SHELLEY THORSTENSEN 120 W Lancaster Pike Oxford, PA 19363 USA 609 932 6475 shelley@printmakersopenforum.org REPRESENTATION Dolan/Maxwell Philadelphia PA SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 As Above, Union Art Gallery, Wagner College Gallery, Staten Island, NY (November until January 15 - 2016 Field Study: The Scheme of Things, Anderson Print Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA 2013 Part and Parcel: the material resource and chronology of "On Any Given Day", Second State Press, Philadelphia PA Since the River Spoke Rose Lehrman Art Gallery, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg PA 2011 This is the Smoke from when the Horses Left Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia PA 2010 Counterpoint: The Leap from Vision to Print Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia PA 2009 Counterpoint: The Leap from Vision to Print Houghton College Ortlip Gallery Department of Art, Houghton NY 2008 The Preponderance of Evidence The Print Center, Philadelphia PA 2006 To Date Rosefsky Studio Art Gallery, State University of New York, Binghamton NY For Joyous Home Recolte Galerie Fukuoka JP 2005 Working Proof Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale NY 2003 The Public Print The Free Public Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA 1997 Current Williams Gallery, Princeton NJ 1994 Shelley Thorstensen (Guest Artist) Muse Gallery, Philadelphia PA Multi(print)Media Quincy College, Quincy IL 1993 Manifestations Maragerite Weber Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro PA 1992 The Public Print Marywood College, Scranton PA Unerring Messenger and Other Work University of Scranton, Scranton PA 1991 New Prints Pikeville College, Pikeville KY SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 Tucson National Print Invitational, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson AZ Landscape X, Raahe Finland Song of Myself, Palmer Art Museum, Harrisburg PA 2014 Graphic Coordinates, Whitebox Gallery, Griffith University, Queensland College Australia th International Biennial, Douro Portugal 2013 The Print Revolution, Palmina F and Stephen S Pace Galleries, University of Southern Indiana DRAW 13, Invitational, 92nd Exhibition of The Drawing Society, London, England Across the Waters: Prints by the Council of the Society of American Graphic Artists, Galerie RECOLTE, Fukuoka Japan Society of American Graphic Artists 80th Members' Exhibition, DeLind Gallery, Milwaukee WI Juxtapostions, Spencer Hill Gallery, Corning NY Under Pressure, Lore Degenstein Gallery / Susquehanna University, Selingsgrove PA 2012 A Sense of Place, Spencer Hill Gallery, Corning NY Fusion - International Contemporary Intaglio Print Invitational Exhibition Guanlan International Print Biennial, China, curated for the US by Lynne Allen: traveling to Bejing and Shanghai Multiple Encounters, Second State, group traveling exhibition, curated by Vijay Kumar, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi India Southern Graphics Conference International group traveling exhibition 2012 – 2015, curated by Frances Myers 2011 Blanket Statements, Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg NJ Multi(ply) Middlesex County Community College NJ, curated by Susan Altman 2010 A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking “Print Summit”, East Carolina University, NC Old World/New World, Mid America Print Council Conference Catherine G Murphy Gallery, St Catherine U, St Paul MN Impact/Imprint Bucks County Community College, Bucks County PA Pressed for Time: Contemporary Printmakers Roberts Wesleyan, Rochester NY Mark/ReMarque: Southern Graphics Philadelphia Portfolio Philadelphia PA SAGA goes DownUnder Frye Gallery, Braidwood AU 2009 Art of the State Harrisburg PA Synesthesia The Painted Bride, Philadelphia PA Curated by Annabelle Rodriguez Intaglio a go go The Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA 2007 Philagrafika Selects William Penn Foundation Philadelphia PA Triple X The Brandywine Institute, Philadelphia PA 2006 Hollar Gallery Invitational Society of American Graphic Artists, Prague Czechoslovakia 2005 Colorprint USA Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX 2004 Several Steps Removed Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA Diverse Directions The Brodsky Center, New Brunswick NJ Society of American Graphic Artists Susan Teller Gallery, New York NY 2002 Prayer of the 10,000 Things Muse Gallery, Philadelphia PA 1998 Women Printmakers Waldorf College, Forest City IA, traveling to Fort Collins CO 1995 Group Exhibition The Galleries of McDermott, Will and Emory, New York NY 1994 Contemporary American Printmakers Fairfield University, Walsh Gallery, Fairfield CN 1992 Group Exhibit Galeria Brita Prinz Madrid Spain By Any Means Available Artist Photocopy Books at Printed Matter at DIA, New York NY The Book as Vessel Oregon Book Artists Guild, Salem OR PUBLISHED WRITING and VIDEO 2009 Printmaking in the New World Order of the Multiple Impact Printmaking Conference: United Kingdom Lithography Video for the Brandywine Workshop Link: http://www.brandywineworkshop.com/videos.html 2007 