Master Class 2022: Shana Moulton

U.S based artist Shana Moulton discusses her multi-faceted practice. Spanning video, sculptural installation and performance, her work addresses themes of new age spirituality, contemporary anxieties, and how we ascribe meaning to the ever changing landscape of 21st century images, gestures and objects. Moulton is known for her alter-ego Cynthia, who searches for purpose and fulfilment through self-help tools, cosmetic rituals and wellness
fantasies of self-actualisation.

Biography
Shana Moulton (b. 1976, Oakhurst, CA. Lives and works in Santa Barbara CA, USA) studied at De Ateliers, Amsterdam; Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine, USA; Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the University of California, Berkeley. Moulton’s commissioned solo exhibition Shana Moulton took place at the Zabludowicz Collection in 2019. Her commissioned work was included in the 15th Biennale de Lyon, France (2019 – 2020) and the Nuit Blanche festival, Paris, France (2019). Solo exhibitions have been held at Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland, and MOCA Cleveland (all 2016); Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (2015) and 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands (2014).

Recent group exhibitions include Producing Futures – An Exhibition on Post-Cyber-Feminisms, Migros Museum, Zurich (2019); ANTI, 6th Athens Biennale, Athens (2018); Dreamers Awake, White Cube, London; Health as Metaphor, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Zapopan, Mexico (both 2017) and The People’s Cinema, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria (2016).Performances include those at Kunsthalle Münster, Germany (2018); Parcours Night, Art Basel, Switzerland (2017); La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain (2016); Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Primary, Nottingham, UK (both 2016); the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; The Getty, Los Angeles, and South
London Gallery, London (all 2014).