S H I R L E Y H A Z L E T T
[email protected]
Education
MFA Painting, with Honors, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
PhD Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oregon, Eugene
BA Art Studio and Art History, California State University, Sacramento
One and Two-Artist Shows
2023
Silk and Paper Works, Shirley Hazlett Art Studio, Sacramento
Embrace James Kaneko Gallery, American River College, Sacramento
Two person exhibition, with Kris Marubayashi
2019
Invited Featured Artist, Sacramento Mayor's Office
2017
Silk and Steel, Shirley Hazlett and William Ishmael, Beatnik Gallery
Featured Artist, Arthouse
2016
Shirley Hazlett Retrospective, Benicia City Hall Council Chambers
Shirley Hazlett, Arthouse
2015
Textural Memory, Shimo Center for the Arts, Sacramento
2014
Call and Response, Kenneth B Gallery, Florence, Oregon
Response in Black and White, Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery
2013
Earth Rhythm, Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento
2012
Chance Encounters, Axis Gallery, Sacramento
2011
Luminance, Pence Gallery, Davis
Flow - MFA Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
2009
Introducing Shirley Hazlett, 2237 Gallery, Roseville
2008
Navigation, The Grotto, San Francisco
2007
Thinking Inks, The Arte Junction Gallery, Winters CA
2006
Recent Paintings: Shirley Hazlett, R. Witt Gallery,
California State University, Sacramento
Group Shows
2024
Crocker Art Museum, Big Names Small Art, May 10-June 1
Spring Open Studio - Multiple Artists - April 20, 1-5pm, please email me for details
ACAI Gallery, Fair Oaks, Black and White Show, Mar/Apr
ACAI Gallery, Fair Oaks, All About Color Show, Jan/Feb
2023
Invitational Verge Art Auction, Verge Center for the Arts
Sac Open Studios Exhibit, Verge Center for the Arts
2022
WAL Public Market, Juried, Sacramento
Invitational Verge Art Exhibition & Auction
2021
Art Store at Verge Center for the Arts, ongoing
Open Studio, Sacramento,
Verge Center for the Arts, Sac Open Studios Exhibition
Pence Art Gallery, SOS Exhibition, September
2020
Verge Center for the Arts, Virtual Studio Tour and Exhibition
Pence Art Gallery, Art Auction
2019
Annual Art Auction, Pence Gallery, Davis
Tour Artist Exhibition, Verge Center for the Arts
ARTHOUSE at SMUD, SMUD Gallery, Sacramento
2018
Pink Week Invitational, Sparrow Gallery
Juried Art Benefit Auction, Verge Center for the Arts
Old Faces, New Spaces: Oliver Jackson Tribute Show, E St Gallery
Creative Arts League Sacramento Juried Show, Blue Line Arts, Roseville
Recent Works, ARTHOUSE
2017
71 Portraits of Women Artists by Kurt Fishback, Pence Gallery, Hazlett portrait
Artists & Aprons, curator Susan Riegel, Gallery 1616
MicroArt Group Show, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, curator Robert Jean Ray
Art Auction Exhibition & Gala, Pence Gallery, Davis
Sac Open Studios, ARTHOUSE
Open Studio Tour Exhibition, Verge Center for the Arts
SmART Event, Sothebys International Realty, Sacramento
Summer, Invited Group Exhibition, Tim Collom Gallery
Studio Selections, ARTHOUSE
Heart of a Community, Arts Benicia
2016
Big Show of Small Treasures, ARTHOUSE, Sacramento, December
William Ishmael and Friends, curator William Ishmael, Archival Gallery,
Sacramento, Nov
100 Years, 100 Artists, Gregory Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College,
Curator Chris Daubert,
KVIE Juried Art Auction, curator Curator D Neath
40th Anniversary Art Auction Exhibit, Pence Gallery
Forty Fridas, Jingletown Art Studios, Oakland
Summer, Tim Collum Gallery, Sacramento
Achey Breaky Heart, E-St Gallery, Sacramento
The Art of a Community, Arts Benicia
Rain: Art Inspired by Winter, Gallery 621, Benicia
2015
Cups, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, invitational
Sacramento Open Studio Exhibition, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento
Pink Week Mail Art Show, Warehouse Artist Lofts, Sacramento
Studio Selections, Gallery 621: Contemporary Art, Benicia
Collage: Sessions and Studio Selections, Red Dot Gallery, Sacramento
September Invitational, University Art, Sacramento
Slice: Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Pence Gallery, juror Shelly Willis,
Davis
Crocker Art Museum Art Auction, juried, Sacramento
Confluence, 1078 Gallery, Chico
Artists' Valentine Redux, UC Davis Nelson Gallery
Get Your Heart On, E St. Gallery, Sacramento
2014
Annual Invitational: Friends for the Holidays, Gallery 621, Benicia
The Crossing, Crocker Art Museum, installation with Chris Daubert, Sacramento
Ellene Ashcraft Exhibition, Blue Line Arts, Roseville
Repurposed, Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery, William Ishmael,
curator
Small Works, KB Gallery, Florence, OR
Bloom, Pence Gallery, Davis: Carrie Lederer, Fred Dalkey, Brenda Louie, Ivy
Jacobsen, Stacey
Vetter, Mary Warner, Sandy Delehanty, Ann Marie Campbell, Stephen Giannetti,
