About
The Artist
Shawanda Schiefer is an emerging contemporary visual artist in digital abstract, mixed-media abstract paintings, and figurative art.
Artist Bio
Shawanda Schiefer is a self-taught emerging contemporary artist based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her work encompasses digital medium, textured abstract paintings, and figurative mixed-media. Her love for art started at the tender age of six, as she grabbed fashion magazines from the store racks and absorbed the illustrations and designs. However, it was not until 2019, when she began to actively pursue her passion for art. Since that time, she has shown her work in regional exhibits and has received several Honorable Mentions. Shawanda is constantly examining the world around her and uses art as a vocal and optical connection. She uses fragmented images, gestural strokes, and shapes to create a thought, feeling, and emotion with each painting. Shawanda's artwork is about the journey in life- personal and shared. Our voyage- with thousands of interactions, speed bumps, and helping hands along the way- are what intrigues the artist. Shawanda gathers certain moments and translates them onto medium to invoke a narrative that hopefully stirs something within us.
Artist Statement
My work ranges from technology-based expressionism (digital abstract expressive paintings) to mixed-media with an atmospheric abstraction feel. I use mark-making to express my inner thoughts and emotions. And I consider my work empathic as to what I see and feel in the world and relate that information to various mediums. My artwork varies from chaotic to controlled, with integrated layers, textures, mark-making, imagery, colors, and tone to convey my idea and message. I feel we have to construct, deconstruct, and rebuild to find the hidden meaning and splendor in the world around us. All things beautiful have imperfections - so too in life and art.
Resume / Curriculum Vitae
Shawanda Schiefer aka Aurora Inconnu
Las Vegas, NV
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2021
Sizeable, Rotunda Gallery at the Government Center - Las Vegas, NV
Use Other Door, Core Contemporary - Las Vegas, NV
Blooming Fruition, Donna Beam Gallery - Virtual Online Art Exhibition
2020
A Lot Can Happen In A Year, D | A | C - Virtual Online Art Exhibition
Winter II, Envision Arts - Virtual Online Art Exhibition
An Overwhelming Experience: The Human - Earth Relationship, D | A | C - Virtual Online Art Exhibition
Bright Spirits, Gallery Ring, Online/International
Existing in Thought, Winchester Cultural Center Gallery – Las Vegas, NV
2019
Love is a Rebellious Bird, Mantra Wines & Gallery – Novato, CA
Anything Goes, Parklane Gallery – Kirkland, WA
Sexposed, LA UP Gallery - Little Tokyo - Downtown LA
Water in the Desert, Winchester Cultural Center Gallery – Las Vegas, NV
No Walls-Just Great Art, Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery – Online/International
About Face Exhibition, Mona Niko Gallery– Mission Viejo, CA
Colors, Gallery Ring, Online/International
Honors & Awards
2020 - Honorable Mention, Winter II, Envision Arts - Virtual Art Exhibition
2020 - Honorable Mention, Bright Spirits, Gallery Ring - Virtual Art Exhibition
Membership & Associations:
Las Vegas Artist Guild (LVAG)