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Bio
Bio
Education
Master’s Degree in Fine Art, Cal State University Northridge, Magna Cum Laude
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
Otis College, Los Angeles
Residencies
2019 Buffalo Creek Art Center, Nevada
2017 360 Xochi Quetzal Winter 2017, Lake Chapala, Mexico
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Altered States, Art Depot Gallery, Fontana, CA
2017 Charting Conditions in the Anthropocene Era, Verde Valley Art Gallery, Arizona
2017 Maps of the Imagination, Yavapai Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
1989 Out Of Order, West L. A. City Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Special Project
The Community Quilt Project , 2020-2021
Group Exhibitions
2o21
Looking For America, juried by Philippa P.B. Hughes, Washington, DC
New Life-rediscovered, curated by Ann Phong, Gallery Western, Los Angeles, CA
Shape Shifters, Anne Bedrick Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA
2020
Perseverance, SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Transition, LaunchLa Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curater Holly Jerger
Pulse of LA, Protest, online exhibition
Post Pride, Ace 121 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Pulse of LA, in the time of Quarantine
35th Lancaster Juried Show, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA, award
Poetry in Place, South Pasadena City Hall, CA
360• of Healing, Artfully Spaced Gallery, Inglewood, CA
The Same Thing Every day, Moorpark College, CA
A Contemporary Nod to Modernism, Palm Springs, CA
2019
Celebrating All Matter, Matter Studio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Experimental, Creative Practice and Collaboration, SoLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Labyrinth, Embed Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Forming Matter, Matter Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
#ENOUGH, Neutra Gallery, SCWCA members exhibition, CA
Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH
Coy, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
hard mud-soft threads,The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, CA
Social Icing, Sam Francis Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Color Perspectives: Differences Shine, Artfully Spaced Gallery, Inglewood, CA
Unfettered, Avenue 50 Gallery, Highland Park, CA
MMA- Women's Mixed Media Arts- Helms Gallery, Culver City, CA
Converge- Beacon's Art Building, CA
2018
The Other Art Fair, Barker Hanger, Santa Monica, CA
The Non- Objective Moment, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Lonnie Lardner
Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH award
Altered States, Art depot Gallery, Fontana, CA solo show
Hecho a Mano, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Jillith Moniz
Fresh, SoLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Peter Frank and Fatima Burnes
33rd Annual Art Show, MOAH, Cedars, Lancaster, CA
Memories on Location, Keystone Gallery, curator Christine Rasmussen
Trappings, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Order from Chaos, La Gitano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
California Artists- Park Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art Speaks! Lend Your Voice, Arena One Gallery, curator Jill Moniz, Los Angeles
2017
Phenomena, Neutra Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Abstracted Badass, Shockboxx Project Gallery, El Segundo, CA
Charting Conditions in the Anthropocene Era, Verde Valley Art Gallery, AZ (catalog) solo
Language of Memory and Maps of the Imagination, Shelley Heffler and Diane Silver, Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ
Post Supremitist, Balconi Gallery, curated by Kio Griffith, Los Angeles, CA
Fresh, SoLA Gallery, curators Peter Frank and Fatemeh Burnes, CA, Award
Abstract II, Beyond the Lines Gallery, Santa Monica,CA
2016
Hale Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Art and Earth, Berkeley Arts Council, West Virginia
Contemporary Women, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
Dulcepalluza, 808 E. Pine Ave., El Segundo, CA
Garden of Earthly Delights, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Zero Down, Inglewood, CA
Out There, Gallery 825, curators William Escalera & Francisco George, Los Angeles,
