Shelley Lowell

Born
1946  The Bronx, New York

Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY,  6/1967
Advertising Design & Visual Communications, Dean’s List

Selected Museum Exhibitions
1999  Small Works, Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC,
1980  Artists in Georgia 1980, The High Museum of Art, Peter
         Morin, Curator, Atlanta, GA
1975  The Year of the Woman, The Bronx Museum of the Arts,
         Judith Van Baron, Director, Bronx, NY
1974  International Museum of Erotic Art, San Francisco, CA

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007  Margaret W and Joseph L. Fisher Art Gallery, Schlesinger Center,   
         Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
2007 Southeast Community Development Corporation, Baltimore, MD
2005  Montage Gallery of Federal Hill, Baltimore, MD
2003  Columbia Art Center, Columbia, MD

Two Person Exhibitions
2004  Slayton House Gallery, Wilde Lake Village, Columbia, MD

Group Exhibitions
2009  Bike Project Exhibition, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
         (invitational)
2006  Making an Entrance, Columbia Festival for the Arts, Columbia, MD

2005, 2004  Montage Gallery of Federal Hill, Baltimore, MD
2000  The Artist & The Process, Howard County Center for the
         Arts, Ellicott City, MD, (invitational)
2000  International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC
1999  Music of Art, The Piano Company, Leesburg, VA, curator:
         Art Promotions, Inc.
1996 - May 1998  Pink Neck Gallery, Asheville, NC, continuous
         group shows
1993  The Sacred Prostitute, New York Open Center, 83 Spring Street, 
         NYC, curated
1981  Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Artists in Georgia
         Exhibition, Savannah GA
1981  Atlanta Women In The Arts Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1976  Erotics, Group Shows NYC
1973  Witticisms By Women, The Erotic Art Gallery, 114 West
        29th Street, NYC

Juried Exhibitions
2010  Summer, Group Show, Westport Art Center, Westport, CT, 
         Juror: Alexandra Monroe, Senior Curator of Asian Art,
         Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
2010
  Botanical Dreams & Nightmares, Group Show, Gallery of    
         Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT,
         Juror: Cynthia Roznoy, Ph.D., Curator of Exhibitions,
         Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
2006  Not to Scale, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, 
         Alexandria, VA, David C. Levy, Juror
2003  Art HoCo Biennial, Howard County Center for the Arts,
         Ellicott City, MD
2003  Dog Days Of Summer (and Cats Too!), Zenith Gallery,
         Washington DC
2003  Healing Power of Art, Manhattan Arts International,
         online exhibition

2002  New Symbols, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2000  2000 Views, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott
         City, MD, small works
1999  Bell Atlantic Art Gallery, Northern Virginia Community
         College, Annandale, VA
1998  From The Gut, Urthona Gallery, Asheville, NC
1992, 1987  Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National Arts
         Club, NYC
1991  Decatur Arts Alliance Annual Exhibition, Dorothy McRae,
         Director, ArtSpace, Atlanta, GA
1985  The Augusta Art Association Regional Exhibition, Augusta, GA
1974  Audabon Artists, Inc, National Exhibition, National
         Academy Galleries, NYC
1966  Drawings, Society of Illustrators, NYC

Fine Art Awards, Reviews & Publications
2005  Baltimore Sun, “Examination of Soul,” Glenn McNatt, Art
         Critic, April 26,2005
2004  Columbia Flier, “Duo takes dual view of nature,” Mike
         Giuliano, May 6, 2004
2003  Honorable Mention, “Dog Days Of Summer (And Cats Too!)”
2003  The Columbia Flyer, “At Center, A Scream For Metaphor,”
         Mike Giuliano, March 13, 2003
1998  Asheville Citizen-Times, “Women Artists Explore Emotions
         in Gutsy Exhibit,” Catherine Agrella, January 25, 1998
1998  Mountain Xpress, “Women’s Art, Women's Wisdom,” Maria
         Fire, January 14, 1998
1996  Asheville Citizen-Times, “Pink Neck Gallery Makes Art
         Novices Feel Welcome,” Heather Rayburn, December 20, 1996
1996  Asheville Citizen-Times, “Pink Neck Artists Add To
         Flowering Artistic Community,” Frank Thomson, May 19, 1996
1991  Atlanta Woman, Movers & Shakers - Shelley Lowell, Winter
         Special 1991
1989  Business Atlanta, “Forget Yellow Ties, Try The Power
         Bra,” Julie B. Hairston
1987  Grand Prize -  $25,000, Diet Dr. Pepper National Art
         Competition
1985  Merit Award, Regional Exhibition, Juried Show, Augusta
         Art Association, Augusta GA
1983  Outstanding Young Women of America, biographical listing
1980  The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, “Atlanta Women In
         Arts Opens With Feminist Show,” W. C. Burnett, Dec. 7, 1980
1976  Penthouse, “Erotic Edibles: How Food Can Be Lewd,”
         Meridee Merzer
1975  Women Artists In America II, Book, J. L. Collins,
         biographical listing, painting
1975  The Whole Sex Catalogue, Contemporary Artists, Berhardt
         J. Hurwood
1975  Feminist Art Journal, “The Year of the Woman,” Susan
         Manso, Vol. 4 No. 1
1974 Changes, “The New Sexual Art of Women,” Marse Holder,
        Issue No. 86. (Article first appeared in feminist journal, Off
        Our Backs)

Selected Corporate Collections
Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville, Douglasville, GA
The Dr. Pepper Company, Dallas, TX
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC

Selected Private Collections (names supplied by request)
New York, NY, Atlanta, GA, Brooklyn, NY, Chicago, IL, Madison
Heights, MI, Roswell, GA, Arlington, VA, San Francisco, CA.
Asheville, NC, Memphis, TN, Alexandria, VA, New York, NY

Selected Commissions (names supplied by request)
Mount Vernon, VA, Fletcher, NC, Weaverville, NC, McDonough,
GA, Fairfax, VA, Bethesda, MD, Pasadena, MD, Baltimore, MD,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Columbia, MD, New York, NY