Awards
- (2019) Finalist, 14th International Art Renewal Center Salon Competition, Port Reading, NJ. Judges: Dr. Vern Swanson, Fred Ross, Mandy Theis, Sadie Valeri
- (2018) Merit Award, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) 28th Best of America National Exhibition, Eisele Gallery of Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH. Judge: Adam Clague.
- (2012) Special Recognition Award, Animals Art Exhibition, Light Space & Time Gallery.
- (1988) Merit Scholarship, University of Texas at San Antonio
- (1988) Creative Achievement Award, University of Texas at San Antonio
- (1987) Travel Citation, Texas Annual Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
- (1987) Liquitex Fine Art Achievement Award, Binney & Smith, Inc.
- (1987) Creative Achievement Award, University of Texas at San Antonio
- (1986) Creative Achievement Award, University of Texas at San Antonio
Selected Exhibitions
- (2019) Guild of Boston Artists, 2019 Regional Juried Exhibition, Boston, MA
- (2019) Salmagundi Club, 2019 Open Painting, Sculpture & Graphics exhibition, New York, NY
- (2018) National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) 28th Best of America National Exhibition, Eisele Gallery of Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH. Judge: Adam Clague. Merit Award
- (2018) 2018 Third Coast National Biennial, K Space Contemporary , Corpus Christi, TX. Juror: Suzanne Weaver, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the San Antonio Museum of ART
- (2018) 7th Annual PleinAir Salon Art Competition Dec/Jan, Plein Air Magazine
- (2018) 2018 Small Works Juried Show, Gallery North, Edmonds, WA
- (2018) Anima>Animus>Animal, Art Scene Today
- (2012) Windsor Whitney Biennial, Venice, Italy
- (2012) Billboard Art Project, Albany, NY and Atlanta, GA. Curator: Claire Accardo.
- (2012) Animals Art Exhibition, Light Space & Time Gallery, Special Recognition Award
- (2012) With a Little Help from our Friends, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
- (2012) Petroleum Paradox, Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA
- (2012) Windsor-Whitney Biennial
- (2012) Rough Trade, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
- (2011) With a Little Help from our Friends, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
- (2011) Chain Letter Exhibition, SamsønProjects, Boston, MA
- (2010–2012) Galatea Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts
- (2010) East Boston Artists, Scollay Square Gallery, City Hall, Boston, MA
- (2010) Mammals, ApollinaireGallery, Chelsea, MA
- (2009) Art Gone Green, Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery, Boston, MA
- (2009) Boston Biennial, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
- (2009) Blush, Salem Arts Association Gallery, Salem, MA
- (2008) ConnecticutWomen Artists 19th Annual Open Juried Competition, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
- (2008) CT+ 5, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
- (2000) ABCNo Rio, New York, NY
- (1997) Out of the Blue Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- (1997) Gallery of Social and Political Art, Cambridge, MA
- (1989) New Art: Paintings from New York, Texas, California, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
- (1988–1989) Harris Gallery, Houston, TX
- (1989) Renderings, Arte Moderno Gallery, San Antonio, TX
- (1988) Interpretations, 110 Broadway Gallery, San Antonio, TX
- (1988) Charles Field, John Alberts and Shelah Horvitz, Blue Collar Gallery, San Antonio, TX
- (1988) Five Texas Woman Artists, Galleria, University of Texas at San Antonio
- (1987) Texas Annual, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
- (1987) S.P.A.R. National Art Exhibition, Barnwell Art Center, Shreveport, LA
- (1987) Woman Artists of Three States, DallasCity Hall, Dallas, TX
- (1987) Dead Days, BlueStar Art Space, San Antonio, TX
- (1985) Ladies of Shalott: A Victorian Masterpiece and its Contexts, Bell Gallery, Brown University,Providence, RI
- (1985) 35 Under 35, Women’sInterart Center, New York, NY
- (1984) Survey of Drawings, Pompeii Gallery,New York, NY
Publications
- (2019) Oil Painters of America (OPA) Blog, Horvitz, Shelah. "Finding Your Style," October 28, 2019, https://blog.oilpaintersofamerica.com
