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Catalogs
Choy, Lillian H., et al. Insatiable Desires. USC Fisher Museum of Art, March 2 - April 16, 2005
de Alcuaz, Marie. Contemporary Southern California Art. Taipei: Museum of Fine Arts, 1987
Betsch, Dr. William. American Art Today: The Portrait. Miami: The Art Museum at Florida, May 8 - June 3 1987
Edwards, Jim. About Face. Corpus Christi: The Art Museum of South Texas, 1984
Edwards, Jim. Some Members of My Family: The Work of Sylvia Shap. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, May 31 - July 10, 1988
Off the Street. Los Angeles: Cultural Affairs Department, 1985
Tuchman, Maurice. L. A. 8: Painting and Sculpture 76. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976
Landry, Martha. Southwest ’96, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Articles
Ahlander, Leslie J. (May 1987). Portrait Exhibition Puts FIU's Best Face Forward, The Miami News
Caulfield, Deborah (July 20, 1981). County Art Exhibits Demonstration Sparks a New Dispute - Over Masks, Los Angeles Times
Clothier, Peter (January, 1986). Sylvia Shap at Simard / Halm, Art in America Magazine
Clothier, Peter (May, 1979). Looking At Others, Artweek
Firlotte, Gregory (January, 1987). The Image Makers, Designers West
Fuller, Bonnie and Laura Maslon (November 1986). You Oughta Be in Portraits, Los Angeles Magazine
Kennedy, Margaret (September, 1999). Hold That Pose, House Beautiful
Kogan, Victoria (November 17, 1979). How We Really Look, Artweek
Kohen, Helen L. (May, 1987). FIU Exhibition Comes Face to Face with the Portrait, The Miami Herald
Krotz, Joanna L. (June 1990). New Traditions, How to Commission a Family Portrait, Money Magazine
Leopold, Michael. (June, 1978). Curator of Contemporary Art Presents ’Surprise’ Exhibit, Society West Magazine
Marmer, Nancy (Summer 1976). 1976: The Dark Underside, Artforum
McDevitt, Lorelei Heller (February, 1982). Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Designers West
Muchnic, Suzanne (May 22, 1978). Many Called, Few Chosen for Barnsdall, Los Angeles Times
Muchnic, Suzanne (November 12, 1981). Mini-Portraits at USC Art Gallery, Los Angeles Times
Muchnic, Suzanne (December, 1981). Recap of Art Events, Los Angeles Times
Muchnic, Suzanne (October 5, 1986). An Identity Issue in Women's Images, Los Angeles Times
Muchnic, Suzanne (August 21, 1994). The Lost Art of Portraits, Los Angeles Times / Sunday Calendar
Price, Susan (September 1989). Pamper Me, I'm Worth It!, Los Angeles Magazine
Wilson, William (1997). ’Images’ Focuses on the Artist as Subject, Los Angeles Times
Wilson, William (1979). The Portrait: New Life for an Old Form, Los Angeles Times
Vogl, Angeline (September 1989). Sylvia Shap, Southern California Home & Garden Magazine
Wyre, Bingo (November, 1992). Frame and Glory, Town and Country Magazine
Yellin, Adele (November, 1992). Maskerade, L.A. Style Magazine
Professional Listings
2008-2009 Who's Who of American Women
2005-2006 Who's Who in American Art
2002-2006 Who's Who in the World
1993 Masquerade, San Francisco, California
1992-1991 Pasatiempo, Santa Fe, New Mexico Art Magazine
1989 The New Art Examiner
1989 California Artists Calendar, published by California International Arts Foundation, Los Angeles
1988 California Art Review (Second Edition), published by American References, Chicago
Film
Joan Quinn Profiles, Featured artist, Cable Network, 1994
Patricia Shields on Art, Featured artist, Cable Network, 1992
Sylvia Shap, Portrait of the Artist in Her Own Words, Blair Bess, 1992
Sylvia Shap, Portrait of the Artist, Henry Stone, 1992
News Focus, Sylvia Shap, American Broadcasting Company, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1984
Time Zero, Promotional Film by Polaroid Land Corporation, 1980
Twentieth Century Art with Molly Barnes, Guest appearance, Cable Network, 1989