Shelby Roberts

Born:  1963, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Resides:  Los Angeles, CA


Education

1991 MFA Art, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA 

1987 BFA, Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

1984 New School for Social Research, New York, NY

1983 Sculpture Program, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MS



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021 Shelby Roberts (exhibition #1), council_st, Los Angeles CA

2020 Origen Myth, FotoForum Santa Fe New Mexico 

2000 Time Space Obsolete in New View of Universe: Los Angeles Times, November 9,

1999 Shelby Roberts, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Las

Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada

1999 Shelby Roberts, the project room, Tate Fine Art, New York, NY

1996 Plot, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA

1991 80 Hrs, D300 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 Drive-by-Art, Los Angeles, California

2019 Bullfrog Biannual Goldwell Open Air Museum, Rhyolite, Nevada 

2017 Power, LensCulture, https://www.lensculture.com 

2016 On the Distant Horizon, BLAM Projects, Los Angeles, Ca

2014 Another Cats Show, 356 S. Mission, Los Angeles, CA

2012 Curatorial Exchange, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA

2011 Telephone, Torrance Museum of Art, Torrance, CA

2010 Neighborhood, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN

Backyard, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2008 The Pyramid Show, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA 

Alternative Places, Tom Bradley International Terminal, 

Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, CA

MYTH at the Armory, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA

Analogue/Digital 3, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA

2007 A Palindromic Life, South La Brea Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2005 Today Your Love Tomorrow the World, Certified Art, Brooklyn, NY

2005 Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World, Supreme Trading Annex Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2002 Faculty Show, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA

2001 One Night Stand, Farmers Daughter Motel Los Angeles, CA

2000 Haul'n Ass, Pierogi at POST,' POST, Los Angeles, CA

Themes Out of School: Art and Education in Los Angeles, Creative Artist Agency, 

Los Angeles, CA

1998 More, More, More, Action Space, Los Angeles, CA

Tweeners, Spanish Kitchen, Los Angeles, CA

Renovations, the Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA

1998 I'm Still in Love With You, curated by Steven Hull, 20th Century Women's Center, 

Los Angeles, CA

1995 Occupato, curated by Luciano Perna, Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

1994 Faculty Show, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA

Detours, Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, CA

1993 Six Points in Another Place, MYTH, at the Brewery, Los Angeles, CA

6161 #1, Gallery 6161, Hollywood, CA

1992 FAR Parked, Foundation for Artist Resources, Los Angeles, CA

1991 Tales from the Creeps, Mark Richards Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

VIDEO EXHIBITIONS

2006 Academy of Arts and Design, Bezalel Program in Fine Arts, Tel Aviv, Israel

1991 'Group Show,' curated by Meena Nangi, Big and Tall Books, Los Angeles, CA

'LA Freewaves,' University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA



Academic: 

University Appointments

University of California, Irvine, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Department of Art

2015-Present   Associate Professor of Photography 

1997-2015 Lecturer of Photography

1994-1995 Lecturer of Sculpture