SHELLEE GRAHAM EXHIBITIONS
“Return to Route 66: Photographs from the Mother Road”
was a solo photographic exhibition with 66 color & b/w images with accompanying text. June 1992 was the very first showing at popular shopping mall Crestwood Plaza on Route 66 across from the 66 Park-In Theatre, and just down the street from the Coral Court Motel.
THE TOUR WAS SELF-MANAGED FROM 1992-1996
June 28-July 19, 1992: Crestwood Plaza, Crestwood, Missouri (on Route 66, St. Louis County)
October 19-November 1992: Brown Group, Clayton, Missouri.
December 1992: Mesalands Community College (formerly TAVS), Tucumcari, New Mexico.
March 19-April 18, 1993: Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri.
January 15-April 15, 1994: Route 66 Territory and Visitors Center, Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Summer 1994: Square House Museum, Panhandle, TX; Fall 1994: Hotel Beale, Kingman, Arizona.
January 20-March 17, 1996: Chicago Public Library (Harold Washington Library Center), Chicago, Illinois.
July 26-August 30, 1996: Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri.
ETS (EXHIBIT TOURING SERVICE) 1997-2001
August-September 28, 1997: Ella Sharp Museum of Art & History, Jackson, Michigan.
December 6, 1996-March 16, 1997: Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, California.
August 1998: Washington State University, Tri-Cities Campus, West Building Atrium, Richland, Washington.
March 21, 1999: Kansas State University, Student Union Gallery, Manhattan, Kansas.
May 1999: McLean County Museum of History, Bloomington, Illinois.
August 7-September 4, 1999: (YEAR)? Stoneridge Shopping Center, Pleasanton, California
October-November 1999: Grout Museum of History and Science, Waterloo, Iowa.
March 12-April 15, 2000: Museum of the American Road / Mike’s Famous Rest Complex, New Castle, Delaware.
March-September 9, 2001: Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts.
Wagon Wheel Motel, 1991, 8x12 infrared photograph
Dog on Route 66, 1993, color photograph
Brochure for my solo exhibition “Return to Route 66” with Smith-Kramer Touring Service
Banners in downtown Chicago, January-March 1996
SMITH-KRAMER TOURING SERVICES 2003-2008
March 2–April 20, 2003: Joliet Area Historical Museum, Joliet, Illinois.
May 9–July 6, 2003: Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
August 3–September 21, 2003: Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
October 19–December 7, 2003: Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri.
January 4–February 22, 2004: Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, Georgia.
June 6–July 25, 2004: Muscatine Art Center, Muscatine, Iowa.
August 22–October 10, 2004: Edmond Historical Society, Edmond, Oklahoma.
January 15–March 20, 2005: Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin.
April 17–June 5, 2005: Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio.
July 3–August 21, 2005: Stauth Memorial Museum, Montezuma, Kansas.
February 12–April 2, 2006: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, The Old Courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri.
July 16–September 10, 2006: Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois.
October 1–November 19, 2006: Redlands Community College, El Reno, Oklahoma.
June 10–July 29, 2007: Henning Cultural Center, Sulphur, Louisiana.
January 13–March 9, 2008: Longmont Museum and Cultural Center, Longmont, Colorado.
GROUP ROUTE 66 EXHIBITS which I participated in
September 10, 1992 - November 15, 1992: Route 66 Revisited at Red Mesa Art Center, Gallup, New Mexico;
December 4, 1992 - January 30, 1993: Route 66 Revisited at Flat Iron Gallery, Chicago, Illinois;
May 29-July 31, 1994: Route 66 Revisited, to honor 68th Anniversary of Route 66, 31 artists. The Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois.
July 13-September 7, 1996. On the Road, Invitational Group Exhibition, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL.
October 1-26, 1996: We Loved Coral Courts (3-person exhibit focused on the Coral Court Motel - Shawn Dougan, Shellee Graham and Peter B. Smith) Componere Gallery, University City, MO.
January 2-31, 1998: Three Photographic Journeys. Mexico, Missouri & Route 66 (Shellee Graham, Ellen Fein, Susan Johnson) University City Public Library Gallery, University City, MO.
