Born Bolinas, CA, 1972
Lives and works in New York, NY
California native and New York-based artist Shelter Serra transforms his ideas into a wide range of media from drawing and print to sculpture and video. His work investigates our culture’s relationship to objects of status and how advertising diversifies consumption, fear and beauty.
His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at galleries including Marlborough Gallery, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, and Renwick Gallery (New York)
EDUCATION
1996 MFA, Painting & Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1994 BA, Studio Art, University of California at Santa Cruz, California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 “Dark Castle”, David Castillo Gallery Annex, Miami, Florida
2009 “Atmosphere”, Fuse Gallery, New York
2008 “Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars”, Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn
“Del Monte Gold”, AFP Gallery, New York
2007 “Pax Americana II”, 1345 Grant Ave., San Francisco, California
2006 “Pax Americana”, Cystem Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1999 “Invisible”, Space 1026, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 “Parts & Service”, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
“Artists Sandcastle Competition”, Rockaway Beach, New York
“Salon de Notre Societé”, Primary Projects, Miami, FL
“Andy Kessler Foundation Benefit Art Show”, Picture Farm Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Come and Get it”, Hendershot Gallery, New York
2011 “Make White Flags Project”, Saint Louis, MO
“Art Platform Los Angeles”, Anonymous Gallery, New York, NY
“Here lies George Wildenstein”, Primary Projects, Miami, FL
“Grey Area: Miami”, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
“Make Skateboards”, I-20 Gallery, New York
“Nose Job”, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
“Domestic Goods”, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2010 “Look Again”, Marlborough Chelsea, New York
“Shred”, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York
“Weight Perception”, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco
2009 “State of the Art: New York”, Urbis Art Centre, Manchester, England
“Friend or Foe”, Collective Hardware, New York
“Insideout”, Someone’s Garden , Tokyo, Japan
“Sanzaru”, Geisai #12, Tokyo, Japan
2008 “Five Energy, # 3”, Art Space 201, Sapporo, Japan
“You Can Go Your Own Way”, Renwick Gallery, New York
“Ornament”, Bravin Lee Gallery, New York
“Big Kids Little Kids”, Cinder’s Gallery, Brooklyn
“Space 1026 Show” 222 Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2007 “The Bakery at George Sanchez-Calderon Studio”, Art Basel, Miami
2006 “Draw”, Fuse Gallery, New York
“Beauty & the Beast”, Holasek Weir Gallery, New York
2004 “Megazine Show”, Art Sanctuary, Burlington, Vermont
“Hot for Teacher”, Camp Fig Gallery, Austin, Texas
2003 “Surface In Between”, Arthouse, London
“Notebook”, Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
“X-Hand”, 222 Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2002 ”Scratch Off the Serial, ICA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Locomotion”, Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
2001 “Sunshine” Alleged Gallery, NYC, New York
“Flip Book Show”, Space 1026, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1999 “Coup de Etat”, Alleged Gallery, NYC, New York
“Graphic Abstraction”, Avalanche Systems, NYC, New York Curated by Carlo McCormick