Shirley Hazlett, and Michele LeCompte
2013
Slice: A Juried Exhibition at the Pence, Pence Gallery, Davis, Juror Rachel
Teagle, Shrem
Pink Week, juror Gioia Fonda, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento
Make Your Own Kind of Music, Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery,
Sacramento
Lottery for the Arts, Roseville Arts, juried by Scott Shields, Crocker Art
Museum, Roseville
(Honor Award: Selected as one of 10 top paintings by Shields)
Breaking Out, Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento
Shades of Black and White Preview, Fusion International Arts Center,
Sacramento
Juried Open Show, Robert Else Gallery, Sacramento State Alumni Association
Art Chapter,
(Awarded Honorable Mention by juror Meech Miagi) Sacramento
Placer Arts 30th Jubilee 2013 Juried Show, Arts Building, Auburn
(Awarded “Best in Acrylic” by jurors Anthony Maki Gill and Maria Winkler)
Painting Where the Wild Things Are, Effie Yeaw Art Gala and Auction,
Carmichael, CA
(Awarded Honorable Mention by juror Maria Winkler)
Animal Attraction, Sacramento Temporary Contemporary, Sacramento
Side by Side, Axis Gallery, Sacramento
2012
The Empty Box Ole!, Box 13 Art Space, Houston, TX
Root Division’s 11th Annual Auction, Root Division, Invitational, San Francisco
The BIG Show, Axis Gallery, Sacramento
Pink Week Show, Bows and Arrows Gallery, juror Gioia Fonda, Sacramento
2011
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Crocker Museum Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, juried, Sacramento
Abstract: 2000-2010, Sacramento Temporary Contemporary,
curator Robert-Jean Ray,
Small Show, Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, jurors Gioia Fonda and Ianna Frisby
Axis@Verge, Verge Gallery, Sacramento
Root Division’s 10th Annual Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco
Wrinkle, Axis Gallery, Sacramento
San Francisco Art Institute Open Studios, San Francisco Art Institute
Capitol Artists’ Studio Tour Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art,
Sacramento
2010
Flow, Cityscape Community Art Space, N. Vancouver, BC, Canada,
juror Sande Waters
All the Tools I’ll Need? Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute,
curator Karen Brasier
Alumni Association Show, Robert Else Gallery, California State University,
Sacramento
curator Brenda Louie
San Francisco Art Institute Open Studios, San Francisco Art Institute, San
Francisco
Crocker Art Museum Auction, juried, live auction, Sacramento
2009
Bridging Boundaries: Shirley Hazlett & Helen diCarlo, Arts Building Gallery, Auburn
Generation NOW: Artists on the Verge, R. Witt Gallery, curator Evri Kwong,
artists: Khalil Chistee, Liv Moe, Shirley Hazlett, and Ernest Zarate, Sacramento,
Capitol Artists Studio Tour Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento
Transitions, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
Experience: New Paintings by Six Bay Area Artists, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco
Crocker Art Museum Auction, Crocker Art Museum, juried, Sacramento
Tangent’s Second Anniversary Show, Tangent Gallery, Sacramento
2008
Textures of Space, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
Close to the Hub, Brickhouse Gallery, curator Tricia Talle, Sacramento
Pink Week, Tangent Gallery, curator Gioia Fonda, Sacramento
Crocker Art Museum Auction, Crocker Art Museum, juried, Sacramento
50/50 Show, juror Jim Ferry, 20th Street Art Gallery, Sacramento
2007
Purchase Award Show, University Union Gallery, Sac State, Sacramento
Award Show, Robert Else Gallery, Sac State, Sacramento
2006
Working Women Artists: Open Studio Tour Exhibition, The California Museum, Sacramento
Uptown Arts Presents Banners on the Boulevard, jurors Tom Monteith and Ellen Van Fleet
North Sacramento Chamber of Commerce (Award: Best in Contemporary Art)
Colors of Love, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, Juror Anna Wagner-Ott
2005
National Association of Schools of Art and Design Exhibition, Witt and Else Galleries, Sac State
Gathering Strength Suite, UC Davis Medicine, Sacramento
Publicity
2024
Inside Sacramento Cover Artist, Feb 2024
Shirley Hazlett Cover Artist, Inside Sacramento, Feb 2024
Jessica Laskey, For The Love of Art: Artist Manipulates Materials to Make Something New,
Inside Sacramento, February 2024, East Sacramento Edition (Photo by Linda Smolek) Cover Artist
Jessica Laskey, For The Love of Art: Artist Manipulates Materials to Make Something New,
Inside Sacramento, Pocket Edition, January 2024, pp 34-35. (Photo by Linda Smolek)
Article about Shirley Hazlett's unique approach to creating paintings on a silk substrate. Focuses on
Hazlett's recurrent theme of creating paintings that are a source of calm in a chaotic world
2023
Dusty Thorburn, Canvas and Fretboard, Dulcimer Players News: Builders & Artist's Issue
Volume 49, No 3, August 2023, pp 32-35.
