Awards and Residencies:
2023
Artist Residency, Virginia Center for the Arts, Amherst, VA .
Artist Residency at Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL. postponed.
2022
Artist Residency Edgewood Farm, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA.
2020
Artist Residency Edgewood Farm, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA.
Jurors award, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
Purchase Award, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX.
2019
Painting Residency, Edgewood Farm, Truro, MA
Purchase Award Harper College, Palatine, IL
2018
Painting Residency, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA.
2017
Purchase Award, University of Texas, Tyler, TX.
2015
Jurors award, Quad State Biennial, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL.
2014
Painting Residency, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA.
Painting Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL.
Painting Residency, Prairie Center of the Arts, Peoria, IL.
2013
Jurors Award, Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO.
Painting Residency, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming.
2012
Jurors Award, Buchanan 64, Monmouth, IL.
2011
Honorable Mention, Art Futura, Chicago Rehabilitation Institute, Chicago, IL.
Jurors Choice Award, Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art, MD.
Jurors Award, Wills Creek Survey, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, PA
Summer faculty Research Grant, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO.
2009
Jurors award, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA.
2008
Honorable Mention, Smithtown Arts, St. James, New York.
2006
Painting Residency, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia.
Jurors Award, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma.
2005
University Research Award, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri.
Jurors Award, Valdosta National, Valdosta, Georgia.
First place, 2-D, Centennial Exhibit, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri.
2004
Painting Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois.
Jurors Award, Great Plains National, Fort Hays Kansas.
Jurors Award, Art at the Center, Overland Park, Kansas.
Honorable Mention, Fish Follies, Cordova, Alaska.
2003
Painting Residency, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming.
Ucross Foundation's Lois Nellie Gill Award for female visual artists of exceptional merit.
Painting Residency, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia.
First Place Award, Gulf Coast Nat'l Juried Art Competition, Texas Artists Museum, Port Arthur, TX.
2002
Jurors Award, 2x2x2, Union Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Third Place Award, Gulf Coast Nat'l Juried Art Exhibition, Texas Artists Museum, Port Arthur TX.
Jurors Award, MO 50, Sedalia, MO.
University Research Award, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri.
2001
Honorable Mention, Missouri 50, Sedalia, Missouri.
2000
Jurors Award, Missouri 50, Sedalia, Missouri.
Honorable mention, Great Plains National, Hays, Kansas.
College Research Award, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri.
Jurors Award, Summer Exhibition, Springfield Visual Arts Alliance, Springfield, MO.
1999
Painting Residency, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, New York.
Fellowship from the Milton & Sally AveryArts Foundation.
Artist's Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia.
1998
Jurors Award, New Art 98, Kingston Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
Honorable Mention, Whispers 98, Gallery on the Rim, San Francisco, California.
1997
Jurors Award, Americas 2000, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota.
1996
Artistic Merit Award, Women's Works Exhibition, Woodstock, Illinois.
Bonaker Memorial Award, For the Arts Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition, Springfield, Missouri.
Faculty Research Grant, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri.
1993
Painting Residency, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, New York.
1992
Fellowship Award, Art Matters, New York, New York.
Painting Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois.
Painting Residency, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming.
Selected Exhibitions:
2024
Sharon Harper, solo exhibition, Landers University, Greenwood SC.
15th Annual International Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC. Juror: Phong Bui, artist, curator, and Co-Founder and Publisher/Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Rail, Rail Editions and Rail Curatorial Projects.
2023
Unfolding the Map Sharon Harper, solo exhibition, Brick City Gallery east and west, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO.
Art on Paper 2023, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD. Juror: Joann Moser, Senior Curator Emerita of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Paper Work, SITE:BROOKLYN, Brooklyn, NY. Juror: Julia Halperin arts and culture journalist and editor.
Craft Forms 2023, 28th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA. Juror: Jean McLaughlin, retired Director of Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC.
2023 Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Juror: Grace Freedman, Managing Director and Founder, Why Not Art, NY, NY.2023
Sharon Harper, solo exhibition, Brick City Gallery, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO.
2022
A Solitary Year, solo exhibition, Spiva Art Gallery, Missouri Southern University, Joplin, MO.
Sharon Harper, 3-person exhibition, Sager Braudis Gallery, Columbia, MO.
Positive/Negative, national juried exhibition, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnsonville, TN. Juror: Kevin Tucker, Chief Curator at the High Museum, Atlanta, GA.
Honor Awards 2022, 10 award winning artists from 2020 juried exhibitions. Art St. Louis, St. Louis MO. Juror: William Neukomm, artist, Laguna Beach, CA.
Many Voices-The Fine Art of Craft, invitational, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI.
Contemporary Clay, national biennial, The Art Center of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO. Juror: Fong Choo.
2021
Little Things Matter: National Juried Small-Scale Sculpture Exhibition, University of Southern Mississippi.
Museum of Art, Hattiesburg, MS. Juror: George Beasley, Professor emeritus, University of Georgia.
12th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Exhibition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University. Juror: Anne Harris, artist and Instructor at Chicago Art Institute.
Body Politic, national juried exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL. Juror: Ginny Sykes, artist and educator.
Brand 49th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA. Juror: Marvella Muro, Dir. of Artistic Programs and Education at Self Help Graphics and Art, Los Angeles, CA.
5th Midwest Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago. Foundation for Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Juror: Alison Wong, Maxine and Stuart Frankel.
Luscious, Tasty, Delicious International Juried Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. Juror: Holly Hughes, Senior Curator for the Collection, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
All in the Family, an Online Juried Exhibition, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Juror: Cotuit Curatorial Committee.
2020
22nd NJC: Works on Paper, Long Beach Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ. Juror: Sarah Suzuki, Curator of Drawings and Prints, Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY.
2020 Southern Mississippi National Ceramics, University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum, Juror: Richard Notkin, ceramic artist.
23rd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX. Juror: Jo Lauria, independent scholar and curator, mentor faculty member at Otis College of Art and Design.
13th Annual Contemporary Figurative Show, juried national exhibition, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City. MO.
Woman, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD. Juror: Dr. Doreen Bolger, former Dir. Of the Baltimore Museum of Art, The Rhode Island School of Design Museum, and curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Will’s Creek Exhibition: Shelter, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD. Juror: Jessica Beck, Curator, Andy Warhol Museum
The Self Portrait, Cab Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Wilmington NC. Jurors: University Art Faculty Committee.
Drawing, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY. Juror: Olga Valle Tatkowski, head of exhibitions, the Drawing Center, NY, NY.
Art St. Louis XXXVI, The Exhibition, Art St. Louis. Juror: Meredith Malone, Curator, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO.
Michigan Ceramics 2020, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. Juror: Malcom Mobutu Smith.
Fragments, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Juror: Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Sante Fe, NM.2020 Sharon Harper solo exhibition, Spiva Art Gallery, Missouri Southern University, Joplin, MO.
Drawing, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY. Juror: Olga Valle Tatkowski, head of exhibitions The Drawing Center, NY, NY.
Self Portrait, Cab ArtGallery, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC. Jurors: University Art Faculty.
2019
Monochrome, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY. Juror: Donna Harkavy .
2nd Midwest Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Juror: Amy Galpin, Chief Curator, Frost Museum, Miami, Fl.
Gender in the Balance, BarrettArt Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. Juror: Judith Brodsky, Prof. Emerita, Rutgers University and Dir. of the Brodsky Center, Penn, Academy of Fine Arts.
42nd Annual Small Works Exhibition, Harper College, Palatine, IL, Juror Kendra Paltz, Director and Chief Curator University Galleries, Illinois State University.
(self)Conscious, solo exhibition IdeaX Factory, Springfield, MO.
Alumni Exhibition, Prairie Center of Arts, Peoria, IL.
2018
Three, national juried exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA. Juror: Alexander Castro, writer and critic for Art New England, Big Red & Shiny, Mercury, and Glass Quarterly.
Cabinet of Curiosities, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Il. Jurors: Madeline Henry, Artist, Dr. Robin Whateley, Paleontoligist, Associate Dean and Professor at Columbia College, Chicago, Il..
2018 Visions in Clay, LH Horton Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA. Juror: Beth Ann Gerston, Executive Director, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA.
Works on Paper 2018, national juried exhibition, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ. Juror: Kim Conaty, Curator of Drawings and Prints, Whitney Museum, NYC.
64 ARTS Exhibition, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL. Juror: Christine Rojek, public artist,
13th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA. Juror: Lucia Sanroman, Director of Visual Arts at the Yerba Buena center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
At the Surface, the Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO. Juror: Thad Duhigg, sculpture area head and professor of art at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL.
2017
32nd Annual International Exhibition, University of Texas, Tyler, TX. Juror: Ken Little, Professor of Art and Board of Directors, Artspace, San Antonio, TX.
59th Mid States Art Exhibition, 6-state competitive, Evansville Museum, Evansville, Indiana, Juror: Perry Price, executive Director of the Houston Center of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX
Wichita National All Media Exhibition, Mary Koch Arts Center, Wichita, KS. Juror: Kyle Reicher, owner of Ferrous Studios, Richmond, CA.
17th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Southwest Arkansas Art Center, El Dorado , AR. Juror: Dylan Turk, Curatorial Assistant, Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, AR
Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. Juror: Sydney Cross, Emeritus Professor, and former President of Southern Graphics Council.
38th annual Paper in Particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO. Juror: Ben Cameron, Emeritus Professor and founder of Paper in Particular exhibit.
Visions of Clay, LH Horton Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton CA. Juror John Toki, ceramic artist and retired faculty from California College of the Arts.
Context II, Foundry Art Centre, S. Charles, MO. Juror: Jason Vasser, Poet.
2016
50th Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show, DelMar College, Corpus Chrisi, TX. Juror: Brian Dettmer, International Book Artist.
Americas All Media 2016, Minot State Univ., Minot, ND. Juror: Kim fink, Prof. of Art, Univ. of ND.
Contemporary Clay Biennial, The Art Center, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO. Juror: Steve Hilton, Professor at Midwestern State Univ., Witchita Falls TX and NCECA fellow.
29th Annual National Works on PaperExhibition, McNeese State University, St. Charles, LA. Juror: Brooks Davis Anerson, Executive Dir., U.S.Biennial (Prospect New Orleans).
Soapbox, national juried exhibition, The Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles MO. Juror: Micheal Fischerkiller, mixed media artist.
Drawing Lines Across Mediums, international juried exhibit, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY. Juror: Olga Valle Tatkowski, head of exhibitions, the Drawing Center, NY, NY.
National Juried Art Exhibiton, South Arkansas Art Center, El dorado, AR. Juror: Alejo Benedetti, Curatorial Assistant, Crystal Bridges Museum of America, Bentonville, AR.
River Market Regional Invitational, 40 year anniversary show, Kansas City Artists Coalition, KC, MO. Juror:Janet Simpson, KCAC Executive Director.
Missouri 50, statewide competitive, Fine Arts Bldg. Sedalia, MO. Juror: Carol Carter, Artists, St. Louis, MO.
2015
Sharon Harper: Map of Days, Pool Art Center, Drury University, Springfield, MO.
Sharon Harper, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO.
Context, Foundry national juried exhibition, Art Centre, St. Charles, MO. Juror: Buzz Spector
Visions of Clay, National juried exhibition, LH Horton Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA. Juror: Lisa Reinertson, International Ceramic Sculptor.
Smallworks: 38th Harper College National Juried Exhibition, Harper College, Palatine, IL. Juror: Allison Peters Quinn, Dir. Of Exhibitions at Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL.
Contemporary Women Artists XVII: Reimagining Femmage, international juried exhibition, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO. Juror: Lisa Melandri, Executive Director Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis.
Americas 2015 all media, national juried exhibition, Minot State University, Minot, ND. Juror: Richard Notkin, International award winning ceramic artist.
Quad State Biennial, 4 state exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL. Juror: Miranda Krajiniak, Executive Director, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI.
Going Home, national juried exhibition, Foundry Art Centre, St Charles, MO. Juror: Mark A. Fischer
MO 50, state competitive, Fine Arts Bldg. State Fair, Sedalia, MO. Juror: Bruno David, owner, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
re: Members, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO. Jurors: Philomene Bennett, Jim Sajovic, James Martin, and Janet Simpson.
2014
Mixed (e)Motions, A/NT Gallery, Seattle, WA. National juried exhibition. Jurors: Paul Pauper, curator of Form/Space Atelier and Julie Barch of Krab Jab Studio.
Unleashed, sponsored by Womens’s Caucus for Art, Annex, National juried exhibition @ Core Gallery, Denver, CO.
Materials: Hard and Soft, national juried exhibition, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton TX. Juror: Judy Gordon, Chair of the Craft Emergency Relief Fund.
10x10x10 Tieton, national juried exhibition, Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton, WA. Juror: Vicki Halper independent curator and former associate curator of modern art at the Seattle Art Museum and recent James Renwick Senior Fellow of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Humanities and Home: an Art Exhibit, national juried exhibition, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2013
Sharon Harper; Mapping Ephemera, solo exhibition, Davis Art Gallery, Stephens College, Columbia, MO.
City of Tiny Lights, international juried exhibition, Salisbury University Art Galleries, Salisbury, MD.
Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO. Barbara O’Brien, Director, Kemper Museum. Kansas City, MO.
Wills Creek Survey, national juried exhibition, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD. Juror Laruen Schell Dickens, Asst. Curator of Contemporary Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C..
Topeka Competition 31, national juried exhibition, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS. Juror: Sarah Perkins, Prof. MO State Univ., Board Member of The Enamelist Society, and on the collections committee of the Ornamental Metals Museum. Memphis, TN.
Fluidity, regional juried exhibition, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL. Juror: Renee Klyczek Nordstrom, Union Street Artist.
2013-09
Complex Weave: Women and Identity in Contemporary Art, national juried invitational, Pennsylvania State University, State College PA; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Salina Art Center, Salina, KS; Carleton College, Northfield, MN; Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA; Center for Arts Gallery, Towson Univ,,Towson, MD; Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ. Curators: Dr. Martin Rosenberg, Chair, Dept. of Fine Arts, Rutgers Univ., Camden, NJ. and Dr. J. Susan Issacs, Professor and Coordinator of Art History and Curator of the Towson Univ. Galleries, Towson University, Towson, MD.
2012
64 Arts National Juried Exhibition, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL. Juror: Eric Fischel, Internationally recognized artist.
Clay3, 2012 regional juried exhibition, 11 State Competitive, Clay Space, Warrenville, IL. Juror: Steven Hill, Ceramic Artist.
Honoring Women’s Rights: Echoing Visual Voices Together, national womens exhibition, National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, CA. Jurors: Dr. Joyce Aiken, Prof. Emerita of Art from California State University, Dr. Ruth Weisberg, Former Dean at The Roski School, Univ. Of Southern California, and Patricia Rodriguex, recent Gallery Curator for Mission Cultura Center for Latina Arts, San Francisco.
From Our Perspectives 2012, National Women’s Competition, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI. Juror: Margi Weir, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
XL-XS, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. national juried exhibition. Juror: Barry Nemett, Chair of the Painting Dept. of Maryland Institute College of Art.
2012 Annual Juried Art Competition, National juried exhibition, South Arkansas Arts Center, Eldorado, AR. Juror: Manuela Well-Off-Man, Assistant Curator, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Oklahoma: Centerfold 2012, national juried show, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK. Juror: Kristy Deetz, Professor, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI.
The Third Dimension, national juried exhibition, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO. Juror: Laura Lloyd, Sculptor.
2011
Art Futura, Chicago Rehabilitation Institute, Chicago, IL. Juror: James Rondeau, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Visual Territory, national juried exhibition, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS. Juror: Sherry Leedy owner of Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO.
Being Human, national juried exhibition, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL. Juror: Dan Addington, Dan Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Gender Matters /Matters of Gender, national juried exhibition, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA. Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, Curator, Contemporary Art Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
Visions in Clay 2011, national juried competition, LH Horton Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA. Juror: Judith Schwartz, Author of Confrontational Ceramics and Director of Sculpture in Craft Media at New York University, NY.
Small Wonders, national juried exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD. Juror: Georgia Deal Prof. and Prinmaking Dept. Chair, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC.
Wichita National All Media Craft Exhibition 2011, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS. Juror: Chris Staley, Distinguished Professor for Ceramic arts at Penn State University.
Will’s Creek Survey 2011, national juried exhibition, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD. Juror: Linda Benedict-Jones, Curator of Photography at Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
MO 50, state competitive, Fine Arts Bldg. State Fair, Sedalia, MO. Juror: Rachell Smith, Director/Curator H&R Block Art Space, Kansas City, MO
2010
third coast NATIONAL, Kspace Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX. Juror: Trenton Doyle Hancock, artist featured in two Whitney Biennials, and Art 21, PBS series on contemporary art.
WCA2010: From the Center: Now, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago Il. Juror: Lucy Lippard, international writer, activist and curator.
A Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY. Juror: Tim Slowinski, gallery owner and curator.
Mapworks: the Map as Art, national juried exhibition, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA. Juror: Kim Anno, Chair of Painting, California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Feast the Eyes, national juried exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA. Jurors: Jim Victor, Sculptor and Jon Redmond, painter
Visions of Clay, LH Horton Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, San Joaquin, CA. Juror: Arthur Gonzalez, Professor, California College of Art.
Karina Noel Hean and Sharon Harper, National juried show, Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ.
Clay?III, national juried exhibition, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA Jurors: Akio Takamori, Jamie Walker, Doug Jeck all artists and professors at Univ. of Washington.
Jeff Bell and Sharon Harper, national juried show, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering OH. Jurors: Cathy Mayhygh, Dir. of Exhibitions, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Tiffany Shaw Diaz, Photographer and host of ArtTalk cable program, and Tess Cortes, Gallery coordinator for Wright State University.
National Juried Exhibition of 2010, Arts & Culture Alliance, Knoxville, TN. Juror: Susan Shockley, Curator, Parthenon Museum, Nashville,TN.
2009
Figures and Faces, International juried exhibition, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. Juror George Rivera, Senior Curator and Exec, Director of the Trition Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA.
National juried exhibition Fall 2009, Impact Artists’ Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Juror: John Vanco, Director, Erie Museum of Art, Erie, PA.
15th Annual Texas National, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacodoghes, TX. Juror: Mel Chin, Artist..
20”x20”x20”, national juried exhibition LSU Student Union Gallery, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA. Juror: Rene Barilleaux, Chief Curator of Contemporary Art, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX.
2008
Child’s Eye View, national juried exhibition, Fredricksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredricksburg, VA. Juror: K. Johnson Bowles, director of Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, VA..
Oklahoma: Centerfold 2008-2009, national juried exhibition, Leslie Powel Gallery. Lawton, OK and then travelling to the Univ. of Arts and Sciences, Chickasha, OK. Juror: Mark Masuoka, Exec. Dir., Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE.
Destruct/Construct, national juried show, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Il. Juror: Gregg Hertzlieb, Director/Curator, Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN.
The Aktuell, National juried show, Anne Arundel Comm. College, Arnold, MD. Juror: Carol Lukitsch, curator, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA.
PaperWork In, On, and of Paper IV, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO. Juror: Lewis Knauss, Professor at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA.
Refusing to Look Away: Bearing Witness to Violence, invitational with Layla Ali, Sue Coe, Ida Applebrog, Bradley McCallum, Lucinda Devilin and 3 others. Art and Design Gallery, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO.
Circling the Globe Through Women’s Lives Exhibition, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY. Juror: Dr. Connie Koppelman, independent curator and teacher at SUNY Stonybrook, NY.
2007
20”x20”x20” A National Compact Competition, LSU Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA. Juror: David Rubin, Curator of Contemporary Art at San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Small Wonders, National small works exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD. Juror: Susan Bader Professor at Maryland Institute College of Art and freelance curator.
Contemporary Women Artist Exhibition XIV, juried national, Mad Art, St. Louis, MO. Juror: artist Judy Onofrio.
River Market Regional, 6 state juried exhibition, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO. Juror: Elizabeth Dunbar, Curator at Arthouse, Jones Center, Austin, Texas.
2006
Works on Paper, Mills Pond House Gallery, St, James, NY. National juried exhibition. Juror: Colta Ives, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY.
8th Annual Juried Small Works 2006, national show, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA. Jurors: Katherine French, Director of the Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA and Nancy Whipple Grinnell, Curator at the Newport Art Museum. Newport, RI.
Southworks Juried Art Exhibition, national show, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA. Juror: Carla Hanzal, Curator of Contemporary Art, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC.
Aha! Epiphanies & Breakthroughs, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL. Juror: Byron Roche, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Deconstruction and Reconstruction: The Family Experience, juried national exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Curators: Marcia Rosal and Viki Thompson Wylder.
2005
Chance Encounters, two-person invitational, Vespine Gallery, Chicago, IL.
American Drawing Biennial 8, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA. Juror: Phyllis Rosenzweig, Curator of Works on Paper at the Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C..
14th Annual National Juried Open Media Competition, Art Institute and Gallery, Salisbury, MD. Juror: Stephen Haller, owner of Stephen Haller Gallery, NY, NY.
Figurative Exhibition, nat'l. juried three person exhibition, University of Minnesota, Morris, MN.
30th Bradley International, Bradley University, Heuser Art Center, Peoria, IL. Juror: Judy Collischan, Independent Art Consultant and member of the International Asssoc. of Art Critics.
River Market Regional, six-state competitive, Kansas City artists Coalition, MO, Juror: Douglass Freed, Director and curator, Daum Museum. Sedalia, MO.
2004
Water Tower Annual, 18 state competitive, LVAA, Louisville, KY. Juror: Matthew Distel, Ass't. Curator Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
9th Biennial Arts Competition, University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL. Juror: Mel Watkin, independent curator, St. Louis, MO.
Fish Follies, Cordova Historical Museum, Cordova, AK. Juror: Rie Munoz, internationally recognized artist.
Current Work 2004: A National Competition, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC. Juror: Janette Hopper, Associate Professor of Art, Univ. of NC, Pembrook, NC.
Works on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD. Juror: Linda Simmons, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Emeritus, Cocoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Great Plains National, Moss-Thorns Gallery, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS. Juror: Susan Hapgood, Director of Exhibitions, Independent Curators International, NY.
14th National Art Competition, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO. Juror: Jeff Fleming, Senior Curator, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA.
Identity Crisis: Searching for a Sense of Self, nat’l. juried exhibition, Morehead State Univ., Morehead, KY. Sharon Harper, Keyes Gallery, Springfield, MO.
2003
Positive/Negative 18, Slocumb Galleries, East Carolina University, Johnson City, TN. Juror: Linda Johnson, adjunct Curator of Modern Art for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC.
The 30th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monore, LA. Juror: Leslie Luebbers, Director, Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN.
Janet T. Walsh Juried Art Show, Arts for Living Center, Burlington, Iowa. A six-state competitive. Juror: Jane Milosch, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.
A Burden Shared, national juried show, Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, IL. Jurors: Joy Lessler and Preston Jackson, Professor, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL.
Re: Members Exhibition, juried membership exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO. Juror: Jan Schall, Curator of Contemp. Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO.
Violens' Festival Tábor, on line exhibit, juried by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne, Digital Literacies: New Media Arts Exhibition at "Fibreculture" Conference Brisbane, Australia. Web Biennial 2003 Istanbul Museum Istanbul (Turkey).
2003-02
Culture of Violence, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.; Samuel P. Harn Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; and Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME. Artists include Andy Warhol, Leon Golub, Sue Coe, Ida Applebroog, Mel Chin, Sue Williams, Danny Tisdale, Bruce Nauman, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Richard Mishrach, and Barbara Kruger. Jurors: Donna Harkavy and Helaine Posner, independent curators, NY, NY.
2002
27th Annual Juried National Fine Arts Exhibition, Mills Pond House, St. James, NY. Jurors: Susan Cross, Assistant Curator, Guggenheim Museum, NY, NY and Stan Brodsky, artist.
Visions International Competition, Waco Art Center, Waco, TX. Juror: Peter Frank, Editor of Visions Art Quarterly, art critic for the L.A.Weekly, and contributor to Art Forum, Art in America, and Flash Art.
2X2X2, nat’l. juried exhibition, Union Street Gallery, Chicago, IL. Juror: Kathryn Hixson, Editor, New Art Examiner.
Brand 32, national juried exhibition, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA. Juror: Nancy Moure, Assistant Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, freelance curator, and author.
8th Biennial Arts Competition, University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL. Juror: Michael J. Beam, Dir. of Visual Arts at the Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst, Mt. Vernorn, IL
Gulf Coast National Juried Art Competition. Texas Artists Museum, Port Arthur, TX. Juror: Ray Daniels, Curator of exhibits at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas.
The 2002 Rockford Midwestern Exhibition, nine state biennial, Rockford Museum, Rockford, IL. Juror: Jeff Fleming, Senior Curator, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
2001
73rd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA. Juror: Susan Cross, Assistant Curator, Guggenheim Museum, NY, NY.
Pulcheria Arte, Palazzo S. Pietro, international juried exhibition, Piacenza, Italy.
Yeiser 2001: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY. Juror: Dan Carver, Executive Director, Yeiser Art Center.
Walking the Tightrope, National Juried Exhibition, Dahl Arts Center, Sioux City, South Dakota. Juror: Margaret Hawkins, art critic for Chicago Sun-Times.
Feminism: A Global Power, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL. Jurors: Ingrid Fassbender, Fassbender Gallery; Ellen Lanyon, Artist; Marji Vecchio, Artist.
2000
ANA 29, The Holter Museum of Art, national juried show, Helena, MT. Juror: Lucy Lippard, Art Historian/Critic and author.
Suburbanscape, John A Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD. Juror: Gary Sangster, executive director, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD.
2000 Kreft National Juried Art Exhibition, Kreft Center for the Arts, Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI. Juror: MaryAnn Wilkinson, Curator, Contemporary Art, Detroit Institute of the Arts, MI.
Chasing the Ideal: Women and Eating Disorders, national juried exhibition, Moreau Galleries, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN.
Sharon Harper, juried national call, Charno Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO.
Great Plains National, Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS. Juror: Dan Keegan, Director, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO.
1999
International Juried Show, New Jersey Center for the Arts, Summit, NJ. Juror: Lisa Dennison ,Deputy Director and Chief Curator Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, NY.
Twenty-Fourth Annual Juried Fine Arts Competition, Mills Pond House, St. James, N Y. Jurors: Alicia
Longwell, Curator, Parish Art Museum, Southampton, NY and Ariella Budick, Art Critic.
Fourteenth Annual Greater Midwest Int'l Exhibition, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO. Juror: Jan Schall, Curator of Contemp. Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO.
Beyond Venus: Women Imagine Beauty, invitational exhibit, Whistler Art Museum, Worcester, MA.
22nd Annual Art on Paper, National Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD. Juror: Samuel Hoi, Dean of the Cocoron School of Art, Washington, D.C..
Erase Hate/Create a New World, national juried competition, The Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck NJ.
1998
New Art 98, National Juried Exhibition, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA. Juror: Helaine Posner, Curator, List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA.
Women in the Visual Arts-1998: 12th Annual International Competition, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT. Juror: Andrea Miller-Keller, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT.
23rd Annual Fine Arts Competition, Nat’l Exhibition, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James NY. Juror: Tracey Bashkoff, Curator, Guggenheim Museum, and Alyn Cosgrove, Dir. Nardin Gallery, NY, NY.
Missouri Top 50, State Competition, Sedalia , MO, Juror: Beth Venn, curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY.
Whispers 98, national juried exhibition, Gallery on the Rim, San Francisco, CA. Juror: Eileen M. Baker.
Midwest International Exhibition, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO. Juror: Andrea Inselmann, Curator of Exhibitions, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI.
First International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. Juror: Leisa Rundquist, Southbend Regional Museum, South Bend, IN.
ARC Regional Exhibition, eight state competition, Chicago, Illinois. Juror: Leisa Rundquist Southbend Regional Museum, South Bend, IN.
1997
Family Portraits, eleven-person national juried show, Chapel Art Center, St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH. Juror: Katherine Hoffman, Chairperson and Prof., Fine Arts Dept, St. Anselm College.
Contemporary Visions '97-national juried exhibition, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT. Juror: Dr. Judy Collischan, Associate Dir. of Curatorial Affairs, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY.
Twenty-Second Annual National Juried Fine Arts Competition, Mills Pond House, Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY. Juror: Beth Handler, Curator, Dept. of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY.
97 National Juried Exhibition, North Bennington Independent Artists' Space, Bennington, VT. Juror: Beth Handler, Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY
Sharon Harper: Recent Paintings, Grants Pass Museum, Grants Pass, OR.
1996
ANA 25, National Juried Exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT. Juror: Janet Koplos, senior editor of Art in America , NY, NY.
Breaking the Role, National Juried Exhibition, Trammel Crow Pavilion, Dallas, TX. Jurors: Jean Graham, assistant curator for the Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX, and Ann Starnes, Art Instructor at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
Paper in Particular , National Exhibition, Columbia College, Columbia, MO. Juror: Rudy Autio, artist.
ARC Regional, eight state competition, Chicago, IL. Juror: Gregory Knight, Dir. of Visual Arts for the Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs and Curator of the Exhibitions at the Chicago Cultural Center.
1995
River Market Regional, Juried Competition, Kansas City Artists Coalition, , Kansas City, Missouri. Juror: Marti Mayo, Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX.
67th Annual Juried Exhibition, Harrisburg Art Association, Harrisburg, PA. Juror: Phyllis Rosenzweig, Associate Curator, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC.
Seventh Annual National Art Competition, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO. Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
The Transitional Body, four-person invitational, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
53rd Annual National Juried Competition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA. Juror: Sheila Stewart-Leach, Executive Director, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL.
1994
Six Annual National Art Competition, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO. Juror: Susan Crane, Curator of 20th Century Art at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA.
1994 Missouri Top 50 at the Missouri State Fair Juried Exhibition, Sedalia, MO. Juror: Richard Alsdorf, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.
Sharon Harper, national juried solo exhibition , University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Love Hurts, solo exhibition, Danforth Art Gallery, Portland, ME.
Nurturing Myths, solo exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art, Jackson, MI.
Naming the Violence, solo exhibition, Art and Design Gallery, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO.
Paper Stars National Juried Exhibition, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Jurors: Judy Dater, Violet Fields, and Kate Delos, nationally known artists.
Sharon Harper-Susan Manspeizer, National Juried Exhibition, Berkshire Artisans Gallery, Pittsfield, MA.
1993
Dark Humor, National Juried Exhibition, Plan B Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee. Jurors: Katherine Herndon, Dir. of Delta Axis Art Ctr, and Greely Myatt, Prof., Memphis State Univ., Memphis, TN.
Group Show, (four-person), national juried exhibit, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI.
Aspects of Paper, Invitational, Zone Arts Ctr, Springfield, MA.
Walking the Tightrope, Broadway Arts Building, Asheville, NC.
1992
Goodbye to Apple Pie: Contemporary Artists View the Family in Crisis, Juried Invitational, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA. Juror: Nick Capasso, Ass't. Curator.
House on Fire, Howard Yerzerski Gallery, Juried Competitive, Boston, Massachusetts. Juror: Tom Grabosky, Howard Yerzerski Gallery.
My Family, Myself, two person exhibition, A Different Angle Gallery, Boston, MA.
Body Politics, National Juried Exhibition, Survival Graphics, Madison, Wisconsin. Jurors: Angela Kelly, Prof. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Jan Zita Grover, Ed. of Artpaper, St. Paul, MN; Patrick Flynn, Art Dir. of Thee Progressive, Madison, WI.
Women's Art Works-on/of Paper, national juried exhibition, Shoestring Gallery, Rochester, New York. Juror: Dr. Carol Pulin, Curator of fine prints at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C..
1991
Contemporary Art on Canvas, National Juried Exhibition, Mitchell Gallery of Art, St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland. Juror: Frederick R. Brandt, Curator, 20th Century Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA.
Group Show, (Four person), National Juried Exhibition, Acme Art Company, Columbus, OH.
National Open Juried Exhibit, Cornerstone Gallery, Falls Village, Connecticut. Juror: Deborah Menaker Rothschild, Curator of Exhibitions, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA.
BAA 1991 Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Juried exhibition of New England and New York Artists, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Juror: Jock Reynolds, Director, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA.
Art Against Dickheads, juried exhibition, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL. Jurors: SisterSerpents.
Group Show, (four person), national juried exhibition, Berkshire Artisans Gallery, Pittsfield, MA. Juror: Renato Danese, Director of Pace Gallery, NY, NY.
Selected Bibliography:
“Professors’ work fills floor, walls of Brick City Gallery”, News Leader, Springfield, MO, Jan. 20, 2015.
“10x10x10xTieton”, exhibition catalog, Tieton, WA 72 pg., 2013.
“City of Tiny Lights”, exhibition catalog, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD., 60 pg Nov, 2013.
“A Missouri artist charts a course for self-discovery in ‘Mapping Ephemera’ exhibit, Amy Wilder, Columbia Tribune, Columbia. MO, Jan. 20, 2013.
“Two artists combine for a show of contrasts”, Pamela Dillon, Dayton Daily News, Aug. 8, 2010.
“Dual Distinctions”, Jud Yalkut, Dayton City Paper, Aug. 18, 2010.
“Paintings explore common threads of birth, life, death”, Camille Howell, News-Leader, Springfield, MO, April 24, 2009.
“Big Small Sized Show”, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, LA, May 10, 2009
“A complex Weave, Women and Identity in Contemporary Art”, 89 page exhibition catalog, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ.
Figures & Faces, 34 page color catalog, Pacific Art League, August, 2009.
Valdosta National 08, 25 page exhibition catalog, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.
Yummy: an artist’s cookbook, 35 page cookbook in conjunctionwith 2007-08 exhibition at Nexus Gallery in Philadelphia, PA.
The Family Experience, from Deconstruction and Reconstruction: The Family Experience, juried national exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.39 page color catalog, 2006.
“Women in FSU exhibit are “Testifying” 2005’, Melissa Clement, Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville, NC, March 11, 2005.
"Artworks dare you to venture deep into the dark", Camille Howell, News-Leader, Springfield, MO, June, 1, 2004.
"Museum Hosts National Art Competition", Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas, Oct.9, 2003.
"Art allows survivors to express feelings", Gary Panetta, Jounral Star, Peoria, IL, May 18, 2003.
"A Balm for the Violence", a Catalyst for Healing, Chronicle of Higher Education, January 31, 2003.
Children, Culture, and Violence, 2nd annual conference of the Center on Children and the Law, the University of Florida Levin college of Law, Gainesville, Florida. My image used for web site and postcard.
"Black, white and a little grey", Jon Lehman, The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA, Dec. 1, 2002.
The Culture of Violence, exhibition catalog, edited by Helaine Posner, essays by James Cain and Henry Jenkins, Geoffrey Canada, Donna Harkavy, Michael Leininger and Helaine Posner, 104 pages, 2002.
"Organic Plastic, Wooden Honey", Valerie Valentine, Object Magazine, Minneapolis, MN, Feb. 6, 2002.
"Into harm's ways, Larry Parnass, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA, Feb. 5, 2002.
"Exhibit peels back layers of 'culture of violence'", Ronni Gordon, Union News, Springfield, MA, Jan. 30, 2002.
"The many faces of VIOLENCE", Anita Fritz-Chubb, Amherst Bulletin, Amherst, MA, Jan. 25, 2002.
"Death and awaking", Candice Russell, City Link, Broward-Palm Beach, Florida, June 13, 2001.
"Tough Girls", Linde Brady, UR Chicago, Chicago, IL, May/June 2001.
"Harper's art ephemeral, yet darkness evident", Camille Howell, News Leader, Springfield, MO, May 9, 2001.
"Art: Whirlwind", Car Waltz, Pitch Weekly, Kansas City, MO, May 25, 2000.
"Cleavage: An Exhibition on the Breast", Deborah Rindge, Art Papers, review section, Albuquerque, Atlanta, GA, Mar/Apr, 2000.
"Body Conscious", Julie York, South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, March12, 2000.
"'Cleavage' a powerful look at women's bodies, roles", Wesley Pulkka, The Sunday Journal, Albuquerque, NM, Sept. 19, 1999.
"Beauty in the eye of the woman beholder: Whistler House exhibit challenges traditional notions", Otto Peter Erbar, Attleboro Sun, March, 1999
"SMS faculty exhibit on the gruesome side". Camille Howell,News Leader, Springfield, Missouri, Jan. 5, 1999.
"Happenings,Visual Art", Elizabeth Oedel, The Valley Advocate, Hadley, MA, pg.42, March 26, 1998.
"Gallery trio offers food and thought for First Friday", by Kathleen Alaks and Edith Decker, Daily Courier, Grants Pass, Oregon, Nov. 6, 1997.
"Show shares angst, alienation and loss", Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, July 18, 1997.
"Paintings of death poignant, powerful", Camille Howell, News Leader, Springfield, Missouri, March 14, 1997.
Concepts of Identity: Historical and Contemporary Images and Portraits of Self and Family, by Katherine Hoffman, Harper Collins Publishing, p. 218, 1996.
"Kettering Ohio: Penny Harris/Sharon Harper/Rosewood Arts Centre Gallery" by Molly Youngkin, Dialogue, Nov/Dec 1996.
"Human interaction inspires women's art", Kathy Whyde Jesse, Dayton Daily News, October 6, 1996.
"Rosewood exhibit ...", The Times Kettering/Edition, Kettering Ohio, October 2, 1996.
"River Market Regional", Michael Coons, Forum, Kansas City, Missouri, Summer, 1995.
"Disturbing Art, Painful Talk Mark Victims' Rights Week", Leigh Anne Porcher, St. Louis Post- Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, April, 1995.
"Art cuts through pain from abuse", Tamlya Beasley, News Leader, Springfield, Missouri, March 31, 1995.
"Dark Passage" by Karen Kitchen, Casco Bay Weekly, Portland, ME, Nov. 22, 1994.
"Two exhibitions document societal concerns", York County Coast Star, Portland, ME, Nov., 23, 1994.
"Two artists at Artisans" by Daniel Grant, The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA, May 6, 1994, p. C6.
"SHARON HARPER", by Suzanne Tourtillot, Art Papers, Atlanta GA, Nov./Dec. issue, 1993.
"On paper, 'Aspects', is an exciting, colorful exhibit", Gloria Russell, Republican, Springfield, MA, Feb. 7, 1993.
"Into the Paper Zone", by Lee Sheridan, The Springfield Advocate, Springfield, MA, Feb. 18, 1993.
"Pursuing 'Southern Art'", by Frank Thomson, Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, NC, July 25, 1993.
"Good-Bye to Apple Pie: Contemporary Artists View the Family in Crisis", Daniel P. Younger,Views-The Journal of Photography in New England, Winter 1993, p. 23.
"Exhibit by Valley's female artists speaks about violence", by Gabrielle Sellei, Transcript-Telegram, Holyoke, MA, Feb. 13, 1992, p. 15.
Art Now Gallery Guide, Boston/New England and the International Guide, Sept. 1992.
"Houses that aren't homes", by Dawn Hill, Bay Windows, Boston MA, July 23, 1992, p. 16.
"A bleak slice-'Good-bye to Apple Pie' can't find any family values", by Cate McQuaid, The Boston Phoenix, Boston, MA, Oct. 16-22, 1992.
"Women's works shine on their own terms", Leslie Constable, Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH, Sep.20, 1992.
"Love Hurts", by John Pantalone, Newport This Week, Newport, Rhode Island, Jan. 3, 1991, p.15.
"Sculpture and paintings by New England artists exhibited at the Berkshire Art Association show", by Karen Shreefter, Berkshires Week, The Berkshire Eagle Magazine, Pittsfield, MA, Oct.4, 1991.
Education
1987 M.F.A. in Painting, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.
1980 B.S. in Fine Art, Cum Laude, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.