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Shirley Manfredi earned her Bachelor of Arts from University of California Santa Barbara and studied at University of California Davis. She has exhibited in galleries in California; Los Angeles, Marin, Pacifica, Palo Alto, Sacramento and in New York. Her work has been awarded by Jeremy Strick, Director of Museum of Contemporay Art, Los Angeles; Philip E. Linhares, Chief Curator of Art, Oakland Museum and Maria Medua, Director, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco.
In her current work, her inspiration comes from events and interaction with people in daily life by direct observation and experiences of life, Taking those images they are translated into narrative paintings that offer a intimate glimpse of the subject rendered.