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SHELLEY RECEIVED HER BFA FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN. SHE
SPENT A YEAR ABROAD IN THE DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN HONORS PROGRAM OF R.I.S.D.
SHE IS KNOWN FOR HER PROVOCATIVE "DINER SERIES" -- AS WELL AS UNUSUAL
PERSPECTIVES AND MIXED MEDIA TEXTURES. HER HONEST PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IS
AT ONCE BOTH PERSONAL AND UNIVERSAL.
SELECTED
SOLO EXHIBITS
| 2004
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Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
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| 2003
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B.Beamesderfer Gallery, Highland Park, NJ
Coffey Gallery, Kingston, NY
Half Moon Studio, Saugerties, NY
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| 2001
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Culinary
Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY
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| 2000 |
Self-Portrait
Exhibit
State University of New York
Library Gallery, New Paltz, NY
B.Beamesderfer
Gallery, Highland Park, NJ
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| 1999 |
Art Society
of Kingston, Kingston, NY
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| 1998 |
Dragonfly
Gallery, Marthas Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, MA
Self-Portrait
Exhibit
Joseph Domareki Gallery, Maplewood, NJ
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| 1997 |
B.Beamesderfer
Gallery, Highland Park, NJ
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| 1996 |
Drug
Enforcement Building,
Philadelphia,
PA
Joseph Domareki
Gallery, Maplewood, NJ
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SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITS
| 2004 |
Gallery Diamante, Carmel, CA |
1997-
Present |
Dragonfly
Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, MA
Robin Hutchins
Gallery, Maplewood, NJ
Half Moon Studio/Gallery, Saugerties, NY
The Copely Society of Art, Boston, MA
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| 2003 |
The Copley Society of Boston, Copley Printmakers
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| 2002-4 |
Greenwich Arts Council, CT, Art to the Avenue
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| 2001-2
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Locus
Media, NYC
The Copley
Society of Boston, Small Works Show
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| 2000 |
SUNY - New
Paltz, Feminism in Popular Culture, Lecture Series and
Exhibit
Seton Hall
University, Walsh Library Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Arts Guild
of Rahway, Rahway, NJ
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| 1999 |
National
Juried Exhibition, Fraser Gallery, Georgetown-Washington,
DC
National
Juried Exhibition, Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood, NJ
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| 1998 |
Objective
Painting, Seton Hall School of Law, Newark, NJ
Simon Gallery,
Morristown, NJ
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| 1997 |
Sixteenth
Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Positive-Negative,
Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ
NJ Center
for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
Simon Gallery,
Morristown, NJ
Viridian
Gallery, NYC
WEB,
City Without Walls
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| 1996 |
New Members
Show, City Without Walls
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| 1995 |
New Arts
Salon, Philadelphia, PA
ART ROMP,
Washington, DC
Viridian
Gallery, NYC
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| 1994 |
Sarah
Doyle Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI |
| 1993 |
Piazza
Cenci, Rome, Italy |
SELECTED
AWARDS AND HONORS
| 2004-7 |
Art
in embassies Program, Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. of Congo - Acquisition of Painting by American Ambassador |
| 2001-3 |
Art
in embassies Program, Lilongwe Malawi, Africa |
| 2001 |
Woodstock
Artists Association, Annual Print Award |
| 2000 |
Woodstock
Artists Association, Rudolph Galleries Award |
| 1998 |
Artists
Workspace Program, Fellowship/Residency, Woodstock School
of Art |
| 1997 |
RISD on the
Road, Traveling Exhibit - San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia,
& RI
Eight National
Juried Exhibition, Viridian Gallery, NYC, Curated by Thelma
Golden of The Whitney Museum
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| 1995 |
ART ROMP,
Washington, DC, Show of New and Developing Talent - Curated by Molly
Rupert, Sixth National Juried Exhibition.
Sixth National Juried Exhibition Viridian
Gallery, NYC, Curated by Lisa Dennison of The Guggenheim Museum
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| 1994 |
John Randallorth
Memorial Award of Excellence, Rhode Island School of Design
Invitational
Exhibit, The Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of
Design
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EDUCATION
| 2001 |
Women's Studio Workshop
Color Woodcut - Large Format, Rosendale, NY |
| 1990-4 |
BFA-Rhode
Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
| 1992-3 |
European
Honors Program - RISD Year of Study & Travel in Europe Studio,
Art History & Italian with both RISD & Italian Professors
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| 1989 |
Summer
Graphic Design Studios, Fashion Institute of Technology |
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
| 2004 |
Art
Business News, Trendsetters - Emerging Artists, Feb. Vol. 31, No. 2,
The Country and Abroad, Vol. 8, Issue 8 |
| 2003-4 |
The Country and Abroad, Feature - Vol. 8, Issue 7 |
| 2003 |
Counterpunch, The Eyes of Lora Shelley - by Adam Engel |
| 2002 |
Decor Magazine, Four You Shouldn't Ignore, March
Art Business News, March Vol. 29, No. 3 |
| 2000-1 |
Art
in America, Annual Source Book, Museums/Galleries/Artists |
| 2001 |
The
Valley Table, Hudson Valley Culinary Magazine, Featured Cover,
No. 14 (Dec'01-Feb'02) |
| 2000 |
The
Valley Table, Featured Cover, No. 7 (Feb. - April) |
| 1999 |
The
Country and Abroad, Celebrating Women's History, Vol. 3, Issue
10 (April 1999) |
| 1998 |
The
Valley Table, Featured Cover, No. 2 (Nov'98-Jan'99) |
| 1997-6 |
W.I.G.,
Women in General Magazine (Winter '97) Vol. 1, Issue IV |
| 1996 |
Downtown,
NYC, Featured cover, No. 370 & 371 (Dec '95 - Jan '96) & (Jan
- Feb '96) |
ASSOCIATIONS
THE COPLEY SOCIETY
OF BOSTON
NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR WOMEN IN THE ARTS
WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION, NY
ART SOCIETY OF KINGSTON, NY
CITY WITHOUT WALLS - NEWARK, NJ
PRINTMAKING COUNCIL OF NEW JERSEY
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