The Collection

Shannon T. Lewis is an Afro-Trinidadian artist who creates lush, surreal worlds where Black women can play, rest, and reflect. Her figures move through portals that probe race, gender, class, and migration. In Entre Nous, she presents a high-fashion Black femme figure, inspired by her early practice of cutting and archiving images from magazines—spaces where Black women were often excluded or depicted through racist, fetishized lenses.

Lewis also draws on the “constructed” luxury interiors of design magazines, using them to explore class and aspiration. Her work reflects first-generation experiences—of immigrants, graduates, and those striving to enter elite spaces—while acknowledging the pressure Black women face to shrink or code-switch in environments not built for them.