Shelby Cunningham
Shelby Cunningham is a visual artist living and working in Dallas. She's a former member of 500x Gallery, a founding member of the Oh6 Art Collective in 2004, and she got her Bachelors of Arts and Performance from UTD.
Shelby Cunningham makes cutesy drawings and photos that are autobiographical and/or memory-based. She has an ongoing series about her complicated relationship with sleep and her numerous sleep disorders. She loves her gang of dogs and likes to include them in her drawings and play dress up with them for random photo shoots.
Curriculum Vitae
Residency
Born Dallas, Texas
Current Dallas, TX
Education
2002 – 2006 University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas. Bachelor's in Arts and Performance
Group Exhibitions
2015 Place / Non-Place, RE Gallery, Dallas, TX
2014 Tenth Street Pop-Up Gallery-- Origins/Wild Urban
2013 Just an Art Show (new work by Shelby Cunningham and Jessica
1 show: RE gallery 1 year anniversary show, RE gallery, Dallas, TX
The Ordinary and the Everyday, RE gallery, Dallas, TX
2012 Big and Bright: New Work From Texas, SWC Art Gallery, Chula Vista, CA
2011 Selfless. Selfish. Selfiness. Brand 10 Art Space, Fort Worth, TX
Suite Art Fair, showing with 500x Gallery, Belmont Hotel, Dallas, TX
New work by Shelby Cunningham and Thomas Feulmer, 500x Gallery,
From out of the clouds came forth Bunny God, collaboration with Jessica Fuentes, 918 Dragon, Dallas, TX2010 500x Member’s Show 2010, 500x, Dallas, TX
Hot Buns and Blazing Artists, the Texas Theatre, Dallas, TX
Son of Trunk Show, One Night event at Centraltrak during the Non-Profit
Sheep, Sharks and Nightlights, 500x, Dallas, TX
Spaces, bcWORKSHOP, Dallas, TX
Fuentes, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
Margin show, Dallas, TX
2010 Rooster, Rabbit and Bunny, Project Space at 500x, Dallas, TX
2009 Member’s Show, 500x, Dallas, TX
INTER- (In the Member’s Space), 500x, Dallas, TX
2008 anti(Formula), 500x, Dallas, TX
Under New Management, 500x, Dallas, TX
Something Made Easy: 500X Gallery's Annual Open Invitational, 500x,
Art Outside 2008, Enchanted Forrest, Austin, TX
2007 Grand opening of new space, Project room, Mighty Fine Arts, Oak Cliff,
Mighty Fine Arts @ Polvo, POLVO, Chicago
UTD School of Arts & Humanities Juried Student Art Exhibition. Dallas, TX
University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson, TX. Christina Rees Juror.
Expo 2007 (Juror Dr. Frances Colpitt), 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
2006 88 Numbers, Kettle Art, Dallas, TX
Big as Night 2, Tyler Street Lofts, Oak Cliff, TX
Interplay, University of Guanajuato art exhibition, Dallas, TX
Big as Night, Tyler Street Lofts, Oak Cliff, TX
Bad and Beautiful, Mighty Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
Interplay, University of Guanajuato art exhibition, Guanajuato, Mexico
New Texas Talent, A Statewide Juried Exhibition (Juror - Clint Willour),
Patternage. Continental Gallery, Dallas, TX
Trunk Show. 0h6 Art Collective, 918 Dragon Street Parking Lot, Dallas,
UTD School of Arts & Humanities Juried Student Art Exhibition.
New Works-0h6. 500X, Dallas, TX
Driver. Bathhouse Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Craighead-Green Galley, Dallas, TX
University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson, TX
2005 Conspiracy Show. 0h6 Art Collective, Continental Gallery, Dallas, TX
DIY Show: Coffin Factory '05. Southside at Lamar, Dallas, TX
Star Raiders: long range scan computer tracking of the galactic chart
warp energy 0240--eight targets--star date 00.94 orbit established.
University of Texas at Dallas, Mezzanine Gallery, Richardson, TX
Click. University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson, TX
UTD School of Arts & Humanities Juried Student Art Exhibition.
