SHEILA KOLLASCH
Fine Art Resume
EDUCATION
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Bachelor of Arts in Art with a minor in Museum Studies, Prescott College, 1995
Associate of Arts, Glendale Community College, 1974
Undergraduate work in fine art, Arizona State University, 1970-1975
FINE ARTIST, 1975 to present
Solo and invitational shows/exhibitions:
2008
Arizona Museum for Youth
2006
Tempe Public Library, Painted Trails, Solo exhibition
2005
East Side Art Gallery, Solo exhibition
2004
Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix—Artist Emeritus
2004
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art—artist home and studio tour
2003
Central Arizona College Gallery, Coolidge—Sheila Kollasch: Details in the Landscape,
Solo exhibition
2003
Grand Canyon University, Phoenix—Sentinels
2003
Tempe Public Library, Tempe—Sentinels
2002
Paper Heart Gallery, Phoenix—Sentinels
2002
Mesa Southwest Museum—Desert Textures, The Art of Sheila Kollasch,
Solo Exhibition
2000
Wickenburg Community Center—Desert Textures: The Art of Sheila Kollasch,
Solo Exhibition
1992
Tohono Chul Park, Tucson—Rocks, Roots, Twigs and Trees, Solo Exhibition
1991
Art Detour ’91, Art Link Mystery Gallery, Two Person Show
1991 and 1990
Fifth Avenue Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego—Solo Show
1990 and 1981
Scottsdale Community College—Solo Exhibition
1990
Galeria Mesa, Mesa Arts Center—Solo Exhibition
1989
Phoenix Little Theater—Solo Exhibition
1989
Mesa Southwest Museum—Into the Superstitions
1987
Mesa Southwest Museum—Capturing the Canyon
1986 to 1988
Arizona Commission on the Arts—Arizona Landscapes, Two Person
Traveling Exhibition
1984
Scottsdale Center for the Arts—R.A.F.T. (Recession Artists’ Float Trip)
1983
Moon’s Cafe and Gallery, Tempe—Solo Show
1982
Pinal County Art Gallery, Florence, AZ—Solo Show
1977
Phoenix College—Solo Exhibition
Group exhibitions (selected):
2006
Tohono Chul Park—Tough Lovlies: Agaves and Yuccas in Art
2005
Dinnerware Contemporary Arts—Le Salon des Refuses
2003
Commonwheel Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO—Tierra Madre/Mother Earth, Two
Person Show
2003
Eye Lounge, Phoenix—6x6, invitational exhibition
1999
Arizona Museum for Youth—Woodlands
1994
Arizona Museum for Youth—Weather or Not
1990
Coconino Center for the Arts—Images of the Grand Canyon
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1989
1989
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1982 – 1984
1983
1982, 1980
1977 – 1980
1976
1975, 1973
Coconino Center for the Arts—Arizona Artists
Galeria Mesa, Mesa Arts Center—Earth Views
Paradise Valley Community College—Don Ruffin Memorial--Award of Excellence,
Two purchase awards
Paradise Valley Community College—Don Ruffin Memorial
Arizona State Capitol—Past, Present and Future
Tucson Museum of Art—Primavera
Grand Canyon College—Arizona Prints
Arizona Commission on the Arts—Phoenix Artists Coalition, Group Traveling
Exhibition
Verde Valley Art Association—First Place Graphics
Tucson Museum of Art—Biennial
Joy Tash Gallery, Scottsdale
Phoenix College—Grand Canyon Paint Off, First Place
Arizona State University, student exhibition
Public and Corporate Collections:
Publication:
Bank of Scottsdale
Central Arizona College
Century 21 Real Estate
First Interstate Bank of Arizona
McDonald’s Corporation
Mesa Southwest Museum
Paradise Valley Community College
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital North
Valley National Bank of Arizona
Arizona Republic, 1994, 2002, 2004
Arizona Highways Magazine, 1987
Downtown Phoenix, 2004 (cover artist)
New Times (Phoenix, AZ), 1983
Black Mountain News (Cave Creek, AZ),
1979
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Discovery Writing for Artists, summers of 1988 and 1989, Sandy Ballatore, Instructor, Phoenix, Arizona.
Six weekends of intensive artistic self-evaluation and writing designed to result
in a definitive understanding and the writing of, an artist’s statement.
Earthworks, July 1987, Rio Salado Community College, Roden Crater, Arizona. A two-week
art history course on earthworks held at Roden Crater with James Turrell.
Fifteen students lived on, worked at and participated in the creation of an earthwork
while studying other sites using the texts provided by the instructor.
SCHOLARSHIP
Valley National Bank, National Scholastic Art Awards, four-year full tuition scholarship for
fine art to Arizona State University, 1970.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Self employed as the Kollasch Studio, Phoenix, 1977 to 1991 and March 2001 to present
Painting works of fine art for exhibition and sale.
Museum Assistant, Phoenix Airport Museum, City of Phoenix, part-time February 2002 to 2010,
then full time to present
Job-sharing the position of Museum Assistant for the City of Phoenix, Phoenix Airport Museum, one of
the largest airport art exhibition programs in the United States. Duties include curating and installing art
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and history exhibitions; managing registration and collection management tasks for the permanent art
collection; guiding the program through Museum Assessment Programs in preparation for accreditation.
Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, February 2008 to 2010
Part time assisting in the registration department and collection storage areas in preparation for the
museum to open.
Museum Consultant, Phoenix, March 2001 to Februray 2002
Freelancing for museum and art center organizations to manage single projects or to provide assistance
with any or all phases of exhibition work; transportation of objects; registrarial tasks. I worked on projects
for Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Sky Harbor Art Program and the Phippen Museum of Western
Art.
Curator/Registrar, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, Arizona, January 1991February 2001
A separate resume is available upon request.
Adjunct faculty as a mentor for the Adult Degree Program, Prescott College, 1998
Mentor for a course entitled “History and Art in the Western Tradition.” A ‘hands-on’ art appreciation
course with components in Western art history covering 1840 to 1960, artist studio visits, experimentation
in various two-dimensional media and journal writing.
Consultant, Mesa Southwest Museum, Mesa, Arizona, 1997
Designed and wrote implementation plans for three permanent galleries (fine art, photography, natural
history) adopted for use within a major expansion of the Museum which opened in May 2000.
Guest Curator, Mesa Southwest Museum, Mesa, Arizona, 1990 to 2000
General Duties
Create, design, write and install art exhibitions on environmental or regional themes. Responsible for
contacting collectors, negotiating all loans, keeping records, transporting and installing all items.
Responsible also for the safe return of the items and assisting with associated educational programming.
Accomplishments
Exhibitions produced include:
 2000 - Home on the Range, an exhibition featuring three Arizona artists whose works focus on the
societal issues of the areas they consider home. Anne Coe, Kay Emig and Lynn Tabor focused on life
and death, city sprawl on deserts, and pristine skyscapes, respectively.
 2000 - Beyond the Visible Terrain, The Art of Ed Mell.
 1998 - Merrill Mahaffey, a one-man exhibition featuring recent works by a renowned regional
landscape painter whose work focuses on water and National Parks (a catalog was printed).
 1994 - Fish Out of Water, an examination of water quality in the American West through the art and
personal statements of several artists and writers.
 1992 - Arizona Wildlife, a fine art exhibition showcasing the wide variety of wildlife found in the state
of Arizona.
 1990 - The Living Mirage, Scenes of Southwestern Desert Flora, Two-dimensional art works from
1863 to 1990 depicting the rich variety of flora found in North America’s five deserts, all of which
converge in Arizona.
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LECTURES/WORKSHOPS PRESENTED
Presenter: “Drawing Trees”, Arizona Museum for Youth, 2008
Presenter: “Real Artist/Real Life.” A talk directed at all levels of art students about making a career in the
arts. Yavapai College Fine Arts Center, November 11, 2003.
Presenter: “Desert Textures.” A plein air painting demonstration and workshop for art teachers. Arizona
Art Education Association, Annual Conference, Aguila, Arizona, November 9, 2002.
Co-presenter: “Grant Writing: Help Your Sponsor Help Yourself.” Session designed to help Roster
artists collaborate with their sponsor organizations in writing their residency grant. Arizona Commission
on the Arts, Annual Roster Artist Symposium, Casa Grande, Arizona, January 6, 1996.
Co-presenter: “Vision 2000: Museums and Arizona’s Arts Education Partnership.” Session dealing with
statewide, multi-organization arts education. Museum Association of Arizona, Annual Conference,
Yuma, Arizona, March 23, 1995.
PUBLICATION/CONTRIBUTIONS
 Project Coordinator for the book to accompany the exhibition entitled, The Cowboy’s Dream: The Mythic
Life and Art of Lon Megargee, written by Dr. Betsy Fahlman, published by Desert Caballeros Western
Museum, 2002.
 Author, “Howard Post, Poetry and Paint.” Southwest Art, cover article, December 1992.
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
 Arizona Commission on the Arts: Traveling Exhibition Panelist, 1997; Festivals Panelist, 1995; Visual
Arts Grants Panelist, 1993.
 Phoenix Arts Commission: Visual Arts Grants Panelist, 1993.
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
 I presented a two-hour course on Western American cowboy art for Elderhostel, in Wickenburg, on
an annual basis 1992-1997.
 SOS! (Save Outdoor Sculpture!) Community Coordinator, 1993. I documented all outdoor sculpture
in the communities and areas outlined by Wickenburg, Bagdad, Scull Valley and Yarnell, Arizona. I
attended the training session sponsored by the Arizona Commission on the Arts then fulfilled the
requirements outlined for the program by the Smithsonian Institution.
 Artist-panelist invited to assist the selection of artists for the City of Scottsdale’s Percent for the Arts
Project at Scottsdale Stadium, 1990.
 Co-founder of the Phoenix Artists Coalition, 1980; president, 1982-1986. PAC was a sometimes loose,
sometimes very tightly organized club founded to foster recognition of local artists who were out of art
school but not renowned. It provided a regular meeting place to air creative ideas, nurture artistic
growth and find peer support. As part of my duties, I organized and managed several group exhibition
installations, met with the media, organized meetings, secured guest speakers, and printed the
newsletter.
 Juror, speaker or demonstrator for many community art clubs in Glendale, Lake Havasu City, Phoenix,
Prescott, Sun City, Sun City West, and Wickenburg. Co-juror for the Yavapai College Fall Student Art
Exhibition, 2003.
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