EDUCATION
2021
School of Visual Arts, Master of Fine Arts
1997
Cleveland Chiropractic College, Doctor of Chiropractic
1979
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master of Science in Visual Studies
1976
Brown University, MS Candidate, Computer Science
Rhode Island School of Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts
EXHIBITIONS
2025
Anthology Film Archives, EZTV Retrospective, Polly Gone, August 17, NYC, NY
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Electron Salon, February 6 - March 1
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Electron Salon, January 9 - February 1
2024
Art Basel, Spectrum Miami, Solo Booth 1002, December 4 - 8, Miami, FL
Art San Diego, Solo Booth 816, November 1 - 3, San Diego, CA
Indecent Exposure, Covet Art Gallery, Oceanside, CA
Piece of Me, HMVC Jumbotron Exhibition, Times Square, NYC, NY
2021
Artport, “Exposed”, July 30 - August 15, 2021, Kingston, New York
SVA Thesis Exhibition, New York City
Orlando Museum of Art, First Thursdays, Bella Donna - Orlando, FL
SVA Tissue Memory, “Shelley Lake”, March-April, NYC, NY
Launched DoctorLake.com, Online Virtual SVA Thesis Document
2020
Launched LakePlaybook.com, Photographic portfolio of political candidates
2019
Art Basel, Spectrum Miami, Booth 917, Miami, FL
Open Studios, School of Visual Arts, Art Practice Studio Exhibition, NYC, NY
Video Forever, “Polly Gone”, Galerie Danysz, Paris, France
2018
Art Basel, Spectrum Miami, Solo Booth S531, Miami, FL
Orlando Museum of Art, First Thursdays, Nerds in the City - Orlando, FL
LACDA: Electron Salon, Los Angeles, CA
Orlando Museum of Art, First Thursdays, Open Call - Orlando, FL
LACDA Members Artists Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
Proto_Pop at Dab Art, Ventura, CA
2017
Art Basel, Spectrum Miami, Solo Booth S1109 - Miami, FL
Orlando Museum of Art, First Thursdays, Mettle With It - Orlando, FL
Art of Medicine Gala, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
TAG 2017 California Open Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
Electron Salon, LACDA, Los Angles, CA
International Top 40 Winners Exhibition, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
Perception and Reality II, SNAP! Downtown - Orlando, FL
The Radical Eye, Aldo Castillo Gallery - Estero, FL
Nude Nite Orlando, Central Florida Fairgrounds - Orlando, FL
Arts for All Day, Orlando Museum of Art - Orlando, FL
Launched Lake.camera, Online Photography Portfolio
2016
Art Basel, Spectrum Miami, Solo Booth S1109 - Miami, FL
Orlando Museum of Art, First Thursdays, Going Goth - Orlando, FL
City Arts Factory, The Art of Skateboarding - Orlando, FL
Orlando Museum of Art, First Thursdays, Declaration of Mind - Orlando, FL
SeeMe Exhibitions, “Creators Deserve to be Seen”, 2016-06-08, 4 Times Square
Orlando Museum of Art, First Thursdays, Rock - Orlando, FL
Camera USA, von Liebig Art Center, Daniel - Naples, FL
Art Sheffield 2016, Seizure, Hearn/Lake - Sheffield, England
Art is Everywhere, Squarespace Event, Times Square - New York City, NY
Orlando Museum of Art, First Thursdays, Eat or be Eaten - Orlando, FL
Downtown, Constructed Abstractions - Orlando, FL
Nude Nite Tampa - Tampa, FL
Nude Nite Orlando, Artegon Marketplace - Orlando, FL
2015
Spectrum at Art Basel Miami - Miami, FL
Endangered: Art for Apes, Miami Club Gallery - Miami, FL
The Von Liebig Art Center, Call up the Figure - Naples, FL
