Ann Shelton was born in Timaru, New Zealand. She currently lives and works in Wellington city. Her work is exhibited on a regular basis in public galleries, artist run spaces and dealer galleries within New Zealand and internationally. Shelton's work has been seen in China, Australia, Italy, England, Poland and North America. In 2007 Shelton's major project a library to scale toured New Zealand and Australia and in August 2006 it was the awarded the Trust Waikato Contemporary Art Award. a library to scale is accompanied by the artist book a new skin, published by the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.

In 2002 Shelton completed her Masters, at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. More recently Rim Books published her second book Public Places. In 2004 she was the Govett-Brewster New Zealand Artist in Residence, during that time Shelton produced the solo museum show a kind of sleep and completed once more from the street, a project presented at Starkwhite. Recent group shows include Collect/project, at the Adam Art Gallery, curated by Tina Barton and Earth Matters at the Auckland City Art Gallery, curated by Natasha Conland.

Shelton's first book Redeye (Rim Books, 1997) was launched at Artspace in Auckland, the accompanying exhibition toured New Zealand. Redeye was then re-published internationally, in that same year, by Dewi Lewis Publishing, England. Shelton is represented by Starkwhite and Paul McNamara Gallery. Her works are featured in public and private collections in New Zealand and overseas, these include the Govett-Brewster, Te Papa Tongarewa and the Chartwell Collection. Shelton lectures in Fine Art and Photography at Massey University in Wellington.

Education
Masters in Fine Art, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2002.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, Elam School of Fine Arts, 1995.

Forthcoming Exhibitions
Room Room, Solo Show, City Gallery Wellington, Hirschfeld Gallery, Sep-Oct.

Solo Exhibitions
2008
Hall of Mirrors, McNamara Gallery, Wanganui, June-July.

2007
a library to scale, Part I, II, III, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth.
a library to scale, Part I, Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.
a library to scale, Part I, Enjoy Gallery, Wellington.
26 photos of a house, McNamara Gallery, 2 to 28 Feb, Wanganui.
26 photos of a house, Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, 12 Oct to 2 Nov.

2006
a library to scale, Starkwhite Gallery, Auckland, July.

2005
Ann Shelton: Bifocal, Forrester Gallery, Oamaru, December 2005 – February 2006.
Excerpts from A Kind of Sleep, Starkwhite, Auckland, August.

2004
A Kind of Sleep, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, December 2004 - February 2005.
The Parsons Project, Parsons Bookshop, Auckland, September.
Once More from the Street, Starkwhite, Auckland, September.
Vacant Possesion, McNamara Gallery, Wanganui, June.

2003
Nine Lives, 1.6 Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, September.
Works by Ann Shelton, Starkwhite, Auckland, June.
Erewhon, Starkwhite, Auckland, May.
K Hole, Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland, May.

2002
Erewhon, Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, November.

2000
A Girl in Every Port, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, July.
The Strip, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia, May.
Abigail's Party, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, May.

1998
Cabin Fever, an installation for Fiat Lux Gallery, Auckland, October.
Big Head, Art on the Move, Bus Art Project for the Physics Room, Christchurch, July.
Selected images from REDEYE, The Dowse Art Gallery, Lower Hutt, January.

1997
REDEYE, Touring to The Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North, February. Artspace, Auckland, June. The Art Annex, Christchurch, June. Dunedin Public Art Gallery, September.

1996
REDEYE, Selected images, Teststrip, Auckland, May.

1995
From the Waist Down, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, July.
The Intrigue of My Evening, Teststrip, Auckland, March.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Collect/project, Adam Art Gallery, Curated by Tina Barton, June.
Earth Matters, Auckland City art Gallery, Curated by Natasha Conland, May-Sep.
Taranaki Whenua: Life Blood Legacy, Puke Ariki, Curated by Bill Millbank. Feb-June.

2007
Movingstill, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, 8 June to 4 July.
Wonderland, Auckland Festival Ak07, Bath Street Gallery, Auckland, 7 to 13 March.
the ghost of an idea: bridges, waterfalls and hexagons, Starkwhite Gallery Auckland, 24 June to 21 July.
Askew: Photographs from the Sargeant Gallery's permanent collection, 8 Sep to 18 Nov.
Kiosk, Artist Space New York. curated by Christoph Keller, May.

2006
Recovered Memory, The Fourth Goodman-Suter Contemporary Art Project. The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, curated By Lara Strongman, October-November.
Gothic New Zealand, exhibition and book launch, Roger Williams Gallery, Auckland. November-December.
An-other Childhood, The Milleniuum Hotel, Rotorua, New Zealand. curated By Janita Craw. November-December.
The Waikato Art Award 2005, Winner, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, August.
Archive Fever, The Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, curated by Emily Cormack, August-October.
SATELLITE, Shanghai, China, curated by Richard Thomas, John Di Stefano, September – October.
Wonder-Land, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China, September.
Wonder-Land, New Zealand Photography at the Fotografia Festival Internazionale di Roma the Project Room, Villa Glori, Via Argentina, Rome, April.
Viewfinder: Four Decades of The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Collection, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, curated by Mercedes Vicente, March.
Verbatim… revelation to oblivion, National Library, Wellington, curated by Paul McNamara, April.
Contemporary NZ Photographers, Pataka, Wellington, February–April.
HIGH TIDE, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland, curated by Magda Kardasz for Zacheta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw and Simon Rees for the Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius, February-April. Touring to The Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania, June.
Kiosk, Artspace, Auckland, curated by Christoph Keller, April, 2007.

