About the Artist

Shirley Koller demonstrating "Lunar Landing" maquette at Jewish Community Center lecture, Rockville, MD, 2006

Shirley Koller is a Washington, D.C. resident who is actively engaged in blending her talents as a sculptor and curator. She exhibits her sculpture in local venues and on the eastern seaboard. She is juried into many competitive shows and is invited to exhibit her work in special exhibitions. She has a Master of Fine Arts degree from American University, and a B.Sc. from Case/Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Art. In 2001, Koller received the Alumni Hall of Fame Honor from Shaker Heights High School, Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Shirley Koller demonstrating "Lunar Landing" maquette, Jewish Community Center, Rockville, MD, 2006

~Early in 2007, she will participate in "Sculpture Now 2007,” a juried exhibit at Washington Square, Washington, D.C., with the Washington Sculptors Group. 

~In Spring 2007, she will show at Washington Square with the Tri-State Sculptors Education Association. 

~In April 2006, the artist was invited to show her sculpture at the Artisans Center of Virginia in Waynesboro, Virginia, and was a featured artist at the Imago Gallery in Warren, Rhode Island. She also exhibited at the Arlington Arts Center, in Arlington, Virginia, and at the Craven Arts Council and Center in New Berne, North Carolina in November and December 2006. 

~In May 2006, the artist was invited to give a lecture and slide presentation called “The Joy of Sculpture” at the Jewish Community Center in Rockville, Maryland. 

~In her position as a curator, Koller develops and designs art and science exhibits at The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) with headquarters building in Washington, D.C. 

~In June 2001, she participated in an International Art and Science meeting at Tsinghua University in Bejing, China, and exhibited a painting at Beijing's International Art Museum. 

~In December 2002, Koller participated in a Publication and Communication Science and Technology International Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. At that conference, she presented a poster session, where she showed and discussed announcements of artwork which emphasize the relationship between science and art. 

Shirley Koller's sculpture can be seen on her web site: http:/shirleykoller.com/. 

 

Artwork in Public Collections 

  • “The Joy of Transportation”  Metal Wall Sculpture selected by the MetroArt II Competition. Installed at the Ballston Metro Station, Arlington, VA  1900-1994. Jurors: Lois Fink, National Museum of American Art, Kent Ispen, Virginia Commonwealth University, Keith Morrison, University of Maryland 
  • Silverstein & Mullens Law Firm, Washington, DC  August 2001 
  • The American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C. 1996 
  • IBM Research Headquarters, Durham, NC 
  • George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 

Awards 

  • Charlottesville Downtown Association, Charlottesville, VA, Purchase Awards 
  • United Virginia Bank, Fairfax, VA 
  • National Museum of American Art, Explore Gallery Invitational Washington, D.C.  1979-1980 
  • The Akin Group Law Firm, Washington, D.C. 

Selected Solo Exhibitions 

  • Artisans Center of Virginia, Invitational Waynesboro, VA  2006 
  • Project Brasses, Washington Gas Company Sculpture Exhibition, Invitational  2003 
  • The Watkins Gallery, American University, Invitational 
  • Gatehouse Gallery, Mt. Vernon College, Washington, D.C. Invitational 
  • Friedholm fine Arts Gallery, Asheville, NC Invitational 
  • “O” Street Studios, Washington, D.C. Invitational 
  • The American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington D.C. Invitational 
  • Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA Invitational 

Selected Group Exhibitions 

  • International Sculpture Show, Craven Gallery, New Berne, NC  November/December 2006
  • “Mapping the Pulse” American Center for Physics Invitational, Curator: Sarah Tanguy 
  • Tri-State Sculptors Annual Exhibition, Appalachian State University  2005 
  • “Pandamania” D.C. Commission of the Arts Juried Exhibition, Washington, D.C.  2004 
  • “Sculpture Now 2004” Washington Sculptors Group Juried Exhibition, Washington, D.C.  2004 
  • Tri-State Sculptors Annual Conference, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC  2003 
  • “Summer Exhibition” Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ Juried  2002 
  • “Party Animals” D.C. Commission of the Arts Washington, D.C. Juried  2002 
  • “90th Anniversary of Tsinghua University, Art and Science International Exhibition”  Bejing Museum of Art, Beijing, China, July 2001, Jurors: Prof. T.D. Lee, Prof Wu Guanzhpmg, Tsinghua University 
  • “Brookside Gardens”  Annual Exhibition, Wheaton, MD Juried  2001 and 2003 
  • “Two Thousand Plus One”  Washington Square, Tri-State Sculptors, Washington, D.C. Juried  2000-2001 
  • “Summer Exhibition”  Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, Juried  2000 
  • “Sculpture Now, 2000 Apocalypse”  Washington Sculptors Group, Washington, D.C. Juried  2000 
  • “Art Show 26”  The Agnon School, Cleveland, OH, Invitational  2000 
  • “A Sense of Place” Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC, Saw-Tooth Gallery, National Juried Show 1999 
  • “Traditions In Transition 1999”  Franklin G. Burroughs-Simon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach SC 
  • “Washington Sculptors 99”  Gallery 505, Washington, D.C., Juror: Willem DeLooper  1999 
  • “Sculpture 99”  Tysons II Corporate Center, Vienna, VA Invitational  1999 
  • “Short Stories”  The Mill River Gallery, Ellicott  City, MD Invitational  1999 
  • “Sculptors Plans, Maquettes”  Gallery 505, Washington, D.C., Juror: Joann Mose 
  • “In Three Dimensions, Women Sculptors of the Nineties”  The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art 
  • Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, Curator: Charlotte Streifer-Rubenstein

© 2007 Shirley Koller