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Originally as an undergraduate from the Art Institute of Chicago, Sheila moved to LA, where she received her Masters of Fine Art (MFA) as a painter, photographer, and sculptor. Known for her installation art, and collages made by combining paint and photographs the evolution of technology has always paralleled her work throughout its development. From the original copy machine to today’s iPad, and the influence of electronics permeates her process. Sheila’s work has been shown widely in museums and galleries throughout the United States and abroad over the past three decades, including the New York Public Library, Bass Museum in Miami Beach, and the Musee des Arts Decoratifs at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Sheila’s art has been featured in exhibitions and galleries coast to coast as well and accorded international acclaim as well. Her paintings hang in such disparate places as Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL; The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL; Kunsan Contemporary Museum, Korea; Nova Scotia Museum, Nova Scotia, Canada., as well as many private collector’s homes. In addition, because of her love of art, she has always been involved with The Bass, The Frost, The Lowe, PAMM, and The New World Symphony. Graduating from the city’s renowned Art Institute of Chicago she has since managed to establish herself as one of the most important and original artists of the decade. She was surrounded by the strong architecture of Mies Van de Rohe and as a very small child was struck by Matisse’s colorful artwork. Throughout her life Sheila has been presented with awards such as: Metro Art International Medal, New York, NY, Jurors: Ivan Karp, Lisa Dennison; Woman of the Year, 1986, presented by Tarzana Chamber of Commerce, Tarzana, CA; Bronze Award, Art of California Magazine Discovery Awards and Women of Vision Award, Weitzman Institute. Though Sheila has experimented with painting, photography, sculpture, and mixed media, she has seen a transformation in her art through the digital age. Bringing an awareness of new directions and individual inventiveness through life experience, she incorporates visual, emotional, and psychological impressions and feeds them into her art. With a career spanning over forty years, all corners of the country, a continually evolving and knowingly eclectic style, and an international exhibition record, Sheila has remained consistently true to her calling, vision, and spirit. Sheila’s work is about the layers of life and art history, seeking in it a connection between art aesthetics and social consciousness portraying a perception of urban tension, raw emotions and harsh realities tempered with gentle optimism and beauty, countering an American dream that has gone a bit astray. Bringing an awareness of new directions and individual inventiveness through life experience, she incorporates visual, emotional, and psychological impressions and feed them into her art. Sheila’s art, whether it is photography, sculpture, or paintings, has always been a visual interpretation of her internal landscape, which is significantly influenced by external landscapes.