Spectrum, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Play, curator Scott Canty, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
CA 101, South Bay Contemporary, CITY, CA
Brand 44 Works on Paper, Annual National Juried Exhibition, juror Laddie John Dill, Los Angeles, CA
Touchstone, Art Transforming Trauma, A Window Between Worlds, CA
Artisan Series, Bombay Sapphire, Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica, CA
Inglewood Open Studios, Los Angeles, CA
MAS Attack, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
In the Studio, CAEA, Mission Viejo, CA
Art Start, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Orange, CA
Eclectic Expression, Santa Monica Studios, Santa Monica, CA
Perimeter Gallery, Art Share L.A., Los Angeles, A
CASA of Los Angeles, CA
2015
Embler Gallery, American Airlines International, Miami, FL
MAS Attack, San Diego Art Institute, CA
Prohibition Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Alios Gallery, curator Max Presneill, Las Vegas, Nevada
VS, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Americana, Blackboard Gallery, Camarillo, CA
CA 101,AES Power Plant, Redondo Beach, CA
All Media 2015, Irvine Fine Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
Water, A Necessary Conversation, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA
MAS Attack, Temporary Space, Los Angeles, CA
Inglewood Open Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Art My Way, Art Forward, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Miami River, Art Fair, Miami, FL
Fresh, South Bay Contemporary Art Gallery, CITY, CA
Inglewood Open Studios, Inglewood, CA
Tag Gallery, Juried Exhibition, juror Laddie John Dill, Honorable Mention, Los Angeles, CA
Zero Down, Inglewood, CA
Coastline Art Gallery, Southern California members show, CITY, CA
Open Call, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
10 x 10, SCWCA @the Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
Open Theme, Picture This Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2013
Reconnecting Art, Idyllwild Arts Center, Idyllwild, CA
Inglewood Open Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Creative Connections, California Art Education Association, Orange County, CA
Open Studios Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Story of the Creative, See.me, Online Art Gallery, New York, NY
2011
What Those Who Teach Can Do, Los Angeles Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Colors, Bridge Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Mobius, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
New Members Group Show, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 - 2009
Open Call 2009, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
A Singular Creation, Los Angeles, CA.
1990 - 1994
Juried Sculpture Show, Long Beach Art Association, Honorable Mention, Long Beach, CA
Contemporary Artists, Wetherholt Gallery, Washington D.C.
Group Exhibition, Wetherholt Gallery, Washington D.C.
Group Show, The Funding Center, Washington, D.C.
1989
Solo show: Shelley Heffler: Out Of Order, West L. A. City Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed Media Wall Constructions, Pierce College, Los Angeles, CA
Muliebritas, Boritzer/Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Architectural Expressions, 801 N. Brand Ave., Glendale, CA
Group Exhibit, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Group Show, Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
1988 –1986
Present Tense, Barnsdall Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
Artists Who Use Wood, Roberts Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
CSUN Continuum, The Art Store, Los Angeles, CA
Salon des Independents, Richard/Bennet Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Knockout, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
North Region Sampler, Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA (catalog)
32nd Annual Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, juror Charles Arnoldi, San Diego, CA
First Prize award in Sculpture
Shelley Hill:Trapezoid Constructions, Gallery II, Northridge, CA
Wall Works, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
Links
https://www.aieregistry.org/search-results/?authors=shelley
https://www.wescover.com/creator/shelley-heffler
