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 paintings 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.

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