About Shirley Hazlett
Shirley Hazlett hails from the San Francisco Bay Area and loves art that abstractly conveys an idea, expresses a feeling, or recalls a memory. She creates paintings on stiffened silk, a unique process she developed while completing her MFA in painting at the San Francisco Art Institute.
Hazlett has exhibited paintings at the Crocker Art Museum, The California Museum, Verge Center for the Arts, The Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Santa Monica, ArtSpace in British Columbia, KB Gallery in Oregon, and the Diego Rivera Gallery and Root Division both in San Francisco. In Sacramento, she has shown at Axis Gallery, Shimo Center for the Arts, Arthouse on R, and the Sacramento Temp. Her work is publicly installed at locations in Sacramento, Carmichael, and San Francisco.
Shirley has had a lifelong love for the arts, starting at age 7 when she was the self-appointed family photographer with her beloved Brownie Starflash Kodak camera, capturing her world 12 images per roll. She added textile arts to her repertoire as a teenager, working with natural fibers such as silk and cotton, materials she uses today in her painting practice.
She completed an MFA in Painting, with Honors, at the San Francisco Art Institute and holds dual BA degrees in Art Studio and Art History from the California State University, Sacramento.
See Shirley's signature acrylic on silk painting at the Crocker Art Museum May-June 8, 2025.
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