MONTE SHELTON

 

Education:

M.F.A Drawing and Painting
1977 to 1979 Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

B.S Major: Art; Minor: Education
1970 to 1974 Western Oregon State University, Monmouth, Oregon

Educational Mentors:

1970 to 1974 studied painting with Larry Stobie Western Oregon State University

1977 to 1979 studied with Gaylen Hansen, Jo Hockenhull and Robert Helm Washington State University MFA graduate program

 

Solo Exhibitions:

o1/22 Salem on the Edge, Salem, OR

07/05 RealNetworks, Inc., Seattle, WA
05/05 Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle, WA
02/05 Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle, WA
11/04 Ross Rageland Theater, Klamath Falls, OR
03/04 SE Area Art Walk, Full Spectrum Health Center, Portland, OR 03/03 Common Ground Gallery, Portland, OR

05/99 to 09/03 Full Spectrum Health Center, Portland, OR 12/99 Talisman Gallery, Portland, OR
05/97 First Avenue Gallery, Portland, OR
09/92 Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR

04/84 Retrospect 71-84, The Yellow Front, Salem, OR

10/83 Carole Smith Gallery, Salem, OR

02/81 Light, Space, Time and Place, Boon's Treasury, Salem, OR

04/77 Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR
05/74 Icy Oasis, Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, OR

 

Group and Two Person Exhibitions:

08/-09/23 Salem on the Edge, Salem, OR

07/09-08/13/22 Around Oregon Annual, The Art Center, Corvallis, OR

04/-07/21  Expressions West 2021, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
01/21-02/29/20 Wild Women, River Gallery, Independence, OR
07/05-08/24/19 Salem 100, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR
06/20-08/09/19 Around Oregon Annual, The Art Center, Corvallis, OR
01/22-03/02/19 Wild Women, River Gallery, Independence, OR
01/2019 Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital, Newport, OR (permeant collection)

08/25-10/21/17 “Fuel for Fire”, Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland Co, Fayetteville NC

10/23/15-1/03/16 Finding Our Place: The Geography of Art, Annmarie Garden, Solomons, MD

02/-05/14 “Paintings About Trees”Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle, WA

10/13  Around Oregon Annual 2013, The Arts Center Corvallis, OR
06/13 Elements in Balance: earth, air, fire, water, Annmarie Garden, Solomons, MD

07/12 Treasured, Annmarie Garden, Solomons, MD
04/12 Expressions West 2012, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
06/11 Supersize: Bigger is Better? Annmarie Garden, Solomons, MD
09/10 8th Around Oregon Annual, The Arts Center Corvallis, OR
04/10 Expressions West 2010, Coos Art Museum Coos Bay, OR
03/09 Spatial Articulation, Agora Gallery, New York, NY
09/08 It Happened in the Forest, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR

05/08 Re.action, Annmarie Garden, Solomons, MD
04/08 Expressions West 2008, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR

05/06 WOSU Alumni Show, Monmouth OR
07/04 2nd Around Oregon Annual, ArtCentric, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
10/02 Willamette Valley Juried Exhibition, Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
03/02-09/02 Art About Agriculture 20th Anniversary Tour, Corvallis, Bend, & Klamath Falls OR
03/92 Visionary Women, Culture Shock Gallery, Portland, OR
09/76 In Touch: Nature Ritual and Sensuous Art from the Northwest P.C.V.A., Portland, OR
 

Awards, honors, residencies, commissions:
10/13, Best of Show, “Potential/ Actualize (fuel& fire)” The Arts Center, Around Oregon Annual 2013, Corvallis, OR
04/12, Honorable Mention Award, “Treasure/ Timber” Coos Art Museum Expressions West 2012
09/10, Jurors Award, “Potential/ Actualize (seed cone)”The Arts Center, 8th Around Oregon Annual, Corvallis, OR 04/10, Honorable Mention Award, “Signal Fires” Coos Art Museum Expressions West 2010
04/08, First Place purchase award, “Potential/ Actualize” Coos Art Museum Expressions West 2008
05/02, Oregon State University, Art About Agriculture, Tour 2002 Exhibit University Honda Award “Reflecting Pool #3”
Designed and painted Environmental Murals for Gardenburger, Inc.

 

Public or Institutional collections:

02/2022 "Forest Debris / Moving into Abstraction" oil on canvas 2008, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR

06/2019 “Park Entrance” 2000, “Potential / Actualize (seed cone)” 2008, Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital, Newport, OR
04/2008 “Potential / Actualize”, oil on canvas 2007 , Southwestern Oregon Community College Foundation, Coos Bay, OR

“Forest Pond East” site-specific installation, Glen Creek Dental, Salem, OR

"Slightly Open Door #2" Gouache on rag paper, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR

"Slightly Open Door" Oil on canvas, Rex Hill Winery, Portland, OR
Environmental Murals, Gardenburger, Inc Portland, OR

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Monte Shelton

1027 25th Street NE
Salem, OR 97301
503.318.9341 cell
www.paintmonte.com or www.monteshelton.net

email; monte@paintmonte.com or monte@monteshelton.net