Shirley Arnold Kern is an abstract painter who lives in Princeton, New Jersey, and creates art in her nearby studio in Hopewell. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Northern Vermont University.

Kern has exhibited her work at Muse Gallery Philadelphia - Dickinson Hall Gallery Princeton University - A.I.R. Gallery Brooklyn NY NY - NOHO M55 Gallery NY NY - Robert Blackburn Gallery NY NY - Manhatten Graphics Center NY NY - Erdman Gallery Theological Seminary Princeton - Hunterdon Art Museum New Jersey - Ellarslie Art Museum New Jersey - Julian Scott Gallery Northern Vermont University Vermont - Red Mill Gallery Vermont Studio Center Vermont - John James Audubon Museum Kentucky - Evansville Museum Begley Art Gallery Indiana - USI Art Gallery Indiana - New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art Indiana, among others. Her abstract paintings are in many Private and Corporate Collections.

"I am interested in sharing an artwork that is alive with emotional interest but has no fixed meaning, open to interpretation by all, similar to works of nature, music, and poetry."

Education

MFA Northern Vermont University, Johnson, Vermont

BA University of Southern Indiana. Evansville, Indiana

BS Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Additional Studies

School of Visual Arts, New York, New York

Manhattan Graphics Center, Printmaking, New York, New York

Robert Blackburn Printmaking, New York, New York

Art Students League, New York, New York

New York School of Art, New York, New York