Paintings
Village Voice, Feb.1, 2007, "The Biggest Picture" by Jerry Salz
Frieze, Issue 100, May 2006, "Ward Shelley - Pierogi" by Sally O'Reilly
Village Voice, April 5, 2006, "Best in Show" by R.C. Baker
New York Times, April 23, 2009, "Who Invented the Avant garde - and other half truths" by Ken Johnson

Voyage Platforms
New York Times On-line, September 1998, "Tracking a Voyage of 600 Feet" by Matthew Mirapaul
Kunstforum International, March 1999, "Ward Shelley, Voyage Platform" by Alexander Braun
Berliner Morganpost, July 4,1999, "Plattform auf Reisen" by Gunnar Lutzow

We Have Mice
Art in America,May 2004, “Ward Shelley at Pierogi” by Sarah Schmerler
Artforum April 2004, “Ward Shelley – Pierogi” by Martha Schwendener
New York Times, Jan 24, 2004, “Sampling Brooklyn” by Holland Cotter

Flatland
Artforum On-Line, May 2007, "The Happiness of Objects" by Lori Cole
New York Times, May 18, 2007, "Proof that Things are People Too" by Martha Schwendener
Time Out New York, May 2007, "The Happiness of Objects" by Sarah Schmerler
Time Out New York, April 2007, Pick by Emily Weiner

Mir2
New York Times, Nov 9, 2001, “Mir2” by Holland Cotter
Artforum, Feb 2002, “Mir2 at Smack Mellon Studios” by Julie Canigula
Contemporary, May 2002, “Brooklyn NYC” by Ana Hongman
New York Times, July 6, 2002

The Cube
Art in America, Feb 2002, “Ward Shelley at Pierogi” by Gregory Volk
Artforum On-Line, Sept, 2001, Ward Shelley at Pierogi Gallery by Frances Richard
Brooklyn Rail, Oct 8, 2001, “Pierogi -The Cube-Ward Shelley” by Lori Ortiz
Sculpture, March 2003, “Globe-Miami-Island” by Jan Garden Castro

Williamsburg Time Line Drawing
FlashArt, Feb. 2002 "Brooklyn!" by Adrian Dannatt
The New Yorker, May 12, 2003
Art in America, Sept 2004, "Big Brash Borough" by Gregory Volk

Tunnels
La Liberation, Mar. 2000, "Flesh and Bits" by Annick Rivoire
Artforum, Feb 2003, “Enactments of the Self” by Barry Schwabsky
Tema Celeste, Mar, 2003, Review by Daniele Perra
Kunstforum International, Feb 2003, Enactments of the Self” Justin Hoffmann
Die Zeit

BBS Projects: Sweatshop, Truck Drawings
Time Out New York, May 15, 2003, “Last Exit” at Exit Art by Sarah Schmerler
Time Out New York, April 24, 2003, “Street Selections” at the Drawing Center by Sarah Schmerler
Brooklyn Rail, July 2003, “Exit Bienniel” by William Powhida

Installations
Art In America, Sept 2003, “The Wild, Wild East” by Richard Vine
Artnet, May 2004, “Borough Hall” by Jerry Saltz
Art in America, Sept 2004, "Big Brash Borough" by Gregory Volk

Awards
New York Times
New Yorker

Older Sculpture
New York Times, Nov, 1998, "Brooklyn Haven for Arts Heats Up" by Roberta Smith
Time Out New York, Dec. 1998, "Ward Shelley + Lynn Mullins" by Sarah Schmerler
ArtNews, April 2002, "On the Waterfront" by Barbara Pollack
The Miami Herald, Sept. 1998, "An Artsy Link..." by Elisa Turner
Tema Celeste, Mar/April 2004, Review of Home Extension Bibliography – Ward Shelley

Sorted by publication

Art in America, Feb 2002, Ward Shelley at Pierogi by Gregory Volk
Art in America, May 2004, “Ward Shelley at Pierogi” by Sarah Schmerler
Art In America, Sept 2003, “The Wild, Wild East” by Richard Vine
Art in America, Sept 2004, "Big Brash Borough" by Gregory Volk

Artforum On-Line, May 2007, "The Happiness of Objects" by Lori Cole
Artforum, Feb 2003, “Enactments of the Self” by Barry Schwabsky
Artforum, April 2004, “Ward Shelley – Pierogi” by Martha Schwendener
Artforum, Feb 2002, “Mir2 at Smack Mellon Studios” by Julie Canigula
Artforum On-Line, Sept, 2001, Ward Shelley at Pierogi Gallery by Frances Richard

Artnet, May 2004, “Borough Hall” by Jerry Saltz

ArtNews, April 2002, "On the Waterfront" by Barbara Pollack

Brooklyn Rail, July 2003, “Exit Bienniel” by William Powhida
Brooklyn Rail, Oct 8, 2001, “Pierogi -The Cube-Ward Shelley” by Lori Ortiz

Contemporary, May 2002, “Brooklyn NYC” by Ana Hongman

FlashArt, Feb. 2002 "Brooklyn!" by Adrian Dannatt

Frieze, Issue 100, May 2006, "Ward Shelley - Pierogi" by Sally O'Reilly

German Newspapers: Berliner Morganpost, July 4,1999,

Kunstforum International, March 1999, "Ward Shelley, Voyage Platform" by Alexander Braun
Kunstforum International, Feb 2003, Enactments of the Self” Justin Hoffmann

