Founder of Paint Pens in Purses | Illustrator | Painter | Curator | Murals

Bio

Shayna Yasuhara (aka Shayna Shenanigans) is a self-trained American artist with roots in San Francisco. Armed with candy-colored acrylics and a handful of pens she creates an entire world teeming with life on high glossed wood panels. Each rock, tree, plant, animal, castle and cloud seems to embody its own personality. Her work has been featured in a variety of gallery spaces and outdoor locations, including a Pabst Blue Ribbon billboard in Boston, MA, a recent show at Public Work's Roll Up Gallery in San Francisco, CA and a solo show at the Famous When Dead Gallery in Melbourne, Australia.

Upcoming 2011

Pabst Blue Ribbon Group Show /// September (Boston, MA)
A Collection of Bostonia Collectives featuring work by Paint Pens in Purses /// October (Boston, MA)
Mission Wide Open Studios /// October 1st & 2nd /// (744 Alabama Street, San Francisco, CA)

2011 Past Shows

"Human Powered Works" at Fourth Wall Project /// September 2011 (Boston MA)
Art Explosion Open Studios /// September 2011 (San Francisco, CA)
Solo Show at Oz Gallery /// Opening Reception: August 2011 (San Francisco, CA)
"The Evilest Place on Earth," Big Umbrella Studios /// August 2011 (San Francisco, CA)
"Off the Pages," Paint Pens in Purses Group Show /// July 2011 (Cambridge, MA)
Red Square Boutique Group Show /// July 2011 (San Mateo, CA)
Mission Wide Open Studios ///Fall & Spring 2011 (San Francisco, CA)
Roll-Up Gallery at Public Works /// February 2011 (San Francisco, CA)
Big Umbrella Studios /// April 2011 (San Francisco, CA)
Live Art Appearance at Flax Art Store /// May 2011 (San Francisco, CA)

2010 Shows

Book Release Party for Paint Pens in Purses /// Boston, MA
"Strange World" Group Show, Hourglass Gallery /// Cambridge, MA
Brief Space, Metreon /// San Francisco, CA
Famous When Dead Gallery /// Melbourne, Australia (solo show)
Lower Haters /// San Francisco, CA
Pabst Blue Ribbon "PBArt Show" /// Boston, MA
Paint Pens in Purses x Pet Monster Show, Fourth Wall Gallery /// Boston, MA
Hourglass Tattoo & PBR Art Gallery "Paint Pens in Purses: Sadie Hawkins Show" /// Cambridge, MA

2009 & Older

Gallery 242 - The Weekly Dig Gallery Space - "The Art of Distillation Perfect Vodka Series" /// Boston, MA
Window Display, Urban Outfitters /// Cambridge, MA
adidas Originals /// Cambridge, MA
LAB (Limited Apparel Boston) "Paint Pens in Purses #2" /// Allston, MA
Harriet's Alter Ego Gallery /// Brooklyn, NY
The Artists for Humanity EpiCenter "3rd Annual Greatest Party on Earth" /// Boston, MA
SXSW Music Festival "Hit the Decks" /// Austin, TX
MassArt "Foundation Factory" /// Boston, MA
Goodlife Bar "SneAk Attak: Custom Sneaker Battle" /// Boston, MA
adidas Originals Store "Ladies' Nite" /// Cambridge, MA

Books / Awards / Other

Pabst Blue Ribbon Billboard (corner of Harvard Avenue & Commonwealth Avenue) /// Boston, MA
Book Release, Paint Pens in Purses: An All-Female Urban Art Collective, 2010
Paint Pens in Purses names "Best Art Collective" by Boston Phoenix Newspaper