About
Michelle Shanahan is a ceramic sculptor based in Long Beach, California. She received her B.F.A. in Ceramics from Buffalo State College in 2012. Her work explores themes of growth and reflection depicted symbolically through wild animals, plants and minerals.
Follow on Instagram @michelleshanahanceramics
Michelle is currently teaching classes at:
Standard Ceramics Studio in El Segundo, CA
Torrance Cultural Arts Center in Torrance, CA
Recent Exhibitions
2026
Speckled Owl
Auction for the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Invitational
Buffalo, NY
2025
"Gem of the Desert"
Auction for the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Invitational
Buffalo, NY
"Culmination"
Community Art Show
Peninsula Center Library, Palos Verdes, CA
Honorable Mention in Sculpture
"Culmination"
Annual Community Art Exhibit
Manhattan Beach Art Center, Manhattan Beach, CA
Light by Art Massive, March 7, 2025
Art Expo Center, Bixby Knolls, CA
Downtown Long Beach Art and Design Walk, February 8, 2025
Long Beach, CA
2024
“Orbit”
MAS Attack, December 13, 2024
Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
“Let Go”
Community Art Show, November 11, 2024 - January 4, 2025
Peninsula Center Library, Palos Verdes, CA
Honorable Mention in Sculpture
“Windswept at the Shore”
Into the Dark curated by Art Clout, October 18 - December 8, 2024
Metropolitan Furniture, Long Beach, CA
Multiple Works
October, 2024
Long Beach Art Walk, Long Beach, CA
“Blue Howler”
October, 2024
Gallery 17, Long Beach, CA
Multiple Works
Chimera, an invitational group show, September, 28 - October 19, 2024
Trash Lamb Gallery, San Diego, CA
Multi-piece installation
El Segundo Art Walk, August 24, 2024
Big Door Studio, El Segundo, CA
“Blue Howler”
A Deep Well, August - September, 2024
Dark Art Emporium, Long Beach, CA
“Let Go”
Illuminated - The Gold Medal Show curated by California Art League, July 1 - August 31, 2024
Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, CA
“Coastal Coyotes”
June, 2024
Light Art Space, Silver City, NM for CLAY Festival
“Green Howler”
April 2024
Gallery 17B, Long Beach CA
”Blue Howler”
Animal Attraction, 3/22-5/12
Florida CraftArt, St. Petersburg, FL
Various recent works
Fire: Women First, All-Female Art Show, 3/1
EXPO Art Center, Long Beach, CA
”Bear in the Breeze”
This is Not a Pipe, What is Reality? curated by Long Beach Creative Group, 3/2-3/30
Rod Briggs Gallery, Long Beach, CA
“Blue Howler”
”Coastal Coyote Series” online only
Small Things Exhibition curated by California Art League, 1/11-2/2
TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
“Blue Moon Grizzly Bear”
Faces and Figures, 12/9-12/23
Covet Art Gallery, Oceanside, CA
“Stuck Lip Skunk”
”Gold Tooth Beaver”
Less Than an Old Pair of Centenaries 4, 11/17-12/30
Trash Lamb Gallery, San Diego, CA
“Raccoon in the Wind”
Art in Craft Media, 11/10-3/10/24
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
“Mischief Makers”
Memento-Mori and the Macabre, 10/14-11/11
Long Beach Creative Group, Long Beach, CA
“Coastal Canyon Coyote”
Local Group Show 5, 10/6-2/22/24
Stay Gallery, Downey, CA
“Coyote 4”
DTLA Artnight July
Emerging Artist Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Coyote 6”
Grace in Clay during the Silver City Clay Festival
Light Art Space, Silver City, NM
“Coyote 5”
Summer Camp
Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA