Contemporary Fine Art Shows
- Art Santa Fe, July 2019, Peace Waters Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- International Fine Art by Biennial Basel, June 2019, PAKS Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
- International Contemporary Art, Cannes Biennale, May 2019, PAKS Gallery, Cannes, France
- Art Expo New York, April 2019, Peace Waters Fine Art, New York, New York
- Naples Art, Antiques and Jewelry, February 2019, Steidel Contemporary, Naples, Florida
- LA Art Show Modern + Contemporary, January 2019, Sergott Contemporary Art, Los Angeles California
- Context Art Miami, December 2018, Sergott Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida
- Art San Diego, October 2018, Peace Waters Fine Art Gallery, San Diego, California
Solo Exhibitions
- Leaping Lotus/Assi Design Center, Solana Beach, California, August 25-26, 2018
- Escondido Arts Partnership, Escondido, California, April – October 2018
- Lincoln Experience Center, Newport Beach California, July 19, 2018
- IKAT & Pearls Gallery, Ventura, California, June 16, 2018
- Emerald C Gallery, Coronado, California, November 2017
- ArtBeat on Main Street, Vista, California, Masters of Men & Spirit, September – October 2016
- Refresh Rx, San Diego, California, June – September 2016
Select Juried Exhibitions
- “Summation,” Escondido Municipal Gallery, Escondido, California, December 2018, Will Gibson – Juror
- “Survey of Contemporary Encaustic,” Chaffey Museum, Ontario, Calendar, January – March 2019
- “Papered,” Ashton Gallery, San Diego, California, September 2018, Valentine Viannay – Juror
- “Bees and Wax,” Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, Arizona, September-October 2018, Sherrie Posternak – Juror
- “Endless Possibilities,” Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, August 2018
- “Going Green,” Art on 30th, San Diego, California, July 2018, Brenda York – Juror
- “Creamsicle,” Art on 30th, San Diego, California, June 2018, Tina and Craig Abernathy – Jurors
- One of a Kind Chicago, Merchandise Mart, April 27-29, 2018
- The Beverly Hills Art Show, May 19-20, 2018
- The Contemporary Crafts Market, Pasadena, California, October 2018
- West Coast Fiber & Book Arts, Escondido Arts Partnership, Escondido, California, September 2016, Michael Rohde – Juror
- Making Your Mark, International Encaustic Artists/Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 2016, David Limrite – Juror
- 34th Annual Wallowa Valley Festival of Arts, September 2016, Steve Henderson – Juror
- Vista Civic Center, Vista, California, August- October 2016
- “Rock the Red,” Art on 30th, San Diego, California, February 2016, Alessandra Moctezuma – Juror
“The Sunny Side of the Street,” May 2016
“It Figures,” June 2016, Stephanie Goldman – Juror - Bigfork Arts & Cultural Center (BACC), Spring Members Show, Bigfork, Montana, April 2016
Earthworks – Art in Wood, Metal and Leather, June 2016, Shadowhawke Garnet – Juror - Contemporary Realism, Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery, Escondido California, April 2016, Don Manor – Juror
Abstracts and Surrealism, June 2016, Duke Windsor – Juror - “Petal Pushers,” La Jolla Art Association, La Jolla, California, April 2016, Patrick Mason – Juror
A San Diego State of Mind, June 2016 - Las La Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, July 2016
- Mission Federal ArtWalk, San Diego, California, March 2016
- Sage Gallery, Portland, Oregon, June 2016, Clare O’Neill- Juror
- “Putting It Together,” The Foundry Exhibitions, August 12 – September 23, 2016
- ArtBeat on Main Street, Vista, California
Recognition
- Art Expo New York 2019 Curatorial Committee selected Shima Shanti – Peace Waters Collective as one of the featured artist’s for the Spotlight Program.
- Panel Member on Art Expo New York – Art Talks Topics & Trends
- Second Place, “New Ideas, Books, Print, and Pulp,” Escondido Municipal Gallery, July 2018, Brenda York – Juror
- Second Place, Escondido Arts Partnership, Novel Ideas, Escondido, California, July 2018, Elaine Antoniuk – Juror
- Honorable Mention, Escondido Arts Partnership, Refresh: Past, Present, Future, May 2018, Wendy Morris – Juror
Galleries
- ADC, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Emerald C Gallery, Coronado, California
- Buffalo Dance Gallery, Bigfork, Montana
- hunt & Gather, Portland, Oregon
- Assi Design Studio, Leaping Lotus, Solana Beach, California
- Firefly, Jerome, Arizona
Affiliations and Memberships
- OMA Artist Alliance
- Oceanside Museum of Art
- La Jolla Art Association
- Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery
- International Encaustic Artists – IEA
- LAXWAX Art Los Angeles Chapter IEA
- San Diego Visual Arts Network – SDVAN
- Collage Artists of America
- The American Society of Interior Designers ASID
- Encaustic Art Institute – EAI
- Tubac Center of the Arts