CAROL SHELKIN
Contemporary Mosaic Art  


About Carol  Exhibitions / Installations / Awards / Blogs / Publications

Carol Shelkin creates contemporary, original and intricate designs that eminent care and attention to detail with hand cut glass. 

Taking to art as soon as she was able to hold a crayon, she started attending Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia.   It was made clear at a young age that her life would be centered  on her passion for art. 

She continued her artistic direction with studies at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.  After attending PAFA, she opened an arts nursery school/child care where she continues to work today.

Along with her school, she teaches a variety of art mediums to adults which includes mosaics from beginners to advanced levels world wide. 

Carol, also having a successful artistic career in painting and pottery,  has been accepting commissions and creating one-of-a-kind works of art that's displayed in galleries, community centers, libraries, commercial and residential settings.  She most recently, received a grant from The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts to complete a community project enhancing the interior of The Schoolhouse Centers' art room where she teaches mosaics. She also just completed working with 600 kindergarten sstudents to help them create their school mascot in mosaic: The Koala.     

She is also privileged to be involved with an international collective mosaic to honor Steve Irwin which is now installed at the Australia Zoo and another mosaic collective donated to  St. Johns Providence Park Hospital in Michigan. There have also been many juried shows that she has been chosen to be involved in including Mosaic Art International Exhibit in 2009 and 2010.  

Carol has been published in several books and an international portfolio of Mosaic Artist from around the world.  She finds a very eclectic approach to surface design, placing glass where she, as a painter naturally places paint. 

"I would like onlookers to discover my joy of life as well as my heart and soul in my work. I offer pieces of myself, working with texture, colors and art that has a personal meaning."  - Carol Shelkin



Exhibitions

Wallingford Art Center    Walligford, PA
Members' Exhibit
June 27 - August 6
"Beautiful Day" - Mixed Media Second Prize 
Bridgette Mayer, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Juror

Tell-Tale Tiles & Fractured Fantasies  2010     Philadelphia, PA 
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens / Isaiah Zagar 
March 15 - April 15, 2010 
"Becoming" is one of 52 works accepted for exhibition. 
Susan Tunick, Juror 

Mosaic Arts International   Chicago, Ill 
Smith Museum of Stained Glass at Chicago's  Navy Pier  
March 1 -  July, 2010  (extended) 
"Fabulous Hair" is one of only 48 accepted works from around the world with 80,000 visitors expected at the exhibition.  
Oliver Budd, Juror 
Juan Chavez, Juror 
Kozachek, Juror

Wayne Art Center - Smith Gallery Wayne, PA  
Invited Guest Artist

Maplestone Gallery Creemore, Ontario  Canada 
Suzanne Steeves 

Contemporary Mosaic Art 2009 Ciel Gallery,  North Carolina 
Pamala Goode 
Signaled Work Honored - Wishes 
Maestro Giulio Menossi, Italy, Juror
Uncorked: The Bottled Up Emotions of Women Released through Mosaic 
Bottleworks Ethnic Arts Center 
Dawnmarie Zimmerman Johnstown, PA    2009
Tesserae: The Art of Mosaic 2nd City Council Art Gallery, CA 
Lillian Sizemore, Juror 
Contemporary Mosaic Art On-line 2009 
Featured Artist 2009  
Mosaic Arts International 2009   
Museum of Man, San Diego, CA 
Juried
Faces    Ciel Gallery,  North Carolina 
First  Place "Fabulous Hair"
Juried 
Unseen    Ciel Gallery,  North Carolina  
Juried 
Red    Ciel Gallery,  North Carolina 
Juried
War Against Peace Ciel Gallery,  North Carolina 2008 Juried 
Contemporary Mosaic Art  Ciel Gallery,  North Carolina 2008 
Second Place - Saree 
Maestro Giulio Menossi, Italy, Juror






Installations 
The Kindergarten Center
Drexel Hill, PA

The community of 600 plus students gathered to create a panel of their school's mascot. 




Australia Zoo 
Steve Irwin Mosaic Project Brisbane, Australia 

Along with mosaic artists and many others from around the world a mosaic mural is installed as an art tribute to Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter.  

The children in Carol's nursery school class/child care are proud to be a part of this installation. Thank you Sandy Robertson and your team for all you've done! 




"Branching Out" 
Schoolhouse Senior Center Folsom, PA

The community gathered to create a backsplash in the centers' art room. 




"River"   "Sunrise" 
Lambertville Public Library  Lambertville, NJ  

The teens that gather at the library created from first sketch, two mosaic panels which will hang at the entrance of Lambertville Public Library.  




'Swirlendipity ll' 
St. Johns Providence Park Hospital   Novi, Michigan 

Mosaic artists from around the world are collaborating with their own unique interpretation of a simple design element…the Swirl.  This colorful collection of 6”x6” mosaic swirls are being installed by Lin Shorr. 

 


Awards, Blogs and Publications 

Featured Artist ~ Contemporary Mosaic Art   2010
Breakout! Your Pathway to Success  Brit Hammer 2010
Signaled Work: Wishes, Contemporary Mosaic Art 2009  
Ciel Gallery, NC 1st Place, Faces, Fabulous Hair  Ciel Gallery 2009 
Viewer's Choice, Fabulous Hair, Mosaic Addict Group ( MAG) 2009 
2nd Place, 2008 Favorite Mosaic of the Year, Mosaic Challenge Viewer's Choice
In a Village, Mosaic Addict Group ~ Favorite  ( MAG) 2008 
2nd Place,  Seigneur, Contemporary Mosaic Art 'Challenge - Make It Small 8"x8''   2008 
2nd Place,  Saree, Contemporary Mosaic Art, Ciel Gallery, N.C. 2008 
Favorite, Autumn Revisited, Face Challenge   2008 Favorite, Saree,  Monochromatic Mosaic Challenge,  2008 
Viewer's Choice, Saree, MAG,  2008 
Viewer's Choice, Rainbow Landing,  MAG, 2008 
Mosaic Publications Craft Magazine,  December 2008,  My Kind of Glass Slippers  Pg. 89 
Mosaic  Art  4  2008 Mosaic  Art  5  2009 ~ This is an international portfolio of Contemporary Mosaic Art, included are two CD's appropriate for all computers. There are photos of mosaic artists' work from  around the world. To purchase a copy: Mosaic Rocks! 
I've been Blogged 

If you would like to read more… 

Virginia Gardner, drifting into focus
Nancie Mills, Mosaic Art Now 
Stacy Alexander, Listen to my Artbeat 
Lynne Mosiman,  Mosaic Challenge 
Rebecca, Mosaic Monday  





All artwork is Copyright © by Carol Shelkin. 
Please do not duplicate without my permission. 
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