Shawn Reilly
Pronouns: They/them
Date and place of birth: b. 1995, Staten Island, NY
Current location: Nashville, Tennessee
Year(s) of residency and/or fellowship: 2022, Democracy Machine Fellow; 2023, Democracy Machine Fellow
Shawn Reilly is a Nashville-based learner, educator, designer and cultural organizer interested in the power of art, place, space, history, and technology as means of developing youth sociopolitical consciousness in informal education settings. Their recent work centers on the exploration and co-creation of physical and digital maps as a way to challenge dominant narratives and democratize history. Their art and organizing pays particular attention to the implications of democracy in relation to the school to prison nexus, queerness in the South, Christian supremacy, joy/pleasure, and historical and contemporary systems of mutual aid.