About



Shelley Thorstensen teaches printmaking and drawing at Tyler School of Art and is currently the president of the Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA), the oldest juried member printmaker organization in the United States (100 years old in 2015). Recent solo shows include This is the Smoke from when the Horses Left (Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia in 2011), Counterpoint – The Leap from Vision to Print (Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill PA in 2010), The Preponderance of Evidence (The Print Center, Philadelphia in 2009).She has an undergraduate degree in Experimental Studies from Syracuse University, School of Visual & Performing Arts, and a graduate degree in Printmaking from Tyler School of Art / Temple University. Her work can be seen at Dolan/Maxwell in Philadelphia (dolanmaxwell.com)