Education:

University of Oregon, School of Fine Arts, Eugene, OR

University of Oregon, School of Architecture, Eugene, OR

Central Oregon Community College, Fine Arts, Bend, OR

Tulane University, Architecture and Drawing, Aegina, Greece

Upcoming Exhibitions:

December 2016, with Catherine Courtenay at Telluride Fine Art, Telluride, Colorado

February 2017, Yellowstone Museum of Art, Billings, Montana

March 2017, with Michael Kessler at Gallery MAR, Park City, Utah

Solo Exhibitions:

2016 “Frame of Mind,” Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, Telluride, CO

2015 “Close to the Edge, Gallery MAR, Park City, UT

2014 “Erratic Beauty,” Jest Gallery, Whitefish, MT

2011 “Inside the Line,” Darnell Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

2010 “Shawna Moore,” Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2009 “Mosaic,” Darnell Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

2008 “Orison,” Darnell Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
“New Paintings,” Jest Gallery, Whitefish, Montana

“Sutra,” Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary, Jackson, WY

2007  “You’re Getting Warmer,“ Darnell Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

2006  “Landmarks,” Jackson Street Gallery, Jackson, WY

2005 “Streams of Consciousness,” Darnell Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

2004 “Shawna Moore, Encaustics,” PAVE’ Fine Art, Bend, OR

2003 “Bosque,” John Paul Designs, Bend, OR

2002 “Shawna Moore, Paintings,” Portal Gallery, Los Alamos, NM

Group Exhibitions:

2016 “Fields of Color,” Collage Gallery, Big Fork, MT

“Encaustic Art in the Twenty-First Century,” Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM

“Summer Salon,” Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

“Out of the Box,” Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT

“Making Art Count,” Museum of Art and Culture, Spokane, WA

“The Earth & Sky XVI,” Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT

“LVG Holiday Group Show,” Longview Gallery, Washington DC

“Winter Salon,” Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2015 “30^th Anniversary Retrospective,” Telluride Fine Art, Telluride, CO

      “Summer Solstice,” Elk River, Livingston, MT

“Annual Art Annual Art Auction,” Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT

“Whodunit?” Art Association of Jackson Hole, Jackson, WY

“Encaustic: Nature as Muse,” Steamboat Springs Art Council, Steamboat, CO

“Earth and Sky XV,” Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT

2014 “A Little Art Show,” Toucan Gallery, Billings, MT

“Human/Nature,” Collage Gallery, Big Fork, MT

“Invitational Art Auction,” Water Works Art Museum, Miles City, MT

“Summer Art Social,” Whitefish Community Foundation, Whitefish, MT

“Anniversary Show,” Walking Man Gallery, Whitefish, MT

“Subliminal,” Turro Center for the Arts, Provincetown, MA

“Faculty Exhibition,” Ah Haa School for the Arts, Telluride, CO

“Second Wind” with Michael Kessler, Gallery MAR, Park City, UT

“Small Works,” Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2013 “The White Show,” Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, Telluride, CO

“Fusion: Juried Encaustic Art Exhibit,” Eggman & Walrus, Santa Fe, NM

“Members Exhibition,” International Encaustic Artists, EncaustiCon, Santa Fe, NM

“National Juried Exhibition,” Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
“33^rd Annual Art Auction,” Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO

“Faculty Exhibit,” Ah Haa Art Center, Telluride, CO

“Atmospheric Intentions,” Gallery Mar, Park City, UT

“45^th Annual Art Annual Art Auction,” Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT

“Artists Color Our World,” Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT

“From Paris with Love,” Paris Gibson Square Museum, Great Falls, MT

2012  “ Affordable Art Fair, Seattle,” with Gallery MAR, Seattle, WA

“Wax Digital,” International Encaustic Artists

“The Earth & Sky XIII,” Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT

“Mapping Contemporary,” Atelier 6, Bend, OR

“Favorite Place,” Gallery Mar, Park City, UT

“Rainbow Summer Salon” Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

“Montana Triennial,” Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT

“Shawna Moore and Friends,” Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL

“Tracing Tangents” with Michael Kessler, Gallery Mar, Park City, Utah

“Wild in Montana,” Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT

“40^th Annual Benefit Auction,” Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT

2011 “NEED/WANT,” Northwest Museum of Art and Culture, Spokane, WA

“Art of Our Century,” UVU Woodbury Art Museum, Orem, Utah

“Two Waters with Matt Flint,” Gallery Mar, Park City, UT

“Project Recycle,” The Emerson Center for the Arts, Bozeman, MT

“Art4Shelter,”Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

“Wall of Miniatures,” Hockaday Museum, Kalispell, MT

“On the Wing,” Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT

“Art and Soul,” Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT

2010 “Shawna Moore and Rebecca Crowell,” Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, Telluride, CO

“Shawna Moore and Rebecca Crowell,” Darnell Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

“Bee Conscious,” Gallery Mar, Park City, UT

“Porcelain with David Smith,” Jest Gallery, Whitefish, MT

“Wax Works,” The Emerson Center for Art and Culture, Bozeman, MT

“Elements of Abstraction,” Gallery Mar, Park City, UT

“Contemporary 38,” Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT

2009 “Salon,” Bend Independent Contemporary Artists (BICA), Bend, OR

“3 Painters,” Bend Independent Contemporary Artists (BICA), Bend, OR

“Montana Triennial, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT

“Works from the Heart-Contemporary Art,” Museum of Art and Culture, Spokane, WA

2008 “Global,” Walking Man Gallery, Whitefish, MT

“Summer Works,” Daniel Kany Gallery, Portland, ME

“Northwest Encaustic Invitational,” Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT

“Whodunit?” Art Association of Jackson Hole, Jackson, WY

“Works from the Heart-Contemporary Art,” Museum of Art and Culture, Spokane, WA

“We Are One-Contemporary Art 36,” Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT

2007  “Monothon,” Crow‘s Shadow Institute, Umatilla Reservation, Pendelton, OR

“The Writing’s on the Wall,” Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY

“Women and Wax,” The Walking Man Gallery, Whitefish, MT

“The Elements of Architecture,” Montana Stone Gallery, Kalispell, MT

“Feng-Shui Art,” Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary, Jackson, WY

“Surface & Beyond,” Ruth Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ

“Encaustic II,” Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY

“Annual Juried Show,” Hockaday Museum, Kalispell, MT

“Full Circle-Contemporary Art 35,” Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT

2006  “The Red Show,” Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY

“Summer Group Show,” Kebanu Gallery, Bend, OR

“The 46^th Chromosome,” Jackson Street Gallery, Jackson, WY

“Shawna Moore and Kate Hunt,” Jest Gallery, Whitefish, MT

“Annual Juried Show,” Hockaday Museum, Kalispell, MT

“Whodunit?” Art Association of Jackson Hole, Jackson, Wy

“Pacific Northwest Art Annual,” University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

“Contemporary Art 34,” Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT

“Black & White Show,” Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY

2005 “100 Faces of Whitefish,” O'Shaughnessy Arts Center, Whitefish, MT 

“Trickle:  New Acrylic Paintings,” Avenida Gallery, Bend, Oregon

2004 “The Election Show,” Walking Man Gallery, Whitefish, MT

“Summer Show,” Darnell Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

“3^rd Annual National Drawing Exhibition,” Wiford and Vogt, Santa Fe, NM

“The Big Show,” Avenida Gallery, Bend, OR

2003 “The December Show,” Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

“Natural Abstractions,” Mirror Pond Gallery, Bend, OR

“Contemporary Art 2003,” Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM

2002 “December Invitational,” Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

“Featured 5 x 2, 10 Featured Artists,” Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM

“Anything that Flies,” Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM

“Collect,” Plan B Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2001 “101 Small Changes,” Avenida Gallery, Bend, OR

2000 “The Figure,” Pinkney Gallery, Bend, OR

1998 “Art Redux,” Mirror Pond Gallery, Bend, OR

“Art from the Heart,” Mirror Pond Gallery, Bend, OR

1989/1998/2000/2001 “Juried Student Show,” COCC Gallery, Bend, OR

1994 “Winter Solstice Show,” News Gallery, Bend, OR

1993 “Summer Solstice Show,” News Gallery, Bend, OR

1987 “Dystopia,” Gallery 141, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