- (2016) The Dark Mountain Project, Horvitz, Shelah. “Last, or Earworms in the Wilderness”
- (2015) The Dark Mountain Project, Horvitz, Shelah. “The Eumenides”
- (2014) The Dark Mountain Project, Horvitz, Shelah. “The Gospel According to the Texas Board of Education”
Solo Exhibitions
- 2018 - Weld: Heaven and Earth, Weld Pubic Library, Weld, Maine
- 2017 – Wilderness Edge, Upfront Gallery, Farmington, Maine
- 2013 – Missing Stories, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, Massachusetts
- 2012 – Feral, Galatea Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
- 2012 – Peace Songs II, Gallery at Spencer Lofts, Chelsea, Massachusetts
- 2011 – True Love: The Leap of Hanuman, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, Massachusetts
- 2011 – The Leap, Kismet Wellness Center, Andover, Massachusetts
- 2010 – Peace Songs, Galatea Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
- 1998 – Tyranny and Thoughtcrime, Gallery INSEKT, Boston, Massachusetts
Gallery Representation
- 2017–present Saatchi Online
- 2010–2013 Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, Massachusetts
- 2010–2012 Galatea Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts
- 1988–1989 Harris Gallery, Houston, Texas
- 1989 Arte Moderno Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
- 1988 Blue Collar Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Selected Media and Academic Coverage
- "Artist Reception for Shelah Horvitz at Weld Library," Sun Journal, Monday, August 27, 2018
- “Weld artist exhibits ‘Wilderness Edge’ in Farmington,” Franklin Journal, Friday, August 11, 2017
- N. DiStefano, "Missing Stories: Artwork by Shelah Horvitz", Atlantic Works Gallery Blog, November 1, 2013
- O. Grinde, "From the Mouths of Caves", Massachusetts Wildlife Magazine, 2012: 3:4-10
- Soldaat, Romke, “Bouguereau and The Gospel According to T. Rex”, Bouguereau Remastered Blog
- Goslow, Brian, “Capsule Previews: November/December 2011," Artscope: New England’s Culture Magazine, Volume 6, Number 5, p. 52
- Boston Globe Editor’s Pick, “Shelah Horvitz: Peace Song”
- Art New England, “Exhibitions: Openings and events around the region”
- B. Aitchison, "Lecture on Lady of Shalott", Muscular Dystrophy Society, by the former Academic Advisor to the American Institute for Foreign Study in London (Moffat, Scotland), 2007
- E. Bonessio, “Con te sempre” from Poesie in forma di rosa (Rome, Italy), 2007
- B. Laursen. Intranet course on art and literature relevant to Tennyson, Herlufsholm Skole, Herlufsholdm, Denmark, 2007
- A. F. Howey, S. R. Reimer, Boydell & Brewer, A Bibliography of Modern Arthuriana (1500-2000). p. 654, 2006
- Cover, Feminista Ezine, March 2000
- Review of the Lilith Adler exhibition, Lilith Gallery
- M. Matsuoka, “The Victorian Web” (Nagoya University, Japan)
- E. Goodman, Literature and Gender. New York, New York: Routledge, 1996.
- Marie Claire Japon Magazine, “Arthurian Legends in Art”, 3 Mars 1993, No. 124
- “Ladies of Shalott”, The English Program, Thames Television, BBC, 1993
- “This Teacher Joins with his Students in Some Ironic, Spontaneous Works”, San Antonio Light, May 1, 1988, p.114
- J. Gambrell, “Texas: State of theArt," Art in America Magazine, 75:114-52, 1987
- “Texas Annual”, Austin American-Statesman, November 16, 1987, p. C6
- Asao Densetsu Mangekyo. (Tokyo: Chuokoron-sha, Inc., 1995)
- J.T. Harris, “I Have Never Seen a Naked Lady of Shalott”, The Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies, Fall 1984, p. 76
Education
- Currently studying in a remote Patreon mentorship with Stephen Bauman, Principle Instructor of Drawing and Painting at the Florence Academy of Art, US.
- University of Texas at San Antonio, M.F.A. Painting, 1989
- Brown University, B.A. English Literature, 1982
- University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth, B.S. Computer Science, 1995
Workshops
- (2019) Amaya Gurpide: A Painterly Approach to Portrait Drawing Master Class, Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA
- (2019) Carlos San Millan: Painting Processes , Seattle Art League, Seattle, WA
- (2019) Donald Jurney, “The Invented Landscape,” East Oaks Studio, Raleigh, NC
Professional Organizations
- International Guild of Realism (IGOR)
- Guild of Boston Artists
- National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS)
- Oil Painters of America (OPA)