2005
Contemporary New Zealand Photographers, Starkwhite, Auckland, December.
The Iris Fisher Art Awards, te tuhi - the mark, Auckland, November-December.
Home, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui, November.
Starving Artists Fund Art Auction, Artspace, Auckland, August.
The Waikato Art Award 2005, Finalist, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, August.
Verbatim… revelation to oblivion, Lopdell House, Auckland, curated by Paul McNamara, August.
Great Green Art Auction, Union Fish Company Building, Auckland, July.
Solstice: Inaugural Exhibition, Matakana Pictures, Warkworth, curated by Mark Adams, Haruhiko Sameshima and Ian Macdonald, June-August.
Sharp Shooting, St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland, curated by Heather Galbraith, April.

2004
Coming Home in the Dark, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, curated by Felicity Milburn, October.
Lights>camera>action, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, curated by Simon Rees, June.
Hollyweird: Art from Los Angeles, curated by Ann Shelton, Starkwhite, Auckland, January.

2003
Deep-Vein Psychosis, rm 103, Auckland, curated by Anthony Byrt, October.
Pressing Flesh: Skin, Touch, Intimacy, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, curated by Robert Leonard, December-January.
Put Out More Flags, a Cuckoo project, Moving Image Centre Gallery, Auckland, May.
Dead Ringer, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, curated by Robin Stoney, March.
Slow Release: recent photography from New Zealand, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, curated by Zara Stanhope, February.
No Direct Line from My Heart to My Brain, The Physics Room, Christchurch, curated by Violet Faigan, February.

2002
Break, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, curated by Simon Rees, December -January.
Dogwood, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, September.
Slow Release: recent photography from New Zealand, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia, August, touring to Sale Art Gallery, Canberra, Australia, curated by Zara Stanhope, November.
Suite, The Belkin Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, March.

2001
Feature: art, life & cinema, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, curated by Gregory Burke, December-January.
Interior Horizons: Art on the Verge of Architecture and Design, Te Tuhi/The Mark, Auckland, curated by Elizabeth Leyton, October.
Three Artists, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, October.
Bright Paradise, The Inaugural New Zealand Triennial, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, curated by Allan Smith, March.
Looking Back, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, January.

2000
In Glorious Dreams, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, curated by Gregory Burke, December.
Multiples, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, May.
The Waikato Art Award 2000, Merit Award, Hamilton, February.
The New Acquisitions, The Museum of New Zealand/Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, February.
Mobile, The Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia, curated by Francisco Fisher, January.
Drive: power>progress>desire, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, curated by Gregory Burke and Hanna Scott, January.

1999
Wonderlands, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, curated by Gregory Burke and Hanna Scott, December/January.
The Collected Works, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, curated by Jim and Mary Barr, November.
We Really Care, rm 3, Auckland, July.
In Art We Trust, Fiat Lux fundraiser, Fiat Lux Gallery, Auckland.

1998
Necessary Protection, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, December.
Folklore: The New Zealander's, Artspace, Auckland, July, touring to Sargeant Art Gallery, curated by Gavin Hipkins, October.

1997
fotofeis, REDEYE, The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland, August.
New Work, The Physics Room, Christchurch.
Sharp and Shiny, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, curated by John Hurrell, June.
Kisser, Fiat Lux Gallery, Auckland, May.

1996
100 Bucks, Teststrip, Auckland, December.
Laying it on Thick, Artspace, Auckland, curated by Delia Brown, Judy Millar and Peter Shand, January-February.

1995
Please Give Generously, Teststrip, Auckland.
Terminal, Ambassador Theatre, Auckland.
Stamina, Ambassador Theatre, Auckland, December.

1994
Open the Shutter: Auckland Photographers Now, Auckland Museum, curated by Ron Brownson, April/May.
One Hundred And Fifty Ways of Loving, co-curated by Paul Booth, Kirsty Cameron and Ann Shelton, Artspace, Auckland, February/March.
Knight Landesman at Teststrip, Teststrip, Auckland, August.

Selected Collaborative Exhibitions
1998
Lisa, The New Gallery Window, Auckland City Art Gallery, with Steven Ball, August.

1996
Golden Breed, 23A Gallery, Auckland, with David Scott, September.
Pink Bits, The High Street Project, Christchurch, with Joyce Campbell, August.

