Curriculum Vitae
Shirley Bales (b. 1975, California)
SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY
2022 Gratitude, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2020
2021 Gratitude, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2020 Gratitude, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2019 Bite Me-Works Inspired by Food, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
2019 Solace-Women of the Trees, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2019 First Congregationalist Church Atrium Show, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
2018 Reception Gallery Solo Show, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
2018 7th Annual Plein Air Convention and Expo Show and Sale, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Alla Prima Westcliffe, Sangres Art Guild, Westcliffe, CO
2017 Plein Air Artists of Colorado Annual Event & Show, SAM Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat Springs, CO
2016 Victor Celebrates the Arts, Plein Air Event, Victor, CO
2016 Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Plein Air Show, Florissant National Monument Visitor's Center, Florissant, CO
2016 Honorable Mention, Littleton Plein Air, Depot Art Gallery, Littleton, CO
2015 Victor Celebrates the Arts, Plein Air Event, Victor, CO
2015 PAAC Annual Plein Air Event & Show Grand Lake, Plein Air Artists of Colorado, Grand Lake Gallery, Grand Lake, CO
2011 Land and Light, Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Annual Juried Exhibition, Millicent Rodgers Museum, Taos, NM
2011 NM Art League Enchantment Award, Arts in the Parks, Albuquerque, NM
2007 Little Treasures, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ
EDUCATION
2012-2014 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1994-1998 Riverside Community College, Riverside, California
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Plein Air Artists Colorado – Associate Member, 2015-Present
American Impressionist Society – Associate Member, 2019-2021
Plein Air Painter's New Mexico – Associate Member, 2010-2014
Tucson Plein Air Painter's Society – Associate Member, 2003-2009
SOCAL Papa – Associate Member, 2000-2003
SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY
2022 Gratitude, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2020
2021 Gratitude, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2020 Gratitude, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2019 Bite Me-Works Inspired by Food, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
2019 Solace-Women of the Trees, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2019 First Congregationalist Church Atrium Show, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
2018 Reception Gallery Solo Show, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
2018 7th Annual Plein Air Convention and Expo Show and Sale, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Alla Prima Westcliffe, Sangres Art Guild, Westcliffe, CO
2017 Plein Air Artists of Colorado Annual Event & Show, SAM Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat Springs, CO
2016 Victor Celebrates the Arts, Plein Air Event, Victor, CO
2016 Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Plein Air Show, Florissant National Monument Visitor's Center, Florissant, CO
2016 Honorable Mention, Littleton Plein Air, Depot Art Gallery, Littleton, CO
2015 Victor Celebrates the Arts, Plein Air Event, Victor, CO
2015 PAAC Annual Plein Air Event & Show Grand Lake, Plein Air Artists of Colorado, Grand Lake Gallery, Grand Lake, CO
2011 Land and Light, Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Annual Juried Exhibition, Millicent Rodgers Museum, Taos, NM
2011 NM Art League Enchantment Award, Arts in the Parks, Albuquerque, NM
2007 Little Treasures, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ
EDUCATION
2012-2014 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1994-1998 Riverside Community College, Riverside, California
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Plein Air Artists Colorado – Associate Member, 2015-Present
American Impressionist Society – Associate Member, 2019-2021
Plein Air Painter's New Mexico – Associate Member, 2010-2014
Tucson Plein Air Painter's Society – Associate Member, 2003-2009
SOCAL Papa – Associate Member, 2000-2003
Shirley Bales
Artist
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