Lolly Shera – Curriculum Vitae – b.1956
Education and Training 2005-2018
Classical Art Atelier Training/Foundation Studies
The Landscape Atelier, Deborah Paris, Clarksville, TX
Georgetown Atelier, Tenaya Sims, Seattle, WA
Seattle Sculpture Atelier, Matt Buckner/Geoff Flack, Seattle, WA
Gage Academy, Margaret Davidson/Michael Magrath, Seattle, WA
Selected Professional Workshops
Mitch Albala, Juliette Aristides, Suzanne Brooker, John Budicin, Steven Assael, Scott Christensen, Margaret Davidson, Geoff Flack, Michael Grimaldi, Robert Johnson, Michael Klein, Greg Kreutz, David Leffel, Robert Liberace, Michael Magrath, Deborah Paris, Anthony Ryder, Tenaya Sims
University Education
M.Ed., University of Washington, 1999
B.S., Environmental Education, Western Washington University, 1979
Lineage
First cousin, twice-removed, Thomas Handforth, The Northwest School, WA
Honors and Awards
2023 Honorable Mention, The Salmagundi Club, "Rites of Spring" Exhibition, New York, NY
2023 People's Choice Award, Plein Air Washington Artists' Winter Exhibition, "Plein Air to Studio", Cole Gallery, WA
2015 Best Of Show, Clymer Museum & Gallery, "West of the Mississippi" Juried Exhibition, Ellensburg, WA
2011 Scholarship Award, Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists, Seattle, WA
2010 Second Place, Burien Arts Juried Competition; Burien, WA
2007 First Place, Gage Academy, "Best of Gage", Seattle, WA
Museum Shows
2016 Clymer Museum, Solo Show, "From the Headwaters to the Sea", Ellensburg, WA
2015 Clymer Museum,"West of the Mississippi", Ellensburg, WA, Best of Show award
2014 Clymer Museum, "Northwest Experience", Ellensburg, WA
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Smith and Vallee Gallery, "At the Still Point: Layers of Light and Atmosphere", Bow, WA
2020 City of Snoqualmie, "Painting Snoqualmie Valley", Snoqualmie, WA
2019 Gallery Mack, "New Works", Seattle, WA
2017 Fountainhead Gallery, "Moods of Nature", Seattle, WA
2016 Burien Arts Gallery, "Rhythms of Nature", Burien, WA
2016 Fountainhead Gallery, "A Sense of Place", Seattle, WA
2016 Clymer Museum, "From the Headwaters to the Sea", Ellensburg, WA
2015 Discovery Channel/Animal Planet; Treehouse Masters:Featured Artist Interview, 8/7/15 TV Episode
2011 United Unitarian Gallery, "Views of Nature", Vancouver, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 JG Art Gallery, "Golden Hours", Group Exhibition, Bainbridge Island, WA
2026 Salmagundi Club, 142nd Members' Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
2026 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Juried Members & Associates Exhibit, The Reboli Center for Art & History, New York
2025 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 128th Annual Open Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2025 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Small Works Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2025 Smith and Vallee Gallery, "Summer Stock", Group Exhibition, Bow, WA
2025 Cole Gallery, "Plein Air to Studio", Plein Air Washington Artists, Juried Exhibition, Edmonds, WA
2024 Salmagundi Club, 116th Annual Thumb Box Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Skylight Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Magnuson Park Gallery, "Plein Air Views of Washington", Juried Exhibition, Plein Air Washington Artists, Seattle, WA
2024 Salmagundi Club, "140th Annual Members Juried Exhibition", New York, NY
2024 Smith and Vallee Gallery, "Fowl Play", Annual Bird Invitational, Group Show, Bow, WA
2024 Cole Gallery, Plein Air Washington Artists' Winter Exhibition, "Plein Air to Studio", Edmonds, WA
2023 Smith and Vallee Gallery, "This Land", Group Landscape Invitational, Bow, WA
2023 Salmagundi Club, "Rites of Spring" Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
2023 Smith and Vallee Gallery, FL#CK / Bird Invitational Group Show, Bow, WA
2023 Cole Gallery, Plein Air Washington Artists' Winter Juried Exhibition, "Plein Air to Studio", Edmonds, WA
2022 Salmagundi Club, "Landscapes: Studio Works", Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
