund, The Leeway Foundation, and The Bartol Foundation.