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We are very sorry to report that Sheila Oliner, painter, printmaker, teacher and personal friend for 26 years has died in London, on April 20th 2020, aged 89.
Born and educated in London she moved to Cornwall in 1985 where she had a studio in St. Ives and lived in the village of Zennor. Sheila was always generous with her time and expertise. She helped raise substantial sums of money for the new Tate St Ives and set up the open access Porthmeor Printmakers’ Workshop in St. Ives as a professional resource for the general public and the West Penwith art community.
Her popular prints have been a mainstay of the gallery for thirteen years.
We will miss her.
Read St Ives Times Obituary written by Petronilla Silver, and The Guardian Obituary by Mike Tooby.
Biography
At the age of 15 Oliner went to the Slade School of Fine Art and then City and Guilds, London. In the 70’s she worked at Studio Prints, London where she learnt print making from Dorothea Wight. In 1985 she moved to the village of Zennor and had a studio in St. Ives, Cornwall. Whilst there she initiated and raised funds for the Porthmeor Printmakers Workshop. She exhibited widely in UK and showed in USA, Norway, Israel, and Japan where she had particular success. Download CV
