shelley hershberger
painter, printmaker

home..portfolio..bio..contact

. .
education
2007 BA Fine Art (summa cum laude); Portland State University
2005 Art Italy: Study Abroad Summer; Portland State University
1980 BA English; Portland State University

exhibitions
2010 10x10 Show; Portland Open Studios 10th Anniversary Exhibition; City Hall, Portland OR
2010 Art Contemplates Industry: Bull Run Powerhouse (juried invitational); Portland General Electric & Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation. Mt Hood Cultural Center & Museum at Government Camp OR - 2009. At the Sandy Public Library, West Linn Public Library and PGE corporate offices in 2010; online
2009 Outlook: Portland State University Alumni Exhibition, juried by
James Yood of the Art Institute of Chicago, Autzen Gallery, Portland OR; online
2009 Water Works (solo show paintings); White Sturgeon Gallery; Vancouver WA
2009 Making Connections (3614 Group); Onda Gallery, Lake Oswego OR
2009 Art Contemplates Industry (juried); Portland General Electric & Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation; Jan-Feb: West Linn Library, West Linn OR; Feb-Mar: Willamette Falls Hospital, Oregon City OR; July: Portland General Electric corporate offices; online
2008 10th International Collage Exhibition/Exchange; Exhibitions: PukeAriki Museum, New Plymouth NZ and MoA Museum, Amarillo, TX; online
2008 Linked (3614 Group); ArtWall Gallery, Portland OR
2008 Chronicle Exhibition (invitational); Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego OR
2007 PDX Panels; Portland Art Center
2007 Portland Open Studios Preview; Art of Change Gallery, United Way, Portland OR
2007 Exit 07; Portland State University Art Building
2006 Word & Hand Exhibition; Autzen Gallery; Portland State University
2006 Connected (3614 Group); Artreach Gallery, Portland OR
2005 Art Italy; MK Gallery, Portland State University
2005 Peninsula Recollections (solo); 4 Corners Frame Studio (St. Johns Windows Project), Portland OR
2004 Cross Section; MK Gallery, Portland State University
2003 Half Past Noon (solo); Vermont Hills Coffee, Portland

events
2009 Portland Open Studios (juried); Portland OR; online
2008 Portland Open Studios (juried); Portland OR
2008 2008 Chronicle Artist (invited); Lake Oswego Foundation for the Arts
2007 Portland Open Studios (juried); Portland OR

corporate collections
2009 Portland General Electric permanent collection---Capturing Light: Hawley Powerhouse 1914-2003

public collections
2004 Two monotypes presented by Mayor Katz's Office on behalf of the City of Portland to the Mayor of Guadalajara City, in exchange for this Sister City's gift to Portland: Cinco de Mayo Festival, May 2004

media
2009-2010 American Art Collector (juried); Alcove Books, Berkeley, CA
2009 Goetz, Janet, "Remembering Hawley: Power & Light"; (print version) Oregonian: Clackamas County Weekly, January 1, 2009
2008 Wang, Shu-Ju, Shelley Hershberger, "Life & Art as Balancing Act", Portland Open Studios Blog, 2008; online
2008 Copeland, Dale, The Copeland Collection: 100+ Collages from the International Collage Exhibition/Exchanges, Puniho Press; New Plymouth NZ
2008 "Mid-Life Painter's Self-Reinvention Station", Oregon Home, January 2008
2007 "Lost" (oil on panel) used as illustration for article in journal for the Lewis & Clark College School of Law, Advocate, Vol. 27, No. 1, Fall 2007
2007 Nafsinger, Janie, "Artistic License", (print version) Boom, October 2007; online

community involvement
2009-10 Artist mentor through Portland Open Studios' education-outreach program for high school art students
2009 Write Around Portland: XY&Z-Writing Journals Fashioned by Writers, Artists and Celebrities - invited to decorate writer's journal for annual fundraiser/auction
2008 Mentor for Hillsboro high-school student's senior exhibition
2007 PDX Panels: Fundraiser at Portland Art Center
2007 Curator, Portland Open Studios for Preview Exhibition with United Way Portland OR
2006 Art on the Peninsula; Board Member, Portland OR
2005 Hi & Low Art Auction & Gala, Smith Center Ballroom, Portland State University Scholarship Fundraiser; Portland OR
2005 Global Embrace: World Pulse Fundraiser; Arcadia Ballroom, Portland OR

other
2008-2010 Board Administrator; Portland Open Studios
1974-2008 Communications Career; Wellington NZ & Portland OR
.

PO Box 83632, Portland OR 97283
503.245.8221
.....www.shelleyhershberger.com.....info@shelleyhershberger.com