M I K E S H A F F E R
Self Portraits
2 and 3, both
16 x 12 inches, acrylic on board,
2003 and 2004.
| PAINTER, SCULPTOR, CONCEPTUAL ARTIST |
Born and raised in Cumberland,
Maryland, Shaffer created his first sculpture while working on his Master's
degree in Physiology at Southern Illinois University, pursuing a dual career
in the sciences and the arts until turning full-time to the fine arts in
1994. He traveled extensively to art museums and centers in the United
States and recently studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Recipient
of nine awards, two from the Baltimore Museum of Art, he has exhibited
more than twenty large-scale publilc art installations and participated
in over 100 formal exhibitions in the U.S. He is president of the Washington
Sculptors Group and board chairman of the Hyattstown Mill Arts Project,
a nonprofit arts and cultural center in Montgomery County Maryland.
EXPANDED BIOGRAPHY (One-page
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A CHRONOLOGY, 1961 —1995 (One-page
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Mike Shaffer Studios | 3669 Ridgeview Road | Ijamsville | Maryland | 21754 | 301.831.9364
