Resume

Biography

I began my artistic journey on a grade school field trip, I was 11 years old.  The field trip was to the famous Van Briggle Pottery in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  We toured the facility and the highlight of the trip for me was watching a master potter work magic on the wheel.  A lump of clay became a beautiful vessel right before my eyes, it was like magic. I decided then one day I would learn how to work with clay.

I got my opportunity to take my first pottery classes in Manitou Springs, Colorado while I was attending school to become a Registered Nurse.  I loved the classes.  After graduation from nursing school, I purchased a wheel and threw pots.  To improve my skills, I took college level pottery classes which led to countless other college art classes.   While at Loma Linda University in Graduate school, working with clay became too difficult to manage with my schedule so I began making jewelry and painting with acrylics.  After Graduate school, I opened up my own part time pottery studio, made jewelry, and painted.  

When I retired from teaching college, I made art my full-time focus.  In 2010, I attended the Gemological Institute of America’s Graduate Jeweler program.  I created the Red Pearl Art brand to encompass both my jewelry designs and art.  I currently teach art classes in Boulder City, Nevada encouraging people to find their authentic fun approach to making art. I am represented by Priscilla Fowler Fine Art Gallery, Art District Las Vegas, Nevada, Art Design Consultants in Cincinnati,OH and UGallery.com.  My work is also available at the Art Box in the Art District at the Las Vegas Container Park and the Boulder City Art Gallery, Boulder City, Nevada.

2023

• Lunar New Year of the Rabbit, Historic Fifth Street School, Mayors Gallery, City of  Las Vegas, Nevada, “The Rabbits”, January 27  through May 7, 2023
• Lift the Sky, Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, California, “Love, Connect, Rise”, and “Now is the Time”,  January 23 thru March 18, 2023
• 8th Annual Colorful Abstractions Art Competition, Fusion Art Gallery Online, Palm Springs, California,  “Waterfront”, January 10 thru March 9, 2023
• Reaching Out, Reaching In, Priscilla Fowler Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Seasons”, “Doors in Our Hearts”, ” Two Cities”,  Grain of Sand”, “Treasure Hunt”, “Tuesday We Tethered the Sun”, “Fresh Fruit”, “Transcendence One”, “Afternoon Rain, One”, Afternoon Rain, Two”, “Super Sweet”, “Little Zips”, and “Big Zips”, January 5 thru January 28, 2023

2022

• Public Employee Exhibition, City of Las Vegas, City Hall, Chamber Hall Gallery, “Happy Factory,” and “Don’t Wait”, October 21, 2022 through January 13, 2023
• Art Comes Alive 2022, Art Design Consultants Cincinnati, Ohio, “Always”, October 29 through December 23, 2022
• 4th Annual “Use Other Door”,  Core Contemporary Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Around the Bend”, and “Passage Between”, August 6 through September 30, 2022
• Stars of the Gallery IV, Priscilla Fowler Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Roc On”, Star Dusk”, and “The Beach”, July 1 through August 30, 2022
• Featured Artist-Linda Shaffer, Boulder City Art Galley, May 2022, Boulder City, Nevada
• Reset, Priscilla Fowler Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Welcome”, “Breathe”, and “Sail”, March 1 through March 26, 2022
• Year of the Tiger, Historic Fifth Street School, Mayors Gallery, City of Las Vegas, “Water Tiger,” January 27  through May 5, 2022

