Shaquona Espinoza is a visual artist born and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Art is something that has been with her majority of her life, as she would draw and create since she was a kid. 

In 2018, she started experimenting with acrylic paint as a way for her to be curious and reclaim her identity as an artist. She began painting flowers and faces of prophetic individuals to remember truth and comfort. In 2019, she was introduced to a photography class where she intertwined both social justice and art, focusing on colorism in the Black community. Being influenced by her reality and wanting to create a space that evokes change, she experimented with printmaking, creating pieces that were centered around both sexism and racism. In 2020, she graduated from Western Michigan University with a bachelors in social work and a minor in art. 

Throughout college and since graduating, she had the opportunity of showcasing and selling her artwork in various spaces in Kalamazoo and Detroit. Her current artwork consists of acrylic realism portraits, flowers, custom artwork, and face painting. 

Her artwork has been showcased at Elements, the WMU Office for Sustainability, the Epic Center, the Black Arts and Cultural Center, Center for New Media at KVCC, Channel 8 News and virtually during Juneteenth- curated by Soul Artistry LLC, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts during the West Michigan Area Art Show, Public Media Network, the Kalamazoo Defenders, virtually- curated by the Black Arts and Cultural Center, The Xperience, Le Fleur Art Showcase curated by MI Dudes, The Space-curated by Soul Artistry LLC, Women’s Art and Innovation Center, Move with Joy Dance Studio, The Divine Artistry Lounge, Irwin House Inc., Art Center of Battle Creek, and Factory Coffee.