EDUCATION
MFA 2010 Miami University Painting
BA 2008 Otterbein University Art
EXHIBITION RECORD
2024
Solo Art Show Featuring Ashley Shellhause, Agoura Hills Recreation and Event Center with the Agoura Hills Cultural Arts Council, Agoura Hills, CA (solo, invitation)
2023
Imaginings, Abstract Art Collective, Voice Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (Third place – 2D)
Technique and Form, Arts Council of the Conejo Valley, Hillcrest Center for the Arts, Thousand Oaks, CA (small group, invitation)
Aurora, Los Angeles Art Association, Online
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2023 Member’s Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA (Honorable Mention – Oil and Acrylic)
The New Baroque, Los Angeles Art Association, Online
Specimen, Los Angeles Art Association, Online
Abstract is Everything 2023, Abstract Art Collective, Voice Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2022
38th Annual International Exhibition, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
A Very Vestige Christmas, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2022 Member’s Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
Kingdom Animalia, Exhibizone, Online
Adorn, Los Angeles Art Association, Online
The Best of the Best, Las Laguna Gallery, Online
Factory Fresh, Los Angeles Art Association, Online
Small Time, Los Angeles Art Association, Online
2021
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2021 Member’s Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
2020
California Open 2020, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2020 Member’s Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
2019
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2019 Member’s Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2019 Open Juried Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
2018
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2018 Member’s Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
Painting in the 21st Century, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2018 Open Juried Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
2017 '
Thousand Oaks Art Association – Artists’ Showcase, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
Department of Art Faculty and Alumni Exhibition, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH (catalogue)
2016
The Language of Patterns, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
Director's Choice: From Virtual to Actual 5, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
2015
Small Works, Northville Art House, Northville, MI
Colorful Abstractions, Fusion Art, Online
Media Matters, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
Dab Art’s 2015 Summer Juried Exhibition, The HUD Gallery, Ventura, CA
Art by America, The Art House, Chicago, IL
2015
Blue, Orange County Creatives Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2014
An Introduction to Appaloosa Genetics, Ohio Art League, Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, OH (solo)
Featured Artist, Expose Art Magazine (online)
Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, OH
Still Point IV, Still Point Art Gallery, Online (Best Painting Award)
2013
State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Cox Fine Arts, Columbus, OH
2012
Ashley Shellhause, Eastman & Smith, Columbus, OH (solo)
Natural Systems, Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, OH (duo)
Ashley Shellhause, Time Warner Offices, Smith Brothers Hardware Building, Columbus, OH (solo)
200, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metropolitan Library, German Village Art League, Columbus, OH
Scape, Village Gallery, EYA, Montgomery, AL
The Abstract Show, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL
State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Cox Fine Arts, Columbus, OH
From Our Perspectives, A National Women’s Art Exhibition, The Wallace Smith Theatre Gallery, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI (catalogue)
8th Annual Diamond National Art Competition, The Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, Hot Springs, AR
Reconstruct – Deconstruct, Time Warner Offices, Smith Brothers Hardware Building, Columbus, OH (EYA group)
2011
Dividing Indivisibility, Fisher Gallery, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH (solo)
The Joan Mitchell Foundation 2010 Grant Recipients, Cue Art Foundation, New York, NY (group) (catalogue)
Multiplicity, Goodwyn Hall Gallery, Auburn University Montgomery, Montgomery, AL (EYA group)
New Rochelle Council on the Arts Annual Juried Exhibition 2011, Lumen Winter Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
7th Annual National Drawing, Painting and Printmaking Competition, Jan and Gary Dario Gallery, Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, FL
Ohio All Media, Coburn Art Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, OH
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Cox Fine Arts, Columbus, OH (catalogue)
Paperworks 2011, b. j. spoke gallery, Huntington, NY
