Shelley Ouellet

solo exhibitions

2009 Johnston's Falls
2009 Radiant
2008 This old thing?
2007 All That Glitters…
2006 Tag (with Erin MacMillan)
2006 Talk Back
2006 Shoes
2004 Friday, February 13th, 2004
2001 - 02 Wish You Were Here...
2000 Bonjour, Je m’appelle Shelley Ouellet
1999 Marilyn
1999 Aviary
1997 - 99 Entomology
1997 Quilt
1995 Entomology
1994 Entomology
1994 Bunnies

group exhibitions

2005 Stride 20th Anniversary
2002 Alberta Biennial
2002 Art Throb
2002 ACAD Faculty Exhibition
2000 Coffee Break@instant coffee.com
1999 Light a Match
1996 Alberta Biennial
1996 Numbered Company
1995 Mysteries of the Flesh
1995 Copy

other diversions

2006 - 2008 Carpet 'N Toast Gallery
1996 - 2010 vanitygallery.com

Marilyn
Third Avenue Gallery

Vancouver, BC
Sept 1999

Marilyn is a series of limited edition, do-it-yourself boxed kits with complete instructions to a sequined portrait of Marilyn Monroe. The series was based on earlier installations like Rita Hayworth created for the 1996 Alberta Biennial and the concept was redesigned as a product for a commercial gallery. Fully assembled Marilyns in silver and mother-of-pearl were installed on one wall as floor models or artist's proofs. Pinned directly in the opposite wall were three smaller works of small sections pulled from the image to demonstrate an apartment sized installation. The project plays with notions of art as commodity and relies on the venacular of printmaking and photographic editioning and authentication.