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Full Name
  
Shan Wells

Name
  
Shan Wells

Years active
  
1992 – present


Ethnicity
  
Mixed

Nationality
  
American

Titles
  
Master of Fine Arts

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Born
  
May 31, 1967 (age 56) (
1967-05-31
)
Colorado, United States

Occupation
  
Political cartoonist, Sculptor, blogger

Notable credit(s)
  
The Huffington Post, Artizans

Education
  
Art Center College of Design

Shan Wells is a North American sculptor and political illustrator. He attended Art Center College of Design in California and the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, where he studied under Andrew Drummond and completed a Master of Fine Arts in 1998.

Wells illustrates a weekly political cartoon for the Durango Telegraph, an independent weekly newspaper in Durango, Colorado. His illustrations and editorial cartoons are sydicated worldwide with Artizans, and he is a blogger for the Huffington Post.

Awards and grants

  • 2003 Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship- Sculpture
  • 2002 Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art Biennial Award
  • 2000 Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship-Drawing
  • 1999 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
  • References

    Shan Wells Wikipedia