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Shirley DANI Leyrer
DANI received her art education from Pasadena City College, Laguna Beach School of Art, Orange Coast College and the University of California, Long Beach.
In 1984 she was accepted into the Orange Coast College Hall of Fame. Her sculptures are included in the permanent collections of the R W Norton Foundation, The Favel Museum, and The Carnegie Art Center Museum. Recent honors include being selected to participate in the California Art Club's 90`' and 92" Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibitions, featured sculptor at Gallerie Gabrie in Pasadena, and Solo Exhibition at Simic New Renaissance Gallery in La Jolla. This year, DANI'S "Ethereal" sculpture was donated to the Academy of Fine Arts Foundation and sold in auction at Art Expo in New York, where the Foundation received a generous response. DANI is now a Rembrandt Member of the Foundation. Her professional biography is published in 2000
Outstanding People of the 20'h Century and Who's Who in American Art. In addition, DANI participated in the Invitational AKIM Exhibition and Auction held by Sotheby's in New York, as well as juried art exhibits in such venues as the San Bernardino Museum of Art, the Laguna Beach Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The National Academy of Design, the Salmagundi Club, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe, the American Artist Professional League, and the Hudson Valley Art Association.
Education
Pasadena City College; Laguna Beach School ofArt; Orange Coast College: University of California Long Beach.
Museums
Permanent collection of R. W. Norton Foundation, LA; Favell Museum, OR; Carnegie Art Center Museum, NE.
Exhibits
San Bernardino Museum of Art, CA 1997-1998; Laguna Beach Museum of Art, CA; Los Angeles Museum ofArt, CA.; 1978 National Academy of Design, NY; 1978 Hudson Valley Art Assoc., NY 1978 Annual Exhibition Salmagundi Club, NY; 1996 Invitational AKIM Exhibition and Auction, Sotheby's, NY.. which included such notables as Fernando Botero, Zubin Mehta, Robert De Niro, Isac Stern and other world renowned celebrities. 1997 & 1999 Orange County Artists Showcase, featured artists OCFA 1999. Member of the prestigious California Arts Club, one of the oldest professional art clubs in the country. Rembrandt member of The Academy of Fine Arts Foundation. Member San Diego Art Institute.
Represented in California Art Club 90th & 92nd Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Pasadena Historical Museum 2000 & 2002. Featured sculpture in Gallerie Gabrie January/February 2000. One woman show Simic New Renaissance Gallery 2002. Home page http://artmarketing. com, under gallery/studioldani. html , and JustOriginals.com feature my sculptures.
Honors
1984 Inducted into the Orange Coast College Hall of Fame. Served on the Board of Directors of Orange County Fine Arts, Inc.; Executive Board of Directors of CMSC - plus Co Chairperson of "Orange County Artists Showcase 2000 ", Art-A-Fair Board of Directors.
Awards
1970 & 1982 Sculptor's Award Hillcrest Invitational; 1981 Mrs. John Newington Award, Hudson Valley Art Assoc., NY Several awards in Orange County Fair Art exhibits; 1995 First place award in Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Membership Show, NY; 1995 Art Fest Award in American Artists Professional League, NY; 1998 H.A. Fadhi sculpture award in American Artists Professional League Show, NY; 1st place award in sculpture Artist Eye Show, CA.
Published
Richard Buffam (author) "Dream Woman Exists ", Los Angeles Times 1980; Noel Goldblatt (author) "People of the Century ", Presidential Villa 1982; Julia Carrol Myer (author) "Artists in the 1990's, Manhattan Arts 1991;1998 published by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge England - "2000 Outstanding People of the 20th Century; " Who's who In American Art 1995 - 2000.