EDUCATION
2011 TYLER SCHOOL OF ART, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Summer Painting Intensive
2008 BACHELOR OF ARTS SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, San Francisco, CA, Painting and Drawing emphasis
2006 QUEENSLAND COLLEGE OF ART, Brisbane, Australia Conceptual Painting and Printmaking emphasis
2003 STUDIO ART CENTER INTERNATIONAL, Florence, Italy, Summer Session, Advanced Painting, Art History and Italian emphasis
2000 SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA, Summer Session, Painting and Textiles emphasis
AWARDS
2011 Fellowship Recipient, Summer Painting Intensive, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2011 SF Weekly’s 4th Annual ARTOPIA Grant Finalist, San Francisco, CA
2008 Martin Wong Scholarship Winner, San Francisco State University
SOLO EXHIBITION
2011 “Laurel Shear: Original Works” Chaparral City Studios, Oakland, CA
2008 “Laurel Shear: Unabashed” Martin Wong Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Recent Works” Mill Valley Public Library, Mill Valley, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 “SFMOMA Artist Gallery + Propeller | POP-UP INSTALLATION” One Hawthorne, San Francisco, CA
“SF Weekly’s 4th Annual ARTOPIA” Public Works, San Francisco, CA
2009 “Martin Wong Scholarship Recipient Show” Martin Wong Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 “7th Annual Art Auction” Root Division, San Francisco, CA
“CreativemindsSF” 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“The House Show” Creative Mind SF, San Francisco, CA
“Graduate Exhibition” San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2007 “Salon Style” San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2006 “Green” Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia
“Painting in Autumn” Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia
“Graduate Exhibition” Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia
EXPERIENCE
2008 GUEST LECTURER, Figure Painting, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
INTERNSHIP, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
2007 VOLUNTEER, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA