SHARON HARPER, PROFESSOR
 










M.F.A. in Painting University of Massachusetts in Amherst
B.S. in fine Art Western Michigan University

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Painting Residencies

  • Virginia Center for Creative Arts 1999 & 2003 & 2006
  • Ucross Foundation 1992 & 2003
  • Millay Colony for the Arts 1993 & 1999
  • The Ragdale Foundation 1992 & 2004

Recent Selected Exhibitions

  • 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.
  • 2007 15th Anniversary Exhibition, invitational of former jurors, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.
  • 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.
  • 2006 Southworks Juried Art Exhibition, national show, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA. Juror: Carla Hanzal, Curator of Contemporary Art, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC.
  • 2005 Chance Encounters, two-person invitational, Vespine Gallery, Chicago, IL.
  • 2005 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.

Publications

  • The Family Experience, from Deconstruction and Reconstruction: The Family Experience, juried national exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. 39 page color catalog, 2006.
  • 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.
  • Concepts of Identity: Historical and Contemporary Images and Portraits of Self and Family, by Katherine Hoffman, Harper Collins Publishing, p. 218, 1996.

Courses Taught

  • Art 100 Two-Dimensional Design
  • Art 115 Drawing 1
  • Art 315 Drawing 3
  • Art 225 Painting 1
  • Art 325 Painting 2
  • Art 425 Painting 3
  • Art 499 Senior Exhibition

 

Office: Art Annex 9 B
Phone: 836-6692
Email: SharonHarper@missouristate.edu
Website: http://art-design.missouristate.edu/sharper/index.html

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