Shannon Ritchie is a Northern Irish artist whose work focuses on the personal impact of cultural and political tensions in Northern Ireland. Graduating from Ulster University with a BA in Photography with Video, she went on to complete a residency in Belfast School of Art, as well as receiving the Early Career Artist Award from Photo Museum Ireland. As part of the Award she began developing her ongoing project Home / Sick, which continues exploring Ritchie’s complicated relationship with her home in a politically tense Northern Irish council estate.