MARIA VALENTINA SHEETS

Maria Valentina Sheets is a professional art objects conservator and master painter in kiln fired stained glass. She is presently being contracted by world renowned art icon JUDY CHICAGO for her skill in replicating master works on glass.

Sheets spent her childhood within the top story of a Russian Orthodox Church in San Francisco where her family and great Uncle(a Russian Orthodox priest and prolific Iconographer) lived and preserved the art/artifacts of the church. In spite of the obvious influence of traditional liturgical iconography, Sheets own work now adheres to contemporary social realism through portraiture on stained glass.

Sheets holds an MA from UT Dallas and a Professional Associates Status Certificate from the American Institute for Conservation. She was introduced to the medium of stained glass after being contracted as chief conservator for the fire recovery project at the Museum of Biblical Art and the National Jewish Collection. During that time she also served prestigious art collections such as The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Samurai Museum, Ross Perot Collection, George and Laura Bush Collection, and Nasher Sculpture Center.

Sheets’ signed commissioned works in architectural glass include large scale projects presently housed in museums, universities, houses of worship, businesses and private residences internationally. Last year she was honored to have designed and painted the “LEGACY WINDOW” for Tulsa’s Vernon AME in Greenwood illustrating 120 years of the church’s history and survival from the Tulsa Race Massacre. . Her own work was included in recent juried exhibitions such as American Glass Guild NOW 2016(juror, contemporary artist Judith Schaecter), Texas National 2018 (juror Jed Perl, international art critic), and Materials Hard and Soft International Craft Exhibition 2019(2nd place of 1100 entries). She is a resident artist for Core Art Space and Valkarie Gallery in Lakewood, Colorado.

Sheets conservation and glass studio is located in Evergreen, Colorado.