Sheena Rae Dowling

Artist San Diego, CA

likes- prussian blue, ladders, hair, gauzy fabric, meat as a metaphor dislikes- red

MFA Pratt Institute
BFA San Diego State University

Selected Shows
Kinetics, A Reason To Survive, San Diego, CA 2022
Syntax, Art Produce, San Diego, CA, 2022
Drive Through Art Exhibition, Mesa College, San Diego CA, 2020
Illumination, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 2020
Therefore I Am, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Orange County, CA 2019
Exquisite Corpse, Bread and Salt, San Diego, CA 2019
Yes is Yes, No is No, LyceumTheater, San Diego, CA 2018
Extreme Altitudes, San Diego Central Library, CA 2018
Memories of a Blackout, San Diego Art Institute Horton Plaza Project Space, 2018 (solo show)
Invisible y Resistencia Bi National Art Festival, La Casa del Tunel Art Center, Tijuana, Mexico 2017
Art as Protest, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Orange County, CA 2017
Nasty Women, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA 2017
Intergalactic Dreaming, San Diego International Airport, CA 2017
Southern California Baja Biennial, San Diego Art Institute, CA December 2016
Shades of Red, Vista Chamber of Commerce, Vista, CA, July 2016
Women’s Work, The San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA, October 2015
MAS Attack, Torrence Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, June 2014
Discount Space Travel, San Diego Art Department, San Diego, CA, March 2014
Common Thread: That’s What I Thought You Said, Planet Rooth, San Diego, CA, March 2014
Featured Artist, San Diego Art Department, San Diego, CA, May 2013
Burnt, Loft 594, Brooklyn, NY, February 2013
Gymnophobia, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, May 2012 (solo show)
Instinct, Brooklyn, NY, January 2012
No Trend, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, December 2011
Graduate Review, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, September 2011
Architecture of Devotion, Gowanus Ballroom, Brooklyn, NY, June 2011
Layers, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, February 2011
Graduate Review, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY September 2010
The Regional Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA, April 2010
Body Narratives, The New Americans Museum, San Diego, CA, December 2009
Carlsbad Art Honors Award Show, Lynn Forbes Sculpture School, Carlsbad, CA, August 2009
By the Running Foot, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, March 2009
Sixth Annual SDSU Art Council Scholarship Exhibition, The Athenaeum , La Jolla CA, May 2008
Mischievous Alterations, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, May 2008
Pillow Talk, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, April 2008 (solo show)
Annual Student Award Show, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, March 2008, 2007
Fofo 60, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, December 2007
Annual Juried Student Art Show, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, March 2008, 2007

Awards and Scholarships
Virgil Yalong Grant, Rising Art Leaders, September 2022
Biology Through Art Incubator Collaborator, National Science Foundation, in partnership with National University, 2021-22
Turning Point Home Teaching Artist Residency, September- November 2021
Virgil Yalong Quick Grant, Rising Arts Leaders, July 2021
Mural Commision, Downtown San Diego Partnership, June 2021
Public Art Initiative Awardee, Park Social, San Diego City, November 2020
Mini Grant, Rising Arts Leaders, San Diego, September 2020
Mural Commission, Covered California, City Heights, January 2018
Artist Residency, San Diego Art Institute, Horton Plaza, October 2017-January 2018
Excellence in Academic Achievement, Pratt Institute, New York, May 2012
Joan Mitchell MFA Grant Nominee, March 2012
Dedalus Foundation Grant Nominee, December 2011
Pratt Institute Scholarship, Fall 2010, Spring and Summer 2011
Art Council Scholarship, June 2008
Extended Studies Purchase Award, March 2007
Dean’s List, San Diego State University, Fall 2005- Spring 2008

Education

Pratt Institute

MFA in Art

Masters in art with an emphasis in sculpture and installation

San Diego State University

BA in Fine Art

Bachelors in art, emphasis in painting and printmaking, with a minor in art history

Specialties

Sculpture Painting Video Installation