ABOUT

Shani McLane studied printmaking at the University of Southern California. She obtains a BFA and a M.ED. Originally from Northern California, she has lived in New Hampshire since the year 2000. McLane’s work primarily focuses on the technique of silk-screening inks and enamels onto paper and glass. She has taught workshops at a variety of locations including Pilchuck Glass School (Washington) and Plymouth State University (New Hampshire). McLane exhibits and lectures both nationally and internationally and has received many accolades for her work including the Swedish American Fund Grant, Haugberg Fellowship, and the Frank Teton Fellowship. 

As a printmaker, Shani uses her methods to promote the STEAM initiative and communicate environmental issues. In the last decade, her work has focused on the importance of the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway and the long-term shift in climate patterns. She wrote a curriculum titled, “Engineering the Glass Seed” which she taught at the Museum of Glass (Washington), Dartmouth College (New Hampshire), and The Glass Factory (Sweden). The syllabus has also been taught through the New Hampshire State Arts Council.

McLane’s artists in residencies have included sailing the Arctic Circle (Longyearben, Norway), and creating work based on her research of climate change at Scuola Internazionale di Grafica (Venice, Italy), Camac Foundation (Marnay Sur Seine,France), Newport Art Museum (Rhode Island), University of Hawaii (Hawaii), Center for Contemporary Printmaking (Connecticut), Gate 44 (Milan, Italy), Museum of Glass (Washington), Zea Mays (Massachusetts), NES (Iceland), JHTAR (Joshua Tree).