Shelby Poor
918-810-1591
Education
2019-present PhD Candidate, Critical Studies, and Artistic Practice with Certificates in Art History and Women’s and Gender Studies
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
*Anticipated graduation in 2024
2016-2018 Master of Fine Arts, Photo-Media California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2013-2016 Bachelor of Fine Art, Photography with Minor in Film Studies, and Art History The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
Professional Experience
2022 Teaching Assistant, Art Appreciation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2022 Lab Assistant, Visual Resource Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2021-22 Teaching Assistant, Critical Issues in the Arts, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2021-22 Gallery Assistant at The Landmark Arts Gallery at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2021 Instructor of Record, Art Appreciation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2021 Lab Assistant, Visual Resource Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2020-1 Instructor of Record, Art Appreciation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2019-20 Teaching Assistant, Art Appreciation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2019-20 Gallery Assistant at The Landmark Arts Gallery at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2017-20 Owner/Photography Lab Manager, Devo Lab, Los Angeles CA
2018-19 Product Photographer, Prop Store, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Instructor, ARTES Theatre Entertainment School, San Fernando Valley, CA
2018 CAPSA Instructor, AmeriCorps, Los Angeles, CA
2017-18 Graduate Assistant, California Institute of the of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2017 Film Archival and Digital Photo Editor, NBCUniversal, Los Angeles, CA
2016-2017 Photo Lab Technician, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2014-2016 Volunteer Instructor, Youth Mentor Program, Tulsa, OK
Awards/Honors
2020 First Place Color Photography, The Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD
2019 Best in Show, Size Matters Exhibition, Shockboxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 AmeriCorps Scholar Grant, Valencia, CA
2018 Bartman Grant, from California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA
2018 Helen Levitt Scholarship, Valencia, CA
2017 Helen Levitt Scholarship, Valencia, CA
2017 Bartman Grant, from California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2016 Bartman Grant, from California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2016 Outstanding Senior Award, from The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
2015 2nd Place Gussman Art Show, Tulsa, OK
2014 1st Place Northeast Oklahoma Area Artist Show, Tulsa, OK
2014 Honorable Mention Gussman Art Show, Tulsa, OK
Exhibitions
2022 Photo Shoot 2022, group exhibition hosted by Black Box Gallery, Online Exhibition Catalog
2022 Performance Art Final– T.G.I.F., group exhibition hosted by The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA)–
First Friday Art Trail– Graffiti Building Venue, Lubbock, TX
2022 Exhale, group exhibition hosted by The Risk Intervention & Safety Education Program (RISE) Department at Texas Tech
University, Dairy Barn Venue, Lubbock, TX
2022 Exhale, group exhibition hosted by The Risk Intervention & Safety Education Program (RISE) Department at Texas Tech
University, Wild Lark Bookstore, Lubbock, TX
2022 Un/marked, Collaborative exhibition with co-creators Hillary Erin Russell and Tricia Jarrett, hosted by The Louise Hopkins
Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA)– First Friday Art Trail– and Landmark Arts at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2020 Allegany National Photography Competition and Exhibition, group exhibition hosted by The Allegany Arts Council,
Cumberland, MD
2020 Texas National Competition & Exhibition, group exhibition hosted by Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2020 Unpacked: Letting the Light in – Stories of Survivors, group exhibition hosted by Risk Intervention and Safety Education (RISE)
department at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2020 The ‘F’ Word, group exhibition hosted by The Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
2020 Art at the Center Gallery Exhibits, group exhibition hosted by the Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, Overland Park, KS.
2020 On Edge, group exhibition hosted by Art League Rhode Island in Pawtucket, RI.
2020 30 Under 30 Exhibition, Director’s Choice, group exhibition Viridian Artists Inc. New York City, NY.
2020 Justice Exhibition, group exhibition at Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, TX.
2020 WEAD Feat to Fire Celebrating 100 Years of Women's Suffrage, group exhibition at The Sanchez Art Center, Oakland, CA.
2019 Size Matters Exhibition, group exhibition at Shockboxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2018 Rattlesnake Bells in the Desert, group exhibition at The Box Gallery, Los Angeles California.
2018 4 x 5 Exhibition, group exhibition in the Lime and Mint Gallery at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California.
2018 I’m Not Dead Yet, solo exhibition in the main gallery at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California.
2018 Unframed Unstretched, group exhibition hosted by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna at the Semper depot EG Nord, Vienna,
Austria.
2017 MFA 2 Group Show, graduate student group exhibition hosted by California Institute of
the Arts, Valencia, California.
2017 There was a Big Thunderstorm when I was Born, mid-residency solo exhibition in the main gallery at California Institute of the
Arts, Valencia, California.
2017 Far Bazaar 2017 Alternative Art Festival, graduate student group exhibition hosted by Cerritos College, Cerritos, California.
2016 Senior Exhibition, group exhibition hosted by The University of Tulsa at the Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2016 There was a Big Thunderstorm when I was Born, solo exhibition at The Girls Art School, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2016 Art for Humanities Group Exhibition, group exhibition hosted by The University of Tulsa at the Lorton Performance Center,
Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2016 Core Connections, group exhibition hosted by The University of Tulsa at Living Arts Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2015 Momentum Tulsa 2015, group exhibition sponsored by the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Works Curated by Mary Kathryn
Moeller, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2015 47th Gussman Art Show, group exhibition hosted by The University of Tulsa at the Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2015 Art for Humanities Group Exhibition, hosted by The University of Tulsa at the Lorton Performance Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2014 Northeast Oklahoma Area Artist Show, group exhibition hosted by the Pryor Area Arts Council at Graham Banquet Hall, Pryor,
Oklahoma.
2014 Art for Humanities Group Exhibition, hosted by The University of Tulsa at the Lorton Performance Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2014 46th Gussman Art Show, group exhibition hosted by The University of Tulsa at the Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
Bibliography
2020 Voyage LA, Artist Spotlight Series
2019 Salann Magazine, Second Edition, Spring 2019.
2016 Anamesa Journal Fall 2016, published by New York University.
2015 Stylus 2015: Student Journal of Art & Writing, published by The University of Tulsa.
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS & workshops
2022 Society for Photographic Education Regional Fall Conference, Lecture titled, Portraits of Choice– Art Based Research and
Social Praxis within the Documentary Genre, Shreveport, LA
2022 Inside Out Festival at the Charles Adams Studio Project, Cyanotype Workshop, Lubbock, TX
Professional Service
2022 Volunteer, Clothesline Project, TTU RISE (Risk Intervention & Safety Prevention), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2020 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2019 Exhibits and Speakers Committee, School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2019 Society for Photographic Education Regional Fall Conference in Lubbock, TX, Volunteer at Texas Tech University
2018 CAPSA Instructor, AmeriCorps, Los Angeles, CA
2014/16 Volunteer Instructor, Youth Mentor Program with True Blue Neighbors, Tulsa, OK