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Turbine Hall
Archival Digital Print, 6.5" x 4" 2007

Shelley Wildeman is an exhibiting photographer living in Toronto. Her subject matter consists primarily of bold, slightly surreal landscapes and cityscapes with a human presence. Themes of memory, passing of time, nostalgia and observations on how people occupy public space are the basis of her artistic production. Largely self taught in photography, she was educated as a graphic designer and brings this graphic sense to her art practice in strong lines and bold compositions.

She has been a member of Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, a non-profit artist-run centre, since 2003. Wildeman's work has been exhibited in Canada and the U.S. and acquired by a number of private collections in Canada.

September 2008 — Gallery 44 members wall — Presence

May 2008 — Urbanscapes Gallery — Presence (as part of Contact Photography Festival)

March 2005 — Gallery 44 members wall — Organics (Night & Day)

May 2008 — Toronto Transit Commission — Contacting Toronto: Memories for the City — Slide show on subway platform monitors (as part of Contact Photography Festival)

May 2007 — Gallery 1313 — Re: Constructed (as part of Contact Photography Festival)

September 2005 — Kenan Center House Gallery, Lockport, N.Y. — Crossing Borders

May 2005 — Gallery 1313 — Consequences (as part of Contact Photography Festival)

May 2004 — Gallery 1313 — photopolis (as part of Contact Photography Festival)

June 2003 — Ryerson Gallery — Continuing Education 3rd Annual Photography Exhibition

Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography member since 2003

Professional Graphic Designer

Ryerson University Continuing Education — photographic studies, 2002 to 2007

George Brown College, Toronto — Graduate, Graphic Design Program