Bio / resume' | Exhibitions

bio

Carol Shelkin is a visual artist and art instructor who also creates contemporary fine-art mosaics. Her original work with hand-cut stained glass is intricate, revealing an attention to detail that distinguishes her among other artists. She has created a style that is defined as: Painting With Glass.

From the moment she could hold a crayon, Carol was an artist. She attended Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia at age seven and continued to pursue her passion throughout her young life, studying painting at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and mosaics in Ravenna, Italy with master craftsmen. Her eclectic approach to surface design—placing glass where a painter would naturally place paint—is the perfect marriage of these two loves.

As a full-time artist, Carol creates one-of-a-kind pieces that make their home in galleries, community centers, libraries, and commercial and residential settings. She has received several grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and Upper Darby Arts, and she was awarded the prestigious Robin Brett Mosaic Scholarship from the Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA). She is a founding member and past president of the Mosaic Society of Philadelphia; the founder of Mosaic Art Worldwide Retreats, Workshops and Tours, Juried - Master Artisan, of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsman, and an active member of the Society of American Mosaic Artists.

For those who want to learn the art of mosaic making, Carol, teaches on going workshops in and around Philadelphia, weekend and weeklong workshops all over the world since 2008, helping students turn their creative visions into original works of art. She continues to take travelers to retreats and tours in such places as Italy, Mexico, Costa Rica, Spain, Morocco and France to name a few.

Click HERE for a list of upcoming - in person RETREATS, WORKSHOPS and HERE for COURSES ONLINE

Visit me on YouTube...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGFrxjGcJN4

Resume'

Education | Selected Studies | Residencies | Gallery Shows

-Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Philadelphia, PA

-Philadelphia College of Art | Saturday Classes

Philadelphia, PA

-Fleisher Art Memorial | Louise Clement-Hoff, Philadelphia, PA

-Studio Arte Del Mosaico | Luciana Notturni Ravenna, Italy
-SAMA Workshop: Chicago | Roman Andamento: Gary Drostle
-Workshop in Mosaic Art | Mosaic Art: Verdiano Marzi, Chicago

Selected Scholarships and Awards

Robin Brett Mosaic Scholarship Society of American Mosaic Artists
Wallingford Art Center                        Second Place Members' Exhibition    Wallingford, PA
2009 Contemporary Mosaic Art         Signaled Work | Guilio Menossi, Juror
Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Faces                                                         1st Place Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC

Fleisher Memorial 1st place - Student Show

Grants

Upper Darby Arts Aronimink Elementary Drexel Hill, PA

Upper Darby Principal’s Grant Kindergarten Center Drexel Hill, PA
PA Council on the Arts Schoolhouse Center Mosaic Folsom

Solo | Small Group Shows | Invitationals

Vanderbilt University | Cohen Gallery Nashville, TN
MAC | Media Arts Council Media, PA
Sweet Mable Arts | Narberth, PA
Institute of Mosaic Art Oakland, California
One-Person's Mosaics: Carol Shelkin

Presentations

CMA2 Second Monday Speaker

Warner Art Glass: Mosaic Introduction | Allentrown, PA

Touchstone Center for Crafts: Independence: A Mosaic Symposium
Mosaic Society of Philadelphia | Folsom, PA

Mosaic Association of Australia and New Zealand Symposium
Gallery Talk: Boston, Massachusetts
Mosaic Arts Michigan (MAM)

Selected Juried Exhibitions and Invitations

100 Moments - Regional and Online Exhibition

2024, 2025

Clay Studio Philadelphia SMALL FAVORS

2023

MOSAIC ART INTERNATIONAL | INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION: Embodied VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY | NASHVILLE, TN

2019

Mosaic Society of Philadelphia | Member's Show 2008 - 2018

Selected Community Projects Lead Artist

Appel Farm Arts Camp 55th Anniversary Community Mosaic
Ohev Shalom Synagogue Wallingford, PA
Aronimink Elementary School, Drexel Hill, PA (350 children - current)
Upper Darby High School Legacy Mural Upper Darby, PA (Art Club/Consultant)
Kindergarten Center, Drexel Hill, PA (600 children)
Lambertville Library Lambertville, NJ (12 teens & adult volunteers)
Schoolhouse Senior Center Folsom, PA (100 participants)

Related Work Experience and Mosaic Workshops & Retreats Worldwide (Selected)

