Lou Shields is a Visual Artist living and working in Chicago, IL. His work is ever changing and evolving and throughout a 10 year professional career, has created several consistent bodies of work in various inventive styles and mediums. Primarily a painter, Shields also works in a variety of drawing and mixed-media.

Shields recently received tenure at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, IL as an Associate Professor of Art History and Studio Art. His dedication to his students and fellow artists is exemplified through the former EXPgallery and through the founding of the Prairie State College Art Club and Exposure Magazine, a student run literary arts magazine