ABOUT
Shamira Wilson is an interdisciplinary visual artist and farmer.
Shamira creates artwork based on the geometry of plants. Plants speak in signs and symbols which she translates with paint.
SELECT COLLECTIONS
Newfields
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Central Indiana Community Foundation
Harrison Center
Arts Council of Indianapolis
select PRESS
Mirror Indy, HGTV, January 2024
AIGA Indianapolis, February 2021
WFYI, May 2020
PATTERN Magazine, Identity Volume 16, February 2020
Indianapolis Recorder, July 2019
PATTERN Magazine, February 2019
Indianapolis Monthly, February 2019
Indianapolis Star, February 2019
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Johns Hopkins University
Herron School of Art and Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Collective Breathing, Harrison Center, Indianapolis
2020 Something Tangible, Something Real, Healing Arts Indy, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Where Do We Go From Here?, Indianapolis Contemporary, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Lasting Impressions, City Gallery at the Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Marianne Tobias Music Program Collaboration, Eskenazi Health Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
2019 How Does Your Garden Grow?, Art & Soul, Indianapolis Artsgarden, Indianapolis, IN
2016 Sympathetic Vibration, Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 DeHaan Artists of Distinction, Gallery 924, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Stories of the Communities: The Art of Protest, Children’s Museum, Indianapolis, IN
2022 - 23 We The Culture, Newfields, Indianapolis, IN
2020 What To Do With Difference, Niv Art Center, New Delhi, IN
2020 Meet the Artist, Indianapolis Central Library, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Terrain, 10th West Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Robert Indiana at 10th West, 10th West Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2018 Tiny VII, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2018 One Year at 10th West, 10th West Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2018 Look Both Ways, 10th West Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2018 Point Blank, 10th West Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2018 Young Collectors, Gallery 924, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2018 College Invitational, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2018 Immersed, Clowes Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
2017 Herron Furniture Design – a tradition of innovation, Gallery for Contemporary Art, Savannah Center, Indiana University Northwest, Gary IN
2017 Wood You Look At That, Eskenazi Fine Arts Center, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN
2016 TINY V, Gallery 924, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2016 Heritage Spectrum, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN
2016 Homecoming: Women 317, Garfield Park Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN
2015 TINY IV, Gallery 924, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2015 Drawing Conclusions, Ashland Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2015 UPRSNG III, The Hall, Indianapolis, IN
2014 Shrines, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN