SHADAÉ
| shaw-day | : Honor confers a crown.
Behind the lens is American West-Indian Visual Artist, Iesha Shada (i-esha shaw-day) Anglin. A Multi-media Painter, Photographer, Creative Director & Performance Artist based in San Diego, CA. Her work explores the scientific study of melanin, the fabrication of skins through non-traditional mediums, and the notion of SKIN being "the indexical image" of the human body - as the photographic image is to the history of our human experience.
There are few visual subjects that Iesha believes to be more mysterious, magical, moving, and powerful than the human body. Her fixations with human physiology, and interactions of human or non-human-like surfaces (through SKIN, fashion, and attention to detail from the personal narrative), drives the compositions this image maker creates. With a childlike approach to finding acceptance and beauty in bodily imperfections - using play and intersected art disciplines - stems imagery of never ending curiosity to re-imagine a world where the body isn't socially or politically seen as "barriers" or a "weapon", but of: love, wonderment, and honor.
Contact
San Diego, CA
i.shadaearts@gmail.com
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CV
MFA | California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 2016
BFA | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwukee, WI, 2014
NYSRP | New York Studio Residency Program, Brooklyn, NY 2012
Group Exhibitions
2016
The I in (I)nfra-Thin: Skin As Another Form of the Indexical Image. Nave, San Francisco, CA
The I in (I)nfra-Thin: Skin As Another Form of the Indexical Image. Perry Family Event Center, San Francisco, CA
2014
In The Flesh, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
2013
FURTHERANCE: Comfort In Discomfort, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
CURRENT TENDENCIES: A Performative Response, MIAD/The Haggerty Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2012
Neck Tat | Illumination of The Soul, Dumbo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Inception Destiny’s Seed , PLAID TUBA“...Presents Edwin”, Milwaukee, WI
Skills
Creative Directing | Realist Fine Art Portrait Painting (Mediums: Watercolor, Acrylic, and Oil) | Charcoal Drawing | Digital Photography and Processing | 4 x 5 View Camera Film Photography & Processing | Image Manipulation | Adobe Creative Suite | Photoshop CC 2025 | Lightroom CC 2025 | MAC | Basic Graphic Design | Digital Illustration | Hand-written Calligraphy | Writing | Digital Color Laser Printing | Studio Lighting | Visual composition and aesthetics | Teaching | Fashion Styling | Commercial Modeling | Makeup Artistry | Excellent Leader and Collaborator | Public Speaking.
Distinctions
2012
Destiny's Seed: Inception, Finalist for Grand Prix De La Decouverte, International Fine Art Photography Competition, Paris, France