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Education
2024 Welding Certificate of Achievement (pending) at College of the Redwoods (expected May 2024)
2021 Bachelor in Fine Art at Cal Poly Humboldt
Solo Exhibitions
2023 North Coast Open Studios, Amalgamations, Eureka, CA.
2022 North Coast Open Studios, Amalgamations, Eureka, CA.
2022 Compilation of Illustrations, Redwood Art Association, Eureka, CA.
2021 Pop Up Print Show, Eureka Rubber Stamp, Eureka, CA.
2021 Timber Dance, Forestry Department, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA.
2019 Naughty by Nature, Good Relations, Eureka, CA.
2018 Brainquiry, Center for Insane Artist, Eureka, CA.
2017 Phoenix, Sacred Empire, Arcata, CA.
2016 Rise Above, Ellis Art & Engineering, Eureka, CA.
Group Exhibitions
2023 The Cycle, Brenda Tuxford Gallery, Eureka, CA.
Dada Death, Synapsis, Eureka, CA.
2022 FAM: Woks by the REBOUND Crew, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA.
2022 Ingrid Nickelsen Trust Juried Exhibition: Celebrating 15 Years of Ingrid Nickelsen Trust, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA.
2022 Focus on Fiber, Redwood Art Association, Eureka, CA.
2022 Emerging Artist: Icons of the Future, Westhaven Center for the Arts, Trinidad, CA.
2022 64th Spring Exhibition, Redwood Art Association, Eureka, CA.
2022 Food & Drink Exhibition, Redwood Art Association, Eureka, CA.
2021 Halloween, Redwood Art Association, Eureka, CA.
2021 63rd Fall Exhibition, Redwood Art Association, Eureka, CA.
2021 Containment: Stories of Art in Isolation, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2021 Art Graduates, Reese Bullen Gallery, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA.
2021 Through the Looking Glass, Online, Westhaven Center for the Arts, Trinidad, CA.
2021 Sculpture Walk, Online, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA.
2021 HEARTWORKS, Anderson Gallery, Eureka, CA.
2021 Just Imagine, Artist Dismantling Capitalism, Online
2021 Metallic, Brenda Tuxford Gallery, Eureka, CA.
2020 Sculpture Walk, Online, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA.
2019 Works in Progress, Foyer Gallery, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA.
2019 Samoa Peninsula Vault Artists, Humboldt Coastal Nature Center, Arcata, CA.
2018 Reality Sandwiches, Art Share, Los Angeles, CA.
2017 2nd Annual Love Exhibition, International Gallery of the Arts, Toronto, ON., Canada
2016 Curious Consequence, Center for Insane Artist, Eureka, CA.
2016 The Spring Collective, The Ink People, Eureka, CA.
2016 Juried Student Art Exhibit, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA.
Collaborative Projects
2023 Monster Art, Old Town Ink Lab,
Eureka, CA. (with participating artists & models)
Winds of Change, Halverson Park, Eureka, CA. (with Barker)
2022 Mural, Hallen Park, Arcata, CA. (with REBOUND)
Joyful workshop, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA. (with campus community)
Alumini in Bloom, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA. (with campus community)
2021 Mural, Shay Park, Arcata, CA. (with REBOUND)
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Awards and Scholarships
2023 Festival of Dreams Grant, North Coast Repertory Theater & The City of
Eureka, Eureka, CA.
2022 3rd Place, Redwood Art Association, Eureka, CA.
2022 Food & Drink Award, Redwood Art Association, Eureka, CA.
2021 Honorable Mention, Redwood Art Association, Eureka, CA.
2021 Floyd Bettiga Art Scholarship, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA.
2020 Martin Wong Scholarship, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA.
2019 Jack Montoya Memorial Scholarship Fund, Humboldt Area Foundation, Bayside, CA.
2019 Osher Reentry Scholarship, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA.
2016 First and Second Place in Ceramics, Department Superintendent of Fine Arts Humboldt County Fairgrounds, Ferndale, CA.
2016 Outstanding Woman in Transformation, Ingrid Nickelsen Trust, College of the Redwoods Student Gallery, Eureka, CA.
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Press
2023 “Cal Poly Humboldt Grad Creates New Mural in Arcata,” Times Standard,
August 6th, 2023.
2022 “More Like Valley BEST! Arcata’s Valley West Basketball Court Gets Some Color With Help from Local Nonprofit,” Lost Coast Outpost, July 22nd, 2022.
"RAA Showing Works by Mixed Media Artist, HSU Graduate Sheala Dunlap Starting February 15th," The Redheaded Blackbelt, January 25th, 2022.
2021 “DRIVE THE PAINT! New Nonprofit Ads Some Color to Arcata’s Shay Park Basketball Court,” Lost Coast Outpost, September 16, 2021.
2021 "Gallery reopens: Redwood Art Association Announces Winners of 'Fall Exhibition,' Times-Standard, September 10th, 2021
2021 Perceptions Magazine 2021, pg.90, 224, Perceptions Magazine, June 9th, 2021.
2021 Volume 67: De Dos Lados, pg.62, Toyon Literary Magazine, April 29th, 2021.
2019 “Those Big Ugly Concrete Vaults on the Peninsula Have Been Beautified By Art, and a Party For This Has Been Scheduled,” Lost Coast Outpost Staff / Peninsula Community Collaborative, August 26, 2019.
2019 “Local artist beautify Samoa Peninsula with 9 new murals,” KRCR News, Brian Beneventi, August 27, 2019.
2019 “Vivacious Vaults bring beauty to Samoa Peninsula,” Times Standard Staff, September 4, 2019.
2019 “Mural Madness on the Samoa Peninsula,” Kym Kemp, August 1, 2019.
Professional Experience
2023 Artist Assistant at Dan's Custom Metal, Eureka, CA.
2022 Welder Helper at College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA.
Foundry Assistant at Arcata Art Institute, Arcata High School, Arcata, CA.
2021 Lab Tech at Sculpture Studio, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA. Gallery 2021 Assistant at Goudi’ni Gallery, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA.
2021 Research Assistant, for Eureka Murals Mapping Project, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA.
Associations
2023 The Ink People, Eureka, CA.
2022 Redwood Art Association, Eureka, CA.
Exhibitions
Compilation of Illustrations
February 15th-March 11th, 2022
Redwood Art Association (RAA) presents an exhibition of works by mixed media artists and recent Cal Poly Humboldt graduate, Sheala Dunlap. Her first post-undergraduate showcase of nature illustrations, giclee prints, scientific drawings, and print-made works are available for viewing Wednesday-Sunday from 12 pm through 5 pm.
HEARTWORKS
March 31st-May 2nd, 2021
The Morris Graves Museum of Art extends a soft opening of finely selected works by Cal Poly Humboldt's B.F.A. students in Anderson Gallery. The senior mixed-media group showcase includes bronze sculpture, photography, fiber, jewelry, ceramics, and much more available for viewing Wednesday-Sunday from 12 pm through 5 pm.
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