Annalisa Shanks is an emerging artist at Studio Incamminati, School of Contemporary Realist Art in Philadelphia. She is working in a private studio as a Fellow after having completed the 4-year Full Time Program in May of 2025. She comes from a family of realist painters, all of whom incorporate their respect for Renaissance and Baroque painting principles into their exploration of vibrant, stirring themes based in the here and now.

 
Annalisa has a strong background in creative arts with technical structures – she received an Associate's Degree in Photography and a Bachelor’s in English Literature before committing to realist art. The two disciplines helped build a strong foundation of aesthetic, analytical, and communication skills which Annalisa exercises across the full spectrum of her artistic practice. An education in photography helped her pinpoint the visual motifs which, for her, translated into metaphysical poetry. The study of poetry and liberal arts fueled her insatiable desire to bring stories one step closer to life.

Since graduating Annalisa has been focusing on commissioned portrait work and teaching, but in October 2025 will begin a Remote Residency with artist supply company Winsor & Newton, during which she will produce a body of thematic still life paintings inspired by her visual and literary background.