The daughter of Peace Corp volunteers, Shanti Conlan was born on Majuro in the Marshall Islands. She spent her childhood in Ann Arbor, Michigan until her family was transferred to Houston, Texas, where she graduated from the city’s prestigious High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She earned her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After living in many different cities around the United States, she returned to Houston, where she has built her home and studio.

Working in the mediums of printmaking, drawing and collage, Ms. Conlan creates images that capture the invisible, physical and intangible forces of the natural world — sound, motion, light, distance, and gravity. Her work is a visual interpretation of these forces, from the layering of sediment and the formation of terrain, to the movement and interaction of celestial bodies. The work shifts in focus from the macro to the micro, examining the multiple worlds within worlds.