About
Artist Statement
March 2026
Paintings
I center my practice on mark-making as an embodied language, where memory, sensuality, and time take form through layering and excavation. I work intuitively, building up and breaking down the surface with veils of pigment, texture, and line, allowing fragments to emerge and recede. The canvas becomes both site and archive, holding a tension between presence and absence, surface and depth.
My approach is shaped by my background in vintage textiles, where the structure of a weave and the history embedded in worn garments provide a foundation. By incorporating vintage fabrics, handkerchiefs, and pattern paper, I treat the canvas as a tapestry of lived experience. The tactile memory of these materials—along with the organic patterns I observe on daily walks inform my paintings, turning each surface into a record of sensory experience.
Sharon London Designs
In addition to her studio practice, Sharon co-founded Sharon London Designs, a sustainable fashion line that reflects the same values. Working with natural fibers and handcrafted techniques, the line offers wearable pieces rooted in art, history, and individuality. Whether in paint or in cloth, her work seeks to honor the past while creating space for the present.
History
Born:
London, UK
Resides:
Saugerties, NY
Education:
B.F.A. (HONORS) Painting,
Middlesex University, London, 1987
Ongoing Show
Full Moon Resort, Oliveria, New York
Shows
Kaatsbaan Cultural Center, December 2025-October 2026 opening June 6th 2026
“New Artists”, The Forge, Milford, PA May 7th-June 5th 2011
"Must Paint" Roos Art, Rosendale, NY, Sharon Broit, Betsy Friedman, Erik Schoonebeek, 2010
"Paintings" Coffey Gallery, Kingston, NY, 2005
Group Exhibitions
2025 American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD
League of NