BIOGRAPHY
Shawn Feeney works at the intersection between visual art, music, and contemplative practices. He earned his BA in Music from Harvard College and his MFA in Intermedia from the University of Auckland. Feeney also holds Certificates in Deep Listening® (based on the work of Pauline Oliveros), Sound, Voice, and Music in the Healing Arts from the California Institute of Integral Studies, and Forensic Facial Imaging from the FBI Academy. He studied with Mario Davidovsky, Ivan Tcherepnin, Philip Dadson, Timothy Hill, and Silvia Nakkach. Feeney worked as a forensic artist in New York, and in the Art Department of Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic in San Francisco. His debut solo album, Thin Places, was released in 2020. His work has been presented at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Audiofoundation HQ in Auckland, and CounterPULSE in San Francisco. Feeney has been artist-in-residence at the Swall Institute in Yosemite, CA, and the de Young Museum in San Francisco. His clients and collaborators include Teatro alla Scala, the San Francisco Arts Commission, Adobe, and the Exploratorium. Feeney has led workshops and retreats at venues such as Lifebridge Sanctuary and the Barnes Foundation. He is currently based in Highland, New York.