With a Capitol P SAGA’zine, Society of American Graphic Artists New York NY 2005 Holding the Line – the Discipline of the Discipline Association of Independent Colleges of Art Conference, Philadelphia, PA 2003 If You Can Ink It, You Can Print It, Article Quotations Gallery Catalog, Jan Kolstad, Trygve Lie Gallery, New York NY SELECTED COLLECTIONS Advent International, Boston MA Aurora Capitol, Los Angeles CA Arizona State Universtiy Museum, Tempe AZ Blank Rome Tenzer Greenblat, New York NY Blue Cross/ Blue Shield of PA, Philadelphia PA Cleveland Art Museum, Cleveland OH Feldman and Pinto, Philadelphia PA Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee Belgium Free Public Library of Philadelphia, PA Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL Kenosha Museum, Kenosha WI Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis MN Marywood College, Scranton PA Museum of Modern Art, New York NY (Artist Book, Dadabase T4158 A12a) Museum of Penn State, Pittsburgh PA New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, Camden NJ Newark Public Library, Department of Prints, Newark NJ Oregon Institute, Print Center, Portland OR Palmer Art Museum, Harrisburg PA Polymetaal, Amsterdam Netherlands Royal Museum of Art, Antwerp Belgium Rembrandt Graphic Arts, Rosemont NJ Rutgers University, NJ Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX University of Iowa Library, Artist Book Collection, Iowa City IA University of Mississippi, Prints Collection Archive, Oxford MS University of Scranton, Scranton PA Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale NY Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia PA PUBLICATIONS 2016 30 American Printmakers Sylvie Covey, Harper Collins (Release Date: January 26, 2016) 2013 American Print Makers Stephanie Standish, E Ashley Rooney, Editors, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen PA 2012 Shelley Thorstensen: in other words Artist Catalog Link: http://www.prestophoto.com/bookstore/116506-Shelley-Thorstensen-in-other-words-PDF-Photo-Book A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking Edited by Matthew Egan, Michael Ehlbeck and Heather Muise ART FAIRS INK Miami Miami Beach FL New York Print Fair The Park Avenue Armory, New York NY International Fine Print Dealer Association (IFPDA) Capitol Art Washington DC Cleveland Museum Print Fair Cleveland OH London Print Fair London UK San Francisco Print Fair San Francisco CA Works on Paper The Park Avenue Armory, New York NY SELECTED REVIEWS 2014 Nancy Stock-Allen, Printmakers Open Forum, Printeresting feature, June 2, 2014 2012 Dr Glenn Benge Journal of the Print World Winter 2012 2010 Burton Wasserman ICON Magazine June 2010 Edward Sozanski The Philadelphia Inquirer May 18 2010 Printeresting February 26, 2010 Printeresting April 25, 2010 2009 Deidra Keiger Independent Curator Edith Newhall The Philadelphia Inquirer 2008 Victoria Donahoe The Philadelphia Inquirer TEACHING 2009 – Tyler School of Art / Temple University Philadelphia PA 2009 - 2011 Muhlenberg College Allentown PA 2006 – Art Institute of Boston, Lesley College Boston MA (Artist Mentor) 1990 – Women’s Studio Workshop Rosendale NY 2007 – 2008 University of Delaware Newark DE 2006 – 2007 Mason Gross School of the Arts / Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ 1998 – 2006 Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia PA 1992 - 1993 Keystone Junior College La Plume PA 1990 – 1992 Marywood College Scranton PA SELECTED DEMONSTRATIONS 2014 Viscosity Monoprinting, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS 2010 The Hectograph Re-visited Southern Graphics International Philadelphia, Mark/Remarque Demonstration and Lecture 2005 The Big Block Philadelphia Museum of Fine Art, Main Hallway, for Philagrafika Gelatin Monoprints with x foot table Intaglio / Woodcut Matrix PANELS 2014 Beyond the Institution, MAPC Conference, PRINT CITY: Detroit 2009 Intaglio a go go: Etching Moves Forward Free Library of Philadelphia PA 2005 Meet the Print Free Library of Philadelphia, RF Looney Memorial 2006 Because We Can (Panel Chair) Southern Graphics Council, New Brunswick NJ SELECTED LECTURES 2016 Visiting Artist, Bowdoin College, Bowdoin ME (March) 2015 Visiting Artist, Dennison University, OH 2014 Visiting Artist, University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA Visiting Artist, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz NY 2013 Visiting Artist, Kansas State University Manhattan KS 2011 Peter’s Valley Craft Center Layton NJ Women’s Studio Workshop (2013 – 2001) 2009 Bucks County Community College Yardley PA 2008 Tyler School of Art Printmaking Department Elkins Park PA 2006 Binghamton University Art Department Binghamton NY 2005 Holding the Line – the Discipline of the Discipline Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design Conference Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Philadelphia PA 2003 University of Delaware Newark DE 2002 College Women’s Association Trenton NJ 2001 Guest Lecturer / Honorary President The Keisho Art Association, Fukuoka Japan 1998 University of Scranton Scranton PA 1996 Rhode Island School of Design Providence RI