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DECEMBER | 2023
A big thank you to a client in Billings, Montana for sharing a photograph of where she hung my painting.
Thank you so much for sharing and for supporting living artists!
Artwork purchased at Art Miami in Miami Beach, FL 2022
For the first time, I am opening my home studio in Cotati, CA for an Open Studio / Art Exhibition showcasing a select group of my watercolor paintings from 2020 until now.
In addition to watercolor paintings, I will also have some handmade woven textiles and baskets for sale under the name JS Hand Crafted.
Opening Reception: Sunday, December 3rd, 2:00 -5:00pm
Those of you interested in attending, please email me at jennifershada@gmail.com for the studio address.
APRIL | 2023
I have been awarded a Watercolor Special Merit Award for the Art&Color 365 March 2023 Watercolor Competition. My painting, Palms and Blossoms III, has been featured in the online magazine alongside many other talented artists across the country.
Check out Art and Color 365 to see current issues and my work featured in the March/April magazine. You can also check out their “Art Competitions” list for upcoming publication opportunities.
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MARCH | 2023
An article in the Independent Coast Observer highlighting the seven female artists exhibiting their artwork at the Sea Ranch Lodge for a National Women’s History Month Exhibition.
The seven artists are Kazuko Mathews, Sandy Ostrau, Erin Lee Gafill, Sara Post, Jennifer Shada, Marie Van Elder, and Maile Boeke Sand.
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As part of the ongoing collaboration with The Sea Ranch Lodge, LyndonDesign Gallery installed a major exhibit at the Lodge: the work of seven women artists—chosen for the specialness and variety of their artworks……and in light of the fact that each has some current or past or tangential relationship to this coast and The Sea Ranch. You will recognize some of them as artists whose work you may know; yet several may be new to you. Kazuko Mathews, Sandy Ostrau, Erin Lee Gafill, Sara Post, Jennifer Shada, Marie Van Elder, and Maile Boeke Sand in a posthumous collaboration with her grandfather, Al Boeke.
This exhibit at The Sea Ranch Lodge is open every day until March 28.
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 2nd, 4-6pm
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The Santa Rosa Junior College Art department would like to invite you to come and join us for an opening art reception at the Robert F. Agrella gallery.
The exhibition features SRJC studio faculty and was hung with the support of the Gallery Class Art, 53. The show will be on view until March 31st
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 9th from 4:00-6:00pm
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FEBRUARY | 2023
Come experience Sonoma State University’s 39th annual Art from the Heart benefit auction and party! Proceeds from the auction directly benefit the Art Gallery's exhibition, publication, and lecture programs—programs that educate and inspire our campus and surrounding community.
I have donated one watercolor painting to this show. Come get it!
Auction and Party: Saturday, February 4, 2023, 4-7pm
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DECEMBER | 2022
THANK YOU MIAMI!
What a successful exhibition at the Art Miami Art Fair last weekend! 12 out of 12 paintings from my latest fabric series have all found new homes. I am forever grateful and thrilled to have been exposed to a whole new clientele from around the world.
I also give a big Thank You to Hang Art for bringing my work to Florida this year. I hope to bring more watercolor works next year!
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NOVEMBER | 2022
Meet me in Miami!
In booth #am541 at the Art Miami fair in Miami Beach, Florida my most recent works will be hosted by Hang Art and on view from Nov. 29 - Dec. 4, 2022 alongside artists Pablo Manga, Anne Stryke and Kathrine B Young.
Art Miami continually showcases the most significant artworks of the 20th and 21st centuries and is a “can’t miss” event for collectors, curators, museum professionals and art enthusiasts. Distinguished for its quality, depth, and diversity, Art Miami 2022 will feature investment quality paintings, drawings, design, sculpture, NFTs, video art, photography and prints from more than 160 leading galleries across 17 countries.
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October | 2022
I am thrilled to announce my inclusion in @FriendoftheArtist's new volume, The Studio Image Project!
