Barbara Shaiman
FIBER AND MIXED MEDIA ARTIST
Areas of Experience and Skill
• Fiber, Ceramics and mixed-media sculptor
• Curator
• Art Instructor
• Gallery Director
• Exhibit Jurying and Design
• Regional Arts Planning
Recent Exhibitions
Northwest Cross Section, Center On Contemporary Art (COCA), July 11th - 28th, 2024
Shift at 20, Shift Gallery, July 11th - July 27th, 2024
10th Annual Icon Juried Show, Lynn Hanson Gallery, April 4th - 27th, 2024
SAM Gallery 50th Anniversary Celebration Show, Seattle Art Museum, 11/1/23 - 12/3/23
The Miniature Show, Vashon Center for the Arts, 12/2/22 - 12/24/22
Pluralism, Center on Contemporary Art (COCA), 11/3/22 - 1/21/23
Tangle, Solo Show, Shift Gallery, TK Building, 9/1/22 - 10/1/22
Shifting Gears, Group show, Shift Gallery, TK Building, 7/7/22 - 7/20/22
Art of the Garden, Schack Art Center, 6/23/22 - 7/27/22
COCA Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, 6/2/22 - 7/9/22
Schacktoberfest, Schack Art Center, Everett, September 23-November 6, 2021
Friendship, A Collaborative Installation with Marita Dingus, Window Gallery at Shift, September 2 -October 2, 2021
Icon, 8th Annual Juried Show, Lynn Hanson Gallery, September 2-September 25, 2021
Solace, Shift Gallery, Tashiro Kaplan Building, Solo show, June 3 - June 26, 2021
Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair, Shift Gallery, August 1 -30, 2021
Facetime, William Traver Gallery, 2 collaborative pieces with Marita Dingus in her show, November 9 , 2020 - January 9, 2021
Bounce, Shift Gallery, Tashiro Kaplan Building, Group show, November 16 - December 19, 2020
Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair, Shift Gallery, August 1 -30, 2020
Theatrics Scene 3, Shift Gallery, Tashiro Kaplan Building, 3 person show, August 6 -29, 2020
M. David & Company, Brooklyn, on Artsy, Selections from Shift Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 2020
20/20 Vision, Center on Contemporary Art (COCA), March 5 - June 20, 2020
Theatrics, Shift Gallery , Tashiro Kaplan Building, 4 person show, January 2 - February 1, 2020
Front Room Gallery at Juan Alonso Rodriguez Studio, November, 2019
Motherland, Center on Contemporary Art, March 7 - April 20, 2019
Creativity Persists, Center on Contemporary Art, April 26 - May 26, 2018
Darks and Lights,: Seattle Art Museum Gallery, October 19--November 18, 2017
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Auction, June 8 and 9, 2017
Guest Shed Gallery, Group Show, June 9 and 10, 2017
Travelers, Invitational show, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, 9/8/16 – 10/6/16
On Hold, Two person show, Guest Shed Gallery, 9/24/16 – 9/25/16
Previous Exhibitions (selected)
Art Swap, Invitational show, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA
Image and Impression: A Community of Printmakers, WA State Convention Center
Many Visions, Seattle Pacific University Art Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
Dolls and Monsters, Invitational show, Bumbershoot Art Festival, Seattle, WA
Celebrations – The Art of the Book, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Artwork for AIDS, Seattle, WA
The Artist in the Art: Self Portraits, Bumbershoot Art Festival, Seattle, WA
Northwest Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, Juried by Benny Andrews
Solo Show, Gallery One Visual Arts Center, Ellensburg, WA
Culinary Arts, Del Mano Gallery, Pasadena, CA
A Decade of Celebration, Invitational Show, Missoula Museum of the Arts, Missoula, MT
International Academy of Ceramics Exhibition, Invitational Show, Portland, OR
First Annual Regional Invitational Ceramics Exhibition, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Northern Rockies Clay, three-state juried travelling exhibition
First and Second Annual Fall Invitational Show, Missoula Museum for the Arts
Three Person Porcelain Show, Missoula Museum of the Arts
Crafts Northwest, invited representative of Montana, “Confabulation” and Exhibit, Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR
Invitational Clay Show, Hockaday Center of the Arts, Kalispell, MT
