Artist Resume

KIMBERLY MICHELLE SHELTON EDUCATION BFA Ceramics, Cum Laude, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2007 SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS IKEA; It's About Time, benefit for the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 2008. *Featured in Artist Auction Catalogue.

Wood Fired Raw Clay, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC, 2008 The Sound Sculpture Experiment, Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA, 2007 GSU Ceramics Student Art Show and Sale, Soda Salon, Atlanta, GA, 2007 BFA Exhibition, Ernst G. Welch School of Art and Design Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2007 What’s up Cupcake, Western Kentucky University, Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Building, Bowling Green, KY, 2007

Installation Sculpture, Edgewood Sculpture Forum, Atlanta, GA, 2007 Dual Exhibition, Cage Space, Atlanta, GA, 2007 Adwinasa Gallery, Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa, 2006 Group Exhibition, Pizza Café, Stone Mountain, GA, 2005 ORGANIZATIONS Student League of Independent Potters and Sculptors, Atlanta, GA, 2002-2007 Edgewood Sculpture Forum, Atlanta, GA, 2005-2007 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Raku and Horsehair Workshop, Colleton County Arts Council, Walterboro, SC, 2008 - 2007

Raku and Horsehair Workshop, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2007 Soda Kiln Workshop, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2007 RELATED EXPERIENCE Work-Exchange, Spring Concentration, Wood Fired Raw Clay, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, 2008 Wood Kiln Construction, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2008 Glass Blowing Workshop, Matt Janke Studios, Atlanta, GA, 2007 Independent Study, Ghana, West Africa, 2006 Soda Kiln Construction, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 2006 The Hambidge Center, Anagama Wood Firing, Dillard, GA, 2002-2008 Professional Workshops, Yen-Wen Kuo, Keisuke Mizuno, Chris Gustin, Julia Galloway, Kristen Kiefer, Debra Fritz, Brian Ransom, Michael Hunt & Naomi Dalglish, David Stuempfle

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS The Art of Hope, National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA, 2007 Studio Assistant, Penland School of Crafts, Ceramic Sound Sculpture with Brian Ransom, Penland, NC, 2007

IEF Study Abroad Photo Competition, Atlanta, GA, 2006 VOLUNTEER POSITIONS Rape Response, Victim Advocate Program, Gainesville, GA 2009 Hagar’s House, Women’s Homeless Shelter, Decatur, GA 2009 High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 2008-2009 Penland School of Crafts Annual Benefit Auction, Penland, NC 2007-2008 Hambidge Center U-Do-Raku, Dillard, GA 2007-2008 Faith in the City, Self-image in Clay, Atlanta, GA 2007 Refugee Family Services, After School Program, Stone Mountain, GA, 2007 Docent, Potentially Harmful: The Art of American Censorship, Ernst G. Welsh School of Art and Design Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2006 Vagina Monologues, Georgia State University, Publicity Coordinator, 2006 Empty Bowls, Georgia State University, 2004-2005