Sheila Sullivan received her B.F.A. (1981) and M.F.A. (1985), both with an emphasis in painting and drawing, from Northern Illinois University. She has been an Associate Lecturer at UWSP since 1998, teaching basic drawing and figure drawing.

Sheila's work has been exhibited widely on a national as well as regional level, has been reviewed in the New York Times and Jazz Times, and is currently held in several private and corporate collections. She continues to exhibit on a regular basis.