Education

1997 Certificate in Digital Multimedia, Digital Media Studios, Toronto, Ontario

1994 Masters of Fine Arts degree (MFA) in Painting, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

1990 Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (BFA 1st Class) in Painting and Printmaking,

Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018 Bone Drawings, St Andrew's-Sewanee School, Sewanee, Tennessee

2017 Bone Drawings, Mills Gallery, Central College, Pella, Iowa

2016 Common Garden Variety: Drawings by Tara Shukla, Des Moines Botanical Center

2013 Intimate Nature: Drawings by Tara Shukla, Edith Smith Gallery, Grinnell College,

Grinnell, Iowa

2010 Rope Drawings, Waldemar A. Schmidt Gallery, Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa

2009 Studies for an Imaginary Rope, Project Art, University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City

2008 Animas: Drawings by Tara Shukla, Grinnell Community Art Gallery, Grinnell

1999 Dream Machines, Angell Gallery, Toronto

1996 Hamilton Artist's Association, Hamilton, Ontario

1995 Kingston Artist's Association, Kingston, Ontario

1995 Centre des Arts Actuels Skol, Montreal, Quebec

1990 The Grand Theatre, Kingston, Ontario

1990 Pickering Public Library, Pickering, Ontario

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018 Making Life Visible: Art, Biology and Visualization, Faulconer Gallery,

Grinnell College

2007 Past, Present, Future: Works by ASC Faculty, Alamosa, Colorado

2002 Adams State College Faculty Exhibition, Alamosa, Colorado

2001 Adams State College Faculty Exhibition, Alamosa, Colorado

2000 Fresh Paint, Meg Gallery, Toronto

2000 Adams State College Faculty Exhibition, Alamosa Colorado

1995 Sublime Landscape, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland

Selected Bibliography

"Good bones: Artist Tara Shukla borrows from biology department for latest drawings" Times Free Press, Chattanooga, August 19, 2018

Rootstalk, A Prairie Journal of Culture, Science and the Arts, Spring 2017, https//rootstalk.grinnell.edu International Drawing Annual (INDA) 10, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio http://www.manifestgallery.org/nda/inda10/

International Drawing Annual (INDA) 9, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio http://www.manifestgallery.org/nda/inda9/

Flyway, Journal of Writing & Environment, Iowa State University, June, 2014

Featured Listing, Gallery Listings, Des Moines Register , December 30, 2007

"Tara Shukla at Angell Gallery," Gary Michael Dault, Toronto Globe and Mail, July 10, 1999

“Tara Shukla’s Paintings,” Oliver Botar, Angell Gallery Essay, July 1999

Review, Jeff Mahoney, Hamilton Spectator, September 28, 1996

"Tara Shukla Le jeu de la peinture," Yves Theoret, Livre de Programmation Skol 1994-95

Awards

2015 Artist at Pine Needles Residency, Minnesota Museum of Science

1994 Brucebo Fine Arts Scholarship and Residency(Visby, Sweden)

1992 Graduate Teaching Fellowship

1991 Graduate Teaching Assistantship

1990 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Honorable mention

1986 The Anniversary Scholarship, Queen's University

1985 Art Gallery of Ontario Visual Arts Scholarship

Selected Teaching Experience

2022 Grinnell College Special Topics Class

Looking Closer: Botanical Drawing and its Social Origins

2016 - 2017 Grinnell Arts Center, Drawing Instructor

2015-2016 Greater Des Moines Botanical Center, Drawing Instructor

2013 - 2016 Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, Drawing Instructor

1999-2002 Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado, Assistant Professor, Art

1998-99 Sheridan College, Toronto, Ontario

1997-99 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

1997 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

1995-96 Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

1995-96 Centre des Arts Visuels, Westmount, Quebec, Canada

1993 Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa

1992 Concordia University, Montreal