Shari Paladino is an artist, designer and educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has exhibited work at the Berkeley Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Richmond Art Center. She attended University of California, Berkeley, earning her bachelor’s degree in art education and disability studies, as well as a master’s degree in fine arts. Shari developed curriculum for UC Berkeley’s Department of Art Practice in conjunction with the Jacobs Center for Design and Innovation. She continues to teach at UC Berkeley and California College of the Arts. Offering two decades of experience teaching art, Shari works with kids across all spectrums of learning. She also coaches parents in working with their kids to incorporate a creative practice at home.
Shari was an ARC Fellow in Spring 2016 – she was chosen in the Graduate Fellow category.