The Art of Medicine, Orlando Museum of Art - Orlando, FL
The Winter Park Autumn Art Festival - Winter Park, FL
Internet Archive, Archive.org, Polly Gone, May 26, 2015
Orlando Museum of Art, First Thursdays, Medicine - Orlando, FL
Artexpo New York Pier 94, Solo Exhibition Booth S119 - New York City, NY
National Art Encounter, von Liebig Art Center - Naples, FL
Photography and Technology, Orlando Museum of Art - Orlando, FL
Contempo: Pushing the Limit, Lighthouse Art Center - Tequesta, FL
Nude Nite Orlando - Orlando, FL
2014
Endangered, Miami Club Rum - Miami, FL
Art Basel, Spectrum Miami, Booth S909 - Miami, FL
SNAP! Attacks! - Orlando, FL
18th Street, EZTV, Polly Gone - Santa Monica, CA
Orlando Museum of Art, Inside Out - Orlando, FL
Orlando Museum of Art, Art is Love - Orlando, FL
Nude Nite, Orlando, FL
2013
Art Basel, Spectrum Miami, Booth 617 - Miami, FL
Automobiles Extraordinaires, Galerie 203 - Montreal, Quebec
A Hero’s Journey, Orlando Museum of Art - Orlando, FL
Nude Nite Tampa - Tampa, FL
Nude Nite Orlando - Orlando, FL
2012
Art Basel Miami, Artexpo, Booth 614 - Miami, FL
National Art Encounter, von Liebig Art Center - Naples, FL
Urban Wild, Orlando Museum of Art - Orlando, FL
RED, Stage Gallery Shakespeare Theater - Orlando, FL
Back to the Future, Texas A&M Art Gallery - Laredo, TX
Fall in Furniture, Scan Design - Orlando, FL
Nude Nite - Orlando, FL
2011
49th Founders Exhibition, von Liebig Art Center - Naples, FL
Juried Show, Arts on Main - Ventura, CA
Camera USA, von Liebig Art Center - Naples, FL
Citiescape, Orlando Museum of Art - Orlando, FL
Nude Nite, SODO Plaza - Orlando, FL
2010
Amway Center Inaugural Exhibition - Orlando, FL
Snap! Celebrate the Photograph, City Arts Factory - Orlando, FL
The Happy Show, Orlando Museum of Art - Orlando, FL
Fall in Furniture Love, Scan Design - Orlando, FL
2009
Computer Baroque, Tate Modern - Bankside, London
RISD New England Alumni Biennial - Watertown, MA
Inaugural Exhibition, Sky Lake Studios - Winter Park, FL
2008
Art Dimensions, Fall Into Art - Los Angeles, CA
Maitland Art Center, “Dining with an Artist”, September
Preston Contemporary Art Center, Xhibit - Mesilla, NM
San Marino Gallery, Au Naturel - Pasadena, CA
Artexpo NYC, SOLO exhibition - New York City, NY
2007
Artexpo Las Vegas, SOLO exhibition - Las Vegas, NV
Betterlight Owners’ Conference, Speaker, May 31, 2007
Artexpo NYC, SOLO exhibition - New York City, NY
Stage Gallery, Festival of New Plays - Orlando, FL
2006
Valley Photo Center, Anything Goes - Springfield, MA
Stage Gallery, UCF Shakespeare Festival - Orlando, FL
2005
Kentucky Museum, Ever-Changing Landscape - Louisville, KY
Valley Photo Center, Large Format - Springfield, MA
Watkins Gallery, Inaugural exhibition - Northampton, MA
2004
Galerie Luna, Chi of Ancestry - Salem, MA
Watkins Gallery, Small Wonders - Lenox, MA
Watkins Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition - Lenox, MA
New City Art, Favorite Things - Easthampton, MA
2003
New City Art, Small World - Easthampton, MA
CKSpace, Emerging Artists - Kansas City, MO
2001
Launched SkyLakeStudios.com, Easthampton, MA
1992
Liberty Science Center, Random-Object Stereograms - Jersey City, NJ
1990
Gensler and Associates, Spring Break - Los Angeles, CA
EZTV Gallery, SIGGRAPH LA, Los Angeles, CA
1989
Sally Hawkins Gallery, Home Sweet Home - New York City, NY
The Art Store Gallery, The New Photography - Los Angeles, CA
