SHARON SHAPIRO
b. 1968 Bluefield, WV
lives + works in Charlottesville, VA
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EDUCATION
MFA, Maine College of Art (MECA), Portland, ME
BFA, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
SOLO + TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
No Man’s Land, Buchanan Partners Gallery, George Mason University, Manassas, VA
No Man’s Land, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
2023
Visionary Picnic, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC
2022
Déjàview: Lou Haney + Sharon Shapiro, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY (Curator: Kristen Chiacchia)
Americanarama: Lou Haney + Sharon Shapiro, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL
Then the Dream Changed, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA
Sharon Shapiro: Fever Dream, Garvey|Simon at Artisan Lofts, New York, NY
2021
Social Fabric, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (Essay: Karen H. Goodchild)
Sharon Shapiro: Social Fabric {Poem88} Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Social Fabric, Williams Gallery, Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, MD
2019 Unfurled (MFA Thesis Exhibition), Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at Maine College of Art
2018 Domesticated Paradise: Sharon Shapiro Fellowship Exhibition, Pauley Center, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, VA
2017 Above Ground, Welcome Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2016 Garage Sale, The Garage, Charlottesville, VA
2014 Strawberry Letter 23, {Poem88} Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2011 California, {Poem88} Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 Half of What You See, Brenau University Art Gallery, Gainesville, GA (Essay: Debra Wolf)
2005 It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Humidity, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Humidity, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2002 Treat, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
1999 Hybrid, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998
Inhabitant, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
Work, SOHO20 Gallery, New York, NY
1996 The Cleave Pageant, Chassie Post Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Water, Chassie Post Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1994 Souvenir, Chassie Post Gallery, Atlanta, GA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
The New South V, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA (Jurors: William Downs and Wesley Terpstra)
The Art of Collage, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (forthcoming | Curator: Kristen Chiacchia)
2023
And Now for Something New, Vol 5, LeMiuex Galleries, New Orleans, LA (Jurors: Carrie Ann Baade and Daniel Stetson)
Assembly Required, Garvey|Simon (California), San Anselmo, CA
2022
Art Expo Dallas (Showing with Jen Tough Gallery)
RED, The O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA (Juror: Jen Tough)
Coined in the South, Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC (Juried by Hallie Ringle, Lydia Thompson + Ken West)
Artfields Art Competition, Lake City, SC
Many Americas, The Wilson Museum at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT (Curator: Ric Kasini Kadour)
2021 Of An Era: International Juried Art Exhibition, The Art Effect, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020
Distinct: National Juried Exhibition, Delaplane Center for the Arts, Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, MD
Shelter (Earth, House, Body, Spirit), Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME (Jurors: Annika Earley and Tessa Greene O’Brien)
Our Voices: Race, Identity and Contemporary Culture (Online Exhibition), Pearl Conrad Gallery, The Ohio State University, Mansfield (Jurors: Jared Thorne, Annie Chrissy Burley and Phil Mazzocco)
Congruence: Summer Juried Exhibition, I Like Your Work Art Podcast (Juror: Bridgette Mayer)
Playtime: From Innocence to Debauchery, an artsy online exhibition, Garvey|Simon, New York, NY
Jane Eyre and Emancipation: 12 Responses, {Poem88} Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2019
Select 4, an artsy online exhibition, Garvey|Simon, New York, NY
56th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA (Juror: Catherine Futter)
A Whole Tree of Lightning: Women Artists Respond to the Southern Landscape, {Poem88} Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Inside the Artists’ Studio: Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (Curator: Kristen Chiacchia)
The Women Have It: Artists from Charlottesville and Beyond, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2018 Le Chic: JoAnne Paschall, Justine Rubin, Sharon Shapiro, Hannah Tarr and Zuzka Vaclavik, {Poem88} Gallery Atlanta, GA
2017
BRAND 45 Works on Paper, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA (Juror: Leslie Jones)
Strictly Painting 11, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA (Curator: Anne Reeve)
19th Annual Works on Paper, Long Beach Island Foundation of The Arts and Sciences, Long Beach, NJ (Juror: Jane Panetta)
2016 The Fourth Wall, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Curator: Kristin Calabrese)
2014
Nymphs and Shepherds Come Away: 10 Women Artists Respond to Secular Themes from the Renaissance, {Poem88} Gallery, Atlanta, GA
B&W: EK Huckaby, Brandan Carroll, Sharon Shapiro, Nikita Gale, In Kyoung Chun and Phillip March Jones, {Poem88} Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Juvenescence, Silber Art Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
Threesome: Susan Jamison, Tif Robinette, Sharon Shapiro, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Identimorph: Identity Portraits (with Jessika De Tarr), Catalyst Art Projects, Washington, DC
Strictly Painting 9, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA (Juror: Margaret Heiner)
2013
Blow-Up, {Poem88} Gallery, Atlanta, GA
BOUND: An Exhibition and Catalogue of Women’s Caucus for Art, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY (Juror: Cora Rosevear)
Re-collections: Five Artists Respond to the LP Grant Mansion, Atlanta, GA (Curator: Robin Bernat)
2012
49th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA (Curator: Liza Simone, 2nd Place Award)
Momentum: An Exhibition and Catalogue of the Women’s Caucus of Art, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (Juror: Rita Gonzalez)
2011
Mid-Atlantic New Painting 2012 Exhibit, University of Mary Washington Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA)
No Greater Gods, University of Virginia Law Library, Charlottesville, VA
Works on Paper, {Poem88} Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The American Dream: A Juxtaposition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
New Waves 2011, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
2010
Playful Things, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO (Curated by Jeremy Mikolajczak)
Intimacy Issues, Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Seeing Double, Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
2009 Mid-Atlantic New Painting 2010 Exhibit, University of Mary Washington Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA
2008 Tasty Morsels, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007 Guilty Pleasures, Spur Projects, Portola Valley, CA
2006
Image Feminine, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Work, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Inside Out, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2003
30 YEARS: Three Decades of Art at Second Street Gallery, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Unlikely Portraits, Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA
Select 2003, WPA/Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2002 Sugar & Spice, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Cream: An Erotic Show, Howell Mill Factory, Atlanta, GA
2000 Sweet Work of Nature, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA (Curator: Barbara O’Brien)
1998 Fourth International Exhibition of Women’s Art, SOHO20 Gallery, New York, NY (Curator: Leslie Jones, MOMA)
1997 15th Annual Juried Exhibition, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY (Curator: Donald Kuspit)
1996 New Art, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA (Curator: Ed Paschke)
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES + WORKSHOPS
2025 Pouch Cove Foundation Residency, Pouch Cove, NL, Canada (forthcoming)
2023 Mother’s Milk Residency, Newton, KS
2022
Virginia Center for Creative Arts (VCCA), Artist Residency, Amherst, VA
Semi-finalist, Bethesda Painting Award, Bethesda, MD
2021 Atelier Focus Fellowship, AIR Serenbe, Chattahoochee Hills, GA
2020 Kolaj Institute with the University of Vermont Fleming Museum of Art, Curating Collage Workshop
2018
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Grant Award
Presidential Merit Scholarship, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME (2017-2019)
2016 Semi-finalist, The Trawick Prize, Bethesda, MD
2015 Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, WY
2013
The Ragdale Foundation Artist Residency, Lake Forest, IL
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Artist Residency, Amherst, VA
2012
Ucross Foundation, Artist Residency, Clearmont, WY
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Artist Residency, Amherst, VA
2011 The Hambidge Center, Artist Residency, Rabun Gap, GA
2009 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Artist Residency, Amherst, VA
2000 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Grant Award
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
Hylton Performing Arts Center Contributor. “The American South in Vivid Color.” George Mason University. May 1, 2024.
2023
CanvasRebel Contributor. “Stories & Insights: Meet Sharon Shapiro” Interview.” CanvasRebel Magazine. September 18, 2023.
Bailey, Greg. “Gadsden Museum of Art - New Exhibits January 7.” The Gadsden Times. January 2, 2023.
2022
Jordan, Eliza. “SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2022 Returns with a Spunky Spirit to Midtown.” whitewall.art.com. September 8, 2022.
Cascone, Sarah. “See Inside Spring/Break, the Indie Fair That Took Over Ralph Lauren’s Offices With Edgy, Outrageous, and Surprisingly Affordable Art.” Artnet News. September 8, 2022.
Jenkins, Mark. “In the galleries: Solo shows convert art into energy.” The Washington Post. June 10, 2022.
Somogyi, Fanni. “Accumulate and Dissect: Solos at Arlington Arts Center.” BMore Art. June 1, 2022.
2021
Sargent, Sarah. “The Deep End: Sharon Shapiro’s new show reflects America through a swimming pool.” CVille Weekly. June 23, 2021.
Feaster, Felicia. “Collage artist takes a look at social issues.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. April 16, 2021.
Cullum, Jerry. “Cullum’s Notebook: Eric Mack, Sharon Shapiro, cartoons and envisioning spring.” ArtsATL.com. April 14, 2021.
