About:
Hana Shannon is a classically trained painter originally from the Czech Republic who specializes in portraiture. She received her Master's degree in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and later moved to the United States to pursue her artistic career. The energy and freedom of New York City, her home for more than a decade, have provided great inspiration to her.
The exhibition of her colorful portraits in the storefront windows of Bergdorf Goodman, the legendary department store, in 2001, was a landmark achievement for Hana, particularly because of the direct connection with thousands of viewers seeing her work in a "non-gallery" setting when walking down Fifth Avenue.
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.
Most recently, her work was on view at Village One Art Gallery in Chelsea as part of “Idylls & Reveries”, and at Van Der Plas Gallery in Lower East Side (“Oasis of Color”). 
My atelier in NYC, Spring 2020
BERGDORF GOODMAN
One of my favorite shows in my career has been the exhibition of my portraits in the storefront windows of Bergdorf Goodman, at the corner of 57th street and 5th avenue. I really liked the direct connection with passerby in "non-gallery" setting.
