shelby little
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Education
2014 Graduated with BFA in Studio Art, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2011 Completed National Student Exchange Semester, Queens College CUNY, Queens, NY
2010 Studied for one year on a merit scholarship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2009 Visual Arts Department Graduate, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, New Orleans, LA
2006 Summer Pre-College Program Graduate, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Selected Exhibitions
2023
Southworks at Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Winterville, GA
(Juror: Erin Dunn, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA)
48th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
(Juror: María Elena Ortiz, Curator, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX) (catalogue)
Everyday In-Between, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA (invitational)
2022
Ensemble, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA (invitational)
Here's What I was Thinking, Sibyl Gallery, New Orleans, LA (invitational)
MOOD, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
(Juror: Liz Andrews, Executive Director, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA)
Figuratively Speaking, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Winterville, GA (juried)
Artist Spotlight: Shelby Little, Center for Southern Craft and Design at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA (solo)
A Subtle Universe, Maven Gallery, New Orleans, LA (invitational)
2021
Louisiana Contemporary, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
(Juror: Hallie Ringle, Curator of Contemporary Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL)
2020
Hot Future, 912 Julia Street, New Orleans, LA (invitational)
Full Color: A NOCCA Alum Painting Show, Kirschman Gallery, New Orleans, LA (invitational)
Face Forward, No. 77 Chandlery, New Orleans, LA (invitational)
2019
Guess What?, Hall Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA (invitational)
Gemini, Magazine Merchant House, New Orleans, LA (invitational)
2018
Squares, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Korea (juried)(catalogue)
La La Land, Hall Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA (invitational)
30 New Orleans Artists, Second Story Gallery, New Orleans, LA
(Jurors: Emily Wilkerson, Charlie Tatum, and Gia Hamilton)
Urbanism & Eccentricities, Where Y’art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
(Juror: Richard Campanella, Author, New Orleans, LA)
2017
Femaissance, Oleander Gallery, New Orleans, LA (invitational)
WTF, Hall Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA (invitational)
Paper Menagerie, 5 Press Gallery, New Orleans, LA (curated by Maddie Stratton)
Residencies
2022
Nocefresca, Sardinia, Italy (June 1 - July 1)
2019
Azule, Hot Springs, North Carolina (August)
Gallery Affiliations
Spalding Nix Fine Art in Atlanta, GA
Where y'Art Works, New Orleans, LA
Art in Res, online
Print Publications
"The Anniversary Issue," print edition #35, Create! Magazine, March 15, 2023. 58-61.