About Shirley Hazlett
Shirley Hazlett hails from the San Francisco Bay Area and loves art that abstractly conveys an idea, expresses a feeling, or recalls a memory. She creates paintings on stiffened silk, a unique process she developed while completing her MFA in painting at the San Francisco Art Institute.
Thematically, Shirley believes in a purposeful life and creates art related to accomplishing goals, keeping positive, and maintaining balance and calm. She enjoys meeting with artists and art enthusiasts in her studio, to talk about art and life.
Shirley Hazlett Art Studio, 2025
Art conversation area, surrounded by recent paintings on silk
She has exhibited artworks at the Pence Gallery in Davis, Verge Center for the Arts in Sacramento, The Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Santa Monica, ArtSpace in British Columbia, KB Gallery in Oregon, and the Diego Rivera Gallery and Root Division, both in San Francisco. In Sacramento, she also has shown paintings at Axis Gallery, Shimo Center for the Arts, Arthouse on R, and the Sacramento Temp. Her work is publicly installed at locations in Sacramento, Carmichael, and San Francisco.
Shirley has had a lifelong love for the arts, starting at age 7 when she was the self-appointed family photographer with her beloved Brownie Starflash Kodak camera, capturing her world 12 images per roll. She added textile arts to her repertoire as a teenager, working with natural fibers such as silk and cotton, materials she uses today in her painting practice. In her spare time, she enjoys walking her dog, playing and listening to others play the mountain dulcimer and the bowed psaltery.
She completed an MFA in Painting, with Honors, at the San Francisco Art Institute and holds dual BA degrees in Art Studio and Art History from the California State University, Sacramento. Her studio practice is based in Sacramento, California.
Shirley opens her studio to visitors annually, in 2025 her studio will be open 10am to 6pm, Saturday and Sunday, September 13 and 14. Please contact Shirley for details.
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