Born                1972, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Education       2004 MFA, John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley, CA

                         1995 BA, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

 Awards, Honors and Grants

2009                Alameda County Purchase Program, Oakland, CA: Finalist

                        Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center: Commission Award Finalist

2004/07           Headlands Center for the Arts, Affiliate Artist Award, Sausalito, CA

 1998               Olympia Sustaining Fund, Grant, Olympia, WA

 1990               National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, National Arts and

                              Recognition Talent Search, Honorable Mention

                         Sovran Bank Award, Purchase Award

                         Pratt Art School, National Talent Search Finalist

                         Maryland Artist Equity Foundation, Finalist

                         Maryland College of Art and Design, Competition, Honorable Mention

 1989                Smithsonian Museum, Resident Associate Honors Award, Scholarship

                         State of Maryland, Federation of Women’s Clubs Competition, 2^nd place

                         Washington Regional Scholastic Art Awards, Gold Key Recipient

                         National Scholastic Art Awards, Finalist

Selected Exhibitions (solo and two person)

    2009           Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Jenn Shifflet, Oakland, CA (Solo)

    2007           Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Keira Kotler and Jenn Shifflet, Oakland, CA

    2005           Alta Bates Gallery, Layered in Subtlety, Berkeley, CA (Solo)

    2004            John F. Kennedy University Gallery, Within the Between, Berkeley, CA (Solo)

    1998            Studio 321, Cycles and Connections, Olympia, Washington (Solo)

                        The Evergreen State College Annex, Recent Works, Olympia, WA (Solo)

Selected Group Exhibitions

     2009          Berkeley Art Center, Metaphysical Abstraction, Berkeley, CA (catalog)

                        The Stewart Gallery, Small Works, Boise, ID                  

2008           Oakland Airport and Pro Arts, Four East Bay Artists, Oakland, CA

                   Visual Aid, Benefit Auction, Auctioneer Toomey Tourrel, San Francisco, CA

                    Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Impermanence, Sebastopol, CA (Merit award)

                    Donna Seager Gallery, Three Headlands Artists, San Rafael, CA

                    Cavallo Point, Headlands Artists, Sausalito, CA

                    Artworks Downtown, Out of the Fog- Headlands Artists, San Rafael, CA   

2007           Di Rosa Preserve, Moon Proof Madness, Napa, CA

                    Root Division Gallery, Taste 2007, San Francisco, CA

                        Headland Center for the Arts, Open House, Sausalito, CA                        

                        Contemporary Quarterly, Still, Curated by Chandra Cerrito

                        Kneedler Fauchere, Curated by Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

    2006            Di Rosa Preserve, California Dreamin’: 5^th Annual Benefit Auction and Exhibition,

                            Napa, CA

                        Headlands Center for the Arts, Open House, Sausalito, CA

                        Donna Seager Gallery, Gallery Artists, San Rafael, CA

                        Kneedler Fauchere, Curated by Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                        John F. Kennedy University Gallery, Alumni Show, Berkeley, CA

      2005        Headlands Center for the Arts, Open House, Sausalito, CA

                      SOMARTS, Big Deal, San Francisco, CA                  

                 UC Davis & The MIND Institute, Pain Exhibit, Sacramento, CA (Invitational)

                 Artisans Art Gallery, Contemporary Abstracts, Juried Exhibition, Mill Valley CA                           

                 Walters Art Museum, Winners Circle, Baltimore, MD

      2004        Headlands Center for the Arts, Open House, Sausalito, CA                 

                       John F. Kennedy University Gallery, Rapture, Juried Exhibition, Berkeley, CA

                      Alameda Art Center, Contemporary Abstract Juried Exhibition, Alameda, CA

                       John F. Kennedy University Gallery, Graduate Exhibit, Berkeley, CA

                      Artisans Art Gallery, Contemporary Abstracts Juried Exhibition, Mill Valley, CA

     2003         Off the Preserve Gallery, All in the Family, Napa, CA       

                       New Langton Arts, Polaroid, San Francisco, CA (Invitational)

                       Artisans Art Gallery, National Juried Exhibition, Mill Valley, CA

                       Berkeley Art Center, Members’ Showcase, Berkeley, CA

     2002         Builders Gallery, Polaroid, San Francisco, CA

     2001/04    John F. Kennedy University Gallery, Annual 2x2 Show, Berkeley, CA

     1998         State of the Arts Gallery, Arts Walk Showcase, Olympia, WA                        

                 The Evergreen State College Library Lobby, Celebrating Women Artists,

                        Olympia, WA                        

1996        Mariah Art Center, Arts Walk, Olympia, WA                        

                 University of California at Santa Cruz, Baskin Studios, Student Works,

                        Santa Cruz, CA                              

     1990          Maryland College of Art and Design, Competition Showcase, Silver Spring MD                              

                        National Scholastic Awards Exhibition: (Traveling Exhibition),

                      Towson State University, Towson, MD

                      Gudelsky Gallery, Silver Spring, MD

                      Thesis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

                      Mosely Gallery, Princess Anne, MD

                      Corcoran Gallery, Washington, MD

1989         Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Rotunda Gallery,   

                        Smithsonian Resident Scholarship Awardees Show, Washington DC.                         

                   National Cathedral, Cathedral Works, Juried Exhibition, Washington, D.C.

                   Glen Echo Park Gallery, Labor Day Juried Show, Glen Echo, MD

        1988           Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Annual Juried Show, Rockville, MD

Reviews

            2008         Artweek Magazine, Keira Kotler and Jenn Shifflet at Chandra Cerrito  Contemporary              

                              February Volume 39

2007         East Bay Express, October, Critic’s Choice: Mercury 20 Gallery

                  East Bay Express, November, Critic’s Choice: Keira Kotler and Jenn Shifflet

Catalogs

             2009         The Westin Verasa Art Collection book, published by Chandra Cerrito

             2008         ProArts, Open Studio Directory, Front cover image

             2007         Contemporary Quarterly, with Essay by Chandra Cerrito, Still Exhibition

                                Di Rosa Preserve, Moon Proof Madness: 6th Annual Benefit Auction: Catalog

2006         Di Rosa Preserve,  California Dreamin’, 5^th Annual Benefit Auction: Catalog

2004        The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore MD., Winner’s Circle Exhibition: Catalog

2003         Social Demo: An Artists Proof, edited by Ted Purves, A Collaborative Project

Selected Collections

Alameda County Public Art Collection

Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center

City of Olympia, WA, Department of Health and Social Services

DKS & Associates

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary

The Evergreen State College

The Westin Verasa, Napa CA

F&M Bank

John B. Collins & Associates

Kaiser Hospital, Vacaville, CA

LEK Consulting

Ritz Carlton, Shenzhen, China

Sovran Bank

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP

 And Numerous Private Collections