she/they

is a writer and editor from queens, currently based in the hudson valley (ancestral Mahican land). they are the current and founding editor of The Amp at Asian American Arts Alliance. her writing covers art, ecology, and asian diaspora. put another way, they are interested in practices that decolonize and reimagine our relationship to nature. 

she is a co-founder of the experimental environmental journalism platform, Silica Mag and used to play in a band called Teen Body. sometimes they cook food for people. 

work status:
open for freelance assignments

︎ cv
︎ shannyown@gmail.com
︎ shannonlee@aaartsalliance.org
︎ @shannpo
she/they


is a writer and editor in new york. they are the current and founding editor of The Amp at Asian American Arts Alliance. her writing covers art, ecology, and asian diaspora. put another way, they are interested in practices that decolonize and reimagine our relationship to nature.

she is a co-founder of the experimental environmental journalism platform, Silica Mag and used to play in a band called Teen Body. sometimes they also cook.

work status: open for freelance assignments

︎ shannyown@gmail.com
︎ shannonlee@aaartsalliance.org
︎ @shannpo
CV (excluding all the countless in-between service industry gigs)


2022—present   editor, the amp

2021—present   volunteer mentor, indykids 

2020—2022      associate editor, artsy

2019—2020      copywriter, tröllback+co.

2018—2019      account coordinator, cultural counsel

2017—2018     editorial fellow, artspace magazine

2015—2020      founding editor and executive producer, silica mag

2014           production assistant, david byrne and todo mundo

2013—2014      studio manager, arielle de pinto


2013           pratt institute, bfa painting + art history minor 
updated april 2023