Shawn Bush (he/him/his) is a lens-based artist who grew up in Detroit, MI. The city's civic history and geographic location have greatly influenced his understanding of physical space within American sociopolitical and socioeconomic landscapes. Consequently, his photographs and collages reflect overdeveloped systems, distorted icons, and collapsing mythologies.
Bush earned an MFA from RISD and a BA from Columbia College Chicago. He is a 2025 LightWork Artist in Residence, a 2021 recipient of the Aperture CreatorLabs Photo Fund, included in the 2022 Silver List, a 2021 Wyoming Arts Council Fellow, and a recipient of the 2023 Kodak Visionary Project Award. He won the 2024 Charta Photobook Award and will have a monograph of his project, Angle of Draw, published in conjunction with the award by Yogurt Editions in late 2025.
His work has appeared in various publications, including Wallpaper Magazine, Wired Magazine, FotoFilmic’s JRNL, and Vogue. He has lectured nationally at several universities and art institutions, including Yale University, the University of Missouri, and the Los Angeles Center for Photography.
Bush is available for commissions within the Rocky Mountain West and is the founder of Dais Books.
