Shirley Paes Leme Paiva Arantes (born 1955)[1] is a Brazilian sculptor, printmaker, designer and teacher.
[2][3] Shirley Paes Leme was born in 1955 in Cachoeira Dourada, Goiás, Brazil.
[4] From 1975 until 1978, she studied at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, under artist Amílcar de Castro.
[5] Paes Leme taught art classes in her early career at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU) from 1979 to 1982.
[4] She held her first solo exhibition in 1981, at the Cultural Foundation of the Federal District, Brasília.