Education
MFA, 2013 New Media, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL
BFA, 2009 Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City, MO
Residencies
2021-2022 Coffey Book Arts Residency, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2021 Wave Pool Artist Residency, Cincinnati, OH
2016 Montgomery College Artist In Residence, Silver Springs, MD
2015 Luminary Residency, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO
Artist In Residence, 39th Street Gallery, Brentwood, MD
2013-Sister Cities Visiting Artist, Beijing, China
2009-2010 Urban Culture Project Studio Residency, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO
Public Commissions
2023
Reserved for Loitering, Artscape, Baltimore Office for the Promotion of the Arts, Baltimore, MD
2020
Day Dreaming Required, Tanline Printing, Tucson, AZ
2019
Art on the Waterfront, Baltimore Office for the Promotion of the Arts, Gwynns Falls Trail, Baltimore, MD
What’s Your Sign? Arlington Art Truck Activation, Arlington County, VA. Curated by Cynthia Connolly.
2010
Missouri Bank Artboard, Art Through Architecture, Kansas City, MO
Select Solo & Two-person Exhibitions
2022
Farewell to Adulthood, Good News Art, High Springs, FL
2021
Flood Warning, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
Signs to Change Cincinnati, Wave Pool Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Positively Do Not, Parkhaus15, Orlando, FL
2020
During This Time, Artists Select, Arts and Culture Center/Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
Paul Shortt: Books 2012-2019, Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA
2019
Obey Signs, Project Space, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Canada
How to Be a Large Child, Project 1612, Peoria, IL
How to Art Book Fair, Internet Art Book Fair, (online platform), curated by Leah Mackin
2018
Open Doors, Open Borders, Basketshop Gallery, Cincinnati, OH,
How to Loiter, Open House, Kansas City, MO
Parody Space, Fuller Projects, Bloomington, IN
2016
Reserved For Loitering, UIS Gallery, Springfield, IL
2015
Professional Amateurs, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2014
Essentially Qualified, Pleasant Plains Workshop, Washington, DC
2013
The Legitimate Artist, (e)merge Art Fair, Artist Platform, Washington, DC
2011
How To Do Something, All Alone, By Yourself, Subterranean Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2009
Missed Connections, Charlotte Street Foundations Urban Culture Project, Project Space, Kansas City, MO
2008
Boys 2 Men, KCAI Crossroads Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Select Group Exhibitions, Art Fairs and Art Book Fairs
2022
“New York Printed Matter Art Book Fair”, New York, NY
“Book Bound: The Art of Books and Printmaking”, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL, curated by Meaghan Kent
“Beyond Breaking Point”, Digital U, Art Gene, curated by Sophie Lindsay
“Yummy Zine Fair”, Miami, FL
2021
“Printed Matter and Exile Books at Nada Art Fair”, Miami, FL
“Gift Shop” Wolfsonian Museum, FIU, Miami Beach, FL, curated by Yi Chin Hsieh
“The Small Press Landscape”, UIUC Library, Champaign, IL
“Caution: Artists: text messages in art” Kunsttempel, Kassel, Germany, curated by Jürgen O. Olbrich
“Text and Visual Language” St. Louis Art Guild, St. Louis, MO, curated by Tate Foley
“Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair”, Virtual
”Cincinnati Art Book Fair, Cincinnati, OH
“Poster Show” But, Also, Washington, DC
2020
“Citizenship: A Practice of Society” MCA Denver, included in Leftist Leaflets, curated by Zoe Larkins
“Materialize” Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
“In Excess” SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Kayrock Screenprinting, New York, NY
“St. Printersburg Print Fair”, St. Pete, FL
“Zine/ZEEN/: The Art of Homemade Resistance”, Arts Council of Lake Oswego ARTspace Gallery, Lake Oswego, OR
“Touch” Moisturizer Gallery, Gainesville, FL, (Virtual)
”Small Press Fair”, Virtual
-Cancelled due to Covid-19 - “Seattle Art Book Fair”, Washington Hall, Seattle, WA
-Postponed due to Covid-19 - “Miami Zine Fair”, Exile Books, Miami, FL
-Cancelled due to Covid-19 - “Shortt Editions” LA Printed Matter Art Book Fair, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
“Tally Zine Fest” The Bark, Tallahassee, FL
2019
“Focal Point” Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
“Gift Island” Printed Matter, New York, NY
“On the Tip of my Tongue” Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
“Small Press Fair”, Fort Lauderdale, FL
“Paper Jam”, Alfred R. Goldstein Library, Ringling College of Art + Design, Sarasota, FL
“Vienna Art Book Fair”, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
“Southern Type”, Printed Matter New York Art Book Fair, MOMA PS1, New York, NY
“Too Bad We’re Not Capitalists”, Art History and Design Gallery, The University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
“Bridging the Margins”, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
“To the Letter”, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
“Fact and Fiction” SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Kayrock Screenprinting, New York, NY
”Fully Booked”, Dubai Art Book Fair, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
”3rd Anniversary, ACLU Benefit”, Open Mind Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
“The Print Shop”, Kayrock Screenprinting, MOMA Design Store, New York, NY
“America’s Majestic Street Cats”, Quaid Gallery, Tampa, FL
“Books, Books, Books” Tiny Town Gallery, Tucson, AZ
”Tally Zine Fest” The Bark, Tallahassee, FL
“Rulers” Coco Hunday, Tampa, FL
2018
“Small Work, Big Impact” Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“Optimism”, EFA Project Space, New York, NY, curated by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
“3/ Edition Art Book Fair”, Toronto, Canada
“Making Art/Making Community” Vicki Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, CO
“Z.Archive”, Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, UMass Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
“Paper Cuts/Live", Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
“Volta NY”, Fresh Prints, Kayrock Screenprinting, New York, NY
“Independent Art Book” Fair, Brooklyn, NY
“Bound: Art Book and Zine Fair” MOCA, Cleveland, OH
“Border” Cody Gallery, Marymount University, Arlington, VA
“Risograph Redesigned”, Hallagans, Chicago Design Museum, Chicago, IL
“Extra Art Show” Gallery 130, Bardo Arts Center, Cullowhee, NC
“Western Pole”, Chicago, IL, curated by Jesse Malmed
“That One Film Festival” Madjax, Muncie, IN
“Chicago Zine Fest”, Chicago, IL
“Philadelphia Art Book Fair”, Philadelphia, PA
“Printer Jam” Muncie Makes Lab, Muncie, IN
“Detroit Art Book Fair”, Detroit”, MI
“Cincinnati Art Book Fair”, Any Time Dept., Cincinnati, OH
“Grand Rapids Zine Fest”, Grand Rapids, MI
“Gluestick Zine Fest”, Indianapolis, IN
“Paper Jam”, Alfred R. Goldstein Library, Ringling College of Art + Design, Sarasota, FL
2017
“Frenemies Forever” NY Printed Mater Art Book Fair, MOMA, PS1, New York, NY
“Charged: A Neon Exhibit” Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
"Create/Change", Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC
“Blonde Art Book Fair”, Knockdown Center, Maspeth, NY
"Last Call”, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
“Philadelphia Art Book Fair”, Philadelphia, PA
“Prints and Multiples Fair VIII”, Open Space, Baltimore, MD
"DC Zine Fest", St. Stephen & the Incarnation Church, Washington DC
“Shortt Editions” LA Printed Matter Art Book Fair, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
“Best Medicine: Art-Humor-Healing”, Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington, DC curated by Cory Oberndorfer
“DC Art Book Fair”, National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
“Cincinnati Art Book Fair”, Any Time Dept., Cincinnati, OH
2016
“InLight Richmond 2016”, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
“Frenemies V” NY Printed Mater Art Book Fair, MOMA, PS1, New York, NY
“Visions in the Nunnery”, Bow Arts, London, England
"A Tangential Survey", Herman Maril Gallery, College Park, MD
“On Our Terms” VAE Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
“Unnoticed Art Festival #2", Nijmegen, Netherlands
“Prints and Multiples Fair”, Open Space, Baltimore Design School, Baltimore, MD
“Philadelphia Art Book Fair”, Philadelphia, PA
"DC Zine Fest", St. Stephen & the Incarnation Church, Washington DC
"Frenemies IV", LA Printer Matter Art Book Fair, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
“Plug Projects Art Book Fair”, Kansas City, MO
2015
“Project 837”, VisArts, Rockville, MD
“Frenemies III”, NY Printed Matter Art Book Fair, MOMA PS1, New York, NY
“Sporadic Democracy”, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO
“Informational Antics”, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, DC
"Viscerally Yours", School 33, Baltimore, MD. Curated by Kim Domanski
“Somebody Else’s Problem” Short Shorts Video Festival, Whitespace Gallery, GA. Curated by Rachel Reese
“Live Action-Sunday Nite Video”, Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA, screening curated by Justin Plakas
“Plug Projects Art Book Fair”, Kansas City, MO
"Project 837", Project Plase, Baltimore, MD
"Prints and Multiples Fair VI", Baltimore, MD
“Alternative Topographies”, Salisbury University Electronic Gallery, Salisbury, MD
2014
“Guerilla”, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD curated by Lisa Gold
"Detroit Art Book Fair", Detroit, MI
"Bawlmer", Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
“Sondheim Award Semifinalist Exhibition”, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD
“Plug Projects Art Book Fair”, Kansas City, MO
“Atmosphere”, Transformer, Washington, DC
"Out Of Order", Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
“All Screened Video Festival”, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD
“Ninth Annual Heritage Film Festival”, Bowie, MD
2013
"Deadpan (the art of the expressionless)", Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI, curated by Ryan Standfest
“Please Read Carefully”, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
"WPA's Experimental Media Screening Series", The Museum of the Moving Image in NYC, The Phillips Collection, and The Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design in Washington, DC, curated by Jason Eppink
“Plug Projects Art Book Fair”, Kansas City, MO
"Under $500", Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
“1st Annual Experimental Video Festival”, Launch Pad Cooperative, Toledo, OH
"MFA Thesis Exhibition", Krannert Museum of Art, Champaign, IL
"Post-conceptual Glitter" , University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Lawton Gallery, Green Bay, WI,
"Artificial Turf", Peanut Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012
“5 Star Ratings”, MDW Fair, Chicago, IL
“Approach” Lexington Art League, Loundon House, Lexington, KY
“Political Humor” Fort Lewis Art Gallery, Durango, CO
“Interlife Crisis” Fictilis, Seattle, WA
“The Speak Easy”, La Esquina, Kansas City, MO
“You I, You See” Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
“Paradoxes in Video 3” Garage 4141 Gallery, San Diego, CA
“Art Basil” Link Gallery, Champaign, IL
2011
“Dialogue by Design, Experimental Platforms for Intimate Conversations”, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
"Is This Thing On? The Art of Comedy", Cobalt Studios, Chicago, IL
“Engage II”, Link Gallery, Champaign, IL
“Artsplosia”, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
“ASCII”, California Clipper, Chicago, IL
“Charlotte Street Foundation Fundraiser” Kansas City, MO
2010
“Instructions for Initial Conditions”, Drift Station Gallery, Lincoln, NB
“Hot Off The”, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
“Kansas City Flat File Show” H & R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
“Glee Medicine Show” Monarch Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“Cumulus”, Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2009
“City One Minutes Kansas City”, International Online Gallery
“Group Show” Gap Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“BFA show” H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
“Painting Thesis Show”, Lawrence and Kristina Dodge Painting Building, Kansas City, MO
“Postcards From the Heartland” Art Production Fund Lab, New York City, NY, Curated by Paul Ha
2008
“Boys Vs. Girls” Lawrence and Kristina Dodge Painting Building, KC, MO
“Rosser’s Picks” Lawrence and Kristina Dodge Painting Building, KC, MO
“End of Year Show” Lawrence and Kristina Dodge Painting Building, KC, MO
2007
“Curated show by visiting artist Laurel Hughes”, Lawrence and Kristina Dodge Painting Building, Kansas City, MO
2005
“XYZ Group Show,” XYZ Gallery, Blacksburg, VA
Performances and Participatory Workshops
2019
“How to Art Book Fair”, Vienna Art Book Fair, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
2018
“Sign Stories”, “Independent Art Book” Fair, Brooklyn, NY
“How to Loiter”, Open House, Kansas City, MO
2016
“Modern Greetings”, Creative Time Summit Opening Party, Washington, DC
2015
“How To Loiter”, Project 837, VisArts, Rockville, MD
“Large Child” Play with BID, Ballston, VA
“Large Child” Borders, Boundaries and Barricades Performance Art Festival, Gallery CA, Baltimore, MD
“How To Be A Professional Amateur”, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2014
“How To Do An Intervention”, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
"Frenemies II", NY Printed Matter Art Book Fair, New York City, NY
"Minor Trophies", Transmodern, Baltimore, MD
“How to Use Humor”, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA
“How To Be A Professional Amateur”, DC Public Library, Washington, DC
“Frenemies”, LA Printed Matter Art Book Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2013
“How To Be A Professional Amateur”, Pleasant Plains Workshop, Washington, DC
“How To Be A Professional Amateur” Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
“Vacation and Vine” Supernova Performance Arts Festival, Rosslyn, VA
2012
“Please No Photos”, Art In Odd Places: Model, New York, NY
“Modern Greetings and Contemporary Farewells,” Performing Negotiations, North Branch Projects, Chicago, IL
"Contemporary Farewells", Soapbox Performance Art Series, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, D.C.
