Shelby Baldridge is an interdisciplinary artist currently based in Missoula, Montana. She works in sculpture, drawing and painting, and received an MFA in Visual Studies from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2020. Regardless of the medium, Shelby’s work centers around the natural world and scientific themes like biological evolution, ecological cycles and the connections between species. Her sculptural work also considers materiality and incorporates mass manufactured materials such as PVC plumbing and repurposed fabric to highlight the binary between living species and the inanimate waste of mass production and single use products. Baldridge grew up in northwestern Montana and enjoyed ample access to the outdoors where she developed a curiosity for the natural sciences like botany and ecology at a young age. She is thrilled to reconnect to the Missoula art community now, years after she first became dedicated to making art while studying at the University of Montana as a BFA student. Shelby is currently teaching a Drawing foundations course at the University as an adjunct instructor for the School of Visual Arts and Media.