وُلد عام 1977 في الرياض بالمملكة العربية السعودية. يُقيم ويعمل في الرياض.
تتنوع ممارسات الفنان مهند شونو بين رقة الأعمال الحبرية على ورق و تعقيد الأعمال التركيبية التكنولوجية الضخمة، وبينما تتتبع أعماله التأملية سرديات وطرق تفكير جديدة، تُشكك أيضًا في الاتجاهات الثقافية السائدة. يتخذ مهند من تاريخ هجرة عائلته مصدرًا معرفيًا، ويهتم بالأماكن المهجورة وغير المأهولة، ليستكشف المفاهيم المُتعلقة بعدم الإنتماء من خلال ممارسة ينظمها السرد القصصي. يُنجز أعماله بالإعتماد على الإمكانات الإنشائية للخطوط التي تُشير إلى ممارسته للرسم وتقوم بتوفير غطاء مفاهيمي لممارساته، ويظهر ذلك ألوانه البيضاء والسوداء والرمادية التي تُعبر عما هو أبعد من البساطة.
مثل مهند شونو المملكة العربية السعودية في بينالي فينيسيا عام 2022، وأقام معارض فردية في أثر غاليري بجدة عامي 2016 و 2019، وإثراء بالدمام عام 2018، وكونستلرهاوس بيثانين ببرلين عام 2018. كما شارك في عدة معارض جماعية من ضمنها ديزرت إكس العلا عام 2020، وفنون جدة 21،39 عام 2019، وقصر خزام التاريخي بجدة عام 2019.
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