SHIRLEY WAGNER, BSA
4121 N. West Fernhill Circle
Tucson, Arizona 85750
shirley@shirleywagnerartist.com
www.shirleywagnerartist.com
520 990-9725
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Art in Studio Art
Youngstown State University Youngstown, Ohio
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2025 Grant Recipient, AZ Commission for the Arts, Phoenix, Arizona
2024 Grant Recipient, AZ Women for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
2022 Purchase Award, SculptureTucson @ Brandi Fenton Park, Tucson, AZ
2022 Grant Recipient, AZ Commission for the Arts, Phoenix, Arizona
2022 Grant Recipient, Scottsdale Public Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2006 Nominated for The Governor’s Art Award, Phoenix, AZ
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2025 TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART, THIRA, TUCSON, AZ
2022 SCULPTURETUCSON, BURDEN (PURCHASE AWARD), TUCSON, AZ
2022 Jakosky Properties, Inc. Miller Plaza, Three Figures: Dynamism in Motion, Scottsdale, Az
2018 Tucson Medical Center, Human Architecture, Tucson, AZ
2016 University of Arizona Honors College, Petra, Tucson, AZ
PUBLIC ART
Angel Path at BrandiFentonPark, Stairway to Heaven & Ascension Tucson, AZ
(coming soon) – Tucson Medical Center / Cardiovascular Entrance, Triumphant, Tucson, AZ
2022 Miller Plaza, Bliss, Scottsdale, AZ
2022 Miller Plaza, Surge, Scottsdale, AZ
2022 Miller Plaza, Zenith, Scottsdale, AZ
PRIVATE COMMISSIONS
2024 Inner Journey, Tucson, AZ
2023 Odette, Tucson, AZ
2022 Torque, Tucson, AZ
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS solo and group
2025 Flinn Foundation – Flinn Scholars 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Evading Pathogens and Every Single
Child – Phoenix, AZ
2025 SculptureTucson – Kinetic Faction, FutureTense, Tucson, AZ
2024 Roche Tissue Diagnostics – Inside Out, Outside In, Life Force Installation, Oro Valley, AZ
2024 JCC Sculpt – A Celebration of Sculpture, Centric & Domino Ef ect, Tucson, AZ
2023 Sculpt, Tucson Jewish Community Center Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2023 Joy SculptureTucson, Brandi Fenton Park, Tucson, AZ
2022 SculptureTucson Tucson, AZ
2022 Putting the Pieces Back Together, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island
2021 The Fine Art Monmouth University, Pollak Gallery, New Jersey
2021 Mujeres Mujeres Mujeres Raices Taller Gallery Tucson, AZ
2021 Imagine Envisions Gallery, El Prado, New Mexico
2020 A Community Reflects University of Arizona School of Art, Tucson, AZ
2020 Corazones Unidos Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2020 7th National Juried Fine Art Exhibition Hilton Head, S.C
2020 Metal Complexions Jung Center Gallery, Houston, Texas
2019 Architectonics / Art Relating to Architecture Foundry Art Center St. Charles, Missouri
2019 On the Desert / An Exploration of fibers Tohono Chul Gallery Tucson, AZ
2019 Cross Pollination Visual Arts Gallery, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ
2019 Healing, Inspiration and Art Roche Laboratories, Tucson, AZ
2019 SculptureTucson Featured Artist, Tucson, AZ
2019 Gem Lounge Yun Gee Park Gallery & Atelier, Tucson, AZ
2018 Live drawing Atelier II University of Arizona School of Art, Tucson, AZ
2018 Healing Arts Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, AZ
2018 Featured Artist Hilde Leiss Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2018 Invitational Sculpture.org, Tucson, AZ
2017 Live drawing Atelier I University of Arizona School of Art, Tucson, AZ
2017 Retrospect Broadway One Gallery with Ed Mell Tucson, AZ
2017 38th National Show Mesa Contemporary Art Museum Mesa, AZ
2017 Wearable Expressions Palos Verdes Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2017 Sustainable Beauty University Arizona School of Architecture, Tucson, AZ
2016 Head to Toe University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2016 A(maze)ing Maps and Legends Tohono Chul Gallery Tucson, AZ
2016 To Heal The Dana Foundation, UofA Phoenix Medical School, Phoenix, AZ
2016 Flight Tubac Center for the Arts Tubac, AZ
2015 Invitational Metal Arts Village Tucson, AZ
2015 Surrealismo Raices Taller Tucson, AZ
2015 Terrestrial Wood Shemer Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2015 Women, Women, Women Raices Taller, Tucson, AZ
2015 Fibula Traveling Invitational, Sofia, Baltchik, & Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2015 36th National Show Mesa Contemporary Art Museum Mesa, AZ
2015 Crumpled, Dented and Crushed Herberger Theater, Phoenix, AZ
2014 Layers, Assemblage and Collage Shemer Art Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2014 Art of Planetary Science University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2014 Constructed Visions St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2014 10×10 Benefit Show Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ
2014 35th National Show Mesa Contemporary Art Museum Mesa, AZ
2013 Invitational Tempe Center for the Arts Tempe, AZ
2013 Small Works Tohono Chul Gallery Tucson, AZ
2013 Meditations Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2013 Metal, Wood, Stone Tohono Chul Gallery Tucson, AZ
2013 Color and Form Crizmac Gallery, Tucson, AZ solo
2012 TCA Biennial: Wood Tempe Center for the Arts: Tempe, AZ
2012 Retrospect Jewish Community Center, Fine Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2012 Interlude Stone Dragon Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2011 A Meeting of Mediums Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ
2011 Featured Artist Flux Gallery Tucson, AZ
2010 Female Art Show University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2010 Road Less Traveled Blue Raven Gallery Exhibit Tucson, AZ
2009 Edges Tubac Center for the Arts National Juried Show, Tubac, AZ
2008 Annual Tubac Center for the Arts Tubac, AZ
2008 Art in Civic Spaces Goodyear City Hall Goodyear, AZ
2009 Beneath the Bark Chandler Center for the Arts Chandler, AZ
1997-2009 Art Curriculum Specialist, Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, AZ