La Liberation, Mar. 2000, "Flesh and Bits" by Annick Rivoire

New York Times, May 18, 2007, "Proof that Things are People Too" by Martha Schwendener
New York Times, Jan 24, 2004, “Sampling Brooklyn” by Holland Cotter
New York Times, Nov 9, 2001, “Mir2” by Holland Cotter
New York Times, July 6, 2002, “Site Specifics ’02, regional edition
New York Times On-line, September 1998, "Tracking a Voyage of 600 Feet" by Matthew Mirapaul
New York Times, Nov, 1998, "Brooklyn Haven for Arts Heats Up" by Roberta Smith

New Yorker, May 12, 2003, “Decade” Galleries

Sculpture, March 2003, “Globe-Miami-Island” by Jan Garden Castro

Tema Celeste, Mar, 2003, Review by Daniele Perra
Tema Celeste, Mar/April 2004, Review of Home Extension

Time Out New York, May 2007, "The Happiness of Objects" by Sarah Schmerler
Time Out New York, May 15, 2003, “Last Exit” at Exit Art by Sarah Schmerler
Time Out New York, April 24, 2003, “Street Selections” at the Drawing Center by Sarah Schmerler
Time Out New York, Dec. 1998, "Ward Shelley + Lynn Mullins" by Sarah Schmerler
Time Out New York, Flatland, April 2007, Pick by Emily Weiner

Village Voice May 2004, “Borough Hall” by Jerry Saltz
Village Voice, Feb.1, 2007, "The Biggest Picture" by Jerry Salz
Village Voice, April 5, 2006, "Best in Show" by R.C. Baker

Sorted by date
2007
Artforum On-Line, May 2007, "The Happiness of Objects" by Lori Cole
New York Times, May 18, 2007, "Proof that Things are People Too" by Martha Schwendener
Time Out New York, May 2007, "The Happiness of Objects" by Sarah Schmerler
Time Out New York, Flatland, April 2007, Pick by Emily Weiner
Village Voice, Feb.1, 2007, "The Biggest Picture" by Jerry Salz

2006
Frieze, Issue 100, May 2006, "Ward Shelley - Pierogi" by Sally O'Reilly
Village Voice, April 5, 2006, "Best in Show" by R.C. Baker

2004
Art in America,May 2004, “Ward Shelley at Pierogi” by Sarah Schmerler
Art in America, Sept 2004, "Big Brash Borough" by Gregory Volk
Artforum April 2004, “Ward Shelley – Pierogi” by Martha Schwendener
New York Times, Jan 24, 2004, “Sampling Brooklyn” by Holland Cotter
Artnet, May 2004, “Borough Hall” by Jerry Saltz
Tema Celeste, Mar/April 2004, Review of Home Extension

2003
Artforum, Feb 2003, “Enactments of the Self” by Barry Schwabsky
Art In America, Sept 2003, “The Wild, Wild East” by Richard Vine
New Yorker, May 12, 2003, “Decade” Galleries
Sculpture, March 2003, “Globe-Miami-Island” by Jan Garden Castro
Tema Celeste, Mar, 2003, Review by Daniele Perra
Time Out New York, May 15, 2003, “Last Exit” at Exit Art by Sarah Schmerler
Kunstforum International, Feb 2003, Enactments of the Self” Justin Hoffmann
Time Out New York, April 24, 2003, “Street Selections” at the Drawing Center by Sarah Schmerler

2002
Art In America, Feb. 2002, "Ward Shelley at Pierogi" by Gregory Volk
Artforum, Feb 2002, “Mir2 at Smack Mellon Studios” by Julie Canigula
FlashArt, Feb. 2002 "Brooklyn!" by Adrian Dannatt
Contemporary, May 2002, "Brooklyn, NYC" by Ana Hongman
ArtNews, April 2002, "On the Waterfront" by Barbara Pollack
New York Times, July6, 2002, "Site Specifics 02"

2001
New York Times, Nov. 2001, "Mir2" by Holland Cotter
Artforum On-Line, Oct. 2001 New York Critics Picks by Francis Richard
Brooklyn Rail, Oct 8, 2001, “Pierogi -The Cube-Ward Shelley” by Lori Ortiz

2000
La Liberation, Mar. 2000, "Flesh and Bits" by Annick Rivoire

1999
Kunstforum International, March 1999, "Ward Shelley, Voyage Platform" by Alexander Braun
Die Zeit
Berliner Morganpost, July 4,1999, "Plattform auf Reisen" by Gunnar Lutzow

1998
New York Times On-line, September 1998, "Tracking a Voyage of 600
Feet" by Matthew Mirapaul
New York Times, Nov, 1998, "Brooklyn Haven for Arts Heats Up" by Roberta Smith
Time Out New York, Dec. 1998, "Ward Shelley + Lynn Mullins" by Sarah Schmerler
The Miami Herald, Sept. 1998, "An Artsy Link..." by Elisa Turner