Solo show, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT
Invitational Show, Missoula Museum of the Arts 3rd Anniversary Show
Lake Superior Biennial International Juried Craft Show, Tweed Museum, Duluth, MN
Crafts Now, Annual National Crafts Show, Coos Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Invitational Mixed Media Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, NY
Professional Experience
Director / Curator, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
Gallery Director, Artistic and Managing for 24 years, curating approximately 12 exhibits a year
Gallery Owner / Director and Ceramic Artist
Shaiman Studio Gallery, 202 Third Ave. S., Seattle, WA
Shaiman Gallery, 2130 First Ave., Seattle, WA
Hawthorne Pottery, Missoula MT
Studio art and ceramics Instructor
Workshop on professional development for artists, Photo Center NW
Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA
Seward Park Art Center, Seattle, WA
Hawthorne Pottery, Missoula, MT
Raku workshop (with Robert Peipenburg), Utah State University, Moab
Brooklyn Museum Art School
Brooklyn College
Independent Curatorial Experience
Alexis Hotel Curator of Quarterly Rotating Exhibits
West Edge Sculpture Invitational on Harbor Steps, SAM and Benaroya staircases
Still Life Cafes, Fremont and University District, Seattle, monthly shows
Zyzzyva Art Journal, XIII, No. 2, curated Seattle portion of Black/White, a feature article
Studio Manager
Brooklyn Museum Art School, NY
Professional Activities
Art and Grant Panel / Jurying Experience
2016 Arts at the Port Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Anacortes WA
Au Naturel 2015, The Nude in the 21st Century, Astoria, OR
King County Arts Commission, Portable Works art panel
Panel discussion, Society for Photographic Education Conference
Gage Academy of Art Annual Self-Portrait Juried show
Art Port Townsend, Annual Juried Art Show
Colombia City Gallery, Annual Juried Art Show
Erotic Art Show, annual juried show
Artist Trust 2006 Grants for Artists' Projects (GAP) Program grant panel
King County Arts Commission grant panel for Regional Justice Center
44th Annual Central WA Artists Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima Valley College
Art Salon Style, Cornish College Scholarship Fund, Seattle, WA
Neddy Artist Awards, Nominating Panel member
Arts of the Terrace ’98, Mountlake Terrace Arts Comm., Mountlake Terrace, WA
Phinney Ridge Arts Center Annual Juried Show, Seattle WA
Artwork for AIDS, Seattle, WA
King County Arts Commission, art for Smith Tower exhibition
King County Arts Commission, Regional Justice Center art panel
Washington Potters Association Annual Exhibit, Seattle Center
Women Painters of WA, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA
Portfolio Evaluation
Artist Trust (Edge Program)
Numerous independent artists
Boards and Advisory Panels
Original Advisory board of Seattle Print Arts
Allied Arts Auction arts committee
Poncho Auction arts committee
Pacific NW Arts Council, Seattle Art Museum, Program Chair and President of board
Education
Bachelor of Science, New York University
Post Baccalaureate work – Full-time Studio Certificate Program
Brooklyn Museum Art School
Numerous classes and workshops at Pratt Fine Arts, Sev Shoon Art Center and Pottery NW
Selected Grants and Awards
Travel Grant to Crafts Northwest, Clay Confabulation, Portland, Oregon, from National Endowment for the Arts
Travel Grant to Moab Utah from Western States Arts Foundation
Publications
Sculpture featured in “Ceramics Monthly"
Feature article in “Seattle Times, Arts & Entertainment"
Feature article in “Signature – Northwest’s Art Magazine"
Sculpture included in “Low Fire,” by Leon Nigrosh, Davis Publication
Featured in article on Montana Potters in “Studio Potter” magazine, Vol. 8, No. 2
Wrote article on women in ceramics for “Studio Potter” magazine, Vol. 8, No. 2
Sculpture featured in “Exhibitions” section of “American Craft Magazine"
Feature article, “Craft Range Magazine,” Vol. 10, No. 6
Feature article, “Billings Gazette"