Selected Bibliography
Books
Shelton, Ann. REDEYE. New Zealand: Rim Books, 1997.
Shelton, Ann. REDEYE. England: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1997.
Shelton, Ann. Public Places. New Zealand: Rim Publishing, 2003.
Shelton, Ann. a library to scale. New Zealand: Rim Publishing, 2006.
Shelton, Ann. a new skin, New Zealand: The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 2007

Selected Catalogues
By publication name
a kind of sleep. Burke, Gregory. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 2005.
A Birds Eye View. Malone, Daniel. Teststrip Micrograph Series, Auckland, July 2000.
Bright Paradise. Smith, Allan. The Inaugural Auckland Triennial, Auckland Art Gallery, 2001.
Dead Ringer: The Duplicitous Image. Stoney, Robin. Dead Ringer, Gus Fisher Gallery and Auckland University, Auckland, March 2003.
Deep-Vein Psychosis. Byrt, Anthony. rm 103, Auckland, October 2003.
Dogwood. Szewczyk, Monika. Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, 2002.
Drive: power>progress>desire. Burke, Gregory and Scott, Hanna. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 2000.
Feature: art, life & cinema. Burke, Gregory. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 2001.
Folklore: The New Zealander's. Hipkins, Gavin. Artspace, Auckland, 1998.
Fotofeis Basic. Morgan, Chris. fotofeis 97, Scotland, 1997.
In Glorious Dreams. Burke, Gregory. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 2000.
Movingstill, Bryant Jan, Gus Fisher Gallery Auckland, 2007.
Nostalgia for the Future. Brennan, Stella. Artspace, November 1999.
One Hundred and Fifty Ways of Loving. Artspace, February/March 1994.
SATELLITE, Van Guard Gallery, Shanghai. 2006.
Slow Release: recent photography from New Zealand. Stanhope, Zara. Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia, 2002: 03-24.
The Strip. Chapman, Chris. Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia, May 2000.

Selected Articles
By Author
Barton, Christina, Ann Shelton: 26 photographs of a house, Architecture NZ, March, 2007
Brennan, Stella. "No Place Like Home". Pavement, August/September 2000, 54.
Bryant, Jan. The sound of the past being sliced apart, a new skin, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 2007.
Byrt, Anthony. Erewhon [online]. New Zealand: 2002. Available from World Wide Web: http://ramp.mediarts.net.nz/archive/ann_s/ann.html
Byrt, Anthony. Deep-Vein Psychosis. Auckland: rm 103, October 2003.
Carver, Antonia. "fotofeis '97". Flash Art, Vol. XXXI, no.199 (March/April 1998): 79.
French, Jennifer. "a kind of sleep". Natural Selection, Issue 4 (2005): 16.
Gibson, Sarah. "Nostalgia as Cure". Art New Zealand (Winter 2001): 48-50.
Intra, Giovanni. "drive-by shootings". Pavement, Issue 10, 1996, 10.
Laird, Tessa. "Museum and Gallery Reviews: A Girl in Every Port and LACE 2". Art on Paper, December 2000, 84-85.
Laird, Tessa. "Details of Intrigue". Craccum, Issue 4, 20 March 1995, 37.
Malone, Daniel. A Birds Eye View. Auckland: Teststrip Micrograph Series, July 2000.
McAloon, William. "Seven Go Wild in Wellington". The Listener, 5 April 2000, 54.
McAloon, William. "Review: Abigail's Party". Sunday Star Times, 4 June 2000, F6.
McFarlane, Kyla. "Slow Release: Recent New Zealand Photography". Art New Zealand, no.107 (Winter 2003): 48-51.
Magner B.L. "Slow Release". Photofile, no.67 (December 2002): 55
Mahoney, Elizabeth. "It's all and something". Make, no.78 (December 97 - February 98): 22.
Peck, Aaron. "Auto Instruction". Front Magazine, Volume XIII, Number 3, May/June 2002, 12-15.
Porter, Gwynneth. "Bare Bones". Dead Ringer. Auckland: Gus Fisher Gallery: University of Auckland, March 2003.
Porter, Gwynneth. "A Girl in Every Port, Ann Shelton and LACE 2, Yvonne Todd." Like, no. 13 (2000): 55-56.
Paton, Justin. "Postcards from the edge". The New Zealand Listener, Volume 159, no. 2986, 26 July - 1 August 1997, 40-41.
Paton, Justin. "Straight to the heart of it". New Zealand Herald, 3 October 1996, B8
Pound, Francis. "The reflecting archive", a library to scale, Rim Books, Auckland. 2006.
Scott, Hanna. "Dead Cert, the After-Effects of Dead Ringer", New Zealand Journal of Photography, Number 51 (Winter 2003): 23-24.
Shelton, Ann. "Mystical Nesian Photographs". Public/Private, The Second Auckland Triennial. Auckland: Auckland Art Gallery, 2004.
Smith, Allan. Bright Paradise, The Inaugural Auckland Triennial. Auckland: Auckland Art Gallery, 2001: 20.
Stanhope, Zara. Slow Release: recent photography from New Zealand. Australia: Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2002: 03-24.
Stead, Oliver. "REDEYE, by Ann Shelton". Art New Zealand, no.84 (Spring 1997): 84.
Szewczyk, Monika. "Location Notes". Dogwood. Canada: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 2002: 10-17.
Wood, Andrew Paul. "A City Repossessed", The New Zealand Listener, Volume 196, no. 3365, 6-12 November 2004, 46.