Linda Shaffer

Red Pearl Art



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Experience 

College Professor - Retired

Fourteen years working Artist

Five Years Teaching Artist, Boulder City Art Center, Boulder City, NV


Education 

Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA - MPH

St. Joseph College, Windham, ME - BA

Beth El School of Nursing, Colorado Springs, CO - Registered Nurse

Gemological Institute of America - Graduate Jeweler 


Public Art Projects 

Art in Public Places, Artwork Purchase Program, City of Las Vegas Arts Commission, 

Las Vegas, Nevada, “Dancing In The Rain”, May 26, 2023 


Temporary Art Projects 

“All Love” Linda Shaffer Solo Show, Pearson Community Center, North Las Vegas, 

Clark County, Nevada, “Love, Love, Love”, “Red Hearts”, “All Love”, “We Are All 

Connected”, “You Took Aim At My Heart”, “Always”, “Reflections”, “Love Letters”, “Don’t 

Wait”, “Singing In The Shower”, December 14, Clark County, 2023 through February 9, 

2024 


FY25 Project Grant for Artists Cycle A (PGA-A), Nevada Arts Council and National 

Endowment for the Arts, July 2024 


About 

Linda Shaffer is an award winning, full time abstract artist working in mixed 

media, painting, mono printing and collage in Las Vegas.  She has a Graduate 

degree from Loma Linda University, is a Registered Nurse, and after completing 

the Gemological Institute of America’s Graduate Jeweler program in 2010, 

created the Red Pearl Art brand to encompass her jewelry designs and art 

works.  


Her work is inspired by travel, relationships and human connection. She uses 

abstract forms and color to explore the themes of journey, love and connection.  

Each piece of art is an experimentation with recycled materials and multiple 

mediums. When she travels, she collects paper from around the world and uses 

that paper in her art.  She hand prints papers, incorporates recycled materials, 

all the while adding bits and pieces from her everyday life and travel to create 

works that are both personal and universal. 


She teaches art classes locally and for the past five years at the Art Center in 

Boulder City; encouraging people to find their authentic, intuitive, and fun 

approach to making art.  Her work is available at MAD Gallery, UGallery.com, 

Boulder City Art Gallery, and at the Art Box in the Container Park.


Artist Statement

 I create multi-layered works that invite the viewer to take a journey through each  

piece. My work is inspired by travel, relationships and human connection.  I use 

abstract forms and color to explore the themes of love and connection.  Each 

piece is an experimentation with recycled materials and multiple mediums.  I 

hand print papers, incorporate recycled materials, all the while adding bits and 

pieces from my everyday life and my travels to create works that are both 

personal and universal. My goal is to create pieces that emotionally resonant, 

are visually engaging, and offer the viewer surprises that are waiting to be 

discovered in each layer.


Artist Bio 

I began my artistic journey on a school field trip to the famous Van Briggle 

Pottery in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  The highlight of the trip was watching a 

potter work on the wheel.  A lump of clay becoming a vessel right before my 

eyes.  I decided then, I would learn to work with clay.


 I got my opportunity to take pottery classes in Manitou Springs, Colorado while 

attending school to become a Registered Nurse.  After graduation, I purchased 

a wheel and threw pots.   At Loma Linda University in Graduate school, working 

with clay became too difficult, so I began making jewelry and painting with 

acrylics.  After Graduate school, I opened up a part time pottery studio, made 

jewelry, and painted.  


When I retired from teaching college, I made art my full-time focus.  In 2010, I 

attended the Gemological Institute of America’s Graduate Jeweler program. I 

created the Red Pearl brand to encompass both my jewelry designs and art.  I 

am currently a full-time working artist.  


