Shan Wells is a

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sculptor,

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and illustrator. He attended

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and the University of Canterbury in

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, where he studied under Andrew Drummond and completed a Master of Fine Arts in 1998. Wells illustrated a weekly political cartoon for the '' Durango Telegraph'', an independent weekly newspaper in Durango, Colorado, from 2002 to 2021. Wells retired from political illustration after 19 years citing the need for white men to "shut up and listen," and the lack of input from "underrepresented voices" in U.S. political discourse. Wells also blogged as a cartoonist for the '' Huffington Post'' from 2009 to 2016. Wells is the videographer for

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Awards and grants

* 2003

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Fellowship- Sculpture * 2002

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Museum of Contemporary Art Biennial Award * 2000 Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship-Drawing * 1999 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant artnet.com Magazine News - ArtNet.com News 8/19/99
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Important works

Political cartoons

References

External links

* http://www.shanwells.com * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shan-wells/ American sculptors Living people American cartoonists University of Canterbury alumni 1967 births Art Center College of Design people {{US-sculptor-stub