Shawn Saumell was born in New York [1977] and currently lives and works in Dallas. He received an MFA from Lesley University College of Arts and Design fka The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, BFA from Texas Woman’s University, magna cum laude, and an AA from Collin College, cum laude.

He has had a recent solo exhibition at the Cohn Drennan Contemporary, Dallas, TX (2014); Boston Public Library, Boston, MA (2012); and recent juried exhibitions at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX (2014); PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (2014); One Arts Plaza, Dallas, TX; Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego, CA (2013); Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA (2013); A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX (2013); and the Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX (2012); as well as recent group exhibitions at the University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (2014); Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY (2014); and f.i.g Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, TX (2014).

Saumell’s work has been chosen by Chrissie Iles, Whitney Museum of American Art; Rex Bruce, LACDA; Laura Moya, Photolucida; Blue Mitchell, Diffusion Magazine; Matthew Gamber, Big Red & Shiny Magazine; Jason Landry, Panopticon Gallery; Holly Johnson, Holly Johnson Gallery; Marty Walker, Marty Walker Gallery; Lollie Thompkins, Booker T. Washington; Rita Aida Gonzalez, LACMA; Elizabeth Spungen, The Print Center,Philadelphia; John Pomara, Artist; Julia Dolan, Curator of Photography at the Portland Art Museum; Tim Slowinski, Direct Art Magazine; Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Terri Provencal, Patron Magazine; Cindy D. Rachofsky, The Rachofsky House; Jeremy Strick, Nasher Sculpture Center; Sergio Gomez, Zhou B Art Center; Sarah Cash, Bechhoefer Curator of American Art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; Enrique Fernández-Cervantes, Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs; and Tere Romo, Mexican Museum of San Francisco and MACLA.

His work is in the collection of the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA; the Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY; Shah Alam Gallery, Malaysia; Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO; and the Mulafoco Museum, Uruguay. Saumell is also the founder of Pulsian Press, a boutique publishing company.