b. Denver, CO
E D U C A T I O N
Master of Fine Arts in Print Media, Cranbrook Academy of Art · Bloomfield Hills, MI
Bachelor of Fine Arts cum laude in Graphic Design, University of Florida · Gainesville, FL
S E L E C T E D E X H I B I T I O N S
2019
Club Exile, Mana Contemporary, Miami, FL
In Flux, M Contemporary · Ferndale, MI
Animals, Site:Brooklyn Gallery · Brooklyn, NY
2019 Biennial, Cultural Council of Palm Beach · Lake Worth, FL
(Juror: Melanie Johanson, Contemporary Curator at the Cornell Art Museum)
Dream Again, Plaxall Gallery (with the Secret Theater's production of The Tempest) · Long Island City, NY
2018
INTIMACY, Science Gallery, Trinity College · Dublin, Ireland
Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum · Bloomfield Hills, MI
Two-Person Exhibition: Två, Galleri 2987 · Detroit, MI
Ice Palace, Tessellate Gallery · Pontiac, MI
2017
13th Annual Small Works Show, 440 Gallery · Brooklyn, NY
Remedies, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art · Bloomfield Hills, MI
Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services · Farmington Hills, MI (catalog)
Pain, Hoyt Gallery, University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA
2016
þíða [Thaw], with Antigoni Papatoni & Ron Buffington, Fjúk Arts Centre · Húsavík, Iceland
Natural Wonder III (invitational), Clemson City Hall · Clemson, SC
2015
All That Glows Sees, Institut fur Alles Mögliche · Berlin, Germany
Armory Art Center Faculty Exhibition, Benzaiten Center for the Arts · Lake Worth, FL
Poetry Scores Hawaii - Look Like What it Means, University of Hawai'i at Hilo · Hilo, HI
(Juror: Phil Sanders, Director of the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY)
2014
Southern Exposure: New Work Now (invitational), Cultural Council of Palm Beach · Lake Worth, FL
Natural Wonder: Artists of the Rensing Center (invitational), Liscomb Gallery, The Governor's School · Greenville, SC
Float, The Burren College of Art · Ballyvaughan, Ireland
Endangered, Miami Club Rum · Miami, FL
2013
County Contemporary: All Media Juried Show, Cultural Council of Palm Beach · Lake Worth, FL
(Juror: Mark Richard Leach, Executive Director of the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, NC)
Printocracy, Asheville Book Works · Asheville, NC
2012
Anatomy of Spirit, Studio 1608 · West Palm Beach, FL
Mychophilia, The Rensing Center · Pickens, SC
A W A R D S & G R A N T S
2018 Publication Fellowship, Peripheral Vision Press
(Curated by Lisa Volpe, Associate Curator of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)
2016-17 Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art · Bloomfield Hills, MI
2015 Visiting Artist Grant, U.S. Department of State · Moldova
2014 Honorable Mention: "Shillelagh" · 24th Annual All-Florida Juried Show, Court House Cultural Center · Stuart, FL
2010 Merit Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts: Spring Concentration in Printmaking · Bakersville, NC
2004-08 Bright Futures Full Academic Scholarship · University of Florida · Gainesville, FL
R E S I D E N C I E S
2019 PLAYA · Summer Lake, OR
2018 Shoals Marine Laboratory · Appledore Island, ME
2017 Ragdale Foundation, full fellowship · Lake Forest, IL
2017 Cill Rialaig Arts Centre · Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland
2016 Fjúk Arts Centre · Husavik, Iceland
2015 Vermont Studio Center, full fellowship · Johnson, VT
2014 Burren College of Art · Ballyvaughan, Ireland
2012 The Rensing Center · Pickens, SC
T E A C H I N G & R E L A T E D E X P E R I E N C E
2018-Present Assistant Director, Gallery Biba, Palm Beach, FL
2019-Present Adjunct Professor, Typography & 2D Design, Florida Atlantic University · Boca Raton, FL
2018-Present Workshop Instructor, Artist Immersion Program · Montespertoli, Italy & Arles, France
2016-17 Artist-in-Residence, Brookside School · Bloomfield Hills, MI
2013-16 Tutor, Palm Beach International Academy: Art, Writing, Humanities · Wellington, FL
2013-15 Instructor, Armory Art Center · West Palm Beach, FL
2011-12 Graphic Designer, Axia Creative · Wellington, FL
2009-10 Independent Research · Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala
2008-09 Graphic Designer, Applied Technology & Management · Gainesville, FL
2007 Volunteer Art Instructor, Arts-in-Medicine Program, Shands Hospital · Gainesville, FL
B I B L I O G R A P H Y & P U B L I C A T I O N S
Shelley Thorstensen, "New Eyes," The Mid America Print Council Journal, Issue 30/31, 2020 (upcoming)
Experiencing Perspectives Exhibition Catalog, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI, 2017
Studio Visit Magazine, Winter Edition, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, 2015
Estrada, Sheryl. “17 Artists Earn Southern Exposure.” 2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sheryl-estrada/post_7884_b_5530652.html. 26 June 2014.
