EDUCATION
 

2017  |  M.F.A. in Studio Art, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

2011  |  B.F.A. in Printmaking, Minors in Digital Arts, Enamel, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
 

2018-Present |  Co-Founder of Mirabo Press, Buffalo, NY

2017-18  |  Gallery Manager, Eleven Twenty Projects, Buffalo, NY       
2017-18  |  Project Research Assistant, Sam Francis Foundation, Buffalo, NY

2016-17  |  Curatorial Graduate Assistant, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

2015-16  |  Teaching Assistant, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

2013-15  |  Marketing Database Specialist/Pricing, Heather Moore Jewelry, Cleveland, OH

2012-13  |  Photography/Samples Associate, Heather Moore Jewelry, Cleveland, OH

2012  |  Award Designer, Cambridge Film Festival, Cambridge, UK

2011-12  |  Jewelry & Stamping Artisan, Heather Moore Jewelry, Cleveland, OH

2011-15  |  Instructing Artist in Residence, C.I.A. Printmaking Club, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

2011  |  Award Designer & Fabricator, Scholastics Competition, Cleveland, OH

2010  |  Artist's Assistant, Margaret Denk-Leigh, Cleveland, OH

2009  |  Intern, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH

2009  |  Freelance Contractor - Exhibitions, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, NY

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SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2019  |  Group Exhibition, Art in Craft Media 2019, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2019  |  Group Exhibition, Environs, Bret Llewellyn Art Gallery, Alfred, NY

2019  |  Group Exhibition, Take Back the Walls, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

2018  |  Group Exhibition, Immutable — Mutant Notations, El Museo, Buffalo, NY
2018  |  Group Exhibition, Mirabo, Nichols School Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2017  |  Two-Person Exhibition, Don't Be So Blue, Western New York Book Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

2017  |  Group Exhibition, Emergent, Heights Arts, Cleveland Heights, OH

2017  |  Solo Exhibition, Ataraxy: Monotype Prints by Rachel Shelton, Benjaman Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2017  |  Group Exhibition, New Directions, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH
2016  |  Group Exhibition,  The Measure of All Things: Rethinking Humanism, UB Department of Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2016  |  Group Exhibition, Eleven, UB Art Galleries, Buffalo, NY

2015-16  |  Showing at Harris Stanton Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2013-15  |  Showing at Fiddlehead Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2013  |  Two Person Exhibition, Decline, Loganberry Books Annex Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2011  |  Group Exhibition, Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books, World Traveling Exhibition

2011  |  Group Exhibition, Women on Waterloo, Arts Collinwood, Collinwood, OH

2011  |  Group Exhibition, The Summer Show, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

2011  |  Group Exhibition, B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

2011  |  Group Exhibition, Short North Exhibition, Studios on High, Columbus, OH

2011  |  Group Exhibition, AICUO Excellence in Visual Arts, Ross Art Museum, Delaware, OH

2011  |  Group Exhibition, 4U Exhibition, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH

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HONORS & RESIDENCIES

2016-17  |  Curatorial Graduate Assistant Scholarship, Department of Art, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

2015-16  |  Teaching Assistant Scholarship, Department of Art, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

2011-15  |  Printmaking Artist in Residence, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

2011-12  |  Artist in Residence, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH

2011  |  President's Traveling Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

2006-11  |  Portfolio Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

2010  |  AICUO Excellence in Visual Arts Award, Delaware, OH

2010  |  H.C. Cassil Scholarship in Printmaking, Cleveland, OH

2009  |  Honorary Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

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CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2019  |  Ink & Fiber, Villa Maria College Paul William Beltz Family Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2017  |  Thereafter, UB Department of Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2016  |  Protean, UB Art Galleries, Buffalo, NY