Article about four visual artists who play the Mountain Dulcimer, including Shirley Hazlett and featuring
two of her large format watercolor paintings.
2017
Victoria Dalkey, Critic's Pic,
https://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/
artsculture/article149113514.html#storylink=cpy
Davis Enterprise: ARTHOUSE Shows Work by Fitz Gibbon, Hazlett, March 26,
2017
http://www.davisenterprise.com/arts/arthouse-shows-work-by-fitz-
gibbon- hazlett/
Woodland Daily Democrat: ARTHOUSE in Sacramento Welcomes Artwork from
Two Regional Artists, March 29, 2017
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/article/NI/20170329/NEWS/170329885
Inside Publications, publication of image "Silk Panel (1)" Jan 2017, page 1,
online and in print:
Shirley Hazlett is one of the artists featured at Beatnik Studios.
https://issuu.com/insidepublications/docs/the_grid_jan_2017
2016
Victoria Dalkey, art correspondent to the Sacramento Bee, online and in print,
December 9, 2016, publication of image Change of Seasons ...a bold
watercolor/collage
by Shirley Hazlett at ARTHOUSE... one of five top recommended shows, Dec
2015
http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article119502718.html
Shoka, art correspondent to the Sacramento News and Review,
The Common Denominator,
Art Pick of the Week: William Ishmael and Friends at Archival Gallery,
November 10, 2016
https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/common-denominator/content? oid=22710771
Inside Publications, Land Park Edition, cover story and recommending
William Ishmael and Friends at Archival Framing, Sacramento, Nov 2016
Chris Macias, Cover Story: From the classroom to the world: Centennial show
celebrates artists,
... the community college displays a rich artistic legacy that has been honed
over the decades... exhibition curator Chris Daubert, Sacramento Bee, Ticket,
cover and pages 5-6, August 26, 2016
One Hundred Years One Hundred (and Twenty) Artists, Kondos Gallery,
Exhibition Catalog artist featuring seven decades of Sacramento City College
Art Department Alumni, August/September 2016
Photographed in studio by Kurt Edward Fishback for book: Portraits of
Women Artists
Alan Dismuke, Facebook post, regarding Hazlett's paintings at June/July
show at Studio 12
Gallery: They are raw and loosely composed but beautiful and feminine
with a great color sense. I think of Helen Frankenthaler . . . Pretty classic.
June 2016
2015
Sac State Magazine, Fall 2015, Welcome to the Family Edition, Snapshot:
The Art of the Family,
Baubles and Beads, publication of image and artist statement, page 28,
October 2015.
Jessica Laskey, Inside Publications, pages 44-45, "Meet the Artists:
Tour Gives Patrons a Behind
the Scenes, Intimate Look at Creativity, interviewee Shirley Hazlett states,
in part: The tour keeps growing and expanding, but all within a similar
trajectory. It's a good thing for
Sacramento. It's part of the richness and the fabric of the city, and
I look forward to it every fall.
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, Ticket Section, page 23, July 10,
publication of image and recommendation of show: 5 Exhibits to See
Around Town . . . Shimo Center for the Arts:
Chance and causation intersect in Shirley Hazlett's radiant
abstract watercolors, which reference textile arts at Shimo Center
for the Arts
The Sacramento News and Review, Second Saturday Art Map, pages 26-27,
July 9.