Bhand, Michael. “Meet Sharon Shapiro: Visual Artist/Painter.” Shout Out Atlanta, January 19, 2021.
2020
Woven Tale Press. “Sharon Shapiro: Courtesy of Garvey|Simon.” Vol VIII #8. November 1, 2020.
Art Daily Contributor. “Exhibition explores pleasure and gratification.” Playtime Exhibition. ArtDaily.com, May 26, 2020.
Ward, Beth. “Jane Eyre exhibit at {Poem88} reconsiders revolutionary woman through modern eyes.” ArtsATL.com. February 11, 2020.
Deskins, Sally for Les Femmes Folles. “What does being a womxn mean to you and your work? Sharon Shapiro responds.” January 27, 2020.
2019
Yaniv, Etty. “Elizabeth Garvey – on Garvey/Simon: in Dialogue with Liz Garvey on her Programming.” Artspiel.com. December 16, 2019.
Booooooom. “Sharon Shapiro – Unfurled.” Booooooom.com. August 8, 2019.
2018
Cullum, Jerry. “Cullum’s Notebook: Artists explore the many shades of gray at four Atlanta exhibitions.” ArtsATL.com. April 11, 2019.
Howsare, Erika. “Creative space: Second Street show reveals painters in their natural habitats.” C-Ville Weekly. February 2019.
Picard, Lia. “Check in to the New Old (and Naughty) Atlanta at Hotel Clermont.” Playboy.com (Art + Architecture Section). June 2018.
2017
Derpic, Danica. “Meet the Artist: Sharon Shapiro.” D2art.com. July 2017.
Lorne, Raennah. “Suburban Myth: Sharon Shapiro disrupts nostalgia in Welcome Gallery exhibition.” C-Ville Weekly. March 2017.
2016
Cullum, Jerry. “Nymphs and Shepherds Offers Something for Everyone.” Burnaway.org. January 2016.
Weiskopf, Dan. “Nymphs and Shepherds Come Away at {Poem88}.” Burnaway.org. August 2014.
2015 The Labletter: Annual Journal of Art and Literature. 17th edition, March 2015 (cover image).
2014 Hancock, Eric. “Girls, Girls, Girls: Sharon Shapiro at {Poem88}.” Burnaway.org. August 2014.
2013
Casey, Elizabeth. “Local Artist Check-In: Sharon Shapiro.” C-Ville Niche. February 2014.
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 23, page 171.
Cullum, Jerry. “At {Poem88}, the ambiguity of Antonioni’s ‘Blow Up’ seen through 47 years.” ArtsAtl.com. April 2013.
Lampe, Lilly. “Blow-Up Revels in Film Themes.” Creative Loafing Atlanta. April 2013.
Reese, Rachel. “Re-collections at the LP Grant Mansion.” Burnaway.org. January 2013.
2012
WriterHouse and Piedmont Council of the Arts Podcast: “Panel Discussion: An Insider’s Guide to Artist Colonies and Residencies.” September 2012.
Hip Moms Go Green. “Sharon Shapiro Rocks My Art World.” Hipmomsgogreen.com. July 3, 2012.
Allig, Lucie. “Curated by Sharon Shapiro – Wayne Thiebaud.” Elizabethstreet.com. May 2012.
2010 Boulay, Janette. “Seeing Double up next at Museum.” The Sun Chronicle. July 19, 2010.
2011
Gleim, Sarah. “In Verse!” Jezebel Magazine. December 2011.
Lawless, Gregory. “A California Suite: A Poem by Peter Ramos & Painting by Sharon Shapiro.” ithoughtiwasnewhere.com. May 2011.
Feaster, Felicia. “Art Review: Dreams of Californication in Sharon Shapiro’s Solo Show at {Poem88}.” ArtsCriticATL.com March 2011
Williams, Wyatt. “Censorship as compliment: Sharon Shapiro at {Poem88}.” Creative Loafing – Culture Surfing. March 2011.
40Fakes Contributor. “Sharon Shapiro.” 40Fakes. March 2011.
2009
Wolf, Debra. “Beautiful Breasts Cause Controversy in Atlanta.” Daily Plate of Crazy. February 2009.
Hackett, Regina. “Artists dissatisfied with the slow pace of evolution.” Another Bouncing Ball on ArtsJournal. August 2009.
Summer Sexy Contributor. “’Then the Dream Changed’ and ‘Ease’ Selected by Howard Tullman.” Summer Sexy. July 2009.
Parsons, Laura. “Raw Talent: Sharon Shapiro and Read Bare All.” The Hook. March 2009.
