Sheila Gallagher is a multi-media artist living in Boston whose work explores the nature of perception, belief and different modes of representation. Her work takes many forms including video, flower installations, smoke paintings and computer aided drawing. Widely exhibited in New England, Gallagher's work has been shown at such venues as The Institute of Contemporary Art, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Boston Center for the Arts and Wellesley College.
Gallagher received her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University. She is a Trustee of Saint Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish where she is the chairman of the contemporary exhibitions committee. She has taught at Wellesley College, the Art Institute of Boston , and is currently an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at Boston College. She is Co-Director of The Becker Archive at Boston College. Gallagher is represented by the Judy Rotenberg Gallery and lives and works in Jamaica Plain.