Publication of partial image of Coutour and recommendation of
Textural Memory, solo show at Shimo Center for the Arts as an exhibition
not to miss.
The Sacramento Bee, Ticket section, Art and museums, page 23,
July 3. Publication of image,
Bobbin Spin and notice of show, Textural Memory:
Shirley Hazlett's works will be featured starting July 10 at the Shimo
Center for the Arts, Sacramento
Jessica Laskey, Inside Publications, Inside Land Park, July 2015,
pages 58-59, in print and online. Thanks for the Memories
Shirley Hazlett comes from a long line of "makers' -
seamstresses and embroiderers....
But it's the amazing patterns she coaxes out of ink and watercolor that are
on display in her current solo exhibition "Textural Memory" at the Shimo
Center for the Arts
Sacramento Center for the Textile Arts, July/August 2015 Newsletter,
Shirley Hazlett Show at Shimo, July 10-August 5 article and publication
of image, pages 4 and 5.
Emily Bertolino, Chico Enterprise Record, "Friends Combine for Art Show,"
January 10, 2015,
online and in print, Shirley Hazlett hangs artwork at the 1078 Gallery in Chico
2014
Julie Foster, Inside Publications, A Land Park House Gets a 21st Century
Makeover
... throughout the house, art by local artists including Joan Moment, Darrell
Forney,
Gary Dinnen, Eric Dahlin, Peter and Camille VandenBerge, John Tarahteeff,
Alan Post, Shirley Hazlett and Ianna Frisby.... Sacramento has an
incredibly robust art scene with some of the most talented artists. p. 29
Suislaw News, Florence, Oregon, KB Gallery features "Call and Response,"
June 25, 2014,
page 10A Call and Response is a retrospective of Hazlett's work that
demonstrates a range of
free flowing painting with deep, richly colored acrylics on silk to gorgeous
large-scale
black-and-white ink drawings on paper.
Suislaw News, Florence Oregon, General News: Hazlett's Call and Response
Opens July 2, 2014, article regarding the opening reception and continuing
exhibition, ... in the Kenneth B Gallery
Karina Cameron, Sacramento Bee, Artists Breathe New Life into
Wooden Forms
from the 1970s: Exhibit of McClellan Surplus Displays Creative Recycling,
June 14, 2014, pp. B1 & B3, photograph of Shirley Hazlett and nine of her
ten sculptures
Natalie Nelson, Davis Enterprise, Pence Gallery:
Artists Celebrate Flowers in Bloom,
March 16, 2014, Natalie Nelson, pA10 ….fascinating are abstract works
by painters
Elaine Bagley Arnoux, Stephen Giannetti, Shirley Hazlett and
Michaele LeCompte,
....that hint at the potential for growth embodied by a single blossom.
All of these artists share an interest in breaking down preconceived notions of
what traditional flower painting should look like.
2013
Victoria Dalkey, Best of Second Saturday, recommending
Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Make Your
Own Kind of Music, ...a lively group show of works ...
December 12, 2013
Victoria Dalkey, Second Saturday Art Walk: Best of Second Saturday,
recommending
Center for Contemporary Art, Works by many of the artists
participating in the Capitol Artists' Studio Tour … are on view…
online and in print, September 12, 2013
Valley Community Newspaper’s Land Park News, August 22, 2013,
Capitol Artists’ Studio Tour: Shirley Hazlett, p. 21
Rebecca Garrison, Director, Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery,
Sixteen Sixteen, Sept 2013, Issue 19 Breaking Out: 25 Artists,
Shirley Hazlett, p. 52, online,
http://issuu.com/stcgallery/docs/sixteensixteenfinal, September 9, 2013
Pence Events, Newsletter for the Pence Gallery Association, September 2013,
Slice: A Juried Cross-section of Regional Art publication of Fragility:
Coastal Perspective, Shirley Hazlett, 2013
Shirley Hazlett, Sacramento Art Studio, Sept 2021
2012
David Roth, Square Cylinder, September 24, 2012, Shirley Hazlett @ Axis
http://www.squarecylinder.com/2012/09/shirley-hazlett-axis/
Shirley Hazlett is a Flow Painter whose abstract works balance action and
restraint, tuition and conscious intent …. Straddling the spiritual, the
perceptual and the environmental, Hazlett’s opened up promising options. It
will be worthwhile to watch how she pursues them going
forward.http://www.squarecylinder.com/2012/09/shirley-hazlett-axis/
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, December 7, 2012, Second Saturday:
Put these exhibitions on your evening itinerary … Axis Gallery Side By Side
is the title of a show by 14 area artists, among them, Karen Bearson,
Ron Peetz, Shirley Hazlett, Phil Amrhein and Janice Nakashima…
Ticket Magazine, Sacramento Bee, Art|Museums, August 31, 2012,
p. 28, publication
of image and statement: Unanticipated Outcomes … by Shirley Hazlett …
on display at the Axis Gallery through September.
