For all queries please email: hello (at) shannonbergin.com

Clients Include

The O’Brien Press, Little Island Books, Cricket Media, Ladybug Magazine, Spider Magazine, Babybug Magazine, Suns Out, Piecely Puzzles, Wilson Jeux.

Awards and Selections

2021 - Irish Book Awards Shortlist

2018 - ‘LIT Permanent Selection Award’ Limerick

2017 - ‘ABLE’ Artist Book Award, Limerick

2016 - ‘Florence Vere O’Brien’ Hunt Museum Limerick Permanent Collection Selection

Shannon is an Irish illustrator, avid doodler, and tea drinker.

As a kid, she wandered around the countryside making up stories and drawing on any available surface. As an adult, she basically does the same thing but sometimes gets paid for it.

She graduated from Limerick School of Art and Design with a BA(Hons) in Animation and Motion Design and is currently spending her days making art and picture books.

‘How to Grow a Girl’ - Her self-published picture book is a story about a manual that appears to tell the parents exactly what to do to grow a girl, the necessary adventures, books, and silliness needed to grow.

‘Evie’s Christmas Wishes’ - Her debut illustrated book, written by Siobhan Parkinson and published by Little Island Books was shortlisted for the 2021 Irish Book Awards. It tells the story of Evie and her family and the little (very Irish) traditions they go through in the run-up to Christmas day.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2024 - "Everyday Magic" - Aras Inis Gluaire - Mayo

2023 - "A Retrospective" - Tullamore Library

2023 - "A Retrospective" - Birr Library

“How to Grow a Girl” - Rua Red Arts Centre - Co. Dublin 2020

”How to Grow a Girl” - Birr Theatre and Arts Center - Co. Offaly 2019

“Drawings” - The Art Lounge - Co. Offaly 2017

“Tale as Old as Time” - The Maltings - Co. Offaly 2017

Group

"In Memory of the Future - DLR Lexlcon - 2023

“K-Fest Arts Festival” - Killorglin Co. Kerry - 2023

“Artists Ignite” - Birr Theatre and Arts Center -2020

“Common Ground” - Birr Theatre and Arts Center - Co. Offaly -2020

“K-Fest Arts Festival” - Killorglin Co. Kerry - 2019

“LSAD Drawing Awards” - LSAD Church Gallery - 2018

“Supernatural Cities” - LSAD - 2017

"ABLE artist book exhibition" - LSAD - 2017

"LSAD Drawing Awards" - LSAD - 2017

"Common Ground" - Birr Theatre and Art's Centre - 2016

"Hybrid Liminal Identity Exhibition" - LSAD - 2016

"OFFline" - The Art Lounge - Co. Offaly - 2016

"TAE Show" - New York - 2016

"ABLE artist book exhibition" - LSAD - 2016

"LSAD Drawing Awards" - Church Gallery LSAD - 2016

"Florence Vere O'Brien Lace Drawing Awards" - LSAD - 2016

"Beds not Benches" - The Hunt Museum Limerick - 2015