2022 National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Society, "32nd Best Of America National Juried Exhibition", Wilcox Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
2022 Salmagundi Club, "138th Annual Members' Juried Exhibition", New York, NY
2022 Salmagundi Club, "Tonalism Today", Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
2022 Smith and Vallee Gallery, "The Birds" Group Invitational Exhibition, Bow-Edison, WA
2021 Salmagundi Club, "Annual Painting, Sculpture & Graphics Open Exhibition", Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2021 Oil Painters of America, Salon Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA
2021 BoldBrush Online Painting Competition, FAV 15% (March 2021)
2020 NOAPS, 2020 "Best of America" National Juried Exhibition, Cutter & Cutter Fine Art Gallery,St. Augustine, FL
2020 American Tonalist Society, Int'l Juried Exhibition; "Best of Tonalism 2020", Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2019 Plein Air Washington Artists, Scott Milo Gallery, Juried Exhibition, "Little Gems", Anacortes, WA
2019 National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society, Spring Online International
2019 Anacortes Arts Festival, "Annual Juried Exhibition", Anacortes, WA,
2018 National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society, Juried Exhibition; "Best of America, Small Painting Exhibition"
2017 Scott Milo Gallery, Juried Exhibition, "Little Gems", Anacortes, WA
2016 Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Juried Exhibition; "Honey I Shrunk the Art", Camano Island, WA
2016 National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society, Juried Exhibition; "2016 Spring International Exhibition"
2016 Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Juried Exhibition; "Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists", Camano Island, WA
2015 Rainier Club, Juried Exhibition; "Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists", Seattle, WA
2015 Clymer Museum & Gallery, Juried Exhibition; "West of the Mississippi", Ellensburg, WA
2014 Clymer Museum & Gallery, Juried Exhibition; "Northwest Experience", Ellensburg, WA
2014 Edmonds Arts Festival, "Juried Gallery", Burien, WA
2013 Burien Arts Gallery, "Invitational Group Exhibition", Burien, WA
2013 Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists Gallery, "Women Painters' Works", Seattle, WA
2013 Rosen Gallery, "Lay of the Land", Seattle, WA
2012 Gallery By the Bay, Juried Exhibition; "Unclad", Stanwood, WA
2012 Rosen Gallery, "Summer Showdown", Seattle, WA
2011 Burien Arts Gallery, "20/20 Vision", Burien, WA
2011 Gallery By the Bay, Juried Exhibition; "Unclad", Stanwood, WA
2010 Burien Arts Gallery, "Juried Exhibition", Burien, WA
2010 Eastshore Gallery, "Spring in Fall City", Bellevue, WA
2009 Burien Arts Gallery, "G8", Burien, WA
2009 Rosen Gallery, "Reflected: Self-Portraits", Seattle, WA
2008 Rosen Gallery, "Best of Gage", Seattle, WA
2008 Burien Arts Gallery, "20/20 Vision", Burien, WA
2007 Steele Gallery, "Best of Gage", Seattle, WA
Media/Book Publications
2026 The Art of the Studio, by Susan A. Harold, Women Create Books, Featured Artist, P.84-85
2026 American Art Collector Magazine, Feb 2026, Featured Artist, Salmagundi Club Juried Exhibition
2024 Where Women Create Magazine, Winter 2024, Issue #29, Feature Article, P.144-153
2024 Artist Network Newsletter, "Studio Snapshots: Landscape Artist Lolly Shera", by Jenn Rein, https://www.artistnetwork.com/
2022 Canvas Rebel Magazine, Interview, "Meet Lolly Shera", https://canvasrebel.com/meet-lolly-shera/
2018 Essential Techniques of Landscape Drawing, by Suzanne Brooker, Watson-Guptill; Selected Landscape Drawings
2018 The History of the Deschutes Club, Second Edition, Oregon Land Preservation Organization; Selected Oil Paintings & Cover image
2015 Television, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, "Treehouse Masters", Episode Dated 8/7/15, Selected Oil Paintings
Professional Memberships
Salmagundi Club, NYC - Artist Member
Oil Painters of America
American Impressionist Society
Plein Air Washington Artists
