/shawn•TEL/
proper noun
Shawntel is a self-taught, first-generation Afro-Caribbean American artist creating at the crossroads of myth and reality.
Blending surrealism, satire, and sincerity, her work explores symbolism, scale, language, texture, and anatomy. Centering Black bodies within expansive, otherworldly compositions, Shawntel reimagines existence beyond caricature, limitation, or spectacle, turning metaphor into landscape and emotion into architecture.
Through layered worlds where whimsy carries emotional weight and the psyche takes physical form, she mythologizes the everyday, guided by the mediums each vision demands.
Hot Mess Express marks the beginning of an expanding, voice-forward transmedia universe built across story, image, and sound.