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Curriculum Vital Coming from a military family, Misha Shebesta spent her early childhood during times of conflict at Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso, TX. Furthering her broad cultural exposure, around the age of 5 she moved to the Mid-West to live with her Czechoslovak Grandparents in a very economically depressed and predominantly African American neighborhood. Misha grew up amidst the chaos and social conflict of her time. In her art she works to weave classical technique, color theory and composition with primitive figurative archetypes representing the layers of perceived personal identity surrounding the "individual" living in these often conflicted times.
Misha has been showing and lecturing for the over a decade and
is the founder of the national nonprofit art project “Ink Blot Project” (1993-2010) a winner of the 2005 CAAP Grant award in Chicago, IL. To arrange for a show or purchase art please contact
info@mishashebesta.com |
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Show List
• Around the Coyote Winter Show, Chicago 2000 • Around the Coyote, Chicago 2000 • Around the Coyote Winter Show, Chicago 2001 • “First Friday” Open Studio Show , Chicago (1999 - 2001) • Society for the Arts Chicago, IL (February 2004) LINK • 4 Art Inc., Chicago (May - July 2004) LINK • Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago (August 2004) LINK • Pilsen Art Walk 2004, Chicago (Oct. 1-3) • Hyde Park 'Day of the Dead' Chicago, IL (Oct.- Nov. 2004) LINK • Imagination Station, Ny, NY (November 2004) • 4 Art Inc., Chicago (February 2005) • 4 Art Inc., Chicago "The Colection" (July 2005) • Pilsen Art District Open House Chicago, IL (Sept.30 - Oct.3 2005) LINK • 4 Art Inc., Chicago (September 2005 - April 2006) • Pilsen Art District Open House Chicago, IL (Sept.28-30 2007) • 1825 Gallery Chicago, IL (September - October 2007) • One Hundred & One Artists Show Chicago, IL ( October 2007) • Pilsen Art District Open House Chicago, IL (Sept.28-30 2007)LINK • ART CHICAGO 'The Artists Project' Chicago, IL (April 2008) LINK • Pilsen Art District Open House Chicago, IL (Sept.26-28 2008) LINK • Under the Wire Chicago, IL (spring 2009) • Loby instillation 118 N Clinton Chicago, IL (Spring 2009-2010) Exhibitions • Genre-Melt Event at Columbia College ( November 7, 2003) • Moraine Valley College (November 10, 2003 - December 2003) • Pain Exhibit (2004 - 2006) LINK • Chicago Arts District juried annual art exhibit (October 2004) • Kerredge Gallery Michigan (June 2005) (consulted & assist on installation w/ Patricia Pawlicki) • National Bank Chicago, IL ( November 2005- February2006) • May Street Chicago, IL ( January-May 2006) • Copper Country Gallery Houghton, Mi ( April 2007) • Co-Prosperity Sphere Chicago, IL (October 2007) • Versionfest 2008 Chicago, IL (April 2008) LINK • Humbolt Park Library branch of the Chicago Public Library 2008 Chicago, IL (July-August 2008) LINK Grants/Awards • Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP) Grant 2005 LINK • Pilsen Art District Jured competion Chicago, IL (2005) Press • Gapers Block LINK • NY Arts Magazine • 'In These Times' pg.10 (act now) feature December 2007 Lectures • Chicago Park District Docent Program, Guest Lecturer (March 2003 & October 2003) • Loyola University, Chicago (February 2004) Following the Vagina Monologues • Columbia College, Chicago (May 2004) • Malcolm X College, Chicago (Sept. 2004) • Northwesters University, Chicago (April 10. 2007) • Loyola University, Chicago (April 12. 2007) • Copper Country Instillation Houghton, MI (April 28. 2007) Associations • Chicago Artist Coalition (2001 - 2010) • Lamprey (2001 - present) (Ever So Secret Order of the Lamprey, an underground art group located in Pilsen, Chicago. ...) • Garfield Park Conservatory (2000 to 2005) • RVA, Chicago (1999 to 2004) • Woman Made Artist (2001 - 2003) Publications • The Journal of the American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists (Vol. 5, No. 2 - May 1998) • Lecture Materials and Paten Illustrations for Harrith H. Hasson Ob/Gyne (1994- 1999) • Dinning Out Magazine (Spring/Summer 2006) p.62 and (Summer/Fall 2006) p.65 • American Academy of Pain Management (Vol. 16, No. 2- Summer 2006) p.40 Education • School of the Art Institute Chicago, IL (Merit Scholarship nomination ) • Columbia College Chicago, IL (Transfer Student Scholarship - Fine Art) • Loyola University Chicago, IL (Academic Scholarship- Sociology) • California State University, Long Beach (Sociology) |
