b. 1986
orr.shelby@gmail.com | shelbyorr.com | Fort Worth, TX
Visual Art & Sound
AWARDS
2018
Spiderweb Salon Songwriting Scholarship, July Recipient
2016
CentralTrak Artist In Residence, University of Texas at Dallas
Nasher Sculpture Center Artist Microgrant, Finalist
Life-Framer, Edition III, Theme 7: Humans of the World, Honorary Mention, awarded by Zed Nelson
Lensculture Portrait Awards, Editor's Pick
8th edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Finalist
Cell Phone Photography IV, Honorable Mention, Texas Photographic Society, awarded by Meri Aaron Walker
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
C3 Visiting Artist Project: Spiderweb Salon Collective (participating artist), Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Object Permanence, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
Animalia, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
Rebel, Rebel, Shipping and Receiving, Fort Worth, TX
Modern Billings, public project curated by The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX
2018
Portraits: Masked/Unmasked, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX. Curated by Barbara Koerble
Fifth Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace111, Fort Worth, TX. Juried by Christina Rees
FotoTexas II: People Places, and Culture, Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine Texas. Juried by Laura Wilson
Female Identified Producers, International Digital Compilation. Curated by Urban Arts Berlin
2017
The Modern EDU Presents: Portable Document Format, Online Multimedia PDF. Curated by Jesse Morgan Barnett
New Texas Talent XXIV, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas Texas. Juried by Katherine Wagner
Fourth Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace111, Fort Worth, TX. Juried by Shirley Reece-Hughes
2016
Emotions & Commotions Across Culture (4th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography and 1st Edition of the Berlin Foto Biennale), Palazzo Italia, Berlin, DE
Four, Art Room Gallery @ BRIK Venue, Fort Worth, TX
Amuse-Bouche, Gallery 76102, Fort Worth, TX
34th Annual Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX. Juried by Yasufumi Nakamori, Curator of Photography and New Media at Minneapolis Institute of Art
Third Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace111, Fort Worth, TX. Juried by Eric M. Lee, Director of the Kimbell Art Museum
Masur Museum of Art 53rd Annual Juried Competition, Monroe, LA. Juried by Holly Hughes, Godin-Spaulding Curator for the Collection at Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Flat 43: Train Car 4, Rochers de Naye, Traveling Exhibition. Curated by Casey Leone
PhotoSpiva National Juried Exhibition, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO. Juried by Sean Kernan
Cell Phone Photography IV: Moving Past the Camera, Texas Photographic Society, Online Exhibition. Juried by Meri Aaron Walker
Gathering, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX. Juried by Jennifer Shaw
2015
Alternative Cameras: Pinhole to Plastic. Online Gallery, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Juried by Susan Burnstine
FWISD Visual Arts Faculty Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
Fall NRH Pop Up Gallery, North Richland Hills, TX. Juried by Sarah Green
Richie Budd + KITBASHES presents: Spooky Sounds to Play in the Dark, Site Specific Installation, Fort Worth, TX
2014
Semigloss. Magazine presents: Sympathy for the Devil, Hello Project Gallery, Houston, TX
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2019
Switched on: Southside, Twilite Lounge, Fort Worth, TX
Run with Scissors #81: Duo Night, Tradewinds Social Club, Dallas, TX
2018
DAMN XVII, RBC, Dallas TX
2017
Run with Scissors Presents: Lauren Belmore and Darcy Neal with KITBASHES, Tradewinds Social Club, Dallas, TX
What's Happening!!... On Berry St?, Performance and Installation, Fort Worth, TX
A Life in Waves: pre-screening performance, Texas Theatre, Dallas, TX
Spiderweb Salon's 5 Year Anniversary, Solo Performance, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton, TX
Nervous Curtains with Wire Nest and Kitbashes, The Grotto, Fort Worth, TX
2016
Gallery Night, BRIK, Fort Worth, TX
Mutant Wave, RBC, Dallas, TX
Give me a break: a new media art/electronic music event, Shipping and Receiving, Fort Worth, TX
2015
Dallas Zine Party, The Wild Detectives, Dallas, TX
2014
Skuzzmas: Behind the Screen, Texas Theatre, Dallas, TX
Vice Palace presents: TEA Benefit Show, Oliver Frances Gallery, Dallas, TX
Spiderweb Salon Presents: Electronic Experiment II, Denton, TX
2013
Spiderweb Salon Winter Formal, Dan’s Silverleaf, Denton, TX
Marfa Film Festival, Marfa TX
2012
35 Music Festival, Denton TX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kitbashes. "Ladies and Gentlemen... The Technical Difficulties!". Glasstire Feature. April 2020. Web.
Bailey, Marylin. "Hot Tickets: August". 360 West. August 2019. Print and Web.
Marie, Courtney. "Featured Musician: Kitbashes". Interview. Spiderweb Salon News. July 34, 2018. Web.
Rodriguez, Raul. "Father's Place: Shelby Orr". Interview. Deep Red Press. March 22, 2017. Web.
Koerble, Barbara. "Amuse-Bouche at Gallery 76102." Glasstire. October 13, 2016. Web.
Blay, Christopher. "Gallery Night Sums." Fort Worth Weekly. September 29, 2016. Print and Web.
Mawajdeh, Haddy. "Fort Worth Art Collaborative Cuts Their Teeth with a New Venture." Art & Seek. August 25, 2016. web.
Tommany, Susie. '"Distopian Spaces and Societal Woes Inform HCP's Juried Membership Exhibition." Houston Press. July 26, 2016. web.
Blay, Christoper. "Artspace111 Hits." Forth Worth Weekly. July 6, 2016. web.
Holmes George, Amy, comp. "Cell Phone Photography IV: Moving Past the Camera." TPS Contact Sheet 36 (2016): 1. Print.
PRESENTATIONS
2017 Performer/Presenter, Circuit Bending and Synthesizers, Plano Public Library - Haggard Branch, Plano Texas
2017 Moderator, In the AIR: Artists Share Their Experience Panel Discussion, The Cedars Union, Dallas, TX
2016 Panelist, Amuse-Bouche: Artist Panel, Gallery 76102, Fort Worth, TX
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019
Juror, 35th An Artist's Christmas Auction & Gala, Fort Worth, TX
Artist/Instructor, Drawing from the Collection, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
2017- current
Director of School and Family Programs, Sid Richardson Museum, Fort Worth, TX
2018
Juror, 34th An Artist's Christmas Auction & Gala, Fort Worth, TX
2017
Artist/Instructor, Drawing from the Collection, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
2016
Artist/Instructor, Drawing from the Collection, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
2016
Artist/Instructor, Spring Break Art Camp, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
2015-2017
Teacher Advisory Council (member), Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
2014-2017
Fort Worth ISD Art Educator
EDUCATION
2009 B.S. Interdisciplinary Studies, Summa Cum Laude, University of North Texas, Denton, TX