A Minnesota resident from the beginning, Teal’s artistic journey began at home where creativity was encouraged and celebrated. Teal was given the freedom and tools to explore her imagination from a young age, leading her to attend Hamline University where she pursued her fine arts degree with a focus in sculpture and printmaking. It was at Hamline that she found a mentor in Artist and Professor Allison Baker, who guided her beyond technique and taught her to truly think and work like an artist. Teal is now known in the area for not just her artwork but also her small business where she makes beads and creates bracelets and earrings. Teal spent a few years after college mastering polymer clay and traveling the country selling her works before settling down in the Saint Cloud area where was an art administrator at Art in motion before her current job as a high school art teacher at Rocori. In her teaching, she continues to be inspired by the unique creative processes of her students, a reflection of the creative freedom she was afforded as a child.
Her current work continues to explore the common threads of humanity, and the unique, often isolating, perspectives we bring to them in our own experiences.
Shelby Teal - CV
tealshelby01@gmail.com
Education
2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Sculpture, Printmaking
Hamline University
St.Paul, Minnesota
Group and Solo Exhibitions:
August 2025-Now on View
Solo Exhibition, Connected Actuality, Paramount Center for the Arts, Saint Cloud MN
2024
New Traditions, Familia skate Shop
2022
Neon Murmuration, Art in Motion, Holdingford MN
Common Sense, Art in Motion, Holdingford MN
2020
Mixed Media, Woman Kraft Gallery, Tucson AZ Contaminated, Aesthetic institute of Art, Online Exhibition Foot In The Door, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Online Exhibition
2018
Aesthetic Jargon, Drew Fine arts gallery, St.Paul MN
Creative house 2, Minneapolis MN
2017
Student Show, Hamline University, St.Paul MN
Food, Sad Boys: Hamline University, St. Paul MN
Pancakes and Booze, the Cabooze, Minneapolis, MN
Raw Artists, The Pourhouse, Minneapolis, MN
2016
Pancakes and Booze, Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
Professional experience:
2023 to Now; High School Art Teacher, ROCORI, Cold Spring MN
2022 Art Administrator, Art in Motion, Holdingford MN
2018 Screen Printer, Twin City Tees, St.Paul MN
2017 Gallery assistant, Gallery 396, St. Paul MN
Studio instructor, Artrageous Adventures, Minneapolis MN
Teaching Assistant, Allison Baker, Hamline University
Shop assistant, Hamline University, St.Paul, MN
2016 Studio Shop assistant, Hamline University, St.Paul, MN
Grants
2017 Henriette Diebold, Fine art travel grant, Hamline University, St.Paul MN
2016 Henriette Diebold, Fine art travel grant, Hamline University, St. Paul MN
2014 UpTown Utility Box Artist grant winner, 8 boxes, Minneapolis MN
