NEWS
- Installation of The Palm Springs Art Museum Artists Council's Day of the Dead Altar with Patricial D'Alessandro - October 2009.
- Being (acrylic on canvas - 48 x 70) selected in The Palm Springs Art Museum 2008 Artists Council Juried Exhibition.
- Honorable Mention for Shamans (acrylic on canvas - 24 x 32) at the 10th Juried Art Show of the City of Palm Springs - Public Arts Commission, 2008.
- Being (acrylic on canvas - 48 x 70) selected in The Palm Springs Art Museum 2008 Artists Council Juried Exhibition.
- Honorable Mention for Shamans (acrylic on canvas - 24 x 32) at the 10th Juried Art Show of the City of Palm Springs - Public Arts Commission, 2008.
BIOGRAPHY
Shaktima aka Michele Brien was born in Montreal, Canada. From the age of four, she questions the great Mystery.
The quest leads her on a pilgrimage across America, to know the people, and find who she really is, outside the familiar zone of comfort.
Searching for the missing factor, Shaktima tunes into six thousand years ago, -- before the writing of the Bible, the Koran and the Baghavad Gita, to hear the first ripples of sound, and enter the Void to feel nothingness. Images started to appear on a background of eternity.
Over a period of twenty year, on walls covered with canvas in her Santa Monica, California studio, Shaktima captures in large brush strokes, “The Goddess Journey”, a series of thirty-three paintings, -- three to twelve feet, acrylic on canvas, an adventure into the Feminine Essence.
In the 90’s, some pieces were selected by Judy Freeman, Associate Curator of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, to be included in a “Women in Contemporary Art exhibition”. Later on, some others were sold at the Shirley MacLaine and Whoppie Goldberg Art Auction.
In 2004, three of her tableaux were exhibited at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History for the Premiere of Signs out of Time, a film on Marija Gimbutas (The Language of the Goddess) sponsored by UCLA Women’s Studies, Women’s Heritage Project and Bellili Productions.
The quest leads her on a pilgrimage across America, to know the people, and find who she really is, outside the familiar zone of comfort.
Searching for the missing factor, Shaktima tunes into six thousand years ago, -- before the writing of the Bible, the Koran and the Baghavad Gita, to hear the first ripples of sound, and enter the Void to feel nothingness. Images started to appear on a background of eternity.
Over a period of twenty year, on walls covered with canvas in her Santa Monica, California studio, Shaktima captures in large brush strokes, “The Goddess Journey”, a series of thirty-three paintings, -- three to twelve feet, acrylic on canvas, an adventure into the Feminine Essence.
In the 90’s, some pieces were selected by Judy Freeman, Associate Curator of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, to be included in a “Women in Contemporary Art exhibition”. Later on, some others were sold at the Shirley MacLaine and Whoppie Goldberg Art Auction.
In 2004, three of her tableaux were exhibited at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History for the Premiere of Signs out of Time, a film on Marija Gimbutas (The Language of the Goddess) sponsored by UCLA Women’s Studies, Women’s Heritage Project and Bellili Productions.
EXHIBITIONS
2009 Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
2009 Palm Springs Public Library, Palm Springs, CA
2009 Vista Del Monte School, Palm Springs, CA
2009 Galerie Mystere (Solo Show), Palm Springs, CA
2008 Steven Janssen Art Space, Palm Springs, CA
2008 Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
2008 Palm Springs City Hall, Palm Springs, CA (Honorable Mention)
2007 Magdalene Cultural Arts Center, North Hollywood, CA
2006 Exposure Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
2005 Thom Home, The Atrium, Palm Desert, CA
2005 Jake Dent Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2004 Clark County Library, Las Vegas, NV
2004 Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Desert Hot Springs Art Studio, CA
2001 Desert Post Weekly Headquarters, Palm Springs, CA
2000 Denise Roberge Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
1999 Kaleidospace, Santa Monica, CA
1996 Miramar Sheraton Hotel, Santa Monica, CA
1995 T. Heritage Gallery, Westwood, CA
1994 Regina Barton Gallery, Venice, CA
1993 Hollywood Athletic Club, Hollywood, CA
1991 Barbara Mendes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Cabal Space, Hollywood, CA
Out Action, Santa Monica, CA
Art & Barbee, Los Angeles, CA
Runyon Canyon, Los Angeles, CA
1990 Ahead Art Auction, Long Beach , CA
(Shirley MacLaine and Whoopi Goldberg's endorsements)
Barbara Mendes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
McCarthy Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Minus Zero Gallery, Torrance, CA
Mandala Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Maison de France, Long Beach, CA
Finegood Gallery, West Hills, CA
(Juried by Judy Freeman, Associate Curator, 20th Century Art,
LA County Museum)
Highways, Santa Monica, CA
1989 Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Goddess of Democracy, Temple Bridge, Los Angeles, CA
Clinicare Health Center, Santa Monica, CA
1988 Olympic Art Festival, Seoul, Korea
1987 Smith Arts Complex, Phoenix, Arizona
Marina Beach Hotel, Marina Del Rey, CA
Morgan-Wixon Theatre, Santa Monica, CA
1986 Z. Kertisz Gallery, Venice, CA
Convention Center of Pasadena, CA
Valparaiso Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Venice of America, Venice, CA
Affairs of the Garden, Beverly Hills, CA
Gille Mansillon Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Lafayette Cafe, Venice, CA
PUBLICATIONS
Buzz Magazine - January 2006
Desert Post Weekly - March 2001,
January 2001, July 2000, November 2000
The Bottom Line (cover) - April 1999
Stunning Harvest (cover) - July 1996
Woman Spirit (cover) - October 1994
L.A. Reader - March 1991
Daily News - March 1991
2009 Palm Springs Public Library, Palm Springs, CA
2009 Vista Del Monte School, Palm Springs, CA
2009 Galerie Mystere (Solo Show), Palm Springs, CA
2008 Steven Janssen Art Space, Palm Springs, CA
2008 Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
2008 Palm Springs City Hall, Palm Springs, CA (Honorable Mention)
2007 Magdalene Cultural Arts Center, North Hollywood, CA
2006 Exposure Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
2005 Thom Home, The Atrium, Palm Desert, CA
2005 Jake Dent Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2004 Clark County Library, Las Vegas, NV
2004 Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Desert Hot Springs Art Studio, CA
2001 Desert Post Weekly Headquarters, Palm Springs, CA
2000 Denise Roberge Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
1999 Kaleidospace, Santa Monica, CA
1996 Miramar Sheraton Hotel, Santa Monica, CA
1995 T. Heritage Gallery, Westwood, CA
1994 Regina Barton Gallery, Venice, CA
1993 Hollywood Athletic Club, Hollywood, CA
1991 Barbara Mendes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Cabal Space, Hollywood, CA
Out Action, Santa Monica, CA
Art & Barbee, Los Angeles, CA
Runyon Canyon, Los Angeles, CA
1990 Ahead Art Auction, Long Beach , CA
(Shirley MacLaine and Whoopi Goldberg's endorsements)
Barbara Mendes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
McCarthy Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Minus Zero Gallery, Torrance, CA
Mandala Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Maison de France, Long Beach, CA
Finegood Gallery, West Hills, CA
(Juried by Judy Freeman, Associate Curator, 20th Century Art,
LA County Museum)
Highways, Santa Monica, CA
1989 Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Goddess of Democracy, Temple Bridge, Los Angeles, CA
Clinicare Health Center, Santa Monica, CA
1988 Olympic Art Festival, Seoul, Korea
1987 Smith Arts Complex, Phoenix, Arizona
Marina Beach Hotel, Marina Del Rey, CA
Morgan-Wixon Theatre, Santa Monica, CA
1986 Z. Kertisz Gallery, Venice, CA
Convention Center of Pasadena, CA
Valparaiso Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Venice of America, Venice, CA
Affairs of the Garden, Beverly Hills, CA
Gille Mansillon Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Lafayette Cafe, Venice, CA
PUBLICATIONS
Buzz Magazine - January 2006
Desert Post Weekly - March 2001,
January 2001, July 2000, November 2000
The Bottom Line (cover) - April 1999
Stunning Harvest (cover) - July 1996
Woman Spirit (cover) - October 1994
L.A. Reader - March 1991
Daily News - March 1991
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