Painting Shows

  • Solo Show, Paintings by Dené Shelton, Jumpin’ Java, San Francisco, CA, upcoming 2010
  • Solo Show, Paintings by Dené Shelton, The Writers Gallery, CCA, San Francisco, CA, 2009
  • Juried Selections—New and Don’t Go, Reflections of the Bay, California Modern Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA,
    2008-2009
  • Solo Show, Works by Dené Shelton, Stray Bar, San Francisco, CA, 2008
  • Solo Show, Paintings by Dené Shelton, The Writers Gallery, CCA, San Francisco, CA, 2007
  • Participant, ArtSpan Open Studios, San Francisco, CA, 2007
  • Featured Artist, Good Vibrations Online Magazine, San Francisco, CA, 2007
  • Solo Show, Body Splendor, a Collection of Paintings by Dené Shelton, Gallery and Lobby Space, The Women’s
    Building, San Francisco, CA, 2006
  • Juried Selection—Negative Attention, Annual Student Show, CSUH Gallery, 2002

Painting Sales
Multiple pieces sold to the same buyer are grouped together.

  • Sea (artist trade), 2009
  • Don't Go, 2009
  • Ovaries Up Close and Dirty Memories, 2009
  • Flowers on Brown, 2009
  • Bounce, 2009
  • Vein and Cut, 2009
  • Flowers on White, 2009
  • Earth, 2009
  • Polycystic Ovaries, 2009
  • Heartstrings (artist trade), 2008
  • Red Rain (a commission), 2008
  • Heartstrings, 2008
  • Yellow, 2008
  • Red, Green, White, 2008
  • Cut Heart, 2008
  • Duck City, 2008
  • Underwater City, 2005
  • Green Time of Day, 2005
  • Faces, Wonder, and The End, 1999-2002
  • Lovers’ Dance (a commission), 2001
  • Little Body, Lust, Foreshortened, and Forgotten, 1999-2001
  • Friends, Hair, and Time, 1999-2000
  • Butterflies, 1999

Arts Events

  • Co-Organizer, Feminist Art Today: Why Now? What Next? Roundtable Forum, Timken Hall, CCA, San Francisco,
    CA, 2008
  • Participant, Curios: Works by MFA Writers, Hooper One Gallery, CCA, San Francisco, CA, 2008
  • Founder and Participant, Women's Writing Group, The Café Next Door, Albuquerque, NM, 2002-2004
  • Co-Organizer, Creative Facilitator and Participant, Take Back the Night Marches, UNM Campus and Surrounding
    Albuquerque Community, NM, 1999-2002
  • Writer and Performer, Between Identities: A Performative Exploration of Bisexual Identity, UNM Women Studies
    Department, Albuquerque, NM, 2000
  • Co-Organizer and Participant, Murals and Sidewalk Art for National Women's Day, UNM Campus, Albuquerque,
    NM, 2000
  • Participant, The Undercover Stencil Project, UNM Campus, Albuquerque, NM, 1999
  • Co-Organizer and Performer, Rape is War: An Action, UNM Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, 1999
Circular Forms, Cellular, and Illuminated Series
Narrative, Location, and Identity Series
Heart Series
Flowers, Breasts, and Body Series
Reproduction and Narrative Series
Vaginal Series
Paintings
Illumination Series
Flowers, Circular Forms, and Cellular Series
Bio
Paintings
The paintings below are samples of several series from 2001 to the present. They
are listed from most recent to oldest, and grouped according to like series. Click on
the images to enlarge the work and see descriptions. All paintings are for sale, and
those not sold are available for show. Additional work is available upon request,
and commissions are welcome. Please contact Dené directly with inquiries.