2009 - Present Schoolhouse Center | Folsom, PA

2025 Piece by Piece | L.A., California
2023 Valencia Mosaico | Tijuana, MX

2020 - Present Zoom Private Workshops

2021 Main Line School Night Mosaic Workshop

2021 Zoom Workshop SAMA Conferance

2012 - Present Delphi Stained Glass | Lansing, MI
2014 Mosaic Beach Studios | Toronto
2016 - Present Luna Mosaics (Mosaic Artz) | Orlando, Florida
2015 Conference Co-Host | Society of American Mosaic Artists; Philadelphia

2008 - present Lead Tour Guide and Instructor Worldwide Mosaic Art Retreats, Tours and Workshops: Mexico, Costa Rica, Spain, France, Canada, Australia, Italy, Ireland (selected)
2015 - 18. Touchstone Center for Crafts | Farmington, PA

2010 - 2015 Institute of Mosaic Art Oakland, CA and Berkeley, CA
2011 - Present Warner Stained Glass: Mosaic Realism in Mosaic Allentown, PA
2011 – 2014       Seattle School of Mosaic Art | Seattle, WA
2011 - Present Santa Barbara School of Mosaic Art | California
2011 – 2014     The Clay Studio, Intro to Mosaics | Phila., PA
2011 - 2014   Main Line Art Center Haverford, PA

2010 - Present   Society of American Mosaic Artists;   Instructor
2010 - 2017.         Institute of Mosaic Art Oakland | Berkeley, California
2009 – 2013    Maplestone Gallery Ontario, Canada
2009, 2010 Abington Art Center Jenkintown, PA

2009 - present Main Line School Night Radnor, PA

2009 - 2014     Ciel Gallery Charlotte, NC
2009 - 2015.        Sweet Mabel Gallery Narberth, PA
2006 - present Schoolhouse Senior Center Folsom, PA

Publications (Selected)

Groutline: Society of American Mosaic Artists: Fall 2010, Working With Older Adults in Mosaic: Mosaics for Seniors Newsletter 2010
Mosaic Fine Art, Carol Shelkin: Featured Artist | Portraits | Irit Levy, Pam Givens 2011
Breakout! Your Pathway to Success, Brit Hammer-Dijcks, 2011
Craft Magazine: Mosaic Art Pumps, Volume 9, Page 95

Residencies

Olive Stack Gallery, Listowel, Ireland | November 2016

Professional Affiliations

The Society of American Mosaic Artists

British Association for Modern Mosaics (BAMM)
Mosaic Society of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen – Juried | Master Artisan

Fleisher Art Memorial | Philadelphia

Photo Credit: Leslie F. Miller

Selected Exhibitions

Vanderbilt University

Smith Gallery

Invitational

Embodied: Mosaic Art International Invitational

Society of American Mosaic Artists

Nashville, Tenn

2019

Gratz College Gallery
Melrose Park, PA

2018

Media Arts Council
Media, PA
2017

Mosaic Art International
Painted Bride

Philadelphia, PA
2016

Mosaic Muse
Philadelphia's City Hall

Philadelphia, PA
2015

Fragments, Shards & Pieces
Philadelphia's City Hall

Philadelphia, PA
2015

Signatures:
15 Artists Making Their Mark in Mosaic
Falmouth, Mass.
2013

Clauiano Art Exhibition Gallery
Udine, Italy
2012

Mosaics at the Mill - a Show of Mosaic Art
Arlington, Mass
2012

Solo Exhibition: "She Paints With Glass"
Institute of Mosaic Art

Oakland, CA
2011

Main Line Art Center
Instructor Exhibition
Haverford, PA
2011

Mosaic Arts International 2011
"Beautiful Day"
Mexican and AMerican Cultural Center

Austin, Texas

In Person
Community Art Center Wallingford, PA
2011

There's Always Room for Dessert
Main Line Art Center

Haverford, PA

Tesserae: The Art of Mosaics 2010
2nd City Council Art Gallery

Long Beach, California

Art in Pieces Mystic Arts Center
"Thinking"
Selection Committee

Mystic, Conn.

Wallingford Community Art Center
Members' Exhibit
"Beautiful Day" - Mixed Media

Wallingford, PA
Second Prize

Tell-Tale Tiles & Fractured Fantasies
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens / Isaiah Zagar

Mosaic Arts International 2009
Chicago, Ill
Smith Museum of Stained Glass at Chicago's Navy Pier

Wayne Art Center - Smith Gallery
Wayne, PA

Invited Guest Artist
Maplestone Gallery
Creemore, Ontario Canada

Contemporary Mosaic Art 2009 Ciel Gallery, North Carolina
Signaled Work Honored - Wishes
Maestro Giulio Menossi, Italy, Juror

Uncorked: The Bottled Up Emotions of Women Released through Mosaic
Bottleworks Ethnic Arts Center
Dawnmarie Zimmerman Johnstown, PA

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