Curriculum vitae

Education

  • 2000 – M.F.A. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
  • 1995 – H.B.F.A.Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON
Selected Solo Exhibitions
  • 2020 – Locked and on a Loop, Charles Clark Gallery, Vancouver
  • 2016 – Rigged, Basic Inquiry, Vancouver
  • 2015 – UnBeatable, Basic Inquiry, Vancouver
  • 2013 – Scouting the Divine, Artemis Gallery, North Vancouver
  • 2013 – The Common Man, Gabor Gasztonyi Gallery, New Westminster
  • 2012 – Real Time Physics, Basic Inquiry, Vancouver
  • 2010 – Pastoral: A Moment in Nature, The Art of Law Gallery, New Westminster
  • 2008 – The Melting Point of Ice, Nina Haggerty Gallery, Edmonton
  • 2007 – Eat Mine Raw, Arts Hab Gallery, Edmonton
  • 2006 – One Perfect Shot, The Works Art Festival, Edmonton
  • 2005 – The Proteans, VAAA Gallery, Edmonton
  • 2005 – The Modern Dog, +15 Truck Gallery, Calgary
  • 2004 – Am I Getting Enough Sleep, Sex, Food? Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton
  • 2004 – Physique: What Kind of Man Are You? Fringe Gallery, Edmonton
  • 2003 – I Accept Myself Series, Latitude 53, Edmonton
  • 2001 – Fish Out of Water, Nickel Museum, Calgary,AB
  • 1998 – Postmortem Series: A Rendered Analysis, Thunder Bay Art Gallery
  • 1995 – An Exhibition of Paintings, Definitely Superior Art Gallery, Thunder Bay
Selected Juried Competitions
  • 2020 – Sheer Madness, Northville Art House, Northville Michigan, U.S.A.
  • 2019 – Art Rich,  Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond B.C.
  •  2019 – Displacement, The Cultch Gallery (Culture Crawl) Vancouver, B.C.
  • 2003 – The Eye and the Hand, Etobicoke Civic Centre Gallery, Etobicoke, ON
  • 1997 – Edmonton 2000, Harcourt Gallery, Edmonton
  • 1996 – Art of Darkness, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ON
Collaborative Exhibitions
  • 2018 – Figures, Freaks and Spirited Beaks, with Jane Hennesy, Gibsons Public Art Gallery
  • 2016 – MO,  with Jane Hennesy, Suzanne St. Pierre, Irene Thorne, Basic Inquiry Gallery, Vancouver
  • 2006 – Go Figure, with Margaret Braun and Linda Ould, Fringe Gallery, Edmonton
  • 2005 – The Unclean, collaboration with Poet Mingus Tourette, Fringe Gallery, Edmonton
  • 2001 – So You Wanna Be An Art Star? Collaborative performance written by Richard Smolinski and Linda Cairrerro, Nickel Museum Gallery, Calgary
  • 1995 – Essential Elements, Rick Tiihonen and Lorraine Cull, Atikokan, Ontario
Selected Group Exhibitions
  • 2022 – Visage: A Portrait-themed Exhibition, curated by Logan Ford, Rockslide Gallery, Victoria
  • 2022-  Extractions: Resources through an Artistic Lens, curated by the Coquitlam Heritage Society, Place des Arts, Coquitlam
  • 2021-  Art for Life, PoMo Art Gallery, Port Moody
  • 2020 – Jelena and the Magic Flute, curated by Dan Starling, CSA Space Gallery, Vancouver
  • 2014 – Liminality, Art Meets Fashion, Salt Lake City,  Utah
  • 2012 – Drawn Festival, Basic Inquiry, Vancouver
  • 2011 – Salmon Inquiry, Gallery Gachet, Vancouver
  • 2011 – Refresh, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver
  • 2010 – Imaging the Body, Body Worlds at Science World, Vancouver
  • 2010 – Culture Crawl, Basic Inquiry, Vancouver
  • 2009 – Where we Come From, On the Rise Gallery, Vancouver
  • 2006 – Likeness, Profiles Gallery, St. Albert, AB
  • 2005 – Metamorphosis, Fringe Gallery, Edmonton
  • 1996 – Towards an Understanding: Evaluating the Symbolic, invitational exhibition curated by Joan O’Doherty
  • 1995 – Ultima Thule, invitational exhibition curated by Catherine Kozyra and Joan O’Doherty, Definitely Superior Art Gallery, Thunder Bay
  • 1994 – Summer Survey, invitational exhibition curated by Janet Clark, Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Teaching, Awards and Achievements
  • 2012-2023- Instructor: portrait drawing class, expressive portrait/figure drawing classes and mixed media figure drawing workshop, West Vancouver Community Centre and Music Box, West Vancouver
  • 2011 – 2023 Drawing and Art Theory Instructor:  CG Masters School of 3D Animation and VFX New Westminster, B.C.
