Shelby Riley

Education

 

MA - Museum Studies 

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 

Graduating December 2022 

 

BA - Art History, BFA -  Studio Art (Painting Concentration), Minor - Weaving

Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Graduated May 1, 2021

 

Awards and Scholarships 

 

2017-2021     Potter’s College Creative Arts Scholarship, Western Kentucky University 

2020              President’s List

2019-2020    Baker Scholarship 

2018 - 2019  Potter’s College Dean’s List

2019              Joe Downing/ Lester Scholarship 

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Exhibitions 

 

2021          Celebration of the Arts, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY- 3rd place fiber arts.

2020         Pandemic Expressions Exhibition - Western Kentucky University Virtual Gallery

                  Fragmentation - Western Kentucky University Cube Gallery, Bowling Green, KY

                  Untitled - Solo Exhibition - Western Kentucky University Cube Gallery, Bowling Green, KY

                  Student Juried Show, juried by Nathaniel Smyth, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 

                  Student Show, Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY 

                  Celebration of the Arts, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY 

2019-20   December - March Gallery Hop featured artist, Permanent Paint, Bowling Green, KY 

2019          Sweetest Flowers - Solo Exhibition - Western Kentucky University Cube Gallery, Bowling 

                  Green, KY

                  Flora and Fauna - Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY 

                  Response: an MSU and WKU Collaboration - Western Kentucky University 

                 Cube Gallery, Bowling Green, KY  

2018         Student Juried Show, juried by Meghan Pohlod, Western Kentucky University, 

                 Bowling Green, KY 

 

Public Commissions 

 

2021         Public Arts Commission - NoCo logo mural, Jeffersonville, IN

2019         Public Arts Commission - July paint-a-thon: 13 Artists - 13 Utility Boxes - 3 Days,

                 Jeffersonville, IN 

                           Selected to be one of 13 artists to paint and finish a mini mural on a utility box in three days                               for the city of Jeffersonville, Indiana. The July paint-a-thon was a public event. 

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