Shannon “owo” Webb was born and raised on the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi. There she attended the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree focusing in ceramics. In 2023, Shannon received a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Montana. She is currently a Long Term Artist in Residence at the Red Lodge Clay Center.

My art centers around my mixed race identity as someone who is half Korean and half white. I never felt like I could truly be either, so I embraced the in-between. It is a vague realm that I seek to solidify not only through an art practice, but through a life practice. I recontextualize Korean folktales, mythology, and customs based on my lived experiences. The result is a personalized narrative that is both familiar and uniquely my own.