Shaina Craft

Shaina Craft

Philadelphia, PA, United States

About Shaina Craft

Shaina has recently graduated with an MFA from The New York Academy of Art. Her work is primarily figurative and her obsession with the human form makes sure she never strays far from her favorite subject. Shaina works in oil, chalk pastel, watercolor, and various printmaking techniques. Shaina's work has been shown at multiple galleries in New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland: most notably, Dacia Gallery in NYC and Pentimenti Gallery in Philadelphia, as well as the Affordable Art Fair NYC with SaatchiArt. Shaina's piece 'Scatter' won 3rd place at the Philadelphia Sketch Club's Works on Paper exhibition in 2016. Her work was chosen for the MFA National Competition at First Street Gallery in NYC as well as the “Art of the State" exhibition at the PA State Museum in Harrisburg. Her work has been recognized by publications such as Juxtapoz, Curve Magazine, High Fructose, and Blisss Magazine. She participated in the Hudson Valley Plein Aire Residency and has received several awards including the Fred and Jonna Lazarus Scholarship and a New York Academy Merit Scholarship.

Education:

2015 MFA New York Academy of Art

2011 BFA Maryland Institute College of Art

Events:

"Faculty and Invited Alumni Show" opening reception Feb. 10th from 5-7pm at the Montgomery County Community College Fine Arts Center in BlueBell PA.


"Works on Paper" opening at Philadelphia Sketch Club January 10th at 2pm. Awards ceremony at 3pm- my piece "Scatter" has won 3rd place.

Exhibitions:

2016 Works on Paper, Philadelphia Sketch Club

2016 Faculty/ Invited Alumni Show, MCCC

2015 Affordable Art Fair NYC, SaatchiArt

2015 SCGI Print Conference, NYAA, TN

2015 Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art

2014 Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art

2014 Works on Paper, Dacia Gallery, NYC

2014 MFA National Competition, First Street Gallery, NYC

2014 MFA Open Studios, New York Academy of Art

2014 Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art

2013 Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art

2013 NIGHT: The Different Painting, Brooklyn FireProof, NYC

2013 Art of the State 2013, PA State Museum, Harrisburg

2013 Global Conscious, Local Artists, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia

2013 In the Presence Of, FWS Gallery, Philadelphia

2012 Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, Philadelphia

2011 Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY

2011 Identities Like Onions thesis exhibition, Fox Gallery, Baltimore

2011 Dis/Order, Brown Center, Baltimore

2010 Identities Like Onions solo exhibition, 15/15 Gallery, Baltimore

2010 Hexagon Members Show, Hexagon Gallery, Baltimore

2009 Dualities, Hexagon Gallery, Baltimore

2008 Faculty/Invited Alumni Show, Multiple Choice Gallery, PA