2011
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, Size Isn’t the Only Topic in This Big Show
December 18, 2011, p. 3, Shirley Hazlett’s Duette is a large acrylic-on-silk
work that hovers between painting and sculpture. To the stiffened silk,
she has applied rich, deep colors in bold runs of paint speckled with gold
that make the work sparkle. It’s a bold piece…
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, Second Saturday “Stop in Here”
Re: The Big Show, Axis Gallery December 9, 2011, p. 27 Ticket Magazine
University of California, Davis, Nelson ARTfriends Newsletter,
Members on View, Shirley Hazlett's Hidden in Plain Sight, Fall 2011, p. 2
Natalie Nelson, The Davis Enterprise, Shimmering Silk, Chattering
Skeletons on Exhibit at the Pence, October 4, 2011, p. A3
Robert-Jean Ray, Abstract: 2000-2010: An Abbreviated Survey,
Sacramento Temporary
Contemporary Gallery, October 2011
University of California, Davis, Nelson ARTfriends Newsletter,
Members on View, Hidden in Plain Sight, Spring 2011, p. 4
David M Roth, Square Cylinder, Northern California Art, Top Pick:
Wrinkle@Axis, Axis Gallery
Tina Drotar, Sacramento Press, First Open Reel at the Crest, Sept 11, 2011
Art in America, Annual Guide to Galleries, Museums, Artists, #1105,
Shirley Hazlett at Pence Gallery, August 2011
2010
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, A Selection of Second Saturday Highlights,
Among Top Five Art Picks: Center for Contemporary Art …virtual
who’s who of Sacramento’s art circle… November 12, 2010
2009
David M Roth, Square Cylinder, Northern California Art, April-June 2009,
Top Pick: Introducing Shirley Hazlett, 2237 Gallery, Roseville
Tim Foster, Midtown Monthly, September Art Pick: Bridging Boundaries:
Shirley Hazlett & Helen diCarlo, The Arts Building Gallery, Auburn
2008
Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, Art Pick: 50/50 Show, 20th St. Gallery,
Sacramento
Liv Moe, Midtown Monthly, Art Pick: Close to the Hub,
Brickhouse Gallery, Sacramento
Bill Cerruti, Altre Voci/Other Voices, Newsletter of the Italian Cultural Society
acknowledgement of Shirley Hazlett's painting, Robert's Ranch
2007
Saunthy Nicolson-Singh, Sacramento News and Review, March Art Pick:
The Thinking Person’s Ink Shirley Hazlett solo show,
Brickhouse Gallery, Sacramento
2006
Angelica Pappas, Sacramento Bee, Up and coming artist ….worth
watching …. Shirley Hazlett, October
Hazlett Art Studio, Ink Drawings, 2013
Art ProfessionalRROFESSIONA
1997-24 Shirley Hazlett, Contemporary Art, Artist
2021-24 Art Judge, Nevada County Fair, Fine Art
2016-17 Juror, Dixon May Fair, Fine Art
2015-17 Juror, Yolo County Fair, Fine Art
2014-19 Faculty, Art Department, (Classes: Art Education, Aesthetics and Art Criticism,
Theories of Art Education) California State University, Sacramento
2014-16 Gallery 621, Benicia, exhibiting artist
2003-20 Member and Past Executive Board Member,
Creative Arts League of Sacramento (CALS)
2010-14 Executive Board Member, 2013-14 Vice-President, Nelson ARTFriends,
University of California, Davis
2010-13 Axis Gallery, Publicity and Artist, Sacramento
2008-10 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Art Criticism, Professor Mark Van Proyen,
San Francisco Art Institute
2009-10 Marketing Committee Member, For Arts Sake, Sacramento,
Appointed by Mayor Kevin Johnson
2006 Juror, California State Fair, Poster Art Competition
2004-06 Painting and Drawing Teaching Assistant, Professor Tom Monteith,
California State University, Sacramento
Bobbin Spin, watercolor on paper, 24" x 24" 2015
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