George Shelly was born in 1941. He attended the New York Phoenix School of Design, and the Art Student's League in New York. Shelly has had one-man showings at Geri Galleries in New Jersey in 1975 and at the Fine Arts Gallery in Pennsylvania in 1972. He has many permanent exhibitions throughout the Northeast area and has claimed quite a few awards for his work. Shelly's works can be found in many private collections and in fine art galleries all over the United States and Canada.