CAROL SHELKIN
Contemporary Mosaic Art
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 in Pennsylvania and 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.
Carol has been published in an international portfolio of Mosaic Artist from around the world for the past two years. She finds a very eclectic approach to surface design, placing glass where she, as a painter naturally places paint.
Carol has won honors and awards including First Place in the Faces Exhibition at Ciel Gallery. 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 the mosaic collective donated to St. Johns Providence Park Hospital in Michigan. There have also been many juried shows that she has been involved in including Mosaic Art International Exhibit in 2009 and up coming show in March 2010.
"I would like onlookers to discover 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
Current and Upcoming:
Tell-Tale Tiles & Fractured Fantasies 2010 Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens / Isaiah Zagar
Openings: March 19 & April 1
March 15 - April 15, 2010
"Becoming" is one of 52 works accepted for showing at Isaiah Zagar's gallery.
Susan Tunick, Juror
Mosaic Arts International (MAI) Chicago 2010
Smith Museum of Stained Glass at Chicgo's Navy Pier
Artist Opening: March 19
March 1 - April 30, 2010
"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 - Currently Showing
Maplestone Gallery Creemore, Ontario Canada
Suzanne Steeves - Currently Showing
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 
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
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
Kim Grant, Mania & Mischief
Stacy Alexander, Listen to my Artbeat
Lynne Mosiman, Mosaic Challenge
Donna, Mosaic Art Source
Irit, Mosaic is Art!
All artwork is Copyright ©
by Carol Shelkin.
Please do not duplicate without my permission.
carol.shelkin@yahoo.com