1985 “Free for All,” New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR

Awards:

2014 “International Encaustic Artists, La Vendeenne award nomination

“Tuition Scholarship,” 8^th Intl. Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA

2013 “Catto Scholarship,” Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO

“Strategic Development Grant,” Montana Arts Council and the NEA

“International Encaustic Artists, Workshop Grant,” IEA

2010 “Strategic Development Grant,” Montana Arts Council and the NEA

2006 “Professional Development Grant,” Montana Arts Council and the                        National Endowment for the Arts

2004 “Opportunity Grant,” Montana Arts Council and NEA, Whitefish, MT

“Juried National Drawing Exhibition,” Santa Fe, NM

2003 “Juror’s Award,” Contemporary Art 2003, Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM

2001 “First Place,” 3D Design, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR

“Merit Award,” 3D Design, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR

1998 “Merit Award,” Painting, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR

1989 “Golden Paintbrush,” Painting, Central Oregon Community College, Bend

1989-1998 “Talent Grants,” Full Tuition, Central Oregon Community College, Bend

1987 “Academic Achievement Award,” American Institute of Architects, Eugene, OR

Collections:

Charlie Jackson, Malibu, CA

Monica Pastor Design, Whitefish, MT

Covey Estate, Spokane, WA

The Woodlands/Minarovik Residence, Austin, TX

Phil Jackson Residence, New York, NY

Zane Ray Group, Whitefish, MT

Haley’s Hideaway, Whitefish, MT

Safenet Services, Omaha, NE

Icehouse Productions, Dublin, GA

MD Anderson Cancer Treatment Center, Houston, TX

Nicolas Tabbal MD, New York, NY

Chesterman Co., Sioux City, IA

Suzanne Schlosberg, Bend, OR

Phil Jackson Residence, Lakeside, MT

Smyley-Robinson Attorneys, Whitefish, MT

James Patrick Siegal, New York, NY

Gary Papers Architect, San Diego, CA

Douglas Keys Architect, Los Angeles, CA

The Wave, Permanent Collection, Whitefish, MT

R & F Handmade Paints, National Encaustic Slide Library, Kingston, NY

Central Oregon Community College Library, 1% for Art Purchase, Bend, OR

Central Oregon Community College, President’s Purchase Award, Bend, OR

Bluehour Restaurant, Bruce Carey, Portland, OR

Richard Archer, New Castle upon Tyne, England

Tsolakis Architects, Volos, Greece

Professional Experience: 

2016  --Affiliated instructor for R&F Handmade Paints

2015  --Crowd sourced art auction to fund post-earthquake relief in Nepal

2014 --Launched Encaustic Teacher Training Program

2013 -- Online Videos-Advanced Encaustic Tutorials

--International Workshops, Toronto, Canada and Melbourne and Sydney, Australia

2012 --Encaustic Painting Workshops, Nationwide

2010 --Arts in April, Whitefish Public Schools, Whitefish, MT

2009  --Whitefish Salon, Montana Women’s Art Collective, Founder

--Visiting Artist, Whitefish High School, Art Department

2008 --Juror, “Reflections,” National Student Art Competition

2007  --Curator, “Women and Wax,“ National Invitational Encaustic Show, MT

--Art as Business Series, Artist Panel, Hockaday Museum, Kalispell, MT

--McCool Education Endowment, Founder, COCC Bend, OR

--Professional Dev. Grant through Montana Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

2005 --Children's Art Workshops in conjunction with Whitefish Head Start, Whitefish, MT

2004 --“Dia de Los Ninos,” National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM

2003--Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Encaustic Workshops, Los Alamos, NM

--University of New Mexico, Substitute Instructor, Los Alamos, NM

2002 --Harwood Art Center, Encaustic Workshops with Ellen Koment, Albuquerque, NM

Publications:

