Education
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, MFA 2004
Reinhardt College, BFA 2002
Atlanta College of Art 1997-1998
Selected Exhibitions
2019
Apparitions (solo exhibition), gatewood gallery, Greensboro, N.C.
Trittbrettfahrer, Cindy Rucker gallery, New York, Ny.
2017
The physicality of revisiting old haunts (solo exhibition), Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, NY.
Works on paper (solo exhibition), Reinhardt College, Waleska. GA.
2016
terms of Use: Reproducing the Photographic Image, Class Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Charles Dunn/Rusty Shackleford, Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, NY.
Anywhere but Here, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC.
Rejected Prototype, The Franklin, Chicago, IL.
2015
Skimption, Ukranian institute of modern art, chicago, Il.
tascam, olsen and brown residence, chicago. il.
imperfect articles, limited edition of artist t-shirts, chicago, il.
floating orange, sidecar gallery, hammond, In.
2014
new work (solo exhibition), Gallery d, chicago, Il.
Wynn Newhouse Award Exhibition, Palitz Gallery, New York, NY.
REPEATER (solo exhibition), Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, NY.
2013
It Varies, Storefront, Chicago, IL.
Dream Feeder (solo exhibition), Roots and Culture Chicago, IL.
2012
mdw Fair, Hinge Gallery / Manna Contemporary, Chicago, IL.
Adam Hayes and Rusty Shackleford, Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, NY.
Analog, curated by: The Transients, the Grand Center, St. Louis, MO.
random #10, artist e-book series curated by john freeborn, san francisco, ca.
2011
Cole Pierce and Rusty Shackleford, Hinge Gallery Chicago, IL.
dream, in, the, act, Kunz, Vis, Projects, Chicago, IL.
Fall Design and Art Series, Dock Six Collective, Chicago, IL.
No Need to Perish (Wester Publications Artist Book Editions), Storefront, Chicago, IL.
Call of the Spiderbug, Difibrillator, Chicago, IL.
Chain Letter, Golden Parachutes, Berlin, Germany
Creative Will, Backspace, Peoria, IL.
ASCII, California Clipper, Chicago, IL.
MDW Art Fair, Philip von Zweck / Chicago Art Review, Chicago, IL.
Make Literary Magazine: Guest illustrator for Unger Fall / Winter 2011
2010
Flat 7, Floor Length and Tux, Chicago, IL.
Danny Think Tank, (Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival), Chicago, IL.
Blueness, Ben Russell, Chicago, IL.
2009
Magnetic Missive (in association with David More’s Gnathonemus Petersii exhibition), Gallery 400 Chicago, IL.
Artist Run Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center Chicago, IL.
Tank Traps and Hijackings (solo exhibition), Old Gold Chicago, IL.
2008
Milwaukee International Art Fair, Milwaukee, WI.
2007
Group Show, Fraction Workspace, Chicago, IL.
Manifest National Drawing Annual (exhibition in print), Cincinnati, OH.
2004
Why You Can’t Refold a Map, John Fonda Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
Generally, Longer Than It Is Wide Rosenberg Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, N.C.
Axioms, Gallery 4 Baltimore, MD.
2003
Properties, H. Lewis Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
Dislocated Location, A7, Greensboro, N.C.
Indexes, Elliot University Center Gallery, Greensboro, N.C.
2002
Holding Hands with Mortality (solo exhibition), Fincher Arts Center Reinhardt College, Waleska, GA.
Fresh, No-No Atlanta, GA.
2001
Kultur, Art Farm, Atlanta, GA.
2000
Referencing Perspective, Gallery 100 Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
Art Fairs
2015
art expo, chicago, Il.
2012
art untitled, Miami, fl.
Residencies
Harold Arts
Vermont Studio Center
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Press
Art f City: Dream Feeder written by Robin Dluzen and Pedro Vélez Nov., 2013
Art f City: MDW Fair written by Robin Dluzen Nov., 2012
Modern Painters: Cole Pierce and Rusty Shackleford written by Jason Foumberg Feb., 2012
Beautiful Decay: Rusty Shackleford written by Sofia Leiby Feb., 2012
Sixty Inches From Center: Cole Pierce and Rusty Shackleford written by Amanda Mead Nov., 2011
Flavorpill: dream, in, the, act written by Abraham Ritchie Oct., 2011
NewCity: Tank Traps and Hijackings written by Tim Ridlin Jan., 2009
City Paper: Axioms written by Bret McCabe Apr., 2004
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Faculty in Drawing, North Carolina A&T State University, 2016-Present
Visiting Artist, Class Lecture, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2015
Visiting Artist, Class Critique, Art Institute of Chicago, 2012
Visiting Artist, Class Critique, Art Institute of Chicago, 2011
Visiting Artist, Class Critique, Columbia College, 2010
Visiting Artist, Class Lecture and Critique, University of Maryland, 2005
PUBLICATIONS
Make X: A Decade of Literary Art, Featherproof Books, 2017
Random #10, artist e-book series curated by John Freeborn, San Francisco, CA.
No Need To Perish (Wester Publications Artist Book Editions), Storefront, Chicago, IL.
Make Literary Magazine: Guest Illustrator for Unger Fall / Winter 2011
Manifest National Drawing Annual Publication, Cincinnati, OH.
AWARDS
Holderness Fellowship
Wynn Newhouse Award
Vermont Studio Center Fellowship Award
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Tether Projects: FLAG POST, hosted by SPECTREarts, Duraham, NC.
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