2008 Cator, Eric. “Sharon Shapiro.” PaintBlog. May 2008.
2007
Fox, Catherine. “Painter’s Keen Eye Unmasks Cultural Failings.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 2017.
“Best Artist,” C-Ville Weekly: Best Of Issue, August 2007
Alexander, Mile. “Interview with Sharon Shapiro.” Albemarle Magazine, February/March 2007.
Davis, Jeremy. “Sharon Shapiro Interview.” Vivianite, 2007.
2006
Rose, Joshua and Dodd, Terri. “American Art Collector: The Tullman Collector.” American Art Collector Magazine. October 2006.
“Leading Ladies Part II.” American Art Collector Magazine, February 2006.
2005
“OA Gallery.” The Oxford American, Winter 2005.
McQuaid, Kate. “Gallery Pick.” The Boston Globe, March 2005.
“The Front.” The Oxford American, Winter 2005.
2004
Parsons, Laura. “Gender Studies.” The Hook, September 2004
“Circles Roundabout (featured piece).” Veranda Magazine, December 2004.
2003 “Miami Houses.” Barcelona, Spain: Loft Publications, 2003.
2002
McQuaid, Cate. “The Stories ‘Portraits Tell Us.” The Boston Globe, March 2002.
Workman, Michael. “The Perception of Physical Desire: A Conversation with Peregrine Honig and Sharon Shapiro.” Bridge Magazine, Fall/Winter 2002.
New American Paintings, no. 39. May 2002 (cover image).
Cullum, Jerry. “’Pretty Treats that could be Troubling.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 2002.
2001
Joiner, Dorothy. “Review.” Art Papers Magazine, September/October 2001.
West Branch (Bucknell University Press) Cover Image, no. 48. Spring 2001.
“Modern Romance: Chassie Post in Tribeca (featured piece).” House Beautiful, March 2001.
2000 New American Paintings no. 27. April 2000.
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2022 Then the Dream Changed, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2021 Sharon Shapiro: Social Fabric, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (Curated by Kristen Chiacchia)
2019 Inside the Artist’s Studio, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (Curated by Kristen Chiacchia)
2010
New American Paintings 15th Anniversary. Edited by Steven T. Zevitas. Boston, MA: The Open Studio Press
Playful Things: Examining the Role of Feminine Identity in Contemporary Art. Edited by Jeremy Mikolajzak. Warrensburg, MO: Gallery of Art and Design,
University of Central Missouri with essay by Nancy K. Weant.
2007 Half of What You See. Edited by Debra Wolf. Gainesville, GA: Brenau University, 2007.
2006 Image Feminine: Laurent Dareau, Sharon Shapiro, Daena Tittle. Edited by James Panozzo. LA, CA. Lawrence Asher Gallery, 2006.
2004
It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Humidity. Edited by Leah Stoddard. Charlottesville, VA: Second Street Gallery, 2004. Essay by Jerry Cullum, “Reimagining the
Humidity Index: Notes on New Drawings and Paintings by Sharon Shapiro.”
SPEAKING + VIDEO
2021 Guest Speaker, “Nostalgia & Memory,” Kolaj LIVE Knoxville, Knoxville Museum of Art, November 2021
Melom, Kristian. “Sharon Shapiro: Social Fabric.” Produced by AIR SFI. August 2021
2020 Evans, Stacey. “Sharon Shapiro: Studio Visit.” Produced by the filmmaker. June 2020
2020 Artist Talk, Our Voices, The Pearl Conrad Art Gallery at Ohio State University Mansfield, OH
2019 Guest Lecturer, Painting Department, University of Virginia
2019 Juror, 40th Annual Frank Stick Memorial Art Show, Dare County Arts Council, Manteo, NC
2017 Guest Lecturer, Fine Art Department, John Tyler Community College, Midlothian, VA
2012 Panelist, An Insider’s Guide to Artist Colonies and Residencies, WriterHouse and Piedmont Council of the Arts Podcast
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA), Atlanta, GA
Common House Social Club, Charlottesville, VA
Hotel Clermont, Atlanta, GA
The Tullman Collection, Chicago, IL
Brenau University Gallery, Gainesville, GA
Stan Topol & Associates, Atlanta, GA
King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA
Dave and Ashley Matthews, Charlottesville, VA
Chassie Post, New York, NY
Carol Cole-Levin, Greensboro, NC
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Charlottesville, VA
American Pavilion Library, Art-Villa Garikula, Kaspi, Georgia
Coran and Parke Capshaw, Charlottesville, VA
Michael G. Klein, Los Angeles, CA