BIO

Hyla Shifra Bolsta
hylajack@mcn.org

Education

1964-68 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
B. F. A. fine arts and graphics - prize in Mercyhurst National Print Show

1968-1970 Fine Arts work Center (FAWC), Provincetown, MA
Two year Fellowship Grant mentors; Myron Stout, Jim Forsberg, Fritz Bultman critiques with Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Red Grooms & others Also: exposure to the writers division, Pulitzer Prize winners - Alan Dugan, Robert Lowell, Norman Mailer, Stanley Kunitz, Louise Gluck

1992-1995 Masters degree in Psycholgy, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA

Professional Arts

1970- 1976 Group shows in Boston and Provincetown, MA, Maine and Israel private collections in N.Y., NY, L.A., CA and Israel

1976-1979 Artist , exhibit designer for Cumberland Natural Science Museum, Nashville, TN
Book jacket design for Thomas Nelson, Nashville TN Book creation, design, illustration: "What To Do With Kids in Nashville" Documentary film titles for Meharry Medical School

1979-1998 Groups Shows in S.F., Marin, and San Jose CA
prize-winning entries in various national and west coast shows One Woman Shows in Marin County, CA Commissioned illustration & design for various companies such as: Marcel Schurman Greeting Cards; Betchart Inc.; Greenpeace; BookPeople

1998-2003 representation in galleries:

• ConneXtions, Sausalito, CA - One Woman Show
• Christiansen-Heller, Oakland, CA- One Woman Show
• Virginia Brier, S.F., CA
• Wintergreen, S.F., CA
• Earthworks, Sonoma, CA
• Ars in Fine, Paris, France
• International exhibition in Florence, Italy
• Rookie Two, Anderson Valley, CA

Also represented in Los Gatos, St. Helena, Santa Monica, CA Dobbs Ferry, Irvington (River Gallery) and Tarrytown, (Red Wing Gallery) NY Web presence: Made In the Hudson Valley; LAArtists Commissions: murals, residential, Tarrytown, NY private collections U.S.A, Israel, Europe

2003-present Connextions, Sausalito, CA VIrginia Brier, S.F., CA Deborah Davis Fine Arts, Hudson, NY MacCullum House, Mendocino, CA Village Pottery & Gallery, Healdsburg, CA