Cover Art, Arme Mutter - Goldenes Kind, Elfundzehn, Switzerland, 2013
Cover Art, Crescendo City, Harlem Writers' Circle, New York, NY, 2011
L E C T U R E S & W O R K S H O P S
2019 Science Gallery, Trinity College · Dublin, Ireland
2018 Shoals Marine Laboratory, University of New Hampshire & Cornell University · Appledore Island, ME
2018 Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit · Detroit, MI
2015 Academy of Arts · Chișinău, Moldova
2015 Free International University of Moldova · Chișinău, Moldova
2015 Rabnita T. Shevcenko University · Transnistria, Moldova
2014 Rio Mesa Center, University of Utah · Moab, UT
Master of Fine Arts in Print Media, Cranbrook Academy of Art · Bloomfield Hills, MI
Bachelor of Fine Arts cum laude in Graphic Design, University of Florida · Gainesville, FL
S E L E C T E D E X H I B I T I O N S
2019
Club Exile, Mana Contemporary, Miami, FL
In Flux, M Contemporary · Ferndale, MI
Animals, Site:Brooklyn Gallery · Brooklyn, NY
2019 Biennial, Cultural Council of Palm Beach · Lake Worth, FL
(Juror: Melanie Johanson, Contemporary Curator at the Cornell Art Museum)
Dream Again, Plaxall Gallery (with the Secret Theater's production of The Tempest) · Long Island City, NY
2018
INTIMACY, Science Gallery, Trinity College · Dublin, Ireland
Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum · Bloomfield Hills, MI
Two-Person Exhibition: Två, Galleri 2987 · Detroit, MI
Ice Palace, Tessellate Gallery · Pontiac, MI
2017
13th Annual Small Works Show, 440 Gallery · Brooklyn, NY
Remedies, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art · Bloomfield Hills, MI
Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services · Farmington Hills, MI (catalog)
Pain, Hoyt Gallery, University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA
2016
þíða [Thaw], with Antigoni Papatoni & Ron Buffington, Fjúk Arts Centre · Húsavík, Iceland
Natural Wonder III (invitational), Clemson City Hall · Clemson, SC
2015
All That Glows Sees, Institut fur Alles Mögliche · Berlin, Germany
Armory Art Center Faculty Exhibition, Benzaiten Center for the Arts · Lake Worth, FL
Poetry Scores Hawaii - Look Like What it Means, University of Hawai'i at Hilo · Hilo, HI
(Juror: Phil Sanders, Director of the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY)
2014
Southern Exposure: New Work Now (invitational), Cultural Council of Palm Beach · Lake Worth, FL
Natural Wonder: Artists of the Rensing Center (invitational), Liscomb Gallery, The Governor's School · Greenville, SC
Float, The Burren College of Art · Ballyvaughan, Ireland
Endangered, Miami Club Rum · Miami, FL
2013
County Contemporary: All Media Juried Show, Cultural Council of Palm Beach · Lake Worth, FL
(Juror: Mark Richard Leach, Executive Director of the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, NC)
Printocracy, Asheville Book Works · Asheville, NC
2012
Anatomy of Spirit, Studio 1608 · West Palm Beach, FL
Mychophilia, The Rensing Center · Pickens, SC
A W A R D S & G R A N T S
2018 Publication Fellowship, Peripheral Vision Press
(Curated by Lisa Volpe, Associate Curator of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)
2016-17 Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art · Bloomfield Hills, MI
2015 Visiting Artist Grant, U.S. Department of State · Moldova
2014 Honorable Mention: "Shillelagh" · 24th Annual All-Florida Juried Show, Court House Cultural Center · Stuart, FL
2010 Merit Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts: Spring Concentration in Printmaking · Bakersville, NC
2004-08 Bright Futures Full Academic Scholarship · University of Florida · Gainesville, FL
R E S I D E N C I E S
2019 PLAYA · Summer Lake, OR
2018 Shoals Marine Laboratory · Appledore Island, ME
2017 Ragdale Foundation, full fellowship · Lake Forest, IL
2017 Cill Rialaig Arts Centre · Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland
2016 Fjúk Arts Centre · Husavik, Iceland
2015 Vermont Studio Center, full fellowship · Johnson, VT
2014 Burren College of Art · Ballyvaughan, Ireland
2012 The Rensing Center · Pickens, SC
T E A C H I N G & R E L A T E D E X P E R I E N C E
2018-Present Assistant Director, Gallery Biba, Palm Beach, FL
2019-Present Adjunct Professor, Typography & 2D Design, Florida Atlantic University · Boca Raton, FL
2018-Present Workshop Instructor, Artist Immersion Program · Montespertoli, Italy & Arles, France
2016-17 Artist-in-Residence, Brookside School · Bloomfield Hills, MI
2013-16 Tutor, Palm Beach International Academy: Art, Writing, Humanities · Wellington, FL
2013-15 Instructor, Armory Art Center · West Palm Beach, FL
2011-12 Graphic Designer, Axia Creative · Wellington, FL
2009-10 Independent Research · Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala
2008-09 Graphic Designer, Applied Technology & Management · Gainesville, FL
2007 Volunteer Art Instructor, Arts-in-Medicine Program, Shands Hospital · Gainesville, FL
B I B L I O G R A P H Y & P U B L I C A T I O N S
Shelley Thorstensen, "New Eyes," The Mid America Print Council Journal, Issue 30/31, 2020 (upcoming)
Experiencing Perspectives Exhibition Catalog, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI, 2017
Studio Visit Magazine, Winter Edition, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, 2015
Estrada, Sheryl. “17 Artists Earn Southern Exposure.” 2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sheryl-estrada/post_7884_b_5530652.html. 26 June 2014.
Cover Art, Arme Mutter - Goldenes Kind, Elfundzehn, Switzerland, 2013
Cover Art, Crescendo City, Harlem Writers' Circle, New York, NY, 2011
L E C T U R E S & W O R K S H O P S
2019 Science Gallery, Trinity College · Dublin, Ireland
2018 Shoals Marine Laboratory, University of New Hampshire & Cornell University · Appledore Island, ME
2018 Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit · Detroit, MI
2015 Academy of Arts · Chișinău, Moldova
2015 Free International University of Moldova · Chișinău, Moldova
2015 Rabnita T. Shevcenko University · Transnistria, Moldova
2014 Rio Mesa Center, University of Utah · Moab, UT