Shelley Heffler

Shelley Heffler was born and raised in the Bronx. She attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York where she studied interior design, followed by a Bachelor’s Degree in Art. She graduated from Cal State Northridge with a Master’s degree in fine art followed by a teaching credential. Her first career was a designer for Edward Fields, Carpets in New York. She traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia photographing the lives of fascinating people. On returning from her travels, she settled in Los Angeles where she taught ceramics and fine art. She currently has a studio in Inglewood, CA.

Art Students League,New York, Fashion Institute of Technology, CSUN, and Otis College of Art and Design, Loyola Marymount, Penland

2023
Transformative Crafts, Susquehanna Art Museum
2019
Women's Mixed Media Arts- Helms Gallery
Converge- Beacon's Art Building

2018
Art Speaks! Lend Us Your Voice, Arena One Gallery
Trappings, Gallery 825
Memories on Location, Keystone Gallery

2017  
Solo Show,Charting Conditions in the Anthropocene Era Verde Art Gallery, Yavapai College, Sedona/Prescott, AZ
Maps of the Imagination, Yavapai Art Gallery, Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ
Phenomena, Neutra Gallery, Los Angeles
Balconi Gallery, curated by Kio Griffith, CA
Fresh, South Bay Contemporary, curated by Peter Frank

2016   
Hale Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Art and Earth, Berkeley Arts  Council, West Virginia
Contemporary Women, Chico Art Center, CA
Dulcepalluza, El Segundo, CA Garden of Earthly Delights, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Zero Down, Inglewood, CA
Out There, Gallery 825, curated by William Escalera and Francisco George Los Angeles, CA
Spectrum, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Play, curated by Scott Canty,  Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
CA 101, South Bay Contemporary, CA
Brand 44 Works on Paper Annual National Juried Exhibition, Laddie John Dill, CA
Touchstone, Art Transforming Trauma, A Window Between Worlds, CA
Artisan Series, Bombay Sapphire, Buildin...