CV
BORN
Houston, Texas
AWARDS
Reece Museum, “International Fl3tch3r Exhibit,” East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, “Honor Selected Artist,” 2023
Surface Design Association Southwest Regional Exhibition, “Best of Show” award, 2022
Surface Design Magazine, “Modern Meets Traditional” award, 2018
Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico [essay contest], 2009
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California, 2004
University of Texas, Tyler, Texas [purchase award], 2003
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, “International Fl3tch3r Exhibit”
2022
Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, Arizona, “Surface Design Association Southwest Regional Exhibition”
Hillestand Textiles Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, “2022 Textiles and Fiber Art Juried Exhibition”
2021
Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, California, “25 Million Stitches”
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, “Violet Protest”
2020
Southwest Contemporary Project Space, “12 New Mexico Artists To Know 2020”
2019
Contemporary Art Projects at Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, “Small Works 2019”
Hardesty Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, “Together/Apart: The Lady Minimalists Tea Society”
La Sala Gallery, Galisteo, New Mexico, “Under the Influence”
2018
La Sala Gallery, Galisteo, New Mexico, “Best Seat in the House”
Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Exquisite Corpse”
Surface Design Magazine, “Family Matters: SDA International Exhibition in Print”
2015
ViVO Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Peters Projects, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Axle Indoors”
Smink, Dallas, Texas, “Building the Image”
2014
ViVO Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
ART[s]UP=SALON, Galisteo, New Mexico
Santa Fe Collective, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2013
David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Axle Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Magnetic Drift”
2012
David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico [solo show]
516 Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico, “New Mexico Showcase”
Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Project Space: Lady Minimalists Tea Society”
2011
Fisher Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Earth Measure Blues” [solo show]
Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “18 Days”
New Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2009
Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “The Wonder Salon”
Salon Mar Graff, Tesuque, New Mexico, “Terra-Hedron”
Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “What Seeds Have Borne”
2007
Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico, “Accelerate” [three-person show]
Farrell Fischoff Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Underground Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Salon Mar Graff, Tesuque, New Mexico
2006
ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California
2005
T. W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont, “Paintings and Pots” [three-person show]
Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, Oregon, “Beneath the Surface” [three-person show]
Read-Johnson Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Alder Art Gallery, Coburg, Oregon
2004
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California
Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, California
Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, California
2003
University of Texas, Tyler, Texas
Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
Alpan Gallery, Huntington, New York
Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, California
Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, Colorado
2002
San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, California
Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
The Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio
BIBLIOGRAPHY/VIDEOGRAPHY
“12 New Mexico Artists To Know, 2020” the/magazine, February-March 2020
“Danielle Shelley, Fiber Artist,” Eldorado Living, November 2019
”Danielle Shelley, Modern Meets Traditional Award,” Surface Design Magazine, Winter 2018
"Pattern and Rhythm: ViVO Contemporary," Santa Fean, April/May 2015
"Jennifer goes to things and does stuff," Santa Fe New Mexican (Pasatiempo), May 29, 2015
Giving Voice to Image 3 (ViVO Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2015)
“Review: Axle Contemporary, Peters Projects, Santa Fe, New Mexico,” Drew Lenihan, visualartsource.com, February 2015
“Tea for seven,” Michael Abatemarco, Santa Fe New Mexican (Pasatiempo), July 13, 2012
“Opened by limits,” Kathaleen Roberts, Albuquerque Journal Santa Fe, July 12, 2012
"Critical reflections: Michael Wright and Danielle Shelley,” Jon Carver, THE Magazine, June 2012
Studio Visit Magazine, Fall 2011
Invitation to the Muse, documentary video produced/directed by Karen Cantor, Singing Wolf Documentaries, Inc., 2011
“Art matters,” Harmony Hammond, Albuquerque Journal, December 11, 2009
“Art in review: ‘The Wonder Salon’,” Douglas Fairfield, Santa Fe New Mexican (Pasatiempo), December 4, 2009
Spirit of Drawing, Connie Smith Siegel (Watson-Guptill Publications 2007)
“Women artists of Collective 9 meet to share support, criticism,” Harriet Chiang, San Francisco Chronicle, February 4, 2005
“Three artists bring three visions,” Grants Pass Daily Courier, Feb. 9, 2005
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Founding member, “Lady Minimalists Tea Society,” Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2012-2021
Color theory workshop leader, Design Week, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2006
Visiting artist, Dorris-Eaton School, Walnut Creek, California, 2004
Residency, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California, 2003
Peace Corps volunteer teacher (math and French), Ghana, West Africa
EDUCATION
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, B.A. (Economics and history)
Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut (Graduate work in law and legal anthropology)
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, M.A. (African studies)
University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, England [Marshall Scholar]
University of California at Berkeley, M.L.S. (Library and information science)