"Quiet. Silence!" Hillyer Artspace, Washington D.C.
“The Car My Father Gave Me,” Blowout Performance Art Festival, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, D.C.
2011
“Lists, Rules and Instructions” Figure One, Champaign, IL
2010
“Calvin-ball” as part of Michael Schonoff’s “You’re Such a Good Sport”, Training Room, Kansas City, MO
“Modern Greetings”, Glee Medicine Show, Monarch Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2009
“Paul Shortt Invitational Performances”, Fishtank Performances Studio, Kansas City, MO, Curator, Director and Performer, July 09-July 10
“Broke People’s Baroque Peoples’ Theater”, with My Barbarian, as part of Emily Roysdon’s “Ecstatic Resistance” Grand Arts, KC, MO
“Let’s Paint Live with John Kilduff”, CSF/UCP Project Space, KC, MO
“Infobahn”, La Esquina, Kansas City, MO
2005
“Weight”, Virginia Tech Performance Space, Blacksburg, VA
Commissioned Artist Editions
2022 Signs for Doing Nothing, Book for Book Bound, Arts and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
2021 Artist Backdrop, Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair, NYC
2019 Fuse Works Artist Multiple, Brooklyn, NYC
Kayrock Editions, Kayrock Screenprinting, Brooklyn, NYC
2018 Fresh Prints Series, Kayrock Screenprinting, Brooklyn, NYC
Awards
2017 DC Arts & Humanities Fellowship
2014 Sondheim Award Semifinalist
2014 2nd Place, Brentwood Arts Exchange All-Screened Video Fest
2013 Sister Cities Grant, DC Arts and Humanities Council, Transformer, Team Member
2011 Creative and Performing Arts Materials Fellowship
2011 Helen E Platt Blake MFA Materials Grant
2010 Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship, UIUC
2010 (Nomination) Charlotte Street Foundation Visual Artist Award
2009 Art Through Architecture (AtA) Database of Kansas City Artist
2006-2009 KCAI Merit Scholarship Award
Artist Presentations
2022
Book Talk, Moveable Book Society, Virtual
To Hold in Place, Artist presentation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2021
”Some Signs”, American Sign Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Make Ready, After Book, Seattle Art Book Fair, Online, Panel Moderator for Afterbook
2020
(Postponed due to Covid-19) Whitman College Visiting Artist Talk, Walla Walla, WA
2018
“Successful Failures”, Artist Presentation, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
“Successful Failures”, Artist Presentation, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2017
Artist Presentation, Prints Class, GMU, Fairfax, VA
2016
“How To Loiter” ECCE Speaker, University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, IL
Artist Presentation, Text & Readers class at Corcoran/GW, Washington, DC
“I’ve Been Making Art Since I Was A Child..” Art Professional Practice Failures and Successes, Montgomery College, Silver Springs, MD
Artist Talk, Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD
2015
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
39th Street Gallery, Brentwood, MD
2013
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2009
Slide Show, Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO
Professional Experience
Communications Specialist, University of Florida, Center for Teaching Excellence, Summer 2022
Graphic Artist, Gainesville Neon and Signs, Gainesville, FL Summer 2021-Summer 2022
Gallery Coordinator, College of Central Florida, Ocala, FL Summer 2019-Present
Interim Director, Marymount University Ballston Gallery, Arlington County, VA, Summer 2017-Fall 2017
New Media Curator, Arlington Cultural Affairs, Arlington Economic Development, Arlington County, VA, Fall 2015-Fall 2017
Bmore Art Contributor, Art Blog, Fall 2015-Present
Registry Coordinator and Program Assistant, Maryland Art Place, Fall 2013-Spring 2016
Art Handler, Artex, Landover, MD, Fall 2013
Administrative Intern, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD Fall 2013
Gallery Intern, Transformer, Washington D.C. Summer 2012
Video Production Assistant, Carolee Schneemann, Spring 2012
Extra, Up To Speed, Chicago Episode, Directed by Richard Linklater, Spring 2012
Contributor, KCAI Case Study’s Blog, KCAI Career Services, Spring 2012-Present
Photo/Video Archivist and Documentarian, Charlotte Street Foundation, spring 2010-Fall 2010
Video Archivist, Kathrin Goldman, Kansas City, MO, Summer 2009-2010
Audio/Visual Intern, Charlotte Street Foundation, fall 2008-Winter 2008
Lab Tech, Painting Computer Lab, Kansas City MO, 2007-2009
Set Design, “Le Historie D’ Amour”, Fishtank Performance Studio, 200
Teaching Experience
University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, Thesis Research and Proposal, Social Practice Graduate Program, Spring 2018-Summer 2018.
