Shelby Roberts

Shelby Roberts is a photographer who lives and works in Los Angeles. He received his B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 1987 and his M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts in 1990. His photographs investigate fragments of human-built environments, from ancient Neolithic sites in Scotland, to abandoned grain elevators from the industrial age in Buffalo, New York, to the border fence between the United States and Mexico.

Roberts has exhibited his work in museums and institutions including the Torrance Museum of Art, Torrance, California; the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis; the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California; and the Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California. His work has also been shown in commercial galleries such as Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, and Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, and has been published in Nest magazine.

Since 1997, Roberts has taught photography at the University of California, Irvine.