Ashley Shellhause, Port Columbus Gateway to the Art, Port Columbus Airport, Columbus, OH (solo)
Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition, Schnormeier Gallery, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, OH (Innovator Award)
Still Point III, Still Point Art Gallery, (Online)
Depth of Meaning, Caladan Gallery, (Online)
2010
Disfunctional Systems, MFA Thesis Show, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH (solo)
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Cox Fine Arts, Columbus, OH (catalogue)
National Juried Exhibition, Anita P. Folmar Gallery, EYA, Montgomery, AL (Third Place)
The Open Show, Soft Canvas Online Gallery
The Open Road, Park National Bank Gallery, University of Cincinnati Clermont, Batavia, OH (duo)
Modern Abstraction, Soft Canvas Online Gallery
Figuratively Speaking, Village Gallery, EYA, Montgomery, AL
Rhythmic Sensations – Visual Sensations, Still Point Art Gallery, online
EYA’s Members Show, Anita P. Folmar Gallery, Montgomery, AL (EYA group)
2009
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH (catalogue)
2008
Undecided, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH (group)
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Cox Fine Arts, Columbus, OH (catalogue)
Senior Exhibition, Miller Gallery, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH (solo)
Women Artists of Otterbein: Current Work, Important Influences, Courtright Memorial Library, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH
PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 – present
Adjunct Art Instructor at College of the Canyons - Beginning Design: 3-D Media, Fundamentals of Drawing in Spring, 2024
2010 – present
Independent Professional Artist
2013
Contract Graphic Designer - Redesigned logo for the Hilliard Optimist Club, a non-profit organization that provides a variety of academic and athletic activities for youth in Hilliard, Ohio.
2008-10
Graduate Teaching Assistant at Miami University - 2D Design Spring 2009 (instructor of record), 2D Design Fall 2009 (instructor of record), Drawing I Spring 2010 (instructor of record
2007-08 (summers only)
Gallery Assistant for the Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition
GRANTS
2021 Quick Grant Center for Cultural Innovation (amount: $225)
2010 MFA Grant Program Joan Mitchell Foundation (amount: $15,000)
Included a group exhibition at the CUE Art Foundation gallery in New York City in 2011
COLLECTIONS
Lardiere McNair
Otterbein University
Price Waterhouse Cooper
Forest Oil
Private Collections
MFA 2010 Miami University Painting
BA 2008 Otterbein University Art
EXHIBITION RECORD
2024
Solo Art Show Featuring Ashley Shellhause, Agoura Hills Recreation and Event Center with the Agoura Hills Cultural Arts Council, Agoura Hills, CA (solo, invitation)
2023
Imaginings, Abstract Art Collective, Voice Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (Third place – 2D)
Technique and Form, Arts Council of the Conejo Valley, Hillcrest Center for the Arts, Thousand Oaks, CA (small group, invitation)
Aurora, Los Angeles Art Association, Online
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2023 Member’s Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA (Honorable Mention – Oil and Acrylic)
The New Baroque, Los Angeles Art Association, Online
Specimen, Los Angeles Art Association, Online
Abstract is Everything 2023, Abstract Art Collective, Voice Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2022
38th Annual International Exhibition, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
A Very Vestige Christmas, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2022 Member’s Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
Kingdom Animalia, Exhibizone, Online
Adorn, Los Angeles Art Association, Online
The Best of the Best, Las Laguna Gallery, Online
Factory Fresh, Los Angeles Art Association, Online
Small Time, Los Angeles Art Association, Online
2021
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2021 Member’s Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
2020
California Open 2020, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2020 Member’s Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
2019
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2019 Member’s Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2019 Open Juried Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
2018
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2018 Member’s Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
Painting in the 21st Century, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Thousand Oaks Art Association – 2018 Open Juried Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
2017 '
Thousand Oaks Art Association – Artists’ Showcase, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
Department of Art Faculty and Alumni Exhibition, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH (catalogue)
2016
The Language of Patterns, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
Director's Choice: From Virtual to Actual 5, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
