Shaad Shopnil is a visual artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, drawing, video, installation, sculpture, ceramics, and photography. She earned her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Painting from William Paterson University in New Jersey in 2025 and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from the Maryland Institute College of Art, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2020.
She was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society in 2017 while attending Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, Illinois. Shaad’s journey as an artist began in Bangladesh when she was just five years old. Her mother enrolled her in a an art academy, where she studied for eight years, building the foundation for the work she does today.
Shaad’s work blends vivid color, texture, and emotional depth. Moving between abstraction and representation, she explores themes of identity, womanhood, and cultural memory—often drawing from personal experience and traditional women’s art forms. Nature is a central influence in her practice. The changing light, shifting seasons, and quiet rhythms of the earth guide both her mood and palette. Earthy tones, soft greens, sky blues, and sun-warmed reds infuse her paintings with a strong sense of place and emotional resonance.
