Shannon Finnegan

Shannon Finnegan is a multidisciplinary artist who has done projects with Banff Centre, the High Line, Tallinn Art Hall, Nook Gallery, MCA Denver, and the Wassaic Project. They have spoken about their work at the Brooklyn Museum, Data & Society, School for Poetic Computation, The 8th Floor, and The Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library. In 2018, they received a Wynn Newhouse Award and participated in Art Beyond Sight’s Art + Disability Residency. In 2019, they were an artist-in-residence at Eyebeam. They live and work in Brooklyn, NY."Because of Alice Wong, Greg Beratan, and Andrew Pulrang's #CripTheVote movement, I think of myself as a disabled voter and am reminded of the power of disability communities at the ballot box. I'm thrilled to have this work in Times Square and hope it brings attention to the political power of disabled people."