https://artdimensionsonline.com/search?q=Shelley%20Heffler
https://www.artpic2000.com/cat?artist=Heffler&page=1&start=0&chap=1&formnum=3
Reviews
Map It All Out https://issuu.com/squareupmedia/docs/h44_ page 84-85, writer; Melissa Scallan, http://www.melissascallan.com/2017
Looking at Shelley Heffler a little closer each time, by Jelani Yancy https://www.popellay.com/press/3509http://southerncaliforniaartists.org/index.php/category/art-news/Art
https://www.artsyshark.com/2017/12/08/featured-artist-shelley-heffler/, by Haley Evans, April 4, 2017
International Contemporary Arts, Volume VIII, page 129 2014
Shelley Heffler, Issuu “Trending: Contemporary Art Now!” Online Gallery
Studio Visits Volume 30 2014
http://emblerartgallery.com/catalog-collection-view
LA Times, William Wilson, October 24, 1988 VI pg.1
LA Independent, Diane Baily, October 12, 1988, vol.56, pg. 1
Cityscapes, LA Daily News, Cityscapes Section, Daryl Miller, May 7, 1987
Gallery Dispel notion of Valley Wasteland, Daily New, L. A., Daryl Miller, March 20, 1987
Movers and Shakers, The Tribune, San Diego, Mark Elliot Lugo, October 16, 1986
Awards
Blink Art Award 2018 https://blink.adcfineart.comblink.adcfineart.com/collections/shelly-heffler
Fresh, SoLA Gallery, curators Peter Frank and Fatemeh Burnes, CA, Award 2017
Urban Chalet Designs – Medical Building, Washington D.C. 2016
Bronze Award, Art Comes Alive, Art Ltd. Magazine 2015
International Contemporary Arts, Volume VIII, page 129 2014
Studio Visits Volume 30 2014
http://emblerartgallery.com/catalog-collection-view
Funds for Teachers Fellowship, Penland School of Arts and Crafts, N. Carolina
http://issuu.com/womenscaucusforart/docs/trending_catalog_for_issuu?e=0/32866835
Awards in the Visual Arts, nomination 1989
Professional Experience
National Board Certification for Professional Teachers
Mentor Teacher- Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
Arts and Literacy coordinator- education
Art Instructor- LAUSD, Ceramics, Drawing, Design, Photography, 1990- 2017
Adjunct Professor- Otis College, California State University, Northridge, 2010-2014
Art Director- set designer, Vista Street Productions, Los Angeles, 1988-1990
Museum Education- Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery 1985-1989
Photographer, World Series of Poker, Binion’s Casino, Las Vegas, 1978-1983
Lead Designer, Edward Fields, New York, Los Angeles, 1971-1973
Professional Affiliation
Southern California Women's Caucus for the Arts, board President
SoLA, South Bay Contemporary Gallery, board member, arts and literacy coordinator
National Art Educators Association
California Art Educators Association
Southern California Artists
Inglewood Artists
Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825
Jewish Arts Initiative
Special Projects
2020 The Community Quilt Project- Lead artist for SoLA Contemporary Gallery, benefit homeless organizations
2019 The Art for Life Project- to benefit mental health programs, Pacific Design Center
SoLA Gala Silent Auction- to benefit the gallery programs in education and community outreach
2017 Gallery 825-
2016 Gallery 825-
2015 A Window between Worlds- to support art programs of trauma victims
Collections
Los Angeles Red Cross, Permanent Collection
Jeff and Nini Sakaguchi, Manhattan Beach, Ca.
Inglewood Senior Center, Permanent Collection
Nixon Peabody LLP, New York
Janie Chapman, Las Vegas, NV
Lori Rhodes, Portland, Oregon
Kate Pellettiere, Chicago, Illonis
Aldina Dias and Greg Teegarten, Los Angeles, Ca.
Ringling Brothers, Los Angeles, Ca.
Meryl Wagers, Los Angeles, Ca.
Billie Adelman, Manila, Philippines
Charles Parker, Pasadena, Ca.
Christina Rothenberg, Los Angeles, Ca.
Mr. and Mrs. Resnick, Woodland Hills, Ca.
Dr. Stephen Freidman, Encino, Ca.
Anita Post, Los Angeles, Ca.
John Hill, Tarzana, Ca.
Brian and Susan Bateman, San Diego, Ca.
Joan Feifer, Los Angeles, Ca.
Cheryl and Michael Boulanger, Pheonix, Arizona
Perry and Liz Wright, London, England
Deborah Kruger, Lake Chapala, Mexico
Jan Miller, New Orleans, Louisiana
Rachel F. Nichols, New York
Sandra Hernandez, Lake Chapala, Mexico
Jan and Bert Huling, New York
Josh Evert, Milwaukee, Minnesota
Malachy and Roxani Tallak, Scotland
Jeanne Greene, Lake Chapala, Mexico
Christine Rasmussen, Los Angeles, CA
Danny Schutz, Los Angeles, CA
David and Cori Wells, Phoenix, AZ