Kelsey Shultis
Kelsey’s work largely explores the tenuous stability of life. She represents the beings/objects/environments that we hold with such significance and use to define our lives, and their inevitable transitions to disorder and termination. Her works create a dynamic record of permanent transitions.
Kelsey has had solo and group exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Princeton, Ann Arbor and Detroit. Her work resides in private and public collections throughout the United States.
http://www.kelseyshultis.com/2010
Gallery Associations:
InSitu Works
The Tappan Collective
http://www.thetappancollective.com/
Education/CV:
EDUCATION
2010 BFA, Summa Cum Laude, University of Michigan School of Art and Design. Ann
Arbor, MI
2009 Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design Prague. Prague, Czech Republic
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2014 Dead Animals and Drapes : A Still Life. 2739 Edwin. Hamtramck, MI
2014 Untitled Detroit. Detroit City Distillery. Detroit, MI
2014 The Steezledorf. Rox Gallery. New York, NY
2013 The Coup. The Tappan Collective. West Hollywood, CA
2013 Intermix. Chicago, IL
2013 Transition. 7th Annual Alumni Exhibition. Ann Arbor, MI
2013 G. Studio. Solo Exhibition. Bloomfield Hills, MI
2012 Art Basel. Aqua Art Miami. Miami, FL
2012 Tappan Group Show. The Tappan Collective. Los Angeles, CA
2012 404 Wine Bar. Solo exhibition. Chicago, IL
2012 G. Studio. Solo Exhibition. Bloomfield Hills, MI
2012 The Plant. Chicago, IL
2012 Lion Town. Detroit, MI
2011 StreetsmART Collective. Chicago, IL
2011 G. Studio. Solo Exhibition. Bloomfield Hills, MI
2010 G. Studio. Solo Exhibition. Bloomfield Hills, MI
2010 Terracycle. Princeton, NJ
2010 Butter. IP Thesis Exhibition. Forth From its Hinges. Ann Arbor,
MI
2010 Wanderlust. Slusser Gallery. Ann Arbor, MI
2010 Tedx UofM. Biomedical Research Building. Ann Arbor, MI
2010 8th Annual All Student Exhibition Award Winners. Work Gallery.
Ann Arbor, MI
2009 8th Annual All Student Exhibition. Slusser Gallery. Ann Arbor, MI
2009 Klauzura. Academy of Art Architecture and Design. Prague, Czech
Republic
2009 Davinci’s. Ann Arbor, MI
2008 7th Annual All Student Exhibition. Slusser Gallery. Ann Arbor, MI
2008 The Print, 26th Annual Exhibition. Ann Arbor Art Center. Ann
Arbor, MI
2008 Palmer Commons. Ann Arbor, MI
2008 Gwen’s Urban Playhouse. The Fisher Building. Detroit, MI
2008 Davinci’s. Ann Arbor, MI
2007 6th Annual All Student Exhibition. Slusser Gallery. Ann Arbor, MI
2007 Educational Awareness Exhibition. Birmingham Bloomfield Art
Center. Birmingham, MI
2006 5th Annual All Student Exhibition. Warren Robbins Gallery. Ann
Arbor, MI Birmingham
2006 Bloomfield Art Center Student Exhibition. Birmingham Bloomfield
Art Center. Birmingham, MI
AWARDS/GRANTS
2012 3rd Ward Open Call Finalist. Brooklyn, NY
2010 Integrative Project Gorman Grant. University of Michigan School
of Art and Design. Ann Arbor, MI
2010 Guy Palazzola Senior Award. University of Michigan School of Art
and Design. Ann Arbor, MI
2009 2010 James B. Angell Scholar. University of Michigan. Ann
Arbor, MI
2008 Emil Weddige Junior Award. University of Michigan School of Art
and Design. Ann Arbor, MI
2006 2009 Dean’s List. University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI
2006 2009 University Honors. University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI
SELECTED PRESS
Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. 29 and 30, 2015
“Portraits by Kelsey Shultis,” Made In Slant: January 24, 2014
http://www.madeinslant.com/2014/01/portraitsbykelsey-
shultis/
“A Day in the life of Tappan Collective Artist: Kelsey Shultis,”
Intermix Online: October 10, 2013
http://blog.intermixonline.com/2013/10/dayinthelife-
ofatappancollectiveartistkelseyshultis/
Bullett. “Art & Design. Tappan Collective x Bullet: Kelsey Shultis
Paints From Her Mistakes,” Bullett Media: March 6, 2013
http://bullettmedia.com/article/tappancollectivex-
bullettkelseyshultis/
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Audi Residence, Dearborn, MI
Colando Residence, Chicago, IL
Detroit Artists Market. Detroit, MI
Duncan Fuller Interiors. Birmingham, MI
Erickson Residence, Birmingham, MI
Follis Residence, Birmingham, MI
Fox Residence, Palm Springs, CA
Gail & Rice. Farmington Hills, MI
Interface, Inc. Chicago, IL
J. Crew. New York, NY
Martin Residence, Chicago, IL and Milwaukee, WI
Meijer Estate. Detroit, MI
Migliazzo Residence, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Norwick Residence, Sylvan Lake, MI
Payne Estate. Telluride, CO
Robart Residence, Houston, TX
Rogers Residence, Franklin, MI
Rosenberg Residence, Traverse City, MI
Sherman Residence, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Tardif Residence, Detroit, MI
Terracycle. Princeton, NJ
Tiernan Residence, Rogers, AR
Tobin Residence, Grand Rapids, MI
Wilson Residence, Bloomfield Hills, MI
RESIDENCIES
Space at Ryder Farm, Brewster, NY, 2015
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
InSitu Works. New York, NY
The Tappan Collective. Los Angeles, CA