2015
Small Works, Northville Art House, Northville, MI
Colorful Abstractions, Fusion Art, Online
Media Matters, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
Dab Art’s 2015 Summer Juried Exhibition, The HUD Gallery, Ventura, CA
Art by America, The Art House, Chicago, IL
2015
Blue, Orange County Creatives Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2014
An Introduction to Appaloosa Genetics, Ohio Art League, Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, OH (solo)
Featured Artist, Expose Art Magazine (online)
Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, OH
Still Point IV, Still Point Art Gallery, Online (Best Painting Award)
2013
State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Cox Fine Arts, Columbus, OH
2012
Ashley Shellhause, Eastman & Smith, Columbus, OH (solo)
Natural Systems, Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, OH (duo)
Ashley Shellhause, Time Warner Offices, Smith Brothers Hardware Building, Columbus, OH (solo)
200, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metropolitan Library, German Village Art League, Columbus, OH
Scape, Village Gallery, EYA, Montgomery, AL
The Abstract Show, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL
State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Cox Fine Arts, Columbus, OH
From Our Perspectives, A National Women’s Art Exhibition, The Wallace Smith Theatre Gallery, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI (catalogue)
8th Annual Diamond National Art Competition, The Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, Hot Springs, AR
Reconstruct – Deconstruct, Time Warner Offices, Smith Brothers Hardware Building, Columbus, OH (EYA group)
2011
Dividing Indivisibility, Fisher Gallery, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH (solo)
The Joan Mitchell Foundation 2010 Grant Recipients, Cue Art Foundation, New York, NY (group) (catalogue)
Multiplicity, Goodwyn Hall Gallery, Auburn University Montgomery, Montgomery, AL (EYA group)
New Rochelle Council on the Arts Annual Juried Exhibition 2011, Lumen Winter Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
7th Annual National Drawing, Painting and Printmaking Competition, Jan and Gary Dario Gallery, Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, FL
Ohio All Media, Coburn Art Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, OH
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Cox Fine Arts, Columbus, OH (catalogue)
Paperworks 2011, b. j. spoke gallery, Huntington, NY
Ashley Shellhause, Port Columbus Gateway to the Art, Port Columbus Airport, Columbus, OH (solo)
Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition, Schnormeier Gallery, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, OH (Innovator Award)
Still Point III, Still Point Art Gallery, (Online)
Depth of Meaning, Caladan Gallery, (Online)
2010
Disfunctional Systems, MFA Thesis Show, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH (solo)
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Cox Fine Arts, Columbus, OH (catalogue)
National Juried Exhibition, Anita P. Folmar Gallery, EYA, Montgomery, AL (Third Place)
The Open Show, Soft Canvas Online Gallery
The Open Road, Park National Bank Gallery, University of Cincinnati Clermont, Batavia, OH (duo)
Modern Abstraction, Soft Canvas Online Gallery
Figuratively Speaking, Village Gallery, EYA, Montgomery, AL
Rhythmic Sensations – Visual Sensations, Still Point Art Gallery, online
EYA’s Members Show, Anita P. Folmar Gallery, Montgomery, AL (EYA group)
2009
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH (catalogue)
2008
Undecided, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH (group)
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Cox Fine Arts, Columbus, OH (catalogue)
Senior Exhibition, Miller Gallery, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH (solo)
Women Artists of Otterbein: Current Work, Important Influences, Courtright Memorial Library, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH
PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 – present
Adjunct Art Instructor at College of the Canyons - Beginning Design: 3-D Media, Fundamentals of Drawing in Spring, 2024
2010 – present
Independent Professional Artist
2013
Contract Graphic Designer - Redesigned logo for the Hilliard Optimist Club, a non-profit organization that provides a variety of academic and athletic activities for youth in Hilliard, Ohio.
2008-10
Graduate Teaching Assistant at Miami University - 2D Design Spring 2009 (instructor of record), 2D Design Fall 2009 (instructor of record), Drawing I Spring 2010 (instructor of record
2007-08 (summers only)
Gallery Assistant for the Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition
GRANTS
2021 Quick Grant Center for Cultural Innovation (amount: $225)
2010 MFA Grant Program Joan Mitchell Foundation (amount: $15,000)
Included a group exhibition at the CUE Art Foundation gallery in New York City in 2011
COLLECTIONS
Lardiere McNair
Otterbein University
Price Waterhouse Cooper
Forest Oil
Private Collections