National Computer Graphics Assn, Innovation - Mesa, AZ
Future Perfect Gallery, The First Show - Los Angeles, CA
Centre de Congres Auditorium, Imagina - Monte Carlo, Monaco
American Film Institute, AFI/L.A. FilmFest - Los Angeles, CA
19th National Educational Film & Video Festival - San Francisco, CA
Fantasporto, Festival de Cinema do Porto - Porto, Portugal
San Francisco International Film Festival - San Francisco, CA
1988
Natoli-Ross Gallery, Generic, (Lake/Duardo) - Santa Monica, CA
Walt Disney World, Festival of the Masters - Orlando, FL
24th Chicago International Film Festival - Chicago, IL
ACM SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Art Show - Atlanta, GA
Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College - Cupertino, CA
Laforet Museum, American Pop Culture - Tokyo, Japan
Intl Film & Television Festival of New York - New York City, NY
Cites des Sciences et de L’Industrie, Images Calculees - Paris, France
Bilbao International Film Festival - Bilbao, Spain
ACM SIGGRAPH, 15th Annual Film and Video Show - Atlanta, GA
Apple Computer, “Imagine” The Newport Resort, Newport Beach, CA
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Video Festival - Dallas, TX
Public Broadcast Systems, Digital Dreams - PBS National Television
The Beverly Center, Women in Film Festival - Los Angeles, CA
1987
Photographic Resource Center, High Tech New Pop - Boston, MA
ACM SIGGRAPH, 14th Annual SIGGRAPH Art Show - Anaheim, CA
EZTV Gallery, Computer Superstars - Los Angeles, CA
California Museum of Science and Industry, Teapot - Los Angeles, CA
1986
Videoeil, (Lake/Hearn) - Lyon, France
Berlin Film Festival, (Lake/Hearn) - Berlin, Germany
National Video Festival, (Lake/Hearn) - Los Angeles, CA
Denver Film Festival, Artificial Intelligence (Lake/Hearn) - Denver, CO
Beard’s Fund Exhibition, (Lake/Hearn) - New York City, NY
Video Marathon, (Lake/Hearn) - Copenhagen, Denmark
American Center, Group Exhibition, (Lake/Hearn) - Paris, France
Cedar Festival of Vallavolid, (Lake/Hearn) - Vallavolid, Spain
1985
L. A. C. E., Group Exhibition, (Lake/Hearn) - Los Angeles, CA
Hallwall, Group Exhibition, Seizure, (Lake/Hearn) - Buffalo, NY
1983
Festival International du Nouveau Cinema - Montreal, Canada
1980
The Kitchen, Live Contortions - 1980-09-14 New York City, NY
The Kitchen, Shelley Lake - 1980-04-13 New York City, NY
1979
M.I.T., Graduate Exhibition - Cambridge, MA
1976
Woods Gerry Gallery, Graduate Exhibition - Providence, RI
PUBLICATIONS
2024
Academia.com, Shelley Lake academic collection of essays
2021
Language of the Body, Shelley Lake, SVA Thesis Document, March 8, 2021
2019
The Vitruvian Man, Shelley Lake, December 12, 2019
The Subliminal Seduction of Marcel Duchamp, Shelley Lake, October 13, 2019
2017
Perception and Reality II, SNAP! Downtown - Orlando, FL
Orlando Arts, “Perception and Reality II”, Emily, May/June 2017 (page 26)
Artborne, Cover Photography (Maxwell Hartley), Volume 2, Issue 2, 2017
Betterlight Featured Photographers, Shelley Lake, 2017
Slice of MIT, Photo of the Week, Shelley Lake, April 29, 2017
2016
Naples Florida Weekly, Cover, “Camera USA”, June 16-22
Gulfshore Life, “Worth a Thousand Words”, June, page 42
Orlando Weekly, “The Skull”, Nude Nite – The Gist, February 10
Slice of MIT, Photo of the Week, Shelley Lake, May 7, 2016
2015
RISDxyz, “Lighthouse ArtCenter”, Spring/Summer, page 68