  • 2012-19 –  figure, portrait  drawing workshop and mixed media workshop at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby
  • 2012- figure drawing workshop, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam
  • 2010 – Mixed media demonstrations, Richmond Artist Guild, Richmond
  • 2009 – 2012 Art Instructor, New Westminster Board of Education Continuing Studies
  • 2009 – Art Instructor, Langara College, Vancouver
  • 2006-08 – Art Instructor, University of Alberta, Nor Quest College, Harcourt House Art Gallery, City Arts Centre
  • 1998 – Alberta Foundation for the Arts Graduate Scholarship Award U of A, Edmonton
  • 1998 – Mary Louise Imrie Graduate Student Award, U of A
  • 1996 – Article published in Remote Control Magazine for the Arts, “A Showing at the A.G.O”
  • 1994-96 – Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
  • 1992 – Co-founder, Emergence/See annual group exhibitions for emerging and professional artists, Thunder Bay
  • 1992 – Deans Awards for painting and drawing, Lakehead University Student Juried Exhibition
Public Collections
  • 2014 – District of West Vancouver, West Vancouver
  • 2007 – Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton Alberta
  • 2000 – University of Alberta, Edmonton
Publications
  • 2018 – Wotisart, Edition 21, United Kingdom
  • 2018 – Art Reveal Magazine, Edition 43, Finland
  •  2018 – Artist Talk Magazine, Edition 6, United Kingdom
Critical Reviews
  • 2005 – “The Unclean – At the Fringe Gallery”, by Cookie Everman, Fifty3 “Underground 53”, Vol. 6 – Issue 3
  • 1997 – “An Analysis of the Body of Evidence”, by Catherine Kozyra, Remote Control Magazine, Vol. 6 – number 2
  • 1997 – “A World of Form and Shadow”, by Mavourneen Trainor, Remote Control Magazine, Vol. 3 – number 1
News Article Reviews
  • 2008 – Shelley Rothenburger, “The Melting Point of Ice” and “Eat Mine Raw”, by Amy Fung, Prairie Artsters
  • 2008 – “Of Mullets and Stickmen: Eat Mine Raw and Love is Simple”, by Mary Christa O’Keefe, Vue Weekly
  • 2006 – “Redrawing the Human Form”, by Amy Fung, See Magazine
  • 2006 – “One Perfect Shot, The Works Festival”, by Pamela Anthony, Edmonton Journal
  • 2005 – “Shelley Rothenburger’s Unclean Art”, by Agnieszka Matejko, Vue Weekly
  • 2005 – “The Unclean – The Sensitive Side of Mingus”, by Brian Gauriloff, Edmonton Journal
  • 2004 – “High Art Anxiety at Harcourt House”, by Gilbert Bouchard, Edmonton Journal
  • 2004 – “The Men Commandments”, by Agnieszda Matejko, Vue Weekly
  • 2000 – “Nickel Museum Shines”, by Wes Lafortune, Straight Magazine
  • 1999 – “Rothenburger evokes Ghost of Bacon with Fierce Style”, by Carol Berger, See Magazine
  • 1998 – “Three for the Road”, by Dave Lammers, The Chronicle Journal
  • 1999 – “Putting Life and Death in Focus”, by Peter Fergus-Moore, The Chronicle-Journal