Sheila Cuellar-Shaffer

Sheila Cuéllar-Shaffer is a Colombian-American artist who lives in Western Pennsylvania. Her work conveys ideas of human behavior, the nature of political power and societal structures, particularly relating to the experiences of female-identifying individuals and migrant communities. 

Her work has been shown at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Susquehanna Museum of Art, Kniznick Gallery at Brandeis University, The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, and The State Museum of Pennsylvania. Sheila has been invited to show her work at the Pennsylvania State Capitol and the United States Department of Energy. 

In 2018, her design Democracy is Power was chosen by the Amplifier Foundation curatorial team, which included Shepard Fairey and America Ferrera, to travel around the country with #powertothepolls. In 2020, Sheila was awarded funds from the Heinz Endowments Just Arts program as Lead Artist of The Billboard Art Project. She served on the Board of Directors of the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition, was appointed to Welcoming Westmoreland, a broad-based coalition taking on diversity and inclusion across Westmoreland County, and is currently the Board Vice-President of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. Her work has been mentioned in publications including Forbes.com, Bloomberg CityLab and The Boston Globe.