The Studio Image Project is a project that explores the sacred space that is an artist's studio, the creativity it inspires, and the context it brings to an artist's work through photos, quotes, and interviews with artists from 23 countries.
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AUGUST | 2021
In a 2 person exhibition at Hang Art Gallery in San Francisco, five new watercolor paintings are displayed by Jennifer Shada. Inanimate opens on Sunday, August 1st and will run through Sunday, August 22nd.
An online viewing will be available at hangart.com
There will be no formal reception this year due to the pandemic, however you may contact the gallery to schedule an appointment to see the work in person.
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JUNE | 2021
Like wine? And art? Check out Little Trouble Wines made and produced by Jennifer Reichardt and Sara Morgenstern with label artwork painted by me.
Reichardt, owner and producer of Raft Wines, and Morgenstern, owner and creator of Killer Quail Wines, came together as dear friends with similar interests to create 5 wines that highlight their journey from picking to packaging, as well as to celebrate their true friendship.
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OCTOBER | 2020
The Starry Night Artist In Residence program is nestled in the historic hot springs district of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Located in southern New Mexico, the primary goal of the program is to support self-directed creatives and researchers in the production of new work while offering an environment that promotes self-reflection and experimentation. We believe that the quiet, rustic environment of southern New Mexico is the perfect place for such endeavors.
I have been accepted and allotted a 30 day period with the time and space to focus on my work. From October 1st - October 30th I will live and work on the property and in the studio space while experiencing new communities and inspiration from my surroundings.
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AUGUST | 2020
The Petaluma Public Art Committee called for Sonoma County artists to respond to the BLACK LIVES MATTER movement and take part in creating a collaborative mural in Petaluma. Sixteen artists and/or art collectives were awarded a stipend to paint a collaborative BLACK LIVES MATTER temporary street mural on Fairgrounds Drive in front of the Petaluma Public Library. I was assigned the first “T” in “Matter” and painted a quote by Maya Angelou.
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MAY | 2020
The YAM presents the second annual North x Northwest exhibition Women’s Work
[Billings Montana] In commemoration of the centennial of women’s suffrage, the YAM’s second annual North x Northwest exhibition is based on the theme of Women’s Work. Associate Curator of Native American Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Jill Ahlberg Yohe, juried the exhibition, selecting 60 works from 441 entries.
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, May 28th - Sunday, Oct. 4th
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We’re living in a time of uncertainty. Social distancing shouldn’t equate to social isolation and treat gallery is committed to helping others, especially during this pandemic. In this time of solitude, many artists have changed their subject matter or turned the lens in on themselves. Several have lost jobs, hope and in some cases, friends or family. Through this exhibition, we’re sharing themes of emotion (humor, sadness, loneliness, chaos, boredom, curiosity, etc.) relating to this unique time of quarantine.
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APRIL | 2020
An online exhibition of my recent watercolor series called COVID-Closure Series; San Francisco, will be up on HangArt.com. This exhibition includes 30 drawings of boarded up businesses in San Francisco due to the mandatory closures and shutdowns from Covid-19.
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COVID-Closure Series; San Francisco
In response to the local [global] shutdown due to the Coronavirus, I created a series of blind contour and watercolor drawings of the boarded up businesses in San Francisco. SFGATE published a story and 18 of my drawings on their website.
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FEBRUARY | 2020
Coming to MOAS in Daytona Beach, Florida from the Bedford Gallery in California, this exhibition celebrates the culture, style, and persona of visionary painter Frida Kahlo, an artist who continues to inspire with her story of love, adventure, and pain. With over 100 works in all types of media by contemporary artists in the exhibition and record-breaking attendance during its first showing, the legacy of this iconic artist is still strong a century after her life and career.
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 22
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The 36th annual Art from the Heart auction benefiting the University Art Gallery at Sonoma State University happens Saturday, February 1st from 6-9pm. For a preview of the works to be sold, visit the gallery January 29 - January 31, 11:00-7:00pm.
My painting titled “It Wasn’t Uncommon” will be up for auction.
Art Auction: Saturday, February 1st, 6-9pm
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I’ve been selected and featured for the online platform called TWIRL: A Decade of Artist Interviews. For the next 10 years, my work and practice as an artist will be documented and archived on this site. You can learn about what I’m doing in my art practice as well as what keeps me motivated. Thank you TWIRL for this opportunity!
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DECEMBER | 2019
Bauble: Featuring baubles artified by Olivia Brown, Jennifer Damas, Veronice Diament, Ann Eby, Pablo Manga, Anthony May, Debbie O’Brien, Catherine Palmer, Jennifer Shada, Addie Shevlin, and more!
Holiday Reception: Saturday, December 14th, 3-5pm
Hang Art will be closed December 23-25 and December 30, 2019-January 1st, 2020.
NOVEMBER | 2019
2019 - 2022 National Tour
The World of Frida, celebrates the culture, style, and persona of visionary painter Frida Kahlo, an artist who continues to inspire with her story of love, adventure, and pain. Featuring over 100 national and international artists working in a wide array of media, the exhibition includes Frida Kahlo as the subject, as well as artworks inspired by her life and art, her beautiful garden, Mexican culture and fashion, vibrant colors, surrealism, and more.
The exhibition will be at Carlsbad Museum & Art Center, Carlsbad, NM running from Nov. 9, 2019 – Jan. 25, 2020.
Opening Reception: Friday, November 8th, 6-8pm
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Come see what I’ve been up to in my studio. I will have a few watercolor paintings in progress that you can come see and chat with me about.
My studio is located in the American Industrial Building at 2565 3rd Street in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco. Out Open Studios will be in conjunction with the Open Studios of the CCA Graduate program which are on the same floor level and us.
Open Studios: Saturday, November 2nd, 12-3pm
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OCTOBER | 2019
My collective, ONE+ONE+TWO, has been invited to be a part of this exhibition.
KADIST has invited Mercer Union, a non-profit artist-run center in Toronto, Canada for an Art-Space Residency and exhibition in San Francisco. Mercer Union has conceived the residency as an incubator to consider the approach to institutions working small-scale. Together, both organizations take up a series of questions around collaboration with Native Art Department International (NADI), a collaborative project by Toronto-based artists Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan.
The collectives included in this exhibition are Borderline Art Collective, East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest, ONE+ONE+TWO, Project Kalahati, Sanctuary City Project, Slingshot, Street Sheet/Coalition on Homelessness, and 3.9 Collective.
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 12th, 4-6pm
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AUGUST | 2019
Please join us to learn about and support the post production fund for ¡Quba!
Artworks donated by: Kim Anno, Nicole Aponte, Steve Beal, Jennifer Berkowitz, Anthea Black, Libby Black, Michelle Bonilla, Joyce Burstein, Jerome Caja, Jamee Crusan, Leon Dockery, Alicia Escott, Mia Feuer, Preston Fox, Terri Friedman, Garth Fry, Aida Gamez, Linda Geary, Arthur Gonzalez, Becca Hall, Karen Hampton, David Huffman, Kevan Jensen, Clay Jensen, Alicia McCarthy, Mary Mocas, Francesca Pastine, John Priola, Jennifer Shada, Sam Vernon, Christine Wang, Gail Wight, Karla Wozniak, Mark Wyatt, Lewis Watts
1275 Minnesota Street Project, Room 200. No entry fee. Any and all support is deeply appreciated
Benefit Auction, Film Screening and Performance: Thursday, August 22nd, 6-8pm
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A two person exhibition titled “Line Dancing” will exhibit the artworks of Jennifer Shada and Ellen Yetvin-Haven. The show opens on Thursday, August 1st with a closing reception on Saturday, August 17th from 3-5pm. Please join Jennifer at Hang Art in San Francisco on the afternoon of the 17th for an artist reception.
Closing Reception: Saturday, August 17th, 3-5pm
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JUNE | 2019
For the second iteration of the college’s biennial series of alumni exhibitions programming, CCA Exhibitions and the CCA Alumni Association will partner to highlight the idea of process within the practices of recent alumni from across the college’s four divisions: Fine Arts, Design, Architecture, and Humanities and Sciences. The exhibition will explore shared threads in artistic practices of sketching, note taking, modeling, mapping, drafting, and rendering. These process-based methods expose the pathways creative individuals depend upon to obtain a final product or idea. By celebrating this amorphousness through the form of an exhibition, Alma Mater: Methods will move beyond what is often exhibited within the white cube—finality, succinct expression, monetary value—and will instead prioritize a thinking-through-making approach that is shared among the college’s creative communities and disciplines. It is here where conversations begin, new connections form, and low stakes are valued.
This exhibition is co-curated by Beth Abrahamson (MFA Design 2015), Sarah Hobstetter (MArch 2010), Mik Gaspay (MFA 2011), and Tanya Gayer (MA Curatorial Practice, Visual and Critical Studies 2016).
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Opening Reception: Saturday, June 15th, 3-7pm
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FEBRUARY | 2019
Sonoma Sate University’s Art Gallery is celebrating their 40th year anniversary! Then and Now is a culmination of alumni from the past 40 years of art students. I will have two paintings showcased here alongside so many other great artists. Congratulations to the SSU Art Gallery and thank you for including me in this show.
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 14th, 4 -7pm
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Come to the 35th Annual Art From the Heart benefit auction at Sonoma State University’s Art Gallery. The Gallery relies on different sources of support to present new and engaging exhibitions, programs and lectures for students, alumni, community members and art enthusiasts and you can show your support by coming to auction! There’s a chance that you can go home with one of my paintings.
Auction Night: Saturday, February 2nd, 6 - 9pm
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JANUARY | 2019
New year, new representation! As of January 2019 I am delighted to announce that I am newly represented by Hang Art. Any inquires for purchase of artwork must now go through them. I look forward to what this new relationship may bring!
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SEPTEMBER | 2018
Hey, NYC!
Look out for this banner hanging high above the streets of the Garment District in New York City!
“Art Elevated’s panel of esteemed arts jurors will selecte 90 artists’ works to be replicated on banners hung on lampposts throughout the world-famous Garment District in the heart of midtown Manhattan, creating a fantastic aerial art gallery that will remain on view from September 12 to October 30, 2018.”
Thanks so much to Art Elevated for including me in this high altitude gallery!
On View: September 12th - October 31st.
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JULY | 2018
My painting, "Bufanda de Seda" will be apart of the exhibition titled The World of Frida at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek.
In March I visited La Casa Azul Museo Frida Kahlo in Mexico City. Photographs, paintings, tapestries and furniture all remain as if Frida touched them last. I was drawn to her clothing as it was such an expression of who she was, and narrowed in on a particular portrait of Frida adorned with a red rebozo. My painting is a representation of that portrait as well as capturing that moment in time.
Opening Reception: Sunday, July 8th, 3 - 5pm
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JUNE | 2018
I have been featured in the 10th edition of Create! Magazine!
"Create! Magazine is an independent, contemporary art magazine highlighting the work of artists, makers, and creative entrepreneurs. Helping fellow artists is our passion. Our goal is to create a welcoming community through our print issues and online galleries. Aside from releasing our bimonthly editions, we promote artists on our website, social media and connect them to opportunities and gallery exhibitions."
The art magazine is released bimonthly in a digital and print format.
You can purchase a copy of this beautifully curation by Jennifer Rizzo of Spoke, NYC through clicking the link below. Thank you Create! Magazine!
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MAY | 2018
For the first time ever, the founders of ONE+ONE+TWO Artist Collective will have work exhibited and performed at the Spare Change Artist Space in the Financial District of San Francisco, opening May 31st, 6-9pm.
"The Bay Area is hemorrhaging artists. With skyrocketing housing and studio rent, exorbitant costs of living, and limited opportunities to earn the 6-figure income needed to “live comfortably,” there’s no question as to why. But some have seen opportunity through hardship. ONE+ONE+TWO, a San Francisco-based artist collective, has focused on creatively mobilizing alternate forms of currency to allow artists in the Bay Area to thrive. Through pooling resources, creative problem solving, and simple acts of generosity, these four recent graduates of CCA’s MFA program in Studio Practice have successfully connected more than 100 artists from the Bay Area and beyond with the resources they need: workspace, exhibition opportunities, and dynamic conversations around newly created visual artwork. Since January 2017, the collective has hosted public programming in their collaborative studio space in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco. The current exhibition at Spare Change Artist Space features meditations on the meaning of currency from the founders of ONE+ONE+TWO."
Out Now! My work has been included in The Watercolor Ideas Book by Joanna Goss alongside so many other wonderful watercolorists! It is such an honor to be part of this beautiful little book! You can buy your copy now at Target, Barnes&Noble or on Amazon!
"This little book is full of big ideas to inspire you to think outside your humble box of watercolors. With a new idea on every spread of the book, you will discover textures, applications, techniques, combinations of materials, and new ways of tackling the subjects you love."
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Very honored to be invited to participate in The Vast Lab exhibition titled Interior Fiction curated by Julia Alexander-Bates. Thank you Julia for including me in this show!
LA friends, go check out the Vast Lab!
Opening reception: Friday, May 18th, 7 - 10pm.
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This piece is down in Laguna Beach for an exhibition titled Impressionism vs. Realism. The reception is held at the same time as the Laguna Beach's First Thursdays Art Walk! Go check out some art!
Opening reception: Thursday, May 3rd, 6:30 - 9:30pm
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FEBRUARY | 2018
Published in Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 40!
"Studio Visit is a series of juried artist books. Since 2008 we have offered artists a new and effective venue through which to introduce their work to a serious national audience of art world professionals.
Studio Visit presents all two- and three- dimensional media. Each high quality volume of Studio Visit features approximately 150 artists, who have been selected by professional curators.
Selected artists will be given one full color page that includes an image, contact information and a brief artist statement. Studio Visit will be received by two thousand curators and gallerists throughout the country as well as a growing base of collectors and enthusiasts."
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DECEMBER | 2017
Los Angeles Art Association is proud to present the 2017 Open Show, LAAA's signature survey exhibition featuring the very best in emerging art, juried by Anna Katz, Assistant Curator at MOCA.
The 2017 Open Show debuts at Gallery 825
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 16th, 6 - 9pm.
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EDITIONS
The Borderline Artist Collective has included me in their upcoming exhibition titled Editions where I will be selling prints of three of my watercolor paintings. "There Won't Be Time To Go On Vacation," "Single Sham" and "Fictitious Coverage" will be available for purchase in an 11 x 14 in. format.
Opening reception: Friday, December 1st, 6 - 9pm
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JULY | 2017
On Wednesday, July 12th I will be one of the visual artists showcased at the RAW Artists Event FIXATE at 1015 Folsom in San Francisco. There will be music, drinks and live performances throughout the night! It's a ticketed event and you can purchase your ticket through me- just sent me an email.
Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 12th, 7-11pm
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NOVEMBER | 2016
Our artist collective, ONE + ONE + TWO has just been awarded a $5,000 grant from Southern Exposure's Alternative Exposure grant program. This will support our next year of public programming in our collective artist studio in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco. Visit our website for more information regarding our + ONE Residency Program and our ONE + TWO Critique Group.
Thank you Southern Exposure for awarding us this opportunity!
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