Solo Exhibitions
2024 •Thomas Architecture Studios, solo show, Olympia, WA
2023 •Bar Francis, solo show, Olympia Washington
2023 •The Nest, Lantern Records, Olympia, WA, Collection of work, artist talk.
2023 •HMVC Gallery, New York, Solo exhibition in a virtual gallery and feature in the ‘Abstract is Abstract’ exhibition
2023 •Times Square Solo Feature with HMVC Gallery, Art features in Times Square Exhibition
2020 •Desert Dreams, Custom Painted Mural, Olympia, WA
2019 •Therapeutic Hijinx, Wheatpaste Mural Exhibit, Bombay Beach, CA
2018 •Desert Darling, Mixed Media Mural Exhibit, Bombay Beach, CA
Group Exhibitions
2023• Still here, Still Native, Fayetteville, NC, November 2023
2023•TCMOFA Indigenous Exhibit, Olympia, Wa, October 2023
Residency
2023 •SB Arts Gallery, London, March and June 2023
2023 •Providence Art Club, Rhode Island, Edward Mitchell Bannister National Exhibition: Celebrating BIPOC Artists, July 2021
2023 •Leonor R. Fuller Gallery, Olympia, Wa, 2023 Southwest Washington Juried Art Exhibit, July 2023
2023 •Emerging Artist Award Group Show, Virtual, Arts to Hearts Project
2015 •Ogden 52, Photography Exhibit, Ogden, UT
2009 •The End Is Nigh, Costume Designs and Fashion Show, Portland, OR
Residencies, Experience, Awards
2024 Guest Curator, SPSCC Native Arts Exhibition, November 2024
2023 Native Arts and Cultures Foundation LIFT Awardee
2023 Curatorial team for Coast Salish Museum of Fine Arts
2023-2025 Co-Chair, Cultural Access Advisory Board of Olympia
2023 Sou’ Wester Artist Residency, Washington
2023 Arts to Heart Emerging Artist Women Award
2019 Influential Women in Northern Utah- Weber State University
Publications
•Oly Arts Magazine: Cover Story
•DabArts : Fall Quarterly Magazine
•Aesthetica Magazine: https://aestheticamagazine.com/profile/mikaela-shafer/
•Oly Arts Magazine: Oly Arts Magazine
•Utah Stories: Utah Stories-Mikaela Shafer
•Northern Utah Women Making History: Weber State Archives
•Canvas Rebel Feature: Canvas Rebel
•SPSCC Artist Talk: Watch here