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I capture the longing and tension often beneath the surface, navigating opposing forces: imagination and reality, utopia and dystopia, lightness and discomfort.

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Artist Statement

My art practice explores the tensions within contemporary female experience—the contrast between society’s expectations and the vibrant, often turbulent, inner self. I capture the longing and tension often beneath the surface, navigating opposing forces: imagination and reality, utopia and dystopia, lightness and discomfort. Working closely with models, I photograph moments that feel voyeuristic yet emphasize their agency. These images are collaged with personal and pop culture archives, forming semi-imaginary worlds that mirror the hidden realms many women inhabit.

Painting these women, aged 15 to 30, allows me to revisit the intensity of young adulthood with the perspective of time, viewing transformation as both a personal reckoning and a universal condition. Their bodies, rendered in paint, become sites of revelation—posture, expression, and gesture exposing the rawness of change. While deeply personal, these moments transcend my history, offering viewers a conduit to their truths.

Rooted in the cultural landscape of the American South, my work interrogates nostalgia as both a source of longing and a means of critical reflection. I counterpose placid domestic spaces with uncanny incursions—livestock, overgrowth, wild animals—playing with nature and culture as metaphors for adolescence’s uneasy transformation. Vivid palettes pull from graffiti, weather maps, and environmental extremes, alluding to both personal and planetary unrest. In an era where women's autonomy and the natural world face mounting threats, I am drawn to the tension between fragility and defiance, using intimacy and camaraderie as anchors against erasure.

 

Sharon Shapiro - Artists - FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY

Biography

Sharon Shapiro is an artist based in Charlottesville, Virginia. She received a BFA from the Atlanta College of Art and an MFA from the Maine College of Art and Design. Shapiro has shown throughout the United States, including one and two-person exhibitions at SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NYC; Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA; the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA; {Poem 88} Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Garvey|Simon Projects, NYC; and the Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL. Recent group exhibitions include Artfields, Lake City, SC; the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME; McColl Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC; the McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA and Spectrum Fine Art, Seattle, WA. She has been in residence at Ucross, Jentel, Ragdale, The Hambidge Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her practice has received grant support, including two awards from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and she was the recipient of the Atelier Focus Fellowship at Serenbe in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings, Whitewall, Art Spiel, Studio Visit, The Washington Post, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Kolaj Magazine. In Spring 2026, Shapiro will have a solo exhibition of new work at Spectrum Fine Art in Seattle, WA. 

Sharon Shapiro - Artists - FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

MFA, Maine College of Art (MECA), Portland, ME

BFA, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

 

SOLO + TWO-PERSON SHOWS

2025 You Kissed Me First: Jody Fausett and Sharon Shapiro, The Pollinator Art Space, Atlanta, GA

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: Sharon Shapiro + Lou Haney, SPRING BREAK Art Show, New York, City, NY (Curator: Kristen Chiacchia)

Americanarama: Lou Haney + Sharon Shapiro, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL

Fever Dream, Garvey|Simon Art Projects, New York City, NY

Then the Dream Changed, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA

2021 Social Fabric, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (Curator: Kristen Chiacchia)

Social Fabric: 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

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

2025

29th Annual No Dead Artists: International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA (forthcoming)

Her Voice, Her Vision, Soundwaves Gallery, Lockhart, TX (forthcoming)

Seattle Art Fair (with Spectrum Fine Art), Seattle, WA

The Stars Above Us, Gallery B, Castine, ME

New River Biennial, Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech University (Juror: Michael Rooks)

Cherry Picked, Spectrum Fine Art, Seattle, WA

Artfields Art Competition, Lake City, SC

Mid-Atlantic Juried Show, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA

Sovereign: Honoring Bodily Autonomy, McColl Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC (Curator: Meredith Connelly)

2024

Chronicles, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA

Being Human, The Painting Center, New York, NY (Jurors: Alix Bailey, Kathleen Beausoleil, and Perri Neri)

Mid-Atlantic New Painting Biennial, Fredericksburg, VA (Curated by Heather Hakimzadeh)

The New South V, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA (Jurors: Wiliam Downs and Wesley Terpstra)

The Art of Collage, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (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 (Jurors: Hallie Ringle, Lydia Thompson and Ken West)

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 featuring Unfurled), Pearl Conrad Art Gallery, The Ohio State University, Mansfield (Jurors: Jared Thorne, Annie Chrissy Burley and Phil Mazzocco)

Congruence: Summer 2020 Juried Exhibition, I Like Your Work Podcast (Juror: Bridgette Mayer)

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: 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 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

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

New Work, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

Inside Out, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC

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)

AWARDS, RESIDENCIES + WORKSHOPS

2025

Bethesda Painting Award, Semi-Finalist

2023

Mother’s Milk Residency, Newton, KS

2022

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Artist Residency, Amherst, VA

Bethesda Painting Award, Semi-Finalist

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 Fellow, 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

2025

Oxford American. “Eyes on the South: You Kissed me First by Sharon Shapiro and Jody Fausett.” May 9, 2025.

Leia Genis. “Pollinator Art Space at Goat Farm: small space, big ambitions.” ArtsATL. March 28, 2025.

Toppman on the Arts. “’Sovereign’ is an arresting body of work at McColl Center.” The Charlotte Ledger, March 17, 2025.

2023

CanvasRebel. “Stories + Insights: “Meet Sharon Shapiro.” 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. 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.” C-ville 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.

Shirey, Andrea. “Sharon Shapiro.” Interview for womenofcharlottesville.com. September 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.” femmesfollesnebraska.tumbr.com. 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.

Danzy, Shelley. “Personal, political links to South thunder in Lightning at Poem 88.” ArtsATL.com. May 6, 2019.

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.

2018

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.

Derby, Elizabeth. “Threesome holds the ideal woman in a new light.” C-Ville.com. February 14, 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, 2012.2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Allig, Lucie. “Curated by Sharon Shapiro – Wayne Thiebaud.” Elizabethstreet.com. May 2012.

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.

2010

Boulay, Janette. “Seeing Double up next at Museum.” The Sun Chronicle. July 19, 2010.

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 2007.

“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, Cate. “Gallery Pick.” The Boston Globe, March 2005.

“The Front.” The Oxford American, Winter 2005.

2004

Parsons, Laura. “Gender Studies.” The Hook, September 2004.

2003

“Circles Roundabout (featured piece).” Veranda Magazine, December 2004.

“Miami Houses.” Barcelona, Spain: Loft Publications, 2003.

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.

Cover Image. New American Paintings, no. 39. May 2002.

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 Art Center, Arlington, VA

2021

Sharon Shapiro: Social Fabric, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (Essay: Karen H. Goodchild)

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. Los Angeles, CA2006 Lawrence Asher Gallery, 2006.

2004

It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Humidity. Edited by Leah Stoddard. Charlottesville, VA: Second Street Gallery, 2004

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA), Atlanta, GA

Common House Social Club, Charlottesville, VA

Coran and Parke Capshaw, 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

Chassie Post, New York, NY

Carol Cole-Levin, Greensboro, NC

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Charlottesville, VA

Little Mod Hotel, Charlottesville, VA

Michael G. Klein, Los Angeles, CA

American Pavilion Library, Art-Villa Garikula, Kaspi, Georgia

FLAT FILES + ARTIST REGISTRIES

Wavelength Art Space, Chattanooga, TN

The Painting Center, New York, NY

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

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, Midlothia