University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson, TX. David Quadrini, Juror
con.TEXT.ual. Oh6 Art collective, Casket Factory, Dallas, TX
MISSION:CONTROL. 0h6 Art Collective, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
2004 Self-Study. University of Texas at Dallas, Mezzanine Gallery, Richardson,
Gym Candy. University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson, TX
Super 8. Oh6 Art Collective, Kennedy Gallery, Southside on Lamar,
Well, Red. Oh6 Art Collective, Casket Factory, Dallas, TX
UTD School of Arts & Humanities Juried Student Art Exhibition.
Photo Works 04. University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson,
2003 UTD School of Arts & Humanities Juried Student Art Exhibition. Dallas, TX
University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson, Texas
University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson, TX
Related
2014-now Assisted Gabriel Dawe with installations
2012-2014 Taught "Teaching From the Collection" to 5-9 year olds at the Modern Art
Museum of Fort Worth
2012-2013 Assisted with the Kids Club at the Dallas Museum of Art
2009-2010 Participated in the Art Bytes program during the Dallas Museum of Art’s
Late Night series
2008-2011 500x Member. PR for the gallery.
2006 Set Design, There is Never a Reference Point, Marta's Kitchen,
Conceived and Directed by Thomas Riccio, University of Texas at Dallas and South Side on Lamar, Dallas Texas
Auctions
2010 The Dallas Contemporary Wish! Auction, Dallas, TX
Mighty Fine Arts Auction, Oak Cliff, TX
2009 The Dallas Contemporary Wish! Auction, Dallas, TX
2006 The Art Ball Auction. Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2005 Hooch & Pooch. McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Awards
2007 BWC Photography Award. University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery,
2006 Dallas Museum of Art Awards to Artists: The Clare Hart DeGolyer
Flash-Back Photography Award , University of Texas at Dallas. Nancy
2005 Flash Photography Award for Photography, University of Texas at Dallas.
2004 Asel Art Supply Award for Open Media, University of Texas at Dallas.
Richardson, TX. Christina Rees Juror.
Memorial Fund. Dallas, TX
Whitenack, Juror
David Quadrini, Juror
Suzanne Weaver, Juror
Shelby Cunningham is a visual artist living and working in Dallas. She's a former member of 500x Gallery, a founding member of the Oh6 Art Collective in 2004, and she got her Bachelors of Arts and Performance from UTD.
Shelby Cunningham makes cutesy drawings and photos that are autobiographical and/or memory-based. She has an ongoing series about her complicated relationship with sleep and her numerous sleep disorders. She loves her gang of dogs and likes to include them in her drawings and play dress up with them for random photo shoots.
Curriculum Vitae
Residency
Born Dallas, Texas
Current Dallas, TX
Education
2002 – 2006 University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas. Bachelor's in Arts and Performance
Group Exhibitions
2015 Place / Non-Place, RE Gallery, Dallas, TX
2014 Tenth Street Pop-Up Gallery-- Origins/Wild Urban
2013 Just an Art Show (new work by Shelby Cunningham and Jessica
1 show: RE gallery 1 year anniversary show, RE gallery, Dallas, TX
The Ordinary and the Everyday, RE gallery, Dallas, TX
2012 Big and Bright: New Work From Texas, SWC Art Gallery, Chula Vista, CA
2011 Selfless. Selfish. Selfiness. Brand 10 Art Space, Fort Worth, TX
Suite Art Fair, showing with 500x Gallery, Belmont Hotel, Dallas, TX
New work by Shelby Cunningham and Thomas Feulmer, 500x Gallery,
From out of the clouds came forth Bunny God, collaboration with Jessica Fuentes, 918 Dragon, Dallas, TX2010 500x Member’s Show 2010, 500x, Dallas, TX
Hot Buns and Blazing Artists, the Texas Theatre, Dallas, TX
Son of Trunk Show, One Night event at Centraltrak during the Non-Profit
Sheep, Sharks and Nightlights, 500x, Dallas, TX
Spaces, bcWORKSHOP, Dallas, TX
Fuentes, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
Margin show, Dallas, TX
2010 Rooster, Rabbit and Bunny, Project Space at 500x, Dallas, TX
2009 Member’s Show, 500x, Dallas, TX
INTER- (In the Member’s Space), 500x, Dallas, TX
2008 anti(Formula), 500x, Dallas, TX
Under New Management, 500x, Dallas, TX
Something Made Easy: 500X Gallery's Annual Open Invitational, 500x,
Art Outside 2008, Enchanted Forrest, Austin, TX
2007 Grand opening of new space, Project room, Mighty Fine Arts, Oak Cliff,
Mighty Fine Arts @ Polvo, POLVO, Chicago
UTD School of Arts & Humanities Juried Student Art Exhibition. Dallas, TX
University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson, TX. Christina Rees Juror.