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Intro to New Media, Spring 2017-Present
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, Ideas In The Arts, Fall 2015-Present
University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, Teacher of Record,
Time Arts 1, Fall 2011-Spring 2013
KCAI Continuing Education, Kansas City, MO 2007-2010
Mattie Rhodes Art Center, Kansas City, MO, Summer 2009
Curatorial
2018
“In the Midst of an Inferno: A Full Dome Projection by Jonathan Monaghan”, David M. Brown Planetarium, Arlington, VA
“Adapt/Adorn: Featuring Amy Boone-McCreesh and Bonnie Crawford”, Marymount University Ballston Gallery, Arlington, VA, Co-Curated with Meaghan Kent.
2017
“How to Video Festival” Arlington Public Library, Central Branch, Arlington, VA
"Nova: A Full Dome Projection from Shannon Collis", Arlington Planetarium, Arlington, VA
"Metaphrase: Jeremy Flick and Jon Malis" Marymount University Ballston Gallery, Arlington, VA
"Excerpts: Molly Springfield", Marymount University Ballston Gallery, Arlington, VA
"Colores", Edgar Reyes and Robin Bell, Día de Muertos themed Projection Mapping Project on Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
"County Wandering with Graham Coreil-Allen", Arlington, VA
"Babel: A Full Dome Projection from Kelley Bell", Arlington Planetarium, Arlington, VA
2016
“How To Video Festival” Spectrum Theater, Arlington, VA
“Wandering the Pike”, with Graham Coreil-Allen, Arlington, VA
“In This Convex Hull: Brandon Morse”, Arlington Planetarium, Arlington, VA
“The Lawn Chair Talks” Speakers Series, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, A speaker’s series featuring one artist and a professional from another field talking about their work.
2011
“30/30”, Address Gallery, Champaign, IL
2009-2010
“Paul Shortt Invitational Performances”, Fishtank Performance Studio, Kansas City, MO. Directing a monthly yearlong series of performance art, with 4-5 revolving performers.
Guest Juror
2016
Post-Graduate Residency, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
Black History Month Talent and Art Show, Arch Bishop Carroll High School, Washington, DC
Professional Memberships and Volunteer Work
Program Advisory Committee, Make Studio, Baltimore, MD, Spring 2014-Fall 2017
Program Advisory Committee, Bromo Arts and Entertainment District, Baltimore, MD, Spring 2014-Spring 2015
Member, Washington Project for the Arts, 2014-2016
Member, School 33, 2014-2015
Member, Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance, 2014-2015
Member, College Art Association 2011-2014
Volunteer, I.D.E.A. Store, Champaign Urbana School Foundation 2010-2011
Press and Publications
“Domestic in Your Neighborhood”, The Jitney, Cyrstal Alyssa, October 23, 2019
“What not to Miss at Vienna’s First Art Book Fair”, Design & Paper, October 5, 2019
“What Is Loitering, Really?”, City Lab, Ariel Aberg-Riger, May 21, 2018
“At This Kansas City Art Space, Loitering is Both Subversive and Neighborly”, KCUR, Scott Wilson, May 8, 2018
“In the galleries: The art of politics has exploded in Washington”, Washington Post, Mark Jenkins, August 12, 2017
“Our 11 Favorite Zines from This Year’s NY Art Book Fair”, The Creators Project, Vice, Andrew Nunes, September 22, 2016
“Reserved For Loitering: Paul Shortt Takes Back Public Spaces”, UIS Journal, Aeriel Story, September 28, 2016
“The Return of Frenemies: Frenemies Again” Paper Cuts Radio Show, Clocktower Radio, Hosted by Christopher Kardambikis, August 2016“New York Art Book Fair 2015, Part 1”, Paper Cuts Radio Show, Clocktower Radio, Hosted by Christopher Kardambikis, Produced by Jake Nussbaum, October 2015
"Viscerally Yours at School 33 tests viewers' willingness to interact", City Paper, Christie Hayden, September 23, 2015
“The Art of Spectating” Bmore Art, Joseph Shaikewitz, September 23. 2015
