Artist Profile
Shavana Smiley
American artist
Shavana Smiley (b. 1992, Tucson, AZ) is an American artist based in Brooklyn, New York, whose practice spans painting and interdisciplinary forms. A graduate with honors from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA, 2015), her work engages with themes of environment, perception, and the shifting boundaries between the natural and constructed worlds. Her work reflects a sustained exploration of contemporary life through material experimentation and conceptual inquiry, situating her within a dynamic network of emerging artists in New York.







