Teresa Shields
Caladium, 2016, French knots and wool felt appliqué, 6" x 6" x 1"
www.teresashieldsart.com
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EXHIBITS | SOLO SHOWS
Trending Threads, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA SEPT 2017
The Power in My Voice, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH MAR 1998
New Book/ New Life,“a journal of a wife”, Sol Mednick Gallery of Contemporary Photography, University of the Arts,Philadelphia, PA SEP 1997
Teresa Shields: Handmade Miniature Books, Duboise Gallery, Maginnes Hall, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA AUG-OCT 1996
EXHIBITS | TWO/THREE PERSON SHOWS
The Interconnectedness of All Things, Park Towne Place, South Tower Gallery, Philadelphia, PA JAN-APR 2018
Nature in Art, C.William Gilchrist Museum of the Arts, Cumberland, MD JUN 2017
Visual Conversations, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI JUN-JUL 1998
EXHIBITS | SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
3rd Annual Conroe Art League National Invitational Show, Gallery at the Madeley Building, Conroe,TX MAR 2018
24th Annual El Corazón Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas,TX FEB-MAR 2018
A Winter Juried Collection, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA JAN 2018
77th Annual Members Exhibition, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA JAN 2018
small works BIG TALENT, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA DEC 2017
I Spy, Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC OCT 2017
Borders, Edges & Seams, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA AUG 2017
Small Works: SDA at 40, SDA Conference Exhibition, Portland, OR AUG 2017
Hopelessly Hopeful, Gray Gallery, Philadelphia, PA JUN 2017
Women’s Works, Old Courthouse Arts Center,Woodstock, IL MARCH 2017
Small Works Exhibition, ROY G BIV Gallery for Emerging Artists, Columbus, OH DEC 2016-JAN 2017
9th Annual Art About Agriculture, Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA NOV 2016-FEB 2017
SQUARES, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC NOV 2016
Abundance, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA OCT 2016
Flowers and Gardens, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC AUG 2016
5x5x5, Jacksonville State University Mini-Works, Jacksonville,AL MAY 2016
IMMERSED, Grey Gallery, Philadelphia, PA MAY 2016
Simplicity,William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, PA 2016
29thWomen’sWorkShow,Woodstock,IL MARCH-APRIL2016
NEW BEGINNINGS, Impasto Gallery, Longmont, CO 2016
Members Group Show, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA FEB 2016
Handmade Holidays, Somethings Looming Gallery Reading, PA NOV-DEC 2015
MICROCOSMOS, 621 Gallery, Benicia, CA OCT-NOV 2015
TRANSFORMATION,The Art of Recycling,Arts Council/Cumberland County, Fayetteville, NC
OCT-DEC 2015
Entangled, Some Things Looming Gallery, Reading, PA SEPT 2015
Telling Stories, GoggleWorks, Reading, PA MAY 2015
Unrestrained, Some Things Looming Gallery, Reading, PA APR 2015
ReCollection, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA FEB 2015
Annual Juried Show,Abington Art Center,Abington, PA DEC 2014
Annual Juried Painting Show, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA MAY 2014
The Road to Here, B-Square Gallery, Philadelphia, PA APR 2014
ReSourced, Art Fusion,Gallery Pottstown, PA MARCH 2014
MamaCITA Retrospective, Pennsylvania Capital Building, Harrisburg, PA NOV 2013
Represent, with movie screening “MissRepresentation”, Hiway Theatre and LangmanGalleryspace,Jenkintown, PA MAR 2013
Begin:Hope,Faith, Resilience, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA JAN 2013
(W)holon,Abington Art Center,Abington, PA DEC 2010 & Walker Fine Arts Center Gallery, Patrick
Henry Community College, Martinsville,VA SEPT 2010
MamaCITA, at Green Lane Commons, Manayunk, PA MAR-APR 2009
MamaCITA at the Fetters Mill Inn, Huntington Valley, PA NOV 2008
MamaCITA at MCGOPA, Inquirer Building, King of Prussia, PA FEB-APR 2008-2009
EXPERIENCE
RESIDENT ARTIST
• FiberStudioatAbingtonArtCenter,Jenkintown,PA 2016-2017
MAGENTA CAT PRODUCTIONS, ARTIST/OWNER 1995-PRESENT
2004-2015 Created one of a kind knitted, felted, appliquéd and hand sewn purses and sold locally through craft shows.
1999 Self published coaster sets Box of BEES, Happy Girl Lucky, Innies and Outies,Verve, Hearts a
Flutter & Wing and a Pear. Sold in contemporary craft galleries and local craft sales and shows.
1998-2005 Self published card sets ‘MOM in A Box,’ Primer for a New Mom, Primer for a New Artist,
Mom in the House, Finding Mr Right, Sold in over 100 contemporary craft galleries through the United
States and Canada. Anthropologie stores sold over 10,000 copies of ‘MOM in A BOX’ from SEPT-DEC 1999
1995-1997 Created, produced and sold handmade blank journals
MARTIAL ARTS
2008-Present Certified Kettle Bell Instructor, certified Girls on Guard Women’s Self Defense Instructor, teach local classes and seminars in the Philadelphia Area
2007-2014 Karate Instructor, Price’s American Kenpo Karate Studio, Leesport, PA
2005-2007 Co-founder, Owner, Instructor, Empty Hands Karate Studio, Jenkintown, PA
PUBLICATIONS
• Nature Inspired: Autumn 2016, Pleasant Valley, NY 2016
COLLECTIONS
• Reed College,Portland, OR
• Mass College of Art, Boston, MA
• Rockefeller Library, Brown University, Providence, RI
• Sacred Heart Gallery, Sacred Heart College, Hartford, CT • Stephan Kogler, Dewey Beach, DE
• Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos,TX
• Children’s Own School,Winchester, MA
• Central PA Festival of the Arts, State College, PA
AWARDS
Jurors Award, Small Works: SDA at 40, SDA Conference Exhibition, Portland, OR AUG 2017
Jurors Award, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA 2016
Jurors Award, Abundance, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA 2016
Third Place Award, 311 Gallery Flowers and Gardens Juried Show, Raleigh, NC 2016
Best of Show, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville AL 5x5x5 Show 2016
Honorable Mention, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA 2016
JurorsAward,GaleriaMesa,MesaArtsCenter,Mesa,AZ 1994
PurchaseAward,SouthWestTexasStateUniversity,SanMarcos,TX 1995
Central Pa Festival of the Arts, Outdoor Banner Exhibit, State College, PA 1997, 1986, 1983, 1981, 1980
Ellis Award, Carnegie-Mellon University 1982
EDUCATION
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, MFA painting 1991
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, BFA Fiber 1984