Annabelle Shelton Born: London 1968
Westbury Farm Studios, Foxcovert Rd, Milton Keynes, MK5 6AA.
Tel: 01908 311774 Studio: 01908 501214 Mob: 0788 99 27680
email: annabelle@annabelleshelton.com
2001 MA Fine Art UCE.1998 Post Graduate Dip. UCE, Birmingham.
1992 BA Hons Fine Art Staffordshire University
Exhibitions / Awards / Commissions/ Publications
2010 - The John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition Liverpool John Moores Sept – Jan 2011.
Wysing Arts Centre, Wysing Contemporary: Presents April – May (Alternative Art Fair Initiative).
Aberystwyth Art Centre, Aberystwyth University, Wales – Artist Residency June–Aug 2010.
Rarity Gallery, Greece Works in Exhibition. ‘By the Pool’ Series.
Aberystwyth Art Centre, Gallery One Show - 5 Participating Artist June – July 2010.
2009 - Escalator Retreat: The Economics of the Art System Wysing Arts Centre Cambridge – 4 day programmed events and discussions. 10 Artists & Curators participated with RCA MA Curator course. Invitation for ACE post application for development with participating artists.
A.N.Publication- ‘Quiet Revolution’ MKG Show – Review by Annabelle Shelton / October Ed.
MK Community Foundation Arts Bursary 2009 – Shortlisted Artist Sept 09.
Rarity Gallery Greece – Summer Salon Show 2009.
Milton Keynes Painting Prize – Exhibition Catalogue Inclusion September 2009.
On the Verge – Public art Banner for inner city estate. April 09.
MK Contemporary CMK ‘Shoreline’ – August 09 Solo Show of works.
The Diffusion of Useful Knowledge – July 09 Selected National Artists & Project Curated show by Annabelle Shelton @ Westbury Studios, Milton Keynes. Catalogue production in progress – Final outcome of Project.
MK Fringe Wall Exhibition – Midsummer Place Milton Keynes, March
R-H-G Art Fairs London Art Fair - Islington Business Centre Januray 2009.
2008 - Salon 08 dec-Jan 09 Northampton Fishmarket Arts Collective.
R-H-G Conway st. Summer Show 2008.
Liscombe Park House Bedfordshire Exhibition of Works – June.
The Big Moo Fringe Arts Festival 08 – Milton Keynes Shopping Centre.
Raymond Blanc Restaurant – July 08 CMK.
Rebecca Hossack Gallery Art Fairs London Art Fair Islington, Watercolours & Drawings Royal College, Form Fair, 20/21 International Art Fair AAF Battersea 2008,. ArtLondon 08 @ Chelsea Hospital October 2008.
2007 - ‘Articulated Landscape’ Solo Show at the Three White Walls Gallery Birmingham Mailbox.
Celeste Art Prize 2007– Shortlisted Artist inclusion into Catalogue
R-H-G Charlotte Street London April Mixed show.
R-H-G – Art Fairs Watercolours & Drawings Fair RCA, 20/21 International, AAF London, Glasgow Art Fair, Moscow Art Fair, AAF Bristol, AAF New York, 20/21 British Art Fair RCA, Art London, Dubai Art Fair, Art Ireland, London Art 2007, ArtLondon Chelsea Hospital, AAF Battersea 2007.
2006 - R-H-G Gallery – Art Fairs 06/07 20/21 London, Art London Chelsea, AAF Battersea, Dublin Art Fair, Toronto Art Fair, Miami Art fair, Palm Beach Art Fair USA. London Art Fair, Islington London Art Fair 07 Representation Aug 06 – June 09.
Carrement 2006 Mixed SHOW Nimes, France.
OSOP 06 – Selected Artist for Northampton Arts Commission Event Northampton Railway Station - October.
John Moores 24 Contemporary Painting Prize – Shortlisted for Exhibition.
Conjunction 06 ‘Transpositions’ –Selected Artist for Show @ AirSpace. Stoke on Trent.
Art Chicago – Jill George Gallery Art fair in USA.
Jill George Gallery – Figurative show 06, London Representation Jan 06 – Aug 06.
Open University Library People Show, Milton Keynes.
2005 - Mall Galleries ‘Discerning Eye 2005’ November - Shortlisted for the Drawing Bursary. London.
Leicester City Gallery ‘Watch out for Small Print …Too’ Touring Show Orange St Gallery and Vaughan.
College Gallery in Feb 2006.
‘Landscape in Print’ The Open University curated by Annabelle Shelton.
The Barn Gallery Solo Show Pools of Activity Westbury Farm Studios, Milton Keynes.
Fairfields Art Centre ‘Zeros & Ones’ Digital Open Submission Show, Basingstoke.
2004 - Stroud House Gallery ‘White Show’ Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Candid Arts Trust Mixed Show of Fine Art Graduates, London.
The International Symposium – Hidden Dimensions. The Holy Grail, set of 8 prints in Show.
The Bluewing Gallery, Kew. Mixed Group Show, ‘Scenes from the City’ Digital Prints. Jan 04.
2003 - The Bluewing Gallery, Kew, ‘Body Aspects’ Digital Prints and Drawings. Nov 03.
2002 - Window Box, Milton Keynes Gallery)– Commissioned site specific piece to fit a 4mx1m 1m² Clear cast Acrylic piece with figures extracted from an urban scene - digitally reproduced on surface of acrylic.
Silbury Group Show, Milton Keynes Gallery – Mixed Show. a collection of small digital prints cascaded a wall. Close-ups of minor details from a Postcard of St Marks square.
2001 - BBC Reception, BBC Production Centre, Milton Keynes. Exhibition of Drawings.
Art in a Suitcase, Exhibition Touring M.K. Lithuania & Holland. Digital postcard sized prints.
Wild West Show, UCE, Birmingham. MA Final show.
2000 - City a ‘Vessel for Souls’, International Symposium, Barn Gallery MK. Arts Council funded Project. 6 international artists joined 6 Milton Keynes based artists to produce work for a show.
Collections
Art for Offices, International Consultants, London 2006
Alliance & Bernstein Art Collection 2006
Liscombe Park House Chapel Private Collection 2000
The Open University Art Collection 2000,2008
Stantonbury Campus Leisure Centre, Milton Keynes 1996
Broadcasts
BBC2 Pause 1996 (Aired 1996-98) Short Documentary film Annabelle Shelton Studio Practice.
PodTV3 2007 Internet TV documenting Annabelle Shelton Art Practise @ Westbury Studios MK.
BBC Radio Northampton 2006 Live Interview with A S at OSOP launch of Hidden Places Art Tour.
The Open University July 08 - Talk presentation to an audience – Live Podcast.
Awards
Milton Keynes Arts Association Award 2008, 2004, 2000
The Open University General Purposes Award for Art Project 2004
The Oppenheim – John Downes Memorial Trust Art Award 2004
Associations & Membership
Westbury Farm Studio Collective
Open University Artwork Group 2002-06 -Advising and Art purchase for OU Art collection
Northampton Arts Collective (NAC) Fishmarket
Representation
Art for Offices
Jill George Gallery London 2006
Rebecca Hossack Gallery London 2006-9
Art Lounge Birmingham
Rarity Gallery Mykonos Greece