Sheila White's sensitive and vibrant work has been hung in the Wynne Prize Exhibition, twice in the Portia Geach Prize Exhibition,  and twice in the touring Blake Prize Exhibition. She has received over sixty awards and commendations. 

Sheila was born in the U.K and  moved to East Africa in the early 50’s. Living in Uganda and then Kenya, she was an avid naturalist with interests in the abundant animal and bird life. The influence of the many vibrant and colourful coastal cultures, and the form and elegance of recent and ancient Arab settlements are all reflected in  her paintings. 

In 1967 she moved to Sydney after a short stay in the U.K.  While occasionally involved in various artistic pursuits during her years in Africa, she commenced painting seriously in Sydney in 1969, at the John Ogburn Studio. Later she attended classes at the Royal Art Society of N.S.W. with Alan Hansen and Frederic Bates, and is now a Fellow of that Society.   

Over the last twenty or so years, Sheila has lived in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Sydney, and the Central Coast Hinterland, taking part in local Art Groups.   Since her first stay in Sydney she has studied modern painting with Desiderious Orban, Henry Justelius, Ross Davis, and Bela Ivanyi. 

Sheila enjoys painting with strong colour and light influence. Her interests still include bird watching and wildlife, the natural environment, music, and travel. All these influences are strongly present in her current figurative and abstract works in oil, watercolour, and pastel. 

Sheila has made two study tours of European Art Galleries including the Hermitage in St Petersburg and other Russian Galleries. She has made study tour of major U.K Galleries, including the new Tate at St. Ives, and many commercial galleries in London showing International and British contemporary work.

Sheila White's paintings are in municipal, corporate and private collections in Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Kenya, Monaco, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand and  Zimbabwe.

She often gives workshops at the Royal Art Society and with other art groups that are particularly interested in creative and imaginative work, and is a member of the progressive South Coast Modern Art Group and attends workshops at their centre in Bermagui. 

 Solo Exhibitions

• 1978 – Hamilton Gallery, Victoria

• 1984 – Beechworth Gallery, Victoria

• 1990 – “Q” Gallery, Hunters Hill

• 1992 – “Q” Gallery, Hunters Hill

• 1994 – Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle

• 1996 – Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle

• 2000 – Polly Courtin Gallery, Sydney

• 2001 – Harris Courtin Gallery. Sydney

• 2003 – Harris Courtin Gallery. Sydney

• 2005 – Harris Courtin Gallery, Sydney.

Mixed Exhibitions 2005

• 2004 – Taylor Gallery, Summer Hill

• 2005 – Taylor Gallery, Summer Hill

• 2005 – Weswall Gallery, Tamworth.

Major Prize Exhibitions -

• 1973 – Work selected for the Portia Geach Portrait Prize exhibition.

• 1974 – Work selected for Wynne Prize exhibition.

• 1974 – Work selected for the Portia Geach Portrait Prize exhibition.

• 1985 – Work selected for exhibition in the Blake Prize,  and  after chosen to tour  Australia.

• 1997 –  Work selected for exhibition in the Blake Prize

• 1998 – Contemporary Art Prize at Wyong.

• 2004 - Open Prize, Wyong Festival of the Arts.

 Mixed Exhibitions

• Q Gallery, Hunters Hill.

• Lavender Bay (Royal Art Society) Gallery

• Avoca Gallery, Kincumber.

• Mavis Chapman Gallery, Double Bay.

• Beth Mayne Gallery, Darlinghurst.

• Kenthurst Gallery, Kenthurst.

• Weswal Gallery, Tamworth

• Delmar Gallery, Trinity College

• Harris Courtin Gallery, Sydney

• Taylor Gallery, Summerhill.

• Bell Gallery, Berrima. 

Public Collections

• ANZ Bank Collection.

• Artbank (2 works purchased)

• Camden Council Collection

• Castle Hill Council Collection

• Kogarah Council Collection

• Nepean Agricultural Society Collection.

• Newcastle International House Collection.

• University of New South Wales - Dept of Mathematics (3 works purchased)

• Windsor Council Collection.

Private collections in Australia, Germany, Japan, Kenya, Thailand, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Sweden, Switzerland,  USA,  and Zimbabwe.

All copyright in these works and any digital representation of such works
 remains the exclusive property of the Artist - Sheila White © 2007