Lou Shields wears many hats throughout the year.  As owner/operator of EXPgallery, he curates 12 exhibits annually and oversees the operation of the gallery.  Shields is also an award winning exhibiting artist who has an international exhibition record and has been patronized by collectors around the country and abroad.  His work is ever changing and evolving and throughout a 10 year professional career, has created several consistent bodies of work in various inventive styles and mediums. 

Shields recently received tenure at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, IL as an Associate Professor of Art History and Studio courses.  His dedication to his students and fellow artists is exemplified through the mission statement of EXPgallery and through the founding of the Prairie State College Art Club and Exposure Magazine, a student run literary arts magazine.