Shelley Ouellet

2012 Exhibition: Faculty Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB. Medium: One month of the artist's swearing collected with the assistance of students, colleagues, friends and family documented in plastic craft beads and glass jar. Dimensions: 5"x4"x4" | 12.7x10x10 cm Photography: Joe Kelly  

2011 Exhibition: Role, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB Medium: Sequins pinned to black velvet in shadow box. Dimensions: 12"x16" and 8"x10" | 30x40 and 20x25 cm Photography: MN Hutchinson

2011 - 2014 Exhibitions: Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB. | Made in the 2000s, MoCA Calgary. Medium: Blue, green, black, white and crystal plastic craft beads suspended on aluminum frame. Dimensions: 216" x 108" - 549 x 275 cm to 222" x 116 " | 549 x 275 cm Text:  Jason E. Bowman, A TRAVELLER’S NOTES ON JOHNSTON FALLS, published by Stride Gallery Photography: MN Hutchinson | Christian Grandjean Collection: Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

2009 Exhibition: Globe Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Medium: Blue, black, white and crystal plastic craft beads suspended on aluminum frame. Dimensions: 192" x 72" | 488 x 183 cm Note: Work was dismantled and materials reused to build Johnston Falls (Version 2) Photography: Colin Davison  

2002 Exhibition: ACAD Faculty Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB Medium: Pearl sequins pinned to velvet in shadow box Dimensions: 12" x 8.5" (30.5 x 21.5 cm) Collections: Jason Bowman, Cathy Ott, Murray Lamb, Ed Olson, Diana Sherlock, Judy and Bill Ouellet, Michael Murphy, Leah Van Loon

2001-4 The installation evolved to include 3 sculptures, postcard project, website and toy binoculars. Saguenay, 2002 - source: Lucius O'Brien "Sunrise on the Saguenay" Lake Louise, 2001 - source: FM Bell-Smith "Morning on Lake Louise" Niagara Falls, 2001 - source: Frederic Edwin Church "Niagara Falls" Exhibition: 2002, The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB; 2001 - AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Gallerie Connexion, Frederickton, NB, 2001 - Niagara Artists Company, St. Catharines, ON Medium: Sculptures - 12mm black, white and crystal plastic craft beads, silver wire hooked on a wooden valance. Dimensions: Sculptures - 96"x18"x180" | 213x457x46 cm Text: Wish You Were Here...Amy Gogarty published by The Nickle Arts Museum. Photography: MN Hutchinson Collections: Lake Louise, The Nickle Galleries, Niagara Falls, Canada Council for the Arts Note: Saguenay was dismantled and materials were used to make Johnston Falls in 2009.

1999 Exhibition: Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, BC Medium: Black and silver or mother-of-pearl sequins (3cm each), pins, spacers, black velvet, foam core, wood stretcher | Limited Edition DIY Kits including complete installation instructions with 12,000 sequins, pins and spacers Dimensions: Full image 72" x 96" | 183 x 244 cm | DIY Kits 9" x 7" x 4" | 23 x 18 x 10 cm Note: The installation included full-sized images as well as smaller, apartment-sized cropped images pinned directly in the wall.  

1999-2002 Exhibitions: Art Throb, Articule Gallery, Montréal, QC, Curated by Jo-Anne Balcaen and Peter Hobbs; Shiny, Galerie 101, Ottawa, ON, Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB, Curated by David LaRiviere Medium: LiteBrite™ boxes, beads, shelf Dimensions: 36.5" x 41" (93 x 104) Photography: Shari Hatt  

1997 Exhibitions: Quilt, Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, AB | University of Calgary 30th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB Medium: 45408 inches of coloured satin ribbons (2" x 1" each), more than 7500 straight pins on black quilted fabric. Dimensions: 96" x 216" | 244 x 549 cm Text: Shelley Ouellet, Ribbon Campaigns in 1997. Photography: MN Hutchinson Collection: Alberta Foundations for the Arts

1998-99 Exhibitions: 2016 - Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, AB 2014 - Made in the 90s, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB 1999 - Neutral Ground Gallery, Regina, SK 1998 - Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS | Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC | Open Space, Victoria, BC | Stride Gallery Project Room, Calgary, AB Medium:  Rubber bugs, filament and steel frame Dimensions: 96" x 96" x 96" | 244 x 244x 244 cm Text: Diane Dickert, Vera Gartley, Shelley Ouellet & Arlene Stamp, Entomology, Alternator Gallery Publications Photography: MN Hutchinson Collection: Alberta Foundation for the Arts recently exhibited at the Glenbow Museum, Whyte Museum & Art Gallery of Grande Prairie

1995 Exhibition: Fashion Show, Calgary, AB Medium: Toy rabbits Dimensions: size 8 Collection: Angela Inglis

1995 with Leah VanLoon Exhibition: Mysteries of the Flesh, curated by Jeff Spalding for University of Lethbridge Art Week Exhibition, Calgary, AB Medium: Rubber bugs, vintage bathing suit and cap Dimensions: size 8 Collection: The Banff Centre Inspiration: Ouellet and VanLoon's shared experience with Home Economics teacher, Mrs. Yamaguishi, at West Park Junior High, Red Deer, AB