SHAWN IS A NONBINARY ARTIST & ILLUSTRATOR BASED IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, WHERE THEY WERE BORN AND RAISED. THEIR WORK IS INSPIRED BY TATTOO CULTURE, SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION, SLAVIC FOLK ART, ESOTERIC ARCHETYPES, SELF-ADORNMENT AND THE HUMAN & ANIMAL BODY. THEIR ACCESSORIES BRAND GENDER GEMS HAS BEEN FEATURED BY ETSY AND CARRIED IN STORES WORLDWIDE.