Expo 2007 (Juror Dr. Frances Colpitt), 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
2006 88 Numbers, Kettle Art, Dallas, TX
Big as Night 2, Tyler Street Lofts, Oak Cliff, TX
Interplay, University of Guanajuato art exhibition, Dallas, TX
Big as Night, Tyler Street Lofts, Oak Cliff, TX
Bad and Beautiful, Mighty Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
Interplay, University of Guanajuato art exhibition, Guanajuato, Mexico
New Texas Talent, A Statewide Juried Exhibition (Juror - Clint Willour),
Patternage. Continental Gallery, Dallas, TX
Trunk Show. 0h6 Art Collective, 918 Dragon Street Parking Lot, Dallas,
UTD School of Arts & Humanities Juried Student Art Exhibition.
New Works-0h6. 500X, Dallas, TX
Driver. Bathhouse Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Craighead-Green Galley, Dallas, TX
University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson, TX
2005 Conspiracy Show. 0h6 Art Collective, Continental Gallery, Dallas, TX
DIY Show: Coffin Factory '05. Southside at Lamar, Dallas, TX
Star Raiders: long range scan computer tracking of the galactic chart
warp energy 0240--eight targets--star date 00.94 orbit established.
University of Texas at Dallas, Mezzanine Gallery, Richardson, TX
Click. University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson, TX
UTD School of Arts & Humanities Juried Student Art Exhibition.
University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson, TX. David Quadrini, Juror
con.TEXT.ual. Oh6 Art collective, Casket Factory, Dallas, TX
MISSION:CONTROL. 0h6 Art Collective, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
2004 Self-Study. University of Texas at Dallas, Mezzanine Gallery, Richardson,
Gym Candy. University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson, TX
Super 8. Oh6 Art Collective, Kennedy Gallery, Southside on Lamar,
Well, Red. Oh6 Art Collective, Casket Factory, Dallas, TX
UTD School of Arts & Humanities Juried Student Art Exhibition.
Photo Works 04. University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson,
2003 UTD School of Arts & Humanities Juried Student Art Exhibition. Dallas, TX
University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson, Texas
University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery, Richardson, TX
Related
2014-now Assisted Gabriel Dawe with installations
2012-2014 Taught "Teaching From the Collection" to 5-9 year olds at the Modern Art
Museum of Fort Worth
2012-2013 Assisted with the Kids Club at the Dallas Museum of Art
2009-2010 Participated in the Art Bytes program during the Dallas Museum of Art’s
Late Night series
2008-2011 500x Member. PR for the gallery.
2006 Set Design, There is Never a Reference Point, Marta's Kitchen,
Conceived and Directed by Thomas Riccio, University of Texas at Dallas and South Side on Lamar, Dallas Texas
Auctions
2010 The Dallas Contemporary Wish! Auction, Dallas, TX
Mighty Fine Arts Auction, Oak Cliff, TX
2009 The Dallas Contemporary Wish! Auction, Dallas, TX
2006 The Art Ball Auction. Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2005 Hooch & Pooch. McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Awards
2007 BWC Photography Award. University of Texas at Dallas, Main Gallery,
2006 Dallas Museum of Art Awards to Artists: The Clare Hart DeGolyer
Flash-Back Photography Award , University of Texas at Dallas. Nancy
2005 Flash Photography Award for Photography, University of Texas at Dallas.
2004 Asel Art Supply Award for Open Media, University of Texas at Dallas.
Richardson, TX. Christina Rees Juror.
Memorial Fund. Dallas, TX
Whitenack, Juror
David Quadrini, Juror
Suzanne Weaver, Juror