July 11-15, 2004: Built for Speed: The Coral Court Motel, Fourth Annual St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, Tivoli Theater, St. Louis, Missouri. Collaboration with Bill Boll. 70 min. film. Platinum Aurora Award.
September 18 - October 18, 2009: Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois as part of a 3-person show (Shellee Graham, Angela Mobley, Claire Lieberman). Ten selected photographs from my solo show.
May 14 - October 2, 2016: Route 66: Radiance, Rust & Revival on the Mother Road. Conceived in honor of the 90th anniversary of Route 66, this exhibition celebrates the art, history and popular culture of the iconic Mother Road. Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico. (2 photographs)
July 12-15, 2018: Texas Route 66 Festival, Route 66 Art Exhibition (Juried Group) Shamrock, Texas. 2nd Prize.
April 2018 - March 2022: Lure of the Open Road by Jim Ross and Shellee Graham, Route 66 Museum, Clinton, Oklahoma. 35 color and black & white Route 66 images along with artifacts from their collection. (four-year exhibition)
June 2-30, 2022: Photo Tour of the Mother Road: Chicago To Santa Monica, Sand Springs Cultural & Historical Museum, Sand Springs, Oklahoma. Group exhibit curated by Steve Clem.
EARLY SOLO ART EXHIBITIONS (1985-1990)
October 5-26, 1985: Shellee Graham Recent Drawings, Crystal Lion Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
March 1-31, 1987: Shellee Graham New Drawings and Photographs, The Gallery University City Public Library, University City, Missouri.
January 8-30, 1988: Color Photographs by Shellee Graham, Martin Schweig Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
July 10-August 5, 1989: XANA Series, (Photographs of my first Chinese Shar Pei dog named Xanadu) Ralston-Purina Headquarters, St. Louis, Missouri.
March 2-31, 1990: The Ground Series, (photography) Left Bank Books, St. Louis, Missouri.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS (Not Route 66)
April 19-May 17, 1987: St Louis Artists Today, (Juried Group) St. Louis Artists Guild, Webster Groves, Missouri. one drawing “Self Portrait as an Artist.” Exhibition and Catalog.
January 27-March 5, 1988: American Herstory: Women and the U.S. Constitution. Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia. Best of Show. Juror, Dr. Eleanor Tufts. Exhibition and cover of Catalog.
November 1991: Art St. Louis XVII, Art St. Louis Gallery, Honor Award for “The Trinity” color photograph.
June 28-August 1992: Exposed: Contemporary St. Louis Photography, (Juried Group) St. Louis Design Center, St. Louis, Missouri. b/w photograph “Maxine as a Gargoyle.” Exhibition and Catalog.
November 1-30, 1992: Contemporary Women Artists St. Louis VIII 1992, (Regional Juried Group) Gallery of The Security Building, St. Louis, Missouri.
June 29-August 30, 1996: The Really Big Kitsch Show, (Juried Group) Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
January 8-24, 1999: Elvis Art Show, Core New Art Space, Denver, Colorado. People’s Choice Award. August 1999: Elvis Art Week Contest and Exhibtion: Memphis, Tennesee. First Place / Photography.
September 10-December 5, 2009: St. Louis Through the Lens 2009, Gallery 210, University of Missouri in St. Louis. Juried group show honoring Irv Shankman (1924-2004). Accepted work was a color photograph of a beer vendor during a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game at Busch tadium, St. Louis.
September 24-October 23, 2022: The Queen, 2022. Biafarin Art Group in CANADA. (Juried International Art online exhibition honoring Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022). Accepted art was digital artwork on canvas with several coins depicting Queen Elizabeth and her reign.
October - November 30, 2022: Chasing Ghosts VII, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, Oregon. Accepted work was a b/w digital photograph of vintage gas station in Western Oklahoma.
Elvis’ Blue Period, 11x14 mixed media, 1999
Elizabeth II, 20x28 digital art on canvas
Coral Court Motel Sign. 1992, color photograph
Part of Route 66 Museum exhibit in Clinton, Oklahoma by Shellee Graham & Jim Ross, 2018-2022
Self Portrait II (on the Sofa) drawing, circa 1985
Maxine as a Gargoyle, 1991, 8x10 inch photograph