BULL (diptych)
by Shelly Bartek
oil on wood
40”x72"x1”
ARTIST BIO
Shelly Bartek, early on, achieved First Place for the National Scholastic ART Awards, which set the path for earning a Kansas City Art Institute scholarship. Then, as a recognized National illustrator earning prestigious commissions such as the United Nations for its Collective Stamp Series, Paramount Pictures, and the Coors Blue Moon Brewery Artfully Crafted ten-year campaign. Most recently, she’s coming into her fine art expression. She is most Passionate in bringing beauty and contemplation to diverse subjects that sustain the spirit of the prairie as she experiences it. Shelly’s signature medium is combining Oil medium and the use of Gold Leaf Metal, enhancing the reflecting light within or in framing her art. Learning her Gold Leaf Techniques from Vladislav Anderjev, Director Prosopon School, New York. Her works symbolize her innate biographical journey, collected privately and exhibited in galleries across the country.
ACCOLADES
2024 LUX CELESTIAL ART AUCTION, Featured Stage Live Auction, Lincoln, NE
2023, 2021, 2019 /1516 GALLERY, NEBRASKA ARTIST BIENNIAL, Juried Regional Exhibition.
2019 GALLERY 72 / Roberta and Bob Rogers Gallery, The OEAA VISUAL ARTS WINNERS SHOWCASE
2019 Top 200 Finalist in National “Paint America” competition
2018 WCA Art Unveiling “Rise up in Hope and Healing” Juried, permanent installation, Omaha, NE
2018 FINALIST Nebraska 1% Art install at the Buffet Cancer Center, Nebraska Art Council / Buffet Board, Omaha, NE
2017 150 Yrs Nebraska Exhibition, Bone Creek Museum, David City, NE
2014 Kimmel Harding Nelson Residency & Permanent Collection, Nebraska City, NE
2011 Featured Artist, Annual Human Form Regional Expo, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2009 Awarded Solo Exhibition, Under Ground Gallery, Kansas City Art Coalition
2006 International Stamp Exhibition, Washington D.C., Original Art United Nations, New York's permanent collection.
by Shelly Bartek
oil on wood
40”x72"x1”
ARTIST BIO
Shelly Bartek, early on, achieved First Place for the National Scholastic ART Awards, which set the path for earning a Kansas City Art Institute scholarship. Then, as a recognized National illustrator earning prestigious commissions such as the United Nations for its Collective Stamp Series, Paramount Pictures, and the Coors Blue Moon Brewery Artfully Crafted ten-year campaign. Most recently, she’s coming into her fine art expression. She is most Passionate in bringing beauty and contemplation to diverse subjects that sustain the spirit of the prairie as she experiences it. Shelly’s signature medium is combining Oil medium and the use of Gold Leaf Metal, enhancing the reflecting light within or in framing her art. Learning her Gold Leaf Techniques from Vladislav Anderjev, Director Prosopon School, New York. Her works symbolize her innate biographical journey, collected privately and exhibited in galleries across the country.
ACCOLADES
2024 LUX CELESTIAL ART AUCTION, Featured Stage Live Auction, Lincoln, NE
2023, 2021, 2019 /1516 GALLERY, NEBRASKA ARTIST BIENNIAL, Juried Regional Exhibition.
2019 GALLERY 72 / Roberta and Bob Rogers Gallery, The OEAA VISUAL ARTS WINNERS SHOWCASE
2019 Top 200 Finalist in National “Paint America” competition
2018 WCA Art Unveiling “Rise up in Hope and Healing” Juried, permanent installation, Omaha, NE
2018 FINALIST Nebraska 1% Art install at the Buffet Cancer Center, Nebraska Art Council / Buffet Board, Omaha, NE
2017 150 Yrs Nebraska Exhibition, Bone Creek Museum, David City, NE
2014 Kimmel Harding Nelson Residency & Permanent Collection, Nebraska City, NE
2011 Featured Artist, Annual Human Form Regional Expo, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2009 Awarded Solo Exhibition, Under Ground Gallery, Kansas City Art Coalition
2006 International Stamp Exhibition, Washington D.C., Original Art United Nations, New York's permanent collection.
by Shelly Bartek
oil on wood
40”x72"x1”
ARTIST BIO
Shelly Bartek, early on, achieved First Place for the National Scholastic ART Awards, which set the path for earning a Kansas City Art Institute scholarship. Then, as a recognized National illustrator earning prestigious commissions such as the United Nations for its Collective Stamp Series, Paramount Pictures, and the Coors Blue Moon Brewery Artfully Crafted ten-year campaign. Most recently, she’s coming into her fine art expression. She is most Passionate in bringing beauty and contemplation to diverse subjects that sustain the spirit of the prairie as she experiences it. Shelly’s signature medium is combining Oil medium and the use of Gold Leaf Metal, enhancing the reflecting light within or in framing her art. Learning her Gold Leaf Techniques from Vladislav Anderjev, Director Prosopon School, New York. Her works symbolize her innate biographical journey, collected privately and exhibited in galleries across the country.
ACCOLADES
2024 LUX CELESTIAL ART AUCTION, Featured Stage Live Auction, Lincoln, NE
2023, 2021, 2019 /1516 GALLERY, NEBRASKA ARTIST BIENNIAL, Juried Regional Exhibition.
2019 GALLERY 72 / Roberta and Bob Rogers Gallery, The OEAA VISUAL ARTS WINNERS SHOWCASE
2019 Top 200 Finalist in National “Paint America” competition
2018 WCA Art Unveiling “Rise up in Hope and Healing” Juried, permanent installation, Omaha, NE
2018 FINALIST Nebraska 1% Art install at the Buffet Cancer Center, Nebraska Art Council / Buffet Board, Omaha, NE
2017 150 Yrs Nebraska Exhibition, Bone Creek Museum, David City, NE
2014 Kimmel Harding Nelson Residency & Permanent Collection, Nebraska City, NE
2011 Featured Artist, Annual Human Form Regional Expo, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2009 Awarded Solo Exhibition, Under Ground Gallery, Kansas City Art Coalition
2006 International Stamp Exhibition, Washington D.C., Original Art United Nations, New York's permanent collection.
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