Born in the shadow of the Rockies, Shelby Millwater grew up in Calgary Alberta. She graduated from Memorial University, Grenfell Campus in 2017 and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in Visual Art. She currently lives in St. John’s, NL and works as the Program Coordinator for Visual Artists Newfoundland and Labrador (VANL-CARFAC) a non-profit organization dedicated to raising the socio-economic status of the artist.

Shelby’s practice is grounded in painting and photography, reflecting on personal experiences, and intimately looking inward to respond to her status as an emerging artist during hard economic times. She has exhibited her work provincially and internationally at venues such as Grenfell Campus Art Gallery in Corner Brook, Eastern Edge in St. John’s and Gatehouse Gallery in Harlow, England.