Encaustic Art in the Twenty-First Century, Ann Lee & E. Ashley Rooney, 2/16

Painted Sky-Artists of the Rocky Mountain West, E. Ashley Rooney, 12/15

Shawna Moore, “Close to the Edge,” edited by Rita Braun, 11/15

Telluride Daily Planet, “Telluride Gallery of Fine Art Celebrates 30^th Anniversary,” 7/15

30 Year Retrospective Exhibition Catalogue, Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, 7/15

The Life Lessons of Art’s Lessons, Mountain Express Magazine, 6/15

Jackson Hole News and Guide, “Whodunnit? Offers anonymous art for sale” 3/15

Billings Gazette, “YAM Auction Showcases Established and Emerging Artists,” 2/15

Whitefish Review, “Fire,” Whitefish, MT 06/14

Encaustic Arts Magazine, Artist Feature, 05/14

Shawna Moore, “Earth and Sky,” edited by Rita Braun, 03/14

Western Art and Architecture, “Montana Modern,” Bozeman, MT 8/13

Big Sky Journal, “New Directions: Shawna Moore,” Bozeman, MT 6/13

Whitefish Review, “Beneath the Surface,” Whitefish, MT 12/12

Professional Artist, “Balancing a Family Life and a Creative Life,” 12/12

Western Art and Architecture, “Ones to Watch,” 5/12

The Park Record, “Natural Abstractions,” 3/12

Missoulian, “MAM Hosts Most Successful Benefit since Recession,” 2/12

The Park Record, “Guest artist Shawna More to hold Encaustic Sessions at Kimball Art Center,” 9/11

Shawna Moore, “Inside the Line,” Madeline Shinn Boyle, 09/11

Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine, “For One, For All,” 05/11

Whitefish Review, Whitefish, MT, Spring 2011

Briar Cliff Review, Sioux City, Iowa, 2011

Montana’s Cultural Treasures, 2010-2014

Encaustic Art Book, Lissa Rankin, 2010

Cascade A&E, “3 Painters, BICA Gallery,” 11/09

Shawna Moore, “Encaustic Paintings,” Madeline Shinn Boyle12/08

Missoulian, “Waxing Eloquent at the Missoula Art Museum,” 7/08

The Montana Arts and Culture Magazine, “Encaustic Invitational,” 6/08

Missoula Independent, “Waxing Artistic,” 6/08

Missoula Art Museum, “New Exhibitions--Encaustic Invitational,” 4/08

Jackson Hole New and Guide, “Contemporary Encaustic Artist Waxes Poetic,” 3/08

Planet Jackson Hole, “Encaustic Celebration,” 3/08

East Oregonian, “Printmakers at Crow’s Shadow,” 11/07

The Daily Inter Lake, “Waxing Artistic,” 8/07

Missoula Independent, “Waxy Buildup,”

Flathead Beacon, “A Unique Texture in Whitefish,” 8/07

Intertainer,“ Poetic Waxing,” 8/07

Montana Arts and Culture, “Women and Wax,“ 8/07

Flathead Beacon,” A Unique Texture in Whitefish,” 8/07

Daily Interlake Intertainer, “Poetic Waxing,” 8/07

Whitefish Pilot, “Encaustic Show,” 7/07

Santa Fe Reporter, “Climate Change,“ 5/07

Montana Arts and Culture, “Shawna Moore Encaustic Artist,” 4/07

Sun Valley Mountain Express, “Art In Common,” 1/07

Whitefish Pilot, “Portrait of an Artist: Shawna Moore,” 3/06

Jackson Hole News and Guide, “Paintings Bewitch with Color,” 2/06

Planet Jackson Hole, “Shawna Moore at Jackson Street Gallery,” 2/06

The Source, “A New Lens,” 2/06

Cascade Arts and Entertainment, “Avenida Spring Show,” 3/05

The New Mexican, “The Art of Yoga,” 8/04

The Source, “Painting Big,” 3/04

Santa Fe Magazine, “National Drawing Exhibition,” 3/04

The Source, “Burning in the Layers,” 7/03

Kaleidoscope, “Shawna Moore’s Southwest Inspired Abstracts,” 8/02