Previous Solo Show Advertisements:










Love, Rise, Connect - Featured Artist 

Boulder City Art Gallery, Boulder City, NV,  May 1 - 31, 2022









All Love  - Featured Artist 

Boulder City Art Gallery, NV, November 1 - 20, 2023 

Boulder City Art Gallery, Boulder City, NV,  May 1 - 31, 2022









All Love - SOLO Show 

Pearson Community Center, Las Vegas, NV, December 19 , 2023 - February 9, 2024 

Solo/Group Show & Awards


2025


• Fantasy, Winchester Cultural Art Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Welcome”, August 12 through September 25, 2025

• President, Fabulous Las Vegas Scribes (501.3c), June 2025 to present

• Celebrating Life! 2025, Charleston Heights Arts Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, “The Builder”’, May 26, 2025 through July 2025

• Unbound, Clark County Wetlands Park, Las Vegas, NV, “Walking at Wetlands”, May 3 through July 24, 2025

• NAWA 136 Anniversary Annual Show, One Art Space, New York, NY, “Notes to Self”, June 6 through June 21, 2025

• Lunar New Year of the Snake, Historic Fifth Street School, Mayors Gallery, City of Las Vegas, Nevada, “Char Ming”, January 27 through April 11, 2025


2024

• Curated into MAD Gallery, 1312 S. Main St., Las Vegas, NV, November 2024

• FY25 Project Grant Award for Artists from the Nevada Arts Council

• August 2, 2024, 6th Annual “Use Other Door” Exhibition, Core Contemporary Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Between the Lines, Little Zips 3”, June 28 through August 9, 2024

• The King & Queen, ReBar in the Art District Las Vegas, Nevada, “It Was Real”, June 9, 2024

• NAWA 135 Anniversary Annual Show, One Art Space, New York, NY, “Little Flyer”, June 7 through June 22, 2024

• The Hive, Augmented Society Network, Worcester, UK, “ALL Love”, May 22 through June 14, 2024

• Unbound II, Clark County Wetlands Park, Las Vegas, NV, “Windy Wetlands Day”, May 4 through June 27, 2024, Honorable Mention

• Accepted as a Signature Member of the National Association of Woman Artists, May 7, 2024

• Nature’s Threads, Clark County Wetlands Park, Las Vegas, NV, “Wonder”, March 2 through April 25, 2024

• Digital Love: Art + Tech Show, Winchester Cultural Art Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Digital Love”, February 13 through March 21,2024

• Lunar New Year of the Dragon, Historic Fifth Street School, Mayors Gallery, City of Las Vegas, Nevada, “Yang Wood”, February 9 through May 18, 2024

• Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from Congressman Steven Horsford, 4th District, Nevada, January 06, 2024, for Solo Exhibition “All Love.”


2023


• Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from Congressman Steven Horsford, 4th District, Nevada, January 06, 2024, for Solo Exhibition “All Love.”

• “All Love” Linda Shaffer Solo Show 2023, Pearson Community Center, North Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, “Love, Love, Love”, “Red Hearts”, “All Love”, “We Are All Connected”, “You Took Aim At My Heart”, “Always”, “Reflections”, “Love Letters”, “Don’t Wait”, “Singing In The Shower”, December 14 through February 9, 2024

• Featured Artist-Linda Shaffer, Boulder City Art Galley, November 2023, Boulder City, Nevada

• 5th Annual “Use Other Door”, Core Contemporary Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Finding A Way”, August 5 through September 30, 2023

• Good News, Priscilla Fowler Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, “All Over the World” and “Chemical Attraction”, August 4 through August 25, 2023

• Art in Public Places, Artwork Purchase Program, City of Las Vegas Arts Commission, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Dancing In The Rain”, May 26, 2023

• In Print, Winchester Cultural Art Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, “The Right Way”, June 6, 2023 through July 22, 2023

• Celebrating Life! 2023, Charleston Heights Arts Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Little Flyer”’, May 26, 2023 through July 2023

• Mosaic Exhibition, Government Center Rotunda Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Noise In The Solitude”, March 6, 2023 through April 27, 2023

• Lunar New Year of the Rabbit, Historic Fifth Street School, Mayors Gallery, City of Las Vegas, Nevada, “The Rabbits”, January 27 through May 7, 2023

• Lift the Sky, Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, California, “Love, Connect, Rise”, and “Now is the Time”, January 23 thru March 18, 2023

• 8th Annual Colorful Abstractions Art Competition, Fusion Art Gallery Online, Palm Springs, California, “Waterfront”, January 10 thru March 9, 2023

• Reaching Out, Reaching In, Priscilla Fowler Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Seasons”, “Doors in Our Hearts”, ” Two Cities”, Grain of Sand”, “Treasure Hunt”, “Tuesday We Tethered the Sun”, “Fresh Fruit”, “Transcendence One”, “Afternoon Rain, One”, Afternoon Rain, Two”, “Super Sweet”, “Little Zips”, and “Big Zips”, January 5 thru January 28, 2023


2022


• 4th Annual “Use Other Door”, Core Contemporary Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Around the Bend”, and “Passage Between”, August 6 through September 30, 2022

• Stars of the Gallery IV, Priscilla Fowler Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Roc On”, Star Dusk”, and “The Beach”, July 1 through August 30, 2022

• Featured Artist-Linda Shaffer, Boulder City Art Galley, May 2022, Boulder City, Nevada

• Reset, Priscilla Fowler Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Welcome”, “Breathe”, and “Sail”, March 1 through March 26, 2022

• Year of the Tiger, Historic Fifth Street School, Mayors Gallery, City of Las Vegas, “Water Tiger,” January 27 through May 5, 2022


2021


• Over & Over & Over, Winchester Cultural Art Center, Las Vegas, NV, “Riptide Coming”, December 13, 2021 through January 28, 2022 • American Roulette, Core Contemporary Gallery, “The Bigger”, “The Path”, and “I Have”, November 6, 2021 through January 8, 2022

• A Passionate Life, City of Las Vegas, Nevada, City Hall Chamber Gallery and Grand Gallery, “Go Fish” and “Hopscotch”, October 21, 2021 through January 13, 2022

• Art Comes Alive 2021, Art Design Consultants Cincinnati, Ohio, “Howling to Heaven”, October 23 through December 23, 2021

• Biomorphic Abstraction, Priscilla Fowler Fine Art Gallery Las Vegas, Nevada, “Flight Path”, “Grain of Sand”, “Mirage”, September 17 through October 30, 2021

• Fem4, Core Contemporary Gallery Las Vegas, Nevada, “Invisible Web”, “Traveling”, “Treasure Hunt”, “Hope”, “Rise Up”, “Maglev”, “Merging Possibilities”, “Take Flight”, “Desert Breeze”, “Desert Bloom”, “Tuesday We Tethered the Sun”, August 22 through September 25, 2021

• Curated into Priscilla Fowler Gallery, 1300 S. Main St. #110, Las Vegas, NV, August 2021

• Use Other Door, Core Contemporary Gallery, “Bridge Home”and “The Desert Sands Will Warm Us”, June 19 through August 20, 2021 • Pandemic Inspiration, Historic Fifth Street School, Mayors Gallery, City of Las Vegas, “It’s All Connected” and “Perspective”, May 6 through August 2, 2021

• Celebrating Life! 2021, City of Las Vegas, “Riptide Coming”, May 28 through July 10, 2021 April 2021

• Curated into UGallery.com, April 2021

• Fun Size: Art Under Six Inches, published full color book, Jen Tough Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Halo”, available on Amazon, April 2021

• Women in Art, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, “Flowers”, March 4 through March 27, 2021

• Year of the Ox, Historic Fifth Street School, Mayors Gallery, City of Las Vegas, “Metal Ox,” February 10 through May 5, 2021

• Parallel Dimensions Exhibition, Collage Artists of America, “Uprisings,” February 1, to February 28, 2021


2020

 

• Public Employee Exhibition, City of Las Vegas, City Hall, Chamber Hall Gallery, “Fresh Fruit,” October 21, 2020 through January 13, 2021

• Featured Artist–Linda Shaffer, Boulder City Art Gallery, September 2020, Boulder City, Nevada

• Climate Change & Creative Invention, City of Las Vegas, City Hall, Chamber Hall Gallery, “Tuesday We Tethered the Sun,” August 21 through October 14, 2020

• Use Other Door Show, 2nd Annual CORE Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, “You Are Here 008,”, “You Are Here 011,” “A Door Through Time,” June 17 through August 15, 2020

• Fusion Art 5th Annual Artist’s Choice, “Waterfront,” February 2020

• Existing in Thought, Honorable Mention “Waterfront,” Winchester Cultural Art Center, Las Vegas, NV, January 7 through March 4, 2020

• 2020 Chinese Heritage Year of the Rat Art Exhibition, “Year of the Rat,” Certificate of Special Congressional Commendation Susie Lee, Certificate of Special Congressional Commendation Dina Titus, Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition Steven Horsford, Historic Fifth Street School Mayor’s Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, December 3, 2019 through February 18, 2020


2019


• Fusion Art 5th Annual Colorful Abstracts Exhibition, Honorable Mention “Tuesday We Tethered the Sun,” December 1-31

• Linda Shaffer, One Woman Show, Las Vegas City Hall 7th Floor, September 12, 2019 through January 16, 2020, Las Vegas, Nevada

• Studied with Nicolas Wilton, Creative Visionary Program 2019

• You Walked With Me, “The 10th Anniversary of A Book About Death: The Last Waltz”, August 2019, The Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York

• Monoprinting with Linda Shaffer Workshop, June 2019, Boulder City, Nevada

• Linda & Jerry, Featured Speaker, Boulder City Art Guild, April 2019 Boulder City, Nevada

• Paste Paper with Linda Shaffer, Workshop, February 2019, Boulder City, Nevada

• Sending Love Notes, Featured Speaker, February 2019, Mesquite Fine Art Gallery, Mesquite, Nevada


2018


• Featured Artist– Linda Shaffer, Boulder City Art Gallery, September 2018, Boulder City, Nevada

• Studied with Jane Davies, October 2018 Calgary, Canada


2017


• Featured Artist– Linda Shaffer, Boulder City Art Gallery, September 2018, Boulder City, Nevada


2016


• The Galleries at Lake Las Vegas, September 14, 2016 through March 17, 2017, Circle 10, Circle 19, Transcendence Two

• Xanadu Gallery Online catalog, Sept 1, 2016

• Fusion Art Cityscape Show, August 1-31, 2016, “Welcome”

• Fusion Art Landscape Show, April 1-30, 2016, “Landscape 1”

• The Fabulous Las Vegas Scribes Touring Membership Show 2016, March through June 2016, Las Vegas, NV, West Las Vegas Library Gallery, “Butterfly 280,” “Butterfly 283,” “Butterfly 286,” Butterfly 289”

• The Life Cube Project, Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV, March through April 2, 2016, “Butterfly Tapestry” 2015

• The Fabulous Las Vegas Scribes Touring Membership Show 2015, January 2015 through November 2015, Las Vegas, NV, Sahara West Library Gallery, “Mighty,” “Encounter,” “Kindness #335,” “Each Day,” “Stepping Stones,” “You Were Searching For Me”

• San Diego Book Arts Exhibit at the Women’s Museum, Cherche la Femme, San Diego, CA, August 2015, “Mother Mary,” collaboration with Denise Stephenson


2014


• 2014 Graceful Envelope Contest, sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers and the Washington Calligraphers Guild, Washington DC, “Nevada”


2011


• Front Porch Art Book Juried Show, Carlsbad, California, May 2011 “Despair’” collaboration with Denise Stephenson

• Jewelry Trunk Show, Escondido Municipal Gallery, Escondido, California April 2011

• Front Porch Juried Show, Carlsbad, California, March through May 2011, First Place Award – “Seasons”


2010


• Coos Art Museum Fish and Fishing Art, Coos Bay, Oregon, December 2010, “Happy Fish Too”

• Recycled Art & Fashion Show, Escondido Municipal Gallery, October 2010, “jockey.com,” “biglots.com,” “loehmans.com”

• Figurative Show, Infinity Art Gallery, October 2010, “Prim & Proper,” “Titillation,” ‘Beaten,” “Implants,” “Hot & Haughty”

• National Cell Phone Photography Exhibition, Southeastern Louisiana University, September 2010, “My Purple Heart,” “On the Road,” “The Aliens Are Coming”

• Fiber & Book Arts 2010, Escondido, CA, September 2010, “Despair,” collaboration with Denise Stephenson

• International Society of Acrylic Painters 13th Annual Juried Show, Santa Cruz, CA, August 2010, “Orange Horizon”

• Fashion Forward Show, The Micro Gallery, Bakersfield, CA, June 2010, First Place -- "The Rac"