2021

• Over & Over & Over, Winchester Cultural Art Center, Las Vegas, NV, “Riptide Coming”,  December 13, 2021 through January 28, 2022
• American Roulette, Core Contemporary Gallery, “The Bigger”, “The Path”, and “I Have”, November 6, 2021 through January 8, 2022
• A Passionate Life, City of Las Vegas, Nevada, City Hall Chamber Gallery and Grand Gallery, “Go Fish” and “Hopscotch”, October 21, 2021 through January 13, 2022
• Art Comes Alive 2021, Art Design Consultants Cincinnati, Ohio, “Howling to Heaven”, October 23 through December 23, 2021
• Biomorphic Abstraction, Priscilla Fowler Fine Art Gallery Las Vegas, Nevada, “Flight Path”, “Grain of Sand”, “Mirage”, September 17 through October 30, 2021
• Fem4, Core Contemporary Gallery Las Vegas, Nevada, “Invisible Web”, “Traveling”, “Treasure Hunt”, “Hope”, “Rise Up”, “Maglev”, “Merging Possibilities”, “Take Flight”, “Desert Breeze”, “Desert Bloom”, “Tuesday We Tethered the Sun”, August 22 through September 25, 2021
• Curated into Priscilla Fowler Gallery, 1300 S. Main St. #110, Las Vegas, NV, August 2021
• Use Other Door,  Core Contemporary Gallery, “Bridge Home”and “The Desert Sands Will Warm Us”, June 19 through August 20, 2021
• Pandemic Inspiration,  Historic Fifth Street School, Mayors Gallery, City of Las Vegas, “It’s All Connected” and “Perspective”, May 6 through August 2, 2021
• Celebrating Life! 2021, City of Las Vegas, “Riptide Coming”, May 28 through July 10, 2021 April 2021
• Curated into UGallery.com, April 2021
• Fun Size: Art Under Six Inches, published full color book, Jen Tough Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Halo”, available on Amazon, April 2021
• Women in Art, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, “Flowers”, March 4 through March 27, 2021
• Year of the Ox, Historic Fifth Street School, Mayors Gallery, City of Las Vegas, “Metal Ox,” February 10 through May 5, 2021
• Parallel Dimensions Exhibition, Collage Artists of America, “Uprisings,” February 1, to February 28, 2021

2020

• Public Employee Exhibition, City of Las Vegas, City Hall, Chamber Hall Gallery, “Fresh Fruit,” October 21, 2020 through January 13, 2021
• Featured Artist–Linda Shaffer, Boulder City Art Gallery, September 2020, Boulder City, Nevada
• Climate Change & Creative Invention, City of Las Vegas, City Hall, Chamber Hall Gallery, “Tuesday We Tethered the Sun,” August 21 through October 14, 2020
• Use Other Door Show, 2nd Annual CORE Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, “You Are Here 008,”, “You Are Here 011,” “A Door Through Time,” June 17 through August 15, 2020
• Fusion Art 5th Annual Artist’s Choice, “Waterfront,” February 2020
• Existing in Thought, Honorable Mention “Waterfront,” Winchester Cultural Art Center, Las Vegas, NV, January 7 through March 4, 2020
• 2020 Chinese Heritage Year of the Rat Art Exhibition, “Year of the Rat,” Certificate of Special Congressional Commendation Susie Lee, Certificate of Special Congressional Commendation Dina Titus, Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition Steven Horsford, Historic Fifth Street School Mayor’s Gallery, Las Vegas, NV,  December 3, 2019 through February 18, 2020

2019

• Fusion Art 5th Annual Colorful Abstracts Exhibition, Honorable Mention “Tuesday We Tethered the Sun,” December 1-31
• Linda Shaffer, One Woman Show, Las Vegas City Hall 7th Floor, September 12, 2019 through January 16, 2020, Las Vegas, Nevada
• Studied with Nicolas Wilton, Creative Visionary Program 2019
• You Walked With Me, “The 10th Anniversary of A Book About Death: The Last Waltz”,  August 2019, The Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
• Monoprinting with Linda Shaffer Workshop, June 2019, Boulder City, Nevada
• Linda & Jerry, Featured Speaker, Boulder City Art Guild, April 2019 Boulder City, Nevada
• Paste Paper with Linda Shaffer, Workshop, February 2019, Boulder City, Nevada
• Sending Love Notes, Featured Speaker, February 2019, Mesquite Fine Art Gallery, Mesquite, Nevada

2018

• Featured Artist– Linda Shaffer, Boulder City Art Gallery, September 2018, Boulder City, Nevada
• Studied with Jane Davies, October 2018 Calgary, Canada

2017

• Featured Artist– Linda Shaffer, Boulder City Art Gallery, February 2017, Boulder City, Nevada

2016

• The Galleries at Lake Las Vegas, September 14, 2016 through March 17, 2017, Circle 10, Circle 19, Transcendence Two
• Xanadu Gallery Online catalog, Sept 1, 2016
• Fusion Art Cityscape Show, August 1-31, 2016, “Welcome”
• Fusion Art Landscape Show, April 1-30, 2016, “Landscape 1”
• The Fabulous Las Vegas Scribes Touring Membership Show 2016, March through June 2016, Las Vegas, NV, West Las Vegas Library Gallery, “Butterfly 280,” “Butterfly 283,” “Butterfly 286,” Butterfly 289”
• The Life Cube Project, Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV, March through April 2, 2016, “Butterfly Tapestry”

2015

• The Fabulous Las Vegas Scribes Touring Membership Show 2015, January 2015 through November 2015, Las Vegas, NV, Sahara West Library Gallery, “Mighty,” “Encounter,” “Kindness #335,” “Each Day,” “Stepping Stones,” “You Were Searching For Me”
• San Diego Book Arts Exhibit at the Women’s Museum, Cherche la Femme, San Diego, CA, August 2015, “Mother Mary,” collaboration with Denise Stephenson

2014

• 2014 Graceful Envelope Contest, sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers and the Washington Calligraphers Guild, Washington DC, “Nevada”

2011

• Front Porch Art Book Juried Show, Carlsbad, California, May 2011 “Despair’” collaboration with Denise Stephenson
• Jewelry Trunk Show, Escondido Municipal Gallery, Escondido, California April 2011
• Front Porch Juried Show, Carlsbad, California, March through May 2011, First Place Award – “Seasons”

2010

• Coos Art Museum Fish and Fishing Art, Coos Bay, Oregon, December 2010, “Happy Fish Too”
• Recycled Art & Fashion Show, Escondido Municipal Gallery, October 2010, “jockey.com,” “biglots.com,” “loehmans.com”
• Figurative Show, Infinity Art Gallery, October 2010, “Prim & Proper,” “Titillation,” ‘Beaten,” “Implants,” “Hot & Haughty”
• National Cell Phone Photography Exhibition, Southeastern Louisiana University, September 2010, “My Purple Heart,” “On the Road,” “The Aliens Are Coming”
• Fiber & Book Arts 2010, Escondido, CA, September 2010, “Despair,” collaboration with Denise Stephenson
• International Society of Acrylic Painters 13th Annual Juried Show, Santa Cruz, CA, August 2010, “Orange Horizon”
• Fashion Forward Show, The Micro Gallery, Bakersfield, CA, June 2010, First Place – “The Rac”
• Del Mar Fair 2010 Fine Art Juried Exhibit, Del Mar, CA, June 2010, Honorable Mention – “Auto Man”
• The Fiction Project, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, NY, May 2010, art book – “A million little…kindnesses”
• Exploring the “M Word” Spring Juried Exhibition UCSD, La Jolla, CA, May 2010, “Fabulous,” “Kindness # 335”
• The 12th Annual Postcards from the EDGE, A Benefit for Visual AIDS, New York, NY, January 2010

2009

• The Journey – A Book About Death, MOMA permanent collection, Museum of Modern Art, NY, November 2009, “A Book About Death”
• Jazzercise Corporate Juried Show, Carlsbad, CA October 2009, “Seasons”
• 59^th Open Juried Fine Arts COAL Award Show, Carlsbad, CA September 2009, “Spring”
• The Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York, NY, September 2009, “A Book About Death”
• The Phillips Museum of Art Juried Salvage Show, September 2009, “The Rac”
• Little & Large Show, one of the chosen artists in San Diego County Show promoting Alexander Calder Jewelry Exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Art, Escondido, CA, July 2009
• Del Mar Fair Fine Arts Juried Show, Del Mar, CA, June 2009, Honorable Mention – “Fabulous”
• Recycled Fashion Show, California Center for the Performing Arts, Escondido, CA April 2009, Second Place – “The Rac”
• 58^th Annual COAL Membership Juried Awards Show, Carlsbad, CA, March 2009 – Honorable Mention Print Category –  “Cycles”

2008

• Art With 2 Spoons Show, Painting and Prints, Vista, CA, December 2008
• ART Riot Escondido Municipal Gallery Juried Show, Escondido, CA, October 2008 – Honorable Mention – “Recycled Sculpture”
• Local Color or Basic Black Juried Show, Escondido Municipal Art Gallery, Escondido, CA, May 2008, “Monoprint”
• Portrait of An Artist Juried Show Escondido Municipal Art Gallery, Escondido, CA, January 2008, “Recycled Sculpture”
• COAL Members Only Juried Show, Carlsbad, CA, First Place – Graphics