Education
2017 MFA Painting, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Awards
2024 Third Place Award, Hayward Art Council Member Show, Hayward, CA. Juror: Claudine Krause
2023 Honorable Mention, Member Show, Pleasanton Art League, Pleasanton, CA.
2023 Merit Award, Healing Spaces, Pleasanton Art League, John Muir Hospital, Walnut Creek, CA.
Juror: Randall Sexton
2023 Maybelle Rasmussen Award, A.R.T. Inc's juried show, Adobe art Center, Castro Valley California
2022 Honorable Mention, Member show, Pleasanton Art League, Pleasanton, CA.
2022 2nd Place Merit Award, Images of Autumn, Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley, CA. Juror: Dave Wagner
2022 Honorable Mention, Healing Spaces, John Muir Hospital, Walnut Creek, CA. Juror: Jody Mattison.
2022 Merit Award, Imagination Expressed, Museum on Main, Pleasanton, CA. Juror: John Tullis.
2021 Juror’s Choice Award, Artist’s Choice, San Francisco Women Artists’ Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Juror, Alan Bamberger.
2021 Juror’s Choice Award, Abstract World, San Francisco Women Artists’ Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Juror,
Philip Bewley.
2020 2020 Alameda County Arts Leadership Award, Alameda County, CA.
2020 Juror’s Choice Award, Abstract Thinking, San Francisco Women Artists’ Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Juror, Philip Bewley.
2020 Merit Award, Imagination Expressed, Museum on Main, Pleasanton, CA
2019 Artistic Merit Award, Artists Embassy International, Richmond, CA
2018 Best of Show Theme, Pleasanton Art League Member Show, Firehouse Art Center, Pleasanton, CA
2018 Juror’s Choice, Vibrant Vision, San Francisco Women Artists’ Gallery, SF, CA
2018 Hearts in San Francisco Art Installation, San Francisco General Hospital, SF, CA
2018 Juror’s Choice, What Brings Us Joy, San Francisco Women Artists’ Gallery, SF, CA
2018 Public Art Project, East County Hall of Justice, Dublin, Alameda County Arts Commission, Oakland, CA
2018 Best of Show, Pleasanton Art League, Alviso Adobe Community Park, Pleasanton, CA
2017 Clyde & Co. Art Award, San Francisco, CA
Gallery Representations
MRK Contemporary Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
RevArt, Santa Clara, CA
Corporate Collections
Stanford Medical Center, Pleasanton, CA
Bellagio Villas, Las Vegas, CA
Winship Emory Midtown Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Cirrus Law, Pleasanton, CA
Hearts in SF, San Francisco, CA
East County Hall of Justice, Dublin, CA
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Sutter Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2025 101 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA, Slate Contemporary Gallery Offsite Exhibition
2025 180 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA, Slate Contemporary Gallery Offsite Exhibition
2024 Rincon Center, San Francisco, CA, 30 feet banner displays of Take A Breath
2023 International Art Museum of America, San Francisco, CA
2022 225 West Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA, Slate Contemporary Gallery Offsite Exhibition
2022 Castro Valley Library, Castro Valley, CA.
2021 Ruby LivingDesign, Mill Valley, CA
2019 Breath of Fresh Air, Ameriprise, San Jose, CA
2019 PAL Wall, Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA
2019 Alcosta Senior & Community Center, Alcosta Blvd, San Ramon, CA
2018 Gallery 1317, 1317, Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA
2018 Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA
2018 Lobby Show, Firehouse Art Center, Pleasanton, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Flora in Focus, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA
2024 Episodes of Allow, Orangeland, San Francisco, CA
2024 Spring Art Popup, Secession Art & Design, San Francisco, CA
2024 Urban Tides, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024 Healing Spaces, John Muir Hospital, Walnut Creek, CA
2024 Fresh Works, Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA
2024 Driven to Abstraction, Village Theater Art Gallery, Danville, CA
2024 Flora in Focus, Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA
2023 Love Explodes in Red, Margian Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2023 Residency and Group Show, Global Art Project, Lecce, Italy
2023 Postcards from Paradise, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 Healing Spaces, John Muir Hospital, Walnut Creek, CA
2023 A.R.T. Inc Juried show, Adobe art Center, Castro Valley, CA, Juror: Rachel Osajima
2022 Images of Autumn, Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley, CA. Juror: Dave Wagner
2022 Celebrate Women, John O’Lague Galleria, Hayward, CA
2022 Summer Vibes, Hayward City Hall, Hayward, CA
2022 Visions of Spring, Bankhead Theater, Livermore, CA
2022 Healing Spaces, John Muir Hospital, Walnut Creek, CA
2021 Boundless Moment, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA
2021 LagunaART.com, August-September Show, Mission Viejo, CA
2020 Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Juried Shows, San Francisco, CA
2022 Edge of Abstraction
2022 Artist’s Choice
2021 Artist’s Choice
2021 Abstract World
2020 Abstract Thinking
2019 Memories
2018 Vibrant Vision
2018 What Brings Us Joy
Museum on Main, Pleasanton, CA
2022, 2020, 2019, 2018 Imagination Expressed
2020 Fragmentos, Global Art Project, Casa De Cultura De San Lorenzo, Madrid, Spain
2020 Made in California, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2020 Gender Gap, Global Art Project, Galerie Renee Marie, Benicia, CA
2020 Celebrate Women, NLAPW, Hayward City Hall, Hayward, CA
2020 Living Large, Bankhead Theater Gallery, Livermore, CA
2019 Spectrum, Mana Wynwood, Miami, FL
2019 Abstrax, Radian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 Into The Blue, Village Theater & Art Gallery, Danville, CA
2019 Make your Mark, Art Attack SF, San Francisco, CA
2019 East on West, Senator Scott Wiener’s Office, 455 Golden Gate Av, San Francisco, CA
2018 Serenity, UCSF Women's Health Center, San Francisco, CA
2018 Spark Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Art of Drama, Bankhead Theater, Livermore, CA
2018 Fresh Works, Firehouse Art Center, Pleasanton, CA
2018 Into the Wild, Art Attack SF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 To Measure A Feeling, Atelier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Clyde & Co, San Francisco, CA
Bibliography
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- 2019 Arnold, Lucy, Art Editor, “Ethereal Beauty.” American Pen Woman. Spring 2019: Cover, p. 10-11. Print.
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- 2017 Fine Art Auction, Academy of Art University - Usha Shukla, Academy of Art University, Nov. 2017, www.academygalleries.com/auction/2017-artists/usha-shukla/.
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Affiliations
Alameda County Arts Commissioner
Board member:
Pleasanton Art League, Pleasanton, CA
National League of American Pen Women, Diablo-Alameda Branch, CA
A.R.T Inc., Castro Valley, CA
Private Collections
Susan Stewart, Los Angeles, CA
Rita Whiteman, Hayward, CA
Sonja Cehic, Pleasanton, CA
Reem Mahrat, Pleasanton, CA
Trayce Turner, Rancho Cordova, CA
Judy Falloyat, Pleasanton, CA
Vandana Awasthi, Skillman, NJ
Sharon and Sam Mahood, Fremont, CA
Tish and John Deus, Coeur d'Alene, IA
Suzanne Giraudo, San Francisco, CA
Gagan Gill, San Francisco, CA
Elena and Jim Larente, Salinas, CA
Cindy and Jim Cleveland, Castro Valley, CA
Shalini and Sanjay Gupta, San Jose, CA
Kavita Sharma, San Francisco, CA
Sybil Gurney, Marin, CA