Resume

SHIRLEY WAGNER
Shirley@shirleywagnerartist.com
www.shirleywagnerartist.com
520 990-9725

EDUCATION
BFA Studio Art
Youngstown State University Youngstown, Ohio

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ

PUBLIC ART
2022 Scottsdale Public Art, Miller Plaza, Scottsdale AZ (installation 5/2022)
2018 Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, AZ permanent
2017 University of Arizona School of Architecture Downtown Campus, Tucson, AZ

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Putting the Pieces Back Together, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island
2021 The Fine Art of Denim Monmouth University, Pollak Gallery, New Jersey
2021 Mujeres Mujeres Mujeres, Raices Taller Gallery Tucson, Arizona
2021, 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 Craft Guild 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, Arizona
2019 Royal Bank of Canada, Semi Annual Art Show, Tucson, Arizona
2019 Mujeres Mujeres Mujeres, Raices Taller Gallery Tucson, Arizona
2019 Cross Pollination, Visual Arts Gallery, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona
2019 Healing, Inspiration and Art, Roche Laboratories, Tucson, Arizona
2019 SculptureTucson.org, Featured Artist, Tucson, Arizona
2019 Gem Show Lounge, Yun Gee Park Gallery & Atelier, Solo Exhibit, Tucson, Arizona
2019 Canyon Ranch Resort and Spa, Featured Artist, Tucson, Arizona
2019 Tucson Museum of Art, Museum Store, Tucson, Arizona
2018 Canyon Ranch Resort and Spa, Featured Artist, Tucson, Arizona
2018 Healing Art Program, Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona
2018 University of Arizona School of Art, Live Drawing Atelier Tucson, Arizona
2018 Tucson Medical Center, Healing Art Program, Permanent Exhibit, Tucson, Arizona
2018 Yun Gee Park Gallery for Hilde Leiss Gallery, Featured Artist, Hamburg, Germany
2018 Sculpture.org Invitational Tucson, Arizona
2018 L’arte et Couture, Tanzer Atelier, Tucson, Arizona
2017 University of Arizona School of Art, Live Drawing Atelier Tucson, Arizona
2017 Broadway One Gallery Retrospect with Ed Mell Tucson, Arizona
2017 38th National Craft Show Mesa Contemporary Art Museum Mesa, Arizona
2017 Wearable Expressions, Palos Verdes Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2017 University Arizona School of Architecture Sustainable Beauty Installation Tucson, Arizona
2016 University of Arizona Museum of Art, Head to Toe Invitational 11/16
2016 A(maze)ing Maps and Legends Tohono Chul Gallery Tucson, Arizona
2016 The Dana Foundation UofA Phoenix Medical School Phoenix, Arizona solo
2016 Common Threads Mayors Gallery Tucson, Arizona group
2016 Flight Tubac Center for the Arts Tubac, Arizona group
2016 Working in Wood Gallery H Tubac, Arizona solo
2015 Art on Tap Tucson Museum of Art Tucson, Arizona group
2015 Metal Arts Village Invitational Tucson, Arizona group
2015 Surrealismo Raices Taller Tucson, Arizona group
2015 Terrestrial Wood, Shemer Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona group
2015 Surrealismo, Raices Taller, Tucson, Arizona group
2015 Women, Women, Women, Raices Taller, Tucson, Arizona group
2015 Fibula, Traveling Invitational, Sofia, Baltchik, & Plovdiv, Bulgaria group
2015 36th National Craft Show Mesa Contemporary Art Museum Mesa, AZ group
2015 Crumpled, Dented and Crushed, Herberger Theater, Phoenix, AZ group
2014 Layers, Assemblage and Collage, Shemer Art Gallery, Phoenix, AZ group
2014 Art of Planetary Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ group
2014 Constructed Visions St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri group
2014 10×10 Benefit Show, Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ group
2014 35th National Craft Show Mesa Contemporary Art Museum Mesa, AZ group
2014 Color and Form The Drawing Studio Tucson, AZ solo
2013 Invitational Tempe Center for the Arts Tempe, AZ group
2013 Tohono Chul Gallery Small Works Tucson, AZ group
2013 Phoenix Center for the Arts, Meditations Phoenix, AZ group
2013 Metal, Wood, Stone Tohono Chul Gallery Tucson, AZ group
2013 Color and Form Crizmac Gallery, Tucson, AZ solo
2012 TCA Biennial: Wood Tempe Center for the Arts: Tempe, AZ group
2012 RetrospectJewish Community Center, Fine Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ solo
2012 Tucson Museum Art, Tucson, AZ group
2012 Stone Dragon Gallery, Tucson, AZ group
2011 A Meeting of Mediums Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ solo
2011 Stone Dragon Gallery: Featured Artist, Tucson, AZ group
2009 Edges Tubac Center for the Arts National Juried Show, Tubac, AZ group
2008 Tubac Center for the Arts AnnualJuried Members Show Tubac, AZ group
2008 Art in Civic Spaces Goodyear City Hall Goodyear, AZ group
2009 Beneath the Bark Chandler Center for the Arts Chandler, AZ group
1997-2004 Art Curriculum Director, Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, AZ

GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022 Arizona Commission for the Arts New Work Grant recipient
2022 Scottsdale Public Art in Flux Cycle 10 Grant recipient
2006 Nominated for The Governor’s Art Award, AZ

Biography

ShirleyWagner

BIO Shirley Wagner graduated with a fine art degree from Youngstown University in Ohio. Her favorite art class was sculpture where she developed a love of form and structure. For nearly three decades she has been fabricating wall assemblages in her Tucson, Arizona studio. Her early work in wood was inspired by the art of American artist, Louise Nevelson.

In the last two years, Shirley has moved her focus from wall sculpture to self standing, three- dimensional figurative sculptures. Continuing her ongoing dialogue with form and structure, she now entertains a new narrative revolving around human emotion. WIth this, she realizes the potential for her work to communicate to a larger audience. She has turned her focus to public art. In 2022 she was awarded grants from Scottsdale Public Art Commission and Arizona Commission for the Arts which propelled her career into the field of public art.

 

Shirley has a long time presence in the Arizona art scene. Her work has been widely shown in Arizona including Mesa Contemporary Museum of Art, Tempe Center for the Arts, University Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, Pima County Arts Council, the Drawing Studio and Shemer Art Gallery. Her work can be found in both private and public collections throughout the United States and is in the permanent collection of the Honors College University of Arizona and Tucson Medical Center. During her career Shirley has been nominated for the Governor’s Art Award, recognizing her contribution to the arts in Arizona. She is represented by Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson, Arizona.