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PUBLICATIONS
Bask your Big Belly in the Sun, Shoog McDaniel, 2021, Self-Published
Bodies like Oceans, Shoog McDaniel, 2018, Self-Published
Queers in Nature, Shoog McDaniel, 2015, Self-Published
AWARDS
Best in Show, Round Hole Square Peg, LA Art Show, February 2018
TALKS
2021
“Fat Liberation,” Stanford University, Stanford CA via zoom
“Artist Talk: Shoog McDaniel,” Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia PA via Zoom
“Artist Talk: Shoog McDaniel,” New School, New York NY via Zoom
“Artist Talk: Shoog McDaniel,” New York University, NYC via zoom
2020
“Artist Talk: Shoog McDaniel,” University of Florida, Gainesville FL
“Artist Talk: Shoog McDaniel,” New School, New York NY via Zoom
“Artist Talk: Shoog McDaniel,” Florida State University, Tallahassee FL
“Artist Talk,” Southeastern Women’s Studies Association (SEWSA) Conference, University of South Florida, Tampa FL [Postponed due to Covid-19]
“United Speaker Series,” University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg Canada [Postponed due to Covid-19]
“Health at Every Size Conference,” University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Canada
2019
“NOMA Teen Art Council Artist Talk: Shoog McDaniel” New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans LA
“Queer Fat Artist / Maker Meet Up Hosted by Shoog McDaniel and Queer Appalachia,” New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans LA
2018
“Fats, Freaks and Queers: Photography by Shoog McDaniel,” New College of Florida, Sarasota FL
“Trans Week: Shoog McDaniel,” Georgia State University, Atlanta GA
“Reading Queer Workshop ‘Visual Storytelling’ by Queers in Nature Author, Shoog McDaniel,” The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse, Miami FL
EXHIBITIONS
2021
“Expressions of Pride: Self-Portraits and Reflections by LGBTQIA+ Artists,” Artsy.net
“The Intricate Intimate,” Allouche Gallery, New York NY
2020
“New Landscapes,” Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee FL
“Merkin Dream,” Maryland Art Place, Baltimore MD
2019
“We Rise,” Los Angeles CA
“Collaborations with Queer Voices,” Heller Gallery, New York NY
2018
“Round Hole Square Peg,” LA Art Show, Los Angeles CA
2016
“Fatter IRL: a fat art show,” Pfizer, Brooklyn NY
“Queers in Nature: Shoog McDaniel Photography,” Powrplnt, Brooklyn NY
“Queers in Nature: Shoog McDaniel Photography,” 40th Street Artist-in-Residence Program, Philadelphia PA
2015
“August Artwalk with Shoog McDaniel,” Wild Iris Bookstore, Gainesville FL
PRESS
2021
“Chosen: 5 Queer Photographers Reimagine the Family Portrait,” Them Magazine
“Naked Bits” Jigsaw Puzzles Celebrate Bodies Through Dynamic Photographs,” HyperAllergic
2020
“Influencers Say Instagram Is Biased Against Plus-Size Bodies, And They May Be Right,” Buzzfeed News
“Bustle's Must Follow List: Pride 2020,” Bustle Magazine
“How to Be an Artist,” Jerry Saltz, Penguin Random House
“14 Artists on the Importance of Portraying Queer Love,” Artsy.net
“Lawful Bodies,” Sisu Magazine
“Shoog McDaniel is Using Boomerang to Capture Rural Queers in Quarantine,” Autostraddle
2019
“This Photographer Wants To Capture The Beauty Of Fat Bodies,” Huffington Post
“The Queer Artists Rethinking What Makes a Body Beautiful,” Out Magazine
“The Photographers Fighting Instagram’s Censorship of Nude Bodies,” Artsy.net
“Photographer Shoog McDaniel Celebrates Fatness In All Its Glory,” Dazed Magazine
“Collaborations with Queer Voice,” Wall Street International Magazine
“Photographers Flipping the Script on Trans and Non-Binary Representation,” VICE
“PHOTOESSAY: Shoog & Zaire on Proving the Divinity Of Fat Folks” Autostraddle
2018
Rose, Aaron, “Shoog McDaniel: The Photorgrapher Capturing Queer, Trans, Fat, Southern Truths,” Go Mag, February 16, 2018
“Also.Also.Also: Photographer Shoog McDaniel Gives You a Safe Place to Land Today, and Other Stories.” Autostraddle
Bendix, Trish, “Round Hole Square Peg Will Queer The LA Art Show With The Work of 30 LGBTQ Photographers,” Into, January 5
Scrivener, Amanda, “This Photographer’s Otherworldly Images Break Down How We Look at Different Bodies,” Brit+Co, April 26
2017
Cover Image, Lesbian and Gay Studies, 23(4), October 1.
Song, Sandra. “Meet Shoog McDaniel, the Photographer Pushing the Boundaries of Queer, Fat-Positive Photography.” Teen Vogue
2016
Nunes, Andrew. “Fat Artists Take the Spotlight at ‘Fatter IRL: A Fat Art Show.” VICE
Frank, Priscilla. “Fat Femme Artists Team Up to Worship and Celebrate Big, Beautiful Bodies.” Huffington Post
Song, Sandra. “‘Fatter IRL’ is the NYC Exhibition Bringing Fat Femmes to the Forefront.” Paper Mag
Updated December 2021
