Maria Sharylen

 

Maria’s works have been exhibited in several museums and held in important collections nationally and internationally. Oils are her main focus and her work is available in Giclee’ prints.

Memberships and Affiliations

Founding Member: Board of Directors, Willamette Valley Arts Council
President/Founder: American Academy of Women Artists, (retired)
Co-Founder/President: The Other Side of the West
Artist/Consultant/Historian: Pageant of the Masters, Laguna Beach California
Museum Exhibitions

Women Artists and the West; Tucson Fine Art Museum, Arizona
Clymer Museum, Ellensburg, Washington
American Academy of Women Artists; Desert Caballeros Museum, Wickenburg Arizona
Arizona Historical Society Museum, Phoenix
Bush Museum, Salem Oregon
The Other Side of the West, Desert Caballeros Museum, Wickenburg Arizona
Author

Book: Artists of the Pacific Northwest to 1970, MacFarland Publishing
Editorials: American Art Review, Sunstorm Fine Art, Cowboys and Indians, Signatures Quarterly
Published Features

Scottsdale Life Magazine
Palm Springs Life
Equine Image
Sedona Magazine
Art Talk Magazine
Southwest Art
Cowboys & Indians
Sunstorm Fine Art
Art of the West
Phoenix Home & Garden
The Woman Artist and the American West (book)
Art News Magazine
US Art Magazine
Art Life Magazine

Four Year ‘Other Side of the West’
National Museum Tour, 2000-2004
Books in Progress

A biographical essay: Maria Sharylens, `On Hallowed Ground; Published by International Fine Art Publishers
`The Other Side of the West’, Published by International Fine Art Publishers
Special Projects

On Hallowed Ground: currently filming, writing and illustrating the 200 year history of Southern Arizona for a 13 part series documentary beginning with Padre Eusebio Kino in 1687 and concluding with the surrender of Geronimo in 1887.
The Artists Workshops – PBS Special – One-hour feature presented in the Fall 2002.