Kent Shell was born in Altus, Oklahoma, and grew up in West Texas and Virginia. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Selected group exhibitions
1992 Muranushi-Lederman, "The 1.5 Show", New York NY
1990 White Columns, "Something Strange", New York NY
1985 Hallwalls, "Relative Meaning: the Figure in Context", Buffalo, NY
1982 P.S. 1, "Critical Perspectives", L.I.C., NY
1980 New Orleans Museum of Art, "1980 New Orleans Triennial", New Orleans, LA
Bibliography
Review of Something Strange, Art in America, Summer 1991
Marcia Tucker, An Iconography of Recent Figurative Painting, Artforum, Summer 1982
Donald Kuspit, review of Critical Perspectives, Artforum, April 1982
Deborah Perlberg, review of Small Works, Artforum, February 1979
Grants and Awards
1987 Rauschenberg Foundation Emergency Artist's Grant
1985 Albee Foundation Fellowship
Collections
Mr. Edward R. Downe, Jr.
Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, VA
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
Education
BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1980