MICHAEL SHELBY EDWARDS
Michael Shelby Edwards
Born: 1982, Seattle, Washington.
Edwards studied painting and drawing at the University of Washington where she worked closely with Ann Gale, Zhi Lin, David Brody, Phillip Govedare, Riley Brewster and Denzel Hurley. At the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts she studied with Renee Foulks, Denise Green, Vincent Desiderio and Joel Fisher among others. Her work is included in both private and public collections, including the Linda Lee Alter Collection and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum Collection. Returning perennially to the female form, she often uses her own body in addition to other live models and constructed figures from her imagination, as well as books and other literary sources for her paintings and drawings.
Education
MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
BFA, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2005
Selected Exhibitions
2009 - Michael Edwards and Joan Bromley, Artist's House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2008 - Paper, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2008 - Portraits, Artist’s House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2008 - 20/20: Selections from the 107th Annual Student
Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA.
2008 - 107th Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
2007 - MFA Candidate Show, BlinkArt, Philadelphia, PA.
2006 - The Figure, 619 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA.
2005 - Senior Thesis Exhibition, Jacob Laurence Gallery,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
2005 - School of Art Open, Jacob Laurence Gallery, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA.
1998 - Michael Edwards, Wismer Women’s Center, Seattle
University, Seattle, WA.
Awards
2008 - Caldwell Purchase Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
2005 - Book Award for Outstanding Achievement, Department of
Painting and Drawing, University of Washington School of
Art, Seattle, WA.
2000 - College Art Scholarship, Washington Art Education
Association, Seattle WA.
Major Collections
The Linda Lee Alter Collection
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum Permanent Collection