Monica Shelton

MONICA SHELTON
ARTIST STATEMENT

In the sanctuary of my studio I interpret what I value, feel and see. External experience combined with inner reflection, inspires my art. My concepts and symbols are playful and enigmatic, offering the viewer ongoing freedom, happiness and surprise.

My life has always been solely centered on the creation of art and the life of the artist. As a self taught artist I am always learning and I see the extraordinary in the small and the great in nature and in life.

Born in Chile in 1949, I immigrated to Canada in 1967. Since 1975 I have been a full time contemporary artist exhibiting regularly in Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton. After many years as an Ontario based artist, in 1987 I moved with my artist husband, son and daughter, to British Columbia. I work out my Gallery|Studio|Home in West Vancouver.

From extensive travels in my earlier years in the “Studio of the World”, throughout Asia, Europe, North America, South America, North Africa and the Middle East, I became aware of the deep and powerful impact of the language of art. Some ideas take years to show their essence in paint. Journeys in nature, particularly in western North America, continue to touch and expand my expression, creat...

I am always learning through life and art and beyond.

Selected Solo Gallery Exhibitions, Group Shows, Juried Public Gallery Shows.
2023-1990 Shelton Art | Studios Gallery - Annual Studio/Gallery Exhibition, West Vancouver, B.C
2019 - Ferry Building Gallery 30th Anniversary Group Exhibition - upcoming in July, 2019
2016 - 2006 Bugera Matheson Gallery (Formerly Agnes Bugera Gallery), Edmonton Alberta
2019 - 1995 Vancouver Art Gallery Art Rental and Sales Vancouver, B.C.
2017- 2015, 2012, 2011,2005,2003,2002 ‘Art in The Garden'- North Van Arts, North Vancouver, BC
2015 - Bugera Matheson Gallery –Group Show, Edmonton, AB
2015 - Ferry Building Gallery –‘ 25 Years 25 Artists’ – West Vancouver, BC
2014 - Barristers Lounge, Law Courts, Solo Show. Through Vcr. Art Gallery Art Rental & Sales, Vancouver, BC
2014 - Bugera Matheson Gallery – ‘Endless Summer’ Exhibition, Edmonton, Alberta
2012 - ‘100 Years/100 Artists’ – West Vancouver Centennial – Ferry Building Gallery
2012 - North Shore Art Crawl (NSAC)
2011, 2008, 2007 - Toronto Art Expo – Toronto, Ontario
2011 - Cove Creek Gallery, Deep Cove, BC
2010 - Agnes Bugera Gallery ‘Landscapes of Inner Resonance’ Solo Show, Edmonton , Alta.
2007 - Agnes Bugera Gallery ‘For the Love of Art’ - Group Show - Edmonton, Alta
2009 - 1975 One ...