Marcus O'Shaughnessy

Marcus O'Shaughnessy is a creative practitioner, youth engagement specialist, and digital storyteller with a lifelong dedication to alternative education and the arts as tools for transformation. Founder of Imaginative Reaction CIC, a growing creative platform designed to elevate emerging, outsider and underrepresented artists through collaboration, curation and community.

In 2023, Marcus stepped into the art world to honour the legacy of the late Nick Fraser (1946–2023) — a visionary outsider artist from East London. As the appointed custodian of Fraser's vast and previously unseen collection, Marcus curated the critically acclaimed debut exhibition "Nick Fraser: Chapter One" at The Crypt Gallery, London.

Imaginative Reaction was born not just from this personal mission, but also from a deeper tribute. It was inspired by the legacy of Nick Fraser, a talented artist and dear friend who, despite his immense creative gift, never had the opportunity to be fully seen or supported by a wider community.