About
Shelby Rodeffer is a painter and commercial artist. Raised in Nashville, Tennessee, she embraces signs of the human hand in both personal and professional work. Her influence comes from folk art and representational art.
Shelby's most recent work deals with femininity, connection and isolation through the use of female figures, structures and letterforms. She is also fond of traditional sign making as a means of communication and as a practical form of artistic expression. Currently, Shelby can be found sign painting and participating in various public art projects.
Please direct any inquiries to shelbyrodeffer@gmail.com
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Exhibitions
***2023 Supernatural, Canary Club - Louisville, KY
***2023 Entropy’s Stitch, Coop Gallery - Nashville, TN
2022 Copy + Paste, Nucleus Portland - Portland, OR
2020 NSFW [Curated by Dasha Matsuura], Spoke Art - San Francisco, CA
2020 Gentle Revolution Presents The Pre-Vinylettes’ Suffragette Centennial, Ford Gallery - Portland, OR
2020 Artists Run Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center - Chicago, IL
2020 Street Canvas, Chicago Art Department - Chicago, IL
2020 Greenhouse, Paper Hat - Chicago, IL
2020 3rd Midwest Open, Woman-Made Gallery - Chicago, IL
2019 Freak Flag, Paper Hat - Chicago, IL
2019 HARD ANGLES, the East Room - Chicago, IL
2019 TACTILE 3, Tactile Collective - London UK
2019 HOV Sessions Live Painting Series, House of Vans - Chicago, IL
2019 Dear Beer 2, Paper Hat - Chicago, IL
2019 The Best Opposition is a Good Composition, Studio Two Three - Richmond, VA
***2018 SOFT & LOUD: New Works by Shelby Rodeffer, The Martin - Chicago, IL
***2018 Shelby Rodeffer, Godschalx Gallery at St. Norbert College - De Pere, WI
2018 Cut It Out, Electro Pepper - Chicago IL
2018 The Grand Exhibition of the Pre-Vinylite Society: An 18th Century Revival, Bargehouse Oxo Tower Wharf - London, UK
2018 Street Canvas, Chicago Art Department - Chicago, IL
2018 312 Day, House of Vans - Chicago, IL
2018 Holidays, The East Room - Chicago, IL
2017 Practice Elements, Sulzer Regional Library - Chicago, IL
***2017 KNOWN UNKNOWN, John Michael Kohler Art Center - Sheboygan, WI
2017 For Hire: Contemporary Sign Painting in America, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft - Houston, TX
2017 The Pre-Vinylette Society: An International Showcase of Women Sign Painters, Co-Curator, Chicago Art Department - Chicago, IL
2017 Letterheads Typefest - Sign Painters and Type-Centric Exhibit, Illsol Space - Tampa, FL
2017 En Jointe, Julia Martin Gallery - Nashville, TN
(*** - solo exhibitions)