Follow along with Shamona and Cara as they chat about how she found her way back to her passion. We talk about all her projects and endeavors and find out how she managed to find her way.

You can keep up to date with Shamona on her instagram @shamstoked.

To view her work and discover more about her work please visit Shamona’s website at shamonastokes.com

Shamona Stokes is a visual artist who works out of her studio in Jersey City. She holds a BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY (2002). Her sculptures and mixed media paintings explore the imaginary figures & landscapes of the subconscious. She’s exhibited at The Untitled Space (NYC), at art fairs like SCOPE (Art Basel Miami) and Superfine! (NYC), and has also worked on large-scale installations–most recently a shrine dedicated to the human imagination–shown at the Fort Worth Community Art Center in Texas. Her work has been featured in media outlets like New York Magazine’s “The Cut”, The Jealous Curator, The Untitled Magazine, and Create! Magazine.

Shamona’s body of work is a product of a meditation and reiki practice which began in 2016. Prior to that, she hadn’t made any artwork in over 16 years.