“No Viscera” Bmore Art, Rowan Fulton, September 23, 2015
“Borders, Boundaries, Barricades: Building a Performance Art Audience in Baltimore”, What Weekly, Kristin Mcwharter, July 2015
"In The galleries: "Spring Solos" at Arlington Art Center, Washington Post, June 2015
"Unemployment As Artwork", Hyperallergic, Cara Ober, October 2014
"Please No Photos: Paul Shortt", Bmore Art, Dwayne Butcher, Sept. 2014
"Essentially Qualified at Pleasant Plains Workshop", Washington City Paper, Kriston Capps, Sept. 2014
“In the Galleries: ‘Louloudi,’ ‘Sway,’ ‘Two Architects — Design,’ ‘Atmosphere’”, Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, April 2014
"Sondheim Interviews: Paul Shortt", Baltimore Arts, April 2014
"Local Artists Interpret Beijing in Transformer’s Atmosphere" by Louis Jacobson, April 2014, Washington City Paper
"Lawton Gallery Glitters with Art Talent" Fourth Estate, March, 2013
“After AiOP MODEL: Artists Steve Rossi and Paul Shortt Discuss Their Experiences” Art In Odd Places Blog, October, 2012
“What happened When One Writer Trusted The Artists at Hillyer Art Space’s Soapbox," Pinkline Project, August 2012
“Humor In Craft”, Brigitte Martin, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 2012
"Underground Resistance:Subterranean Gallery", By Patricia Maloney, Art Practical, February, 2012
“Shots in the E-Dark: Paul Shortt at Urban Culture Project Space”, Review Magazine, May 15, 2009,
Writing
“Transforming History: Antonio McAfee” Bmore Art, May 11, 2017
“Cozying Up to Darkness: The Art of Bonnie Crawford Kotula, Bmore Art, April 3, 2017
“Man at Work”, Interview with John Paradiso, Bmore Art, March 3, 2017
“Self Depiction in Black and White” Interview with Kyle Hackett by Paul Shortt”, Bmore Art, September 29, 2016
“Temporary Permanence: An Interview with Michael Booker by Paul Shortt”, Bmore Art, August 8, 2016
"Twee Brutalism: A Conversation with Matthew Mann" Bmore Art, April 21. 2016
“PLAKOOKEE: Rachel Debuque and Justin Plakas, An Interview by Paul Shortt”, Bmore Art, April 11, 2016
“If The Art World Has Changed So Much in The Last Five Years, Why Hasn't Our Thinking? An Interview with Patrick McDonough, Bmore Art, March 14, 2016
"DC's New Art Frontier: An Interview with Kristina Bilonick", Bmore Art, September 25, 2015
“The Object Itself: Matthew Moore Explores the Effects of Obsolete Photography, An Interview, Bmore Art, September 2, 2015
“The Artist Couple: An interview with Jan Razauskas and Gary Kachadourian, Temporary Art Review, March 9, 2015
“In Conversation with Amy Boone-McCreesh, Temporary Art Review, February 13, 2015
Collections
Architecture & Fine Arts Library, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Artist Book Collection, Bavarian State Library, Munich, Germany
Brizdle-Schoenberg Special Collections Center, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Clarence Ward Art Library, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Decker Library, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Earmark Collection, Plexus Projects, NYC, NY
Emily Carr University Library Artists' Book Collection, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada
Elmer Homes Bobst Library, New York University, NYC, NY
Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, SAIC Library, Chicago, IL
Kelly Writers House Zine Library, Philadelphia, PA
Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, NY
Pratt Institute Libraries, Brooklyn, NY
Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Washington, DC
Tate Library and Archive, London, United Kingdom
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
UMass Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, Dartmouth, MA
Whitney Museum Library Collection, Whitney Museum, NYC, NY
Zine Collection, Special Collections, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida