BIO
Since 1995, Shapiro's paintings and works on paper have been exhibited in numerous venues including solo shows in Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, and Los Angeles. In 2009 the University of Central Missouri published a hardbound catalog featuring her work to accompany an exhibition curated by Jeremy Mikolajczak examining female identity in contemporary art. Her work has been featured in three issues of New American Paintings, and is the cover image for Volume 39. Shapiro has been a resident at Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY; Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL; the Virginia Center for Creative Arts (VCCA), Amherst, VA; the Ucross Foundation, Sheridan, WY; and the Hambidge Center for Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA is a 2002 and 2018 recipient of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship. In 2020 she was awarded the Atelier Focus Fellowship at AIR Serenbe (now AIR SFI) in Georgia. Her work is included in several prominent collections throughout the United States, such as The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA), Atlanta, GA, and the Tullman Collection, Chicago, IL. Shapiro holds an MFA from the Maine College of Art (MECA) and a BFA from the Atlanta College of Art. She currently lives and works in Charlottesville, VA, and shows her work with Garvey|Simon in New York City.
EDUCATION
MFA, Maine College of Art (MECA), Portland, ME
BFA, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
SELECTED AWARDS + RESIDENCIES
2022
Virginia Center for Creative Arts (VCCA), Artist Residency, Amherst, VA
Semi-finalist, Bethesda Painting Award, Bethesda, MD
2021
Atelier Focus Fellowship, AIR SFI, 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
2013
The Ragdale Foundation Artist Residency, Lake Forest, IL
2012
Ucross Foundation, Artist Residency, Clearmont, WY
2000
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Grant Award
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2022
Then the Dream Changed, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Fever Dream, Garvey|Simon Art Projects, Artisan Lofts, New York, NY
2021
Social Fabric, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Collages, {Poem88} Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Sharon Shapiro: 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 (MECA)
2018
Domesticated Paradise: Fellowship Exhibition, 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
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
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Americanarama, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL (forthcoming)
Many Americas, The Wilson Musuem at the Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT (Curator: Ric Kasini Kadour)
Artfields Art Competition, Lake City, SC
Coined in the South, Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC
2021
Of an Era: International Juried Art Exhibition, The Art Effect, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020
Playtime: from Innocence to Debauchery, 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, {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 (Curator: Jeremy Mikolajczak)
Intimacy Issues, Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Seeing Double, Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Atlanta Journal (2021, 2014); Studio Visit Magazine (2013); Oxford American (2005); New American Paintings (2002, 2000); Boston Globe (2002); Art Papers (2001); House Beautiful (2001)
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA; The Tullman Collection, Chicago, IL; Brenau University Gallery, Gainesville, GA; King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA; American Pavilion Library, Art-Villa Garikula, Kaspi, Georgia
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 [vimeo.com/578959032]
2020
Evans, Stacey. “Sharon Shapiro: Studio Visit.” Produced by the filmmaker. June 2020 [youtu.be/XR2YAJfYFlQ]
Artist Talk, Our Voices, The Pearl Conrad Art Gallery at Ohio State University Mansfield, OH
2019
Guest Lecturer, Painting Department, University of Virginia
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
