KATHLEEN SHEARD
Kathleen Sheard is an internationally recognized wildlife artist who creates realistic wildlife paintings and sculpture in glass. Kathleen is a member of the Society of Animal Artists and Artists for Conservation.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Over Land and Sea, Wildlife Art invitational, Aiken Center for the Arts, Aiken, South Carolina, October 2025
Spring Unveiling, Icefire Glassworks, Cannon Beach, Oregon, May 2025
Group show, 50 Years of Glass in Cannon Beach, Icefire Glassworks, Cannon Beach, Oregon, 2022
Featured Artist, Icefire Glassworks, Earth & Ocean Arts Festival, Cannon Beach, OR., September 2019/2021
Members show, Society of Animal Artists, Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ., August 2020
Sea Turtle Festival, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton, FL., Feb. 2018
South Eastern Regional Sea Turtle Meeting, Exhibitor, Myrtle Beach SC., Feb 2018
Holter Museum of Art, Aquarium Gallery, Conservation from River to Ocean, Helena, MT., November 2016
COMMISSIONS
2014 – 2024 Tea Cup Crevasse Coral Reef. Vancouver, WA.
2013 Kelp Forest and Sea Otter. Portland, OR.
2011 Winter Cougar. Vancouver, WA.
2011 Raven Clan. Corbett, OR.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
Turtle Survival Alliance 3nd Annual Turtle Course, Cross, South Carolina, September 2025
Artists for Conservation – Environmental Statement Award for Sculpture, October 2017
October 2015 – Artists for Conservation honors Kathleen Sheard as recipient of the AFC Monthly Conservation Artist Award
2001 Sculptor Round-table, “41rst Annual SAA Exhibition”, West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ.
PUBLICATIONS
“Artist to Artist – Lessons My Art Has Taught Me” Glass Art Magazine, May/June, 2022
“Contemporary Wildlife Art”, Cindy Ann Coldiron, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. May 2015
“Women Working in Glass”, Lucartha Kohler, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., June, 2003
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Artist Studio, Hamilton, Montana
Artist Studio, Haines, Alaska
The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
C3 Studios, Duluth, Georgia Weisser Glass Studios, Washington, DC.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Eugene Glass School, Eugene, Oregon
IN-THE-FIELD EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION
2019/2023 Leatherback Sea Turtle Patrol Volunteer, Pacuare Nature Reserve, Costa Rica
2016-08 Sea Turtle Volunteer Alligator Point, Florida/corresponding workshops
2015 Hawaiian Wildlife Fund, Sea Turtle Volunteer. Maui. January.
2015 PADI Open Water Certification, Kona, Hawaii. January