Bernice Shaller was born in Washington, D.C., in 1952. She began drawing and painting as a child.  Her painter mom and violinist dad discouraged her but her passion remained and she continued to work. Ms. Shaller received no formal art education.  She developed her drawing and painting skills by copying from the masters at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and carrying a sketchbook, constantly drawing from life. She uses a variety of media, her preference being egg tempera and gold leaf. 

Ms. Shaller received her BS Degree from the University of Maryland in Hearing and Speech Science and her MA Degree from George Washington University in Education and Human Development. Over the four decades of her career Ms. Shaller’s work has continued to evolve from painting traditional subjects to working more from her imagination and heart.
    
She has participated in many group exhibitions and her work is represented in public and private collections in the US and abroad. In 2005, Ms. Shaller was inducted into the National Association of Women Artists.  
          
Her paintings are spiritual and her passion and love for her art are evident.

EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
The National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York, NY
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
The Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum, Bethesda, Maryland
Maryland Federation of Art
Commissioned Portrait of President Bush, Barbara Bush & E. Brooke Lee
Arts Club of Washington, DC
Strathmore Hall, Rockville, Maryland
Prince Georges Community College, Laurel, Maryland
Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel Maryland
Landon School, Bethesda, Maryland
Jewish Community Center, Rockville, Maryland
Michelson Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Susan Calloway Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Greenwell Goetz Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Capital Hill, Washington, D.C.

PUBLICITY

Featured on Cable TV 2006
Featured in Leaves Magazine 2006
Featured in The Examiner July 2005
Featured in Potomac Almanac June 2005
Featured on Fox 5 News 2003
Featured on Montgomery County TV 1991,2005
Featured in National Gallery of Art Newsletter 1991
Featured in Gazette Newspaper  1991, 2005

EDUCATION

M.A. George Washington University, Washington D.C.
B.S. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland