Shawn Pratt
Education
2013 Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, B.F.A. in Photography.
2013 Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, B.S. in Psychology.
2010 Snow College, Ephraim, Utah, A.S. in Art.
Work Experience
May 2014-Aug 2014 Gallery Co-Director—The Rec Center, Ogden UT
Aug. 2012- April. 2014 Gallery Assistant—Shaw Gallery, Weber State University, Ogden UT.
Aug. 2012- April. 2014 Gallery Assistant—Shaw Gallery, Weber State University, Ogden UT.
Aug. 2010- Dec. 2010 Writing
Tutor—Snow College Writing Lab, Snow College, Ephraim, UT.
Solo Exhibitions
2010 The Dead Walk, Snow
College
Group Exhibitions
2014 (Insert Popular Reference Here), Ogden UT, Group Exhibition, Curator: Eden Buxton
2014 Guerrilla Truck Show, Ogden UT, Group Exhibition, Sponsored by WhiteSpace Gallery
2014 Clearfield City Art Exhibition, Clearfield, UT. Juried show, juror: Sarah Ericson
2014 Guerrilla Truck Show, Ogden UT, Group Exhibition, Sponsored by WhiteSpace Gallery
2014 Clearfield City Art Exhibition, Clearfield, UT. Juried show, juror: Sarah Ericson
2014 Annual Student Art
Exhibition, Weber State University, Ogden, UT. Juried show, juror: Hesse Mcgraw
2013 BFA Thesis Exhibition,
Weber State University, Ogden, UT.
2013 Change of States, Fishelle
Studio, Salt Lake City, UT. Curated by:
Trishelle Jeffrey
2013 BFA Seminar Exhibition,
Weber State University, Ogden, UT.
2013 Annual Student Art Exhibition,
Weber State University, Ogden, UT.
Juried show, juror: Whitney Tassie
2012 Annual Student Art
Exhibition, Weber State University, Ogden, UT. Juried show, juror: WSU Faculty
2010 Annual Student Art Exhibition,
Snow College, Ephraim, UT. Juried
show, juror: William Davidson
2010 Altspace Exhibition,
Snow College, city state. Juried show,
juror: Trishelle Jeffrey
Awards
2010 Best of Show, Snow College, Ephraim, UT.
2014 Juror’s Outstanding Choice Award, Weber State University, Ogden,
UT.
2014 Juror’s Choice Award, Clearfield City Art Exhibition, Clearfield,
UT.
2014 Outstanding Graduate in Photography, Weber State University,
Ogden, UT.
General Statement:
I’ve never really been able to understand people. The way they interact with each other and things like social norms have always seemed weird and, often, irrational to me. About a year ago, I found out that this is because I have autistic spectrum disorder. I think because things like social interactions come naturally to most people, they don’t really think about them. Since I have to do all these things consciously, it puts me in a position to notice all the weird things people do. Most of my work is about taking some aspect of people that I’ve noticed and portraying it in a slightly exaggerated way with the intent of drawing people’s attention to it. I want to make people consider another perspective and think about the things that they do, or see so often without really thinking about them.
