Shannon Lynn Downey

Shannon Downey is the founder of Seriously Badass Women and Badass Cross Stitch, and is an artist, activist, craftivist, community builder, and general instigator. She leverages craft-based art forms to bring people together and her artwork can be found in galleries, museums, and private collections around the world. She has been featured in outlets including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Atlas Obscura, Fast Company, and i-D, and her work has been featured in books including Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Signs of Resistance: A Visual History of Protest in America. She was recently selected as the artist in residence at the Chicago Botanic Garden. She currently lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.