PetaPixel, “How to Hold Your Camera”, 2015-07-22
2014
Slice of MIT, Photo of the Week, Shelley Lake, December 20, 2014
Art Business News, “Top Emerging Artists”, Fall, page 28
United Arts, Cover Illustration, 2014
2013
RISDxyz, “Shelley Lake 76 IL”, Fall/Winter, page 71
ARTnews, “Blackhawk Down”, Advertisement, November, 2013
Growing Bolder, Cover Photography, October
2012
Naples, “National Art Encounter” Modern Family, December, page 133
Art in America, “The Politicians”, Advertisement, Annual August, page 69
ARTnews, “Celestial Corvette”, Advertisement, Summer
2011
ARTnews, “Brooklyn Bridge”, Advertisement, September (page 71)
2010
Orlando Arts, “The Art of Amway”, Slash, November/December 2010 (page 31)
Orange Appeal, Cover Photograph, November/December 2010
ARTnews, “Biker Chick”, Advertisement, December 2010
Orange Appeal, Cover Photography, November/December 2010
Red Chair Project, “4 Elements”, August
Art in America, “Love Triangle”, Advertisement, Annual, August 2010 (page 29)
ARTnews, “Immortal Pine”, Advertisement, Editions, February 2010 (page 43)
2009
Panorific Puzzle, The Canadian Group, Stout Grove, Lefferts Pond, Alma Moulton Barn
Art in America, “Hell in Heels” “Eight Ball”, Advertisement, Annual (page 55)
2008
ARTnews, “Monster”, Advertisement, June (page 89)
2007
ARTnews, “American Beauty”, Advertisement, March
ARTnews, “Ecola Point”, Advertisement, Summer
Orlando Style, “Her Agenda”, July/August, Volume 6 (page 46)
View Camera, “Lefferts Pond”, Betterlight Advertisement, January/February
2006
ARTnews, “Midnight David”, Advertisement, December (page 95)
ARTnews, “Slot”, Advertisement, May (page 127)
2005
ARTnews, “Quaking Aspens”, Advertisement, November (page 125)
View Camera, “Lefferts Pond”, Betterlight Advertisement, (page 15)
ARTnews, “Jenne Farm”, Advertisement, (page 81)
Art in America, “Gifford Farmhouse”, Advertisement, Annual Guide (page 49)
ARTnews, “Quaking Aspens”, Advertisement, February (page 89)
2004
Art in America, “Peep Show”, Advertisement, June/July (page 67)
CIPNE, “2003 Image Competition Winners”, April (page 8)
Artforum International, “Nothing to Wear”, Advertisement, Spring
ARTnews, “The Guild”, Advertisement, February (page 77)
2003
ARTnews, “Flag”, Advertisement, November (page 109)
ARTnews, “Times Square”, Advertisement, September (page 93)
2001
ARTFORUM, “Pat Hearn”, Passages: Mary Heilman, January 31, 2001
1995
Essential Orthopedic Tests, Self Examination aid, Board Review Series, January
1990
Photomethods, “The Dreambox”, March (pages 9-10)
The Treasure of Computer Graphics, Justsystem, Japan (pages 30-31)
1989
CAVS, “Shelley Lake”, Otto Piene und das CAVS, 23.10.88 (pages 112-113)
Computer Graphics World, “Graphics Portfolio”, September (Cover, page 82)
IDEA, “Computer Superstars”, (Japan) no, 213 (pages 62-65)
Computer Graphics World, “Graphics Portfolio”, September (Cover, page 82)
Cray Channels, “Gallery”, Fall, 1989 “Fruit” (page 29)
World Graphic Design Now, Katsui, Mitsuo and Kawahara, (Cover & p 142-143)
1988
Pixel, “Rebecca Allen et Shelley Lake”, (France), no. 1
Artweek, “Generic”, Volume 19, Number 44, 1988-12-24, (page 7)
Idea, “American Pop Culture Today”, (Japan) Vol. 2 by USSO (pages 48-49, 91)
Imaging Sciences Offsite, “Imagine”, Apple Computer, Inc., page 3
Cray Channels, “Gallery”, Spring, 1988 (page 37)
Film and Video Show Catalog, “ACM SIGGRAPH ‘88”, (page 41)
Otto Piene und das CAVS, “Shelley Lake artist”, September 17, 1988, page 112
Cray Channels, “Gallery”, Teapot, Spring 1988, page 37
Computer Graphics Anthology, Vol. X, Selected Works of 1988, Japan
1987
Film and Video Show Catalog, “ACM SIGGRAPH ‘87”, (page 21)
1985
American Video Awards, Cover Simulation from Cable Music Channel
1984
Creative Computer Graphics, Jankel and Morton, University Press, (pages 50-51)
1980
Ars Electronica, “Digital Portraits”, Linz, Austria, September 8, 1980 (page 106)
1971
Orlando Sentinel, “The Winnah!”, First Prize Cover Design, Orlando, Florida
REVIEWS
2025
Momus, “When Women Run the World”, January 30, 2025
2024
HMVC, "Shelley Lake", Piece of Me, Times Square Jumbotron, February 2024
Aldo Castillo Gallery, "Shelley Lake", Biography and Works, 2024
2020
RISD Alumni, “Alumni Submission”, March 20, 2020
2018
Inside Artists, "Interview with Shelley Lake", March 1, pages 86-91
2017
Jenny Odell, “Polly Returns”, ELMCIP: Electronic Literature Knowledge base
Jenny Odell, “On Polly Gone - An Interview with Shelley Lake”, August 2017
2016
Artnet, “Art Sheffield 2016” April 22, 2016
Studio International, “Art Sheffield 2016” April 26, 2016
2013
Art Districts, “Shelley Lake: A Hero’s Journey”, June 30, 2013
2012
Leaver-Yap, Dealing With–, (pages 75-80)
Leaver-Yap, Passing Time: Pat Hearn, 1980/81, September 1, 2012
2011
Winter Park Magazine, “Shelley Lake”, Cover (pages 32-34), December 2011
2009
Orange Appeal, “Sky Lake Studios: Coming Home”, May/June, (pages 22-24)
Animate Projects Archive, Computer Baroque, Polly Gone, April 14, 2009
2006
Magnachrom, “Interview”, Volume 1, Issue 1, Build 2, June (pages 16-41)
2005
Technology Review, “Pioneering a Path through Arts and Healing”, Aug (p 46)
Better Light Featured Photographer - Shelley Lake
2004
CIPNE, “How Members Market”, January (pages 3-5)
The Summit, “Business Profile 2004”, March 16, 2004
1989
Artists of Art Forum, “Shelley Lake”, Spring Fall, Rancho Santiago College
Betty Brown, “Shelley Lake”, January 1989
Southwest Graphics, “NCGA Hosts Program, April 27”, April (page 13)
Scanline, “NCGA Hosts Ms. Shelley Lake”, Volume 8, Issue 1 (page 6)
Special Effects Business, “Women in Computer Animation”, Jan (pages 33-34)
1988
RISD AlumniNews, “Alumni Profile Shelley Lake”, June, 1988
Orlando Sentinel, “Variety rounds out picture at Festival of the Masters”, 11-89
Art New England, “High Tech”, New Pop”, March, page 23
Illustration, “American Pop Culture Today”, (Japan) Feb (page 116)
Microcad News, “Generating High End Images”, April (pages 14, 16)
1987
Primera Linea, “Las Computadoras de Hollywood” (Spain) no. 31
Hardcopy, “And the Winners are…”, September (page 34)
1984
On Location, “The Last Starfighter”, Cover art, June (pages 98-173)
Millimeter, “The Last Starfighter”, Hangar Simulation (page 92) June (pages 91-105)
1980
Center for Advanced Visual Studies, “Shelley Lake”, Digital Portraits
AWARDS
2021
Best in Show, Orlando Museum of Art, 1st Thursdays, “Venus of Willendorf”
2018
Finalist, Photoshop Guru Award, Photoshop World, "The Photographer"
2017
Image of the Year Award, Wayne Bennet, Orlando Camera Club, "Son of Man"
Honorable Mention, Orlando Museum of Art, 1st Thursdays, "Kryptonite"
First Place, Photoshop Guru Award, Photoshop World, Superman
Artavita Artist of the Month, 1st Place Award, "Tai Chi"
2016
People’s Choice, Orlando Museum of Art, 1st Thursdays, “The Skull Queen”
2015
People’s Choice, Orlando Museum of Art, 1st Thursdays, “The Photographer”
First Place, Orlando Museum of Art, 1st Thursdays, “Think Different”
2014
Silver Medal, Endangered, Photography, Caress
Best in Category, Orlando Camera Club, Cormorant Fisherman, Color
Best in Category, Orlando Camera Club, Snowstorm over Tsurui Mura, Monchrome
Best in Category, Orlando Camera Club, Caress, Color
Best in Category, Orlando Camera Club, Barn Door, Color
First Place, Chasing the Light, Red Competition, Woman in a Red Hat
Google Earthshots Photograph of the Day, Waiting, 22 August 2014
Google Earthshots Photograph of the Day, Red Crown of Japan, 11 April 2014
Google Earthshots Photograph of the Day, Caress, 2 April 2014
2013
First Place, 9th Annual Competition, Monochrome, Orlando Camera Club, Daniel
Photoshop Guru Awards, Finalist, Photoshop World, Black Hawk Down
2012
Best in Category, Passion, Orlando Camera Club, Abandon
Epson International Pano Award, Silver Medal, 360VR, Open Heart
Epson International Pano Award, Silver Medal, 360VR, Studio
Epson International Pano Award, Silver Medal, Nature, Cormorant Fisherman
2011
First Place, Annual Competition, Orlando Camera Club, Woman in a Red Hat
Epson International Pano Award, Silver Medal, 360VR, Santa Maria di Nazareth
2010
First Place Creative, Annual Competition, Orlando Camera Club, Immortal Pine
Epson International Pano Award, Bronze, Nature Category, Dry Brush
Aurora Awards Grand Prize, Architectural Photography, Naples, FL
Best in Category, Orlando Camera Club, Orlando, Fl, Deonte
2009
Aurora Awards Grand Prize, Architectural Photography, Orlando, Fl, Mandell
2008
First Place, Mixed Media, Artexpo NYC, Solo Exhibition, Monster
2007
First Place, Digital Illustration, CIPNE Image Competition, Monster
2006
First Place, Anything Goes, Valley Photo Center, Slot
2003
First Place, Best of Open Category, CIPNE Image Competition, Quaking Aspens
Finalist, Small World, New City Art, Stereo Pairs
1997
Clinic Excellence Award, Cum Laude Doctorate, Cleveland Chiropractic College
1989
Still Picture Grand Prize, NICOGRAPH, Tokyo, Japan, 1,000 ?
Finalist, Festival of the Masters, Walt Disney World, Fruit
Silver medal, International Film and Television Festival of New York, Polly Gone
1987
First Place, AT&T Image Contest, Teapot
1986
Clio Award, Winner, Computer Animation, STP Oil Treatment, “Engine”
1985
Clio Award, Recognition, Animation, Rockwell International, “Manage”
1984
Clio Award, Recognition, Computer Animation, “Cable Music Channel”
Clio Award, Recognition, Computer Animation, “Star Frontiers Game”
Academy Award, Technical Achievement (Whitney/Demos), The Last Starfighter
1971
Orlando Sentinel, “The Winnah!”, First Prize Cover Design, Orlando, Florida
Edgewater High School, Senior Year Book Cover Illustration, Orlando, Florida
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Albertson International, Winter Park, FL
American Embassy, Nigeria
Amway Center, Orlando, FL
Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA
Betterlight Corporate Collection, San Carlos, CA
Carr Auditorium, Orlando, FL
Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
Alan and Betsey Harris Collection, Naples, FL
Human Rights Campaign Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
The Kitchen, New York City, NY
Peter and Eileen Norton, Santa Monica, CA
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL