Wayfinding
Shannon Borg
I invite you to join me at a reception
for my MFA Thesis Show, Wayfinding
March 6, 2026, 5-8 pm at the Surplus Gallery | 432 S. Washington St., Carbondale, Illinois
Wayfinding
The Journey Imagined
The mind plans and dreams for the journey.
The Journey Experienced
The journey is never what we thought, and always more and different than we imagined. Family, heritage, DNA & genetic memory.
16 Journeys: I traveled over the past several years to visit the birthplaces of my 16 great-great grandparents.
The Journey Transcended
Connecting with ancient ideas and ancient light. Ideas and worlds turn as the Universe watches itself.
Mindmaps and Tools of Navigation
Shannon Borg
For the past three years I’ve been exploring larger work, including sculptures made of metal, paper and light.
I’m fascinated with the underlying systems of life - the geometry of DNA, the wavelength of visible color, and the inherited genetic memory of family myth. I explore these themes in large, colordul paintings, and the ephemera of past lives, seeing connections between the shape of a bee’s cells and the shape of a family’s narrative arc.
This work has allowed me the time and space to explore painting, light and space in ways I’ve never done before - and it is just the beginning. My generous cohort, professors and students are a huge influence on this work, as is my daily reading and journaling practice in art history, the history of science and magic.
I hope you connect with this work to see the supportive systems in your own life and creative process.
Essays
