Hana Shannon is a classically trained painter from the Czech Republic who specializes in portraiture. She earned a Master's degree in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and moved to the US over a decade ago to pursue her painting career. The energy and freedom of NYC have always provided her with great inspiration.

Her favorite exhibition was a display of her portraits in the storefront windows of Bergdorf Goodman at the corner of 57th Street and 5th Avenue. The direct connection her work had with viewers passing by who saw this “non-gallery” setting was a unique experience, one she considers one of her biggest personal achievement.

Shannon has exhibited at the Czech Cultural Center in New York on multiple occasions and was included in the critically acclaimed group show, “New Bohemia - Reflect What You Are,” in 2019, which was curated by Charlotta Kotik, Curator Emerita of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.