About Shelley Heffler
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2015
Bronze Award
Art Forward Contest
2013
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Event: All Media 2015
Dates: 22 Aug 2015 - 24 Oct 2015
Show cases Southern California artists juried by artist and Torrance Art Museum curator Max Presneill.
Event: CA 101 2015
Dates: 31 Jul 2015 - 10 Aug 2015
Fourth annual art show
Biography
Shelley
Heffler is a visual artist and educator. Born and raised in the Bronx,
she discovered the Art Students League at the age of 15 and started
taking drawing and painting classes. Heffler's first love has always
been painting. Graduating an AA degree in interior design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, she
worked as a designer for flagship Edward Fields Carpet Makers in New
York City. In 1973, after transferring to their studio in Los Angeles,
she married, then traveled with her first husband to live in Spain,
consequently traveling to Morocco, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan and
India. A year later, they returned to Los Angeles where she attended
California State University, Northridge, receiving an MFA in sculpture.
She had immediate success with exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art rental gallery and the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. Her work has been widely seen in California since 1987 as well as Florida and Washington, D.C. It has been reviewed in the Los Angeles Times, LA Independent, Daily News, San Diego Tribune and San Diego Art Review. In addition, her paintings have been purchased by a number of individual collectors. She was identified as "One to Watch" on Saatchi On Line, and featured in Art Pins. Her work can be seen in the International Contemporary art book, Volume 29 and featured in the Embler Gallery ,
.
Heffler has also taught ceramics for more than 20 years. She is an adjunct professor at Otis College. As a Nationally Board Certified Professional Educator, she mentors new teachers for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Her current studio is located at the Beacons Art Building in Inglewood, CA.
She had immediate success with exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art rental gallery and the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. Her work has been widely seen in California since 1987 as well as Florida and Washington, D.C. It has been reviewed in the Los Angeles Times, LA Independent, Daily News, San Diego Tribune and San Diego Art Review. In addition, her paintings have been purchased by a number of individual collectors. She was identified as "One to Watch" on Saatchi On Line, and featured in Art Pins. Her work can be seen in the International Contemporary art book, Volume 29 and featured in the Embler Gallery ,
.
Heffler has also taught ceramics for more than 20 years. She is an adjunct professor at Otis College. As a Nationally Board Certified Professional Educator, she mentors new teachers for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Her current studio is located at the Beacons Art Building in Inglewood, CA.
