Shannon Freshwater

Shannon Freshwater is an Adjunct Instructor in Illustration at California State University, Long Beach, and operates as a fine artist whose work explores the intersection of collage, assemblage, and AI-generated imagery. Her practice interrogates emotional disorientation, childhood trauma, and the instability of reality through found materials and digital tools.

• Specializes in experimental illustration techniques
• Exhibited at Society of Illustrators NY, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, and La Luz De Jesus
• Client portfolio includes New York Times, Scientific American, and AIGA's permanent book cover collection

Her work leverages AI's limitations in generating coherent imagery to critique contemporary misinformation landscapes, aligning with Werner Herzog's 'ecstatic truth' concept. The 2025 MFA thesis project Negay Dgedee examines aging through surreal, interdimensional narratives.