Pennylane Shen

Mentoring Emerging and Accomplished Artists
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MEDIUM: Marketing | Professional Services
SPECIALTY: ✔ Business Skills

Pennylane Shen is an artist consultant, curator and educator. Since 2006, her company Dazed and Confucius has offered one-on-one consultations to over 1000 artists each year as well as business development seminars worldwide. While Dazed and Confucius caters to artists’ needs such as marketing and career support, what sets them apart from other art advisors is their core philosophy: prioritizing strong concept and identity building first and foremost.

Pennylane holds a Master’s Degree in Visual Culture Theory from NYU and has lectured at various forums throughout Canada, the US and the UK. Her publications discuss the politics of representation, race and fine art. For more than a decade, Pennylane has worked in commercial galleries throughout Canada. Among her curation, speaking and education projects are the Ted Talks, Creative Mornings, The NYC Crit Club, The Vancouver Mural Festival and the Vancouver General Hospital and UBC Foundation.