Shannon Hobbs (she/her) is a ceramicist, sculptor, and product designer born/based in Seattle, WA. She earned her BFA in Three-Dimensional Forum from the University of Washington in 2018, focusing in ceramics and sculpture. Her functional ceramics have been featured in the Seattle Met for PooPu Market and at local boutiques (Prism, Slowdance). She has worked as a studio assistant for ceramicist Amanda Salov and is currently working as a Product Designer at Chunks. Her practice has continued to develop through artist in residency programs near and far; IaRex l'Atelier (summer 2023), Nii Modo (2023) and Actualize (2024).

Drawn to sensitive materials such as clay, wax, wire, and cyanotypes, Shannon is fixated on everyday objects and their ability to hold a memory or an emotional state. By introducing found objects, some fractured, some whole, she explores emotions of longing, love, and loneliness. Memorializing moments that have passed.