Education
2017 MFA Painting, Academy of Art University, San Francisco
Awards
2020 Alameda County Arts Leadership Award 2020
2020 Juror’s Choice Award, Abstract Thinking, San Francisco Women Artists’ Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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 at ECHOJ, Dublin, Alameda County Arts Commission, Oakland, CA
2018 Best of Show, Pleasanton Art League Art Show, Alviso Adobe Community Park, Pleasanton, CA
2016 Clyde & Co. Art Award, San Francisco, CA
2012 Certificate of Excellence for Public Art Contribution, City of Livermore, CA
2011 Certificate of Excellence, Urban Arts Program for Mural paintings, Livermore, CA
Corporate Collections
County of Alameda Public Art Commission for ECHOJ Building, Dublin, CA
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Sutter Hospital, CPMC, Vann Ness Campus Hospital, San Francisco, CA
City of Livermore Urban Art Mural Program, Livermore, CA
City of Dublin Public Art, for Auction, Dublin, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Breath of Fresh Air, Solo Show, Ameriprise, San Jose, CA
2019 Solo Show, PAL Wall, Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA
2019 Solo Show, Alcosta Senior & Community Center, Alcosta Blvd, San Ramon, CA
2018 Solo Show, Gallery 1317, 1317, Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA
2018 Solo Show, Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA
2018 Solo Lobby Show, Firehouse Art Center, Pleasanton, CA
2017 Reverberations, Solo Show, Cannery Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Juried Shows, San Francisco, CA
2020 Abstract Thinking
2019 Memories
2018 Vibrant Vision
2018 What Brings Us Joy
Museum on Main, Pleasanton, CA
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 22nd Annual Faculty+Alumni Fine Art Auction, Cannery Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2017 To Measure A Feeling, Atelier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Clyde & Co, San Francisco, CA
2016 In Good Company: Celebrating Women Artists, Bankhead Theater, Livermore, CA
2015 Impulse, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 We Can, Las Positas College, Las Positas College, Livermore, CA
2012 Art Fair, Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton, CA
2012 Fresh Works, Harrington Art Gallery, Pleasanton, CA
2011 Art Exhibition, Eugene O’Neil Festival, Danville, CA
2011 Art Fair, Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton, CA
Bibliography
- Ciardelli, Dolores Fox. “County Honoring Pleasanton's Shukla for Impacting the Arts Community.” News | PleasantonWeekly.com |, Embarcadero Media, Palo Alto, California, 15 Oct. 2020, www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2020/10/15/county-honoring-pleasantons-shukla-for-impacting-the-arts-community.
- “Shukla to Receive County Arts Leadership Award.” The Independent, The Independent, 2250 First Street Livermore, CA, 8 Oct. 2020, www.independentnews.com/culture/shukla-to-receive-county-arts-leadership-award/article_448913c2-0362-11eb-98e1-c3312f2df0ee.html.
- Korotzer, Katy. “In the Artists’s Studio | Usha Shukla.” Piedmont Exedra, Piedmont Exedra, 1 May 2020, https://piedmontexedra.com/2020/05/in-the-artists-studio-usha-shukla
- 2019 Arnold, Lucy, Art Editor, “Ethereal Beauty.” American Pen Woman. Spring 2019: Cover, 10-11. Print.
- Atelier Gallery, Academy of Art Gallery, San Francisco, May 2017, www.academygalleries.com/academy-galleries/home/2017/04/may_exhibitions.html.
- The Clyde & Co. Art Award. 2016-2017. San Francisco, CA, 2016. 17. Print.
- Jenny Richardson. "Usha Shukla Art." Renaissance of Reading:. N.p., 07 Sep., 2014. Web. 07 Oct. 2016;
- Las Positas Anthology. Vol. 2010. Livermore: Las Positas College, 2010. 174+. Print.
- Las Positas Anthology. Vol. 2009. Livermore: Las Positas College, 2009. 113+. Print.
Affiliations
Board member:
Pleasanton Art League, Pleasanton, CA
National League of American Pen Women, Diablo-Alameda Branch, CA
A.R.T Inc., Castro Valley, CA
Member:
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hayward Arts Council, Hayward, CA
Private Collections
Sharon and Sam Mahood, Fremont, CA
Tish and John Deus, Coeur d'Alene, IA
Suzanne Giraudo, San Francisco, CA
Gagan Gill, San Francisco, CA
Cindy and Jim Cleveland, Castro Valley, CA
Shalini and Sanjay Gupta, San Jose, CA
Kavita Sharma, San Francisco, CA
Sybil Gurney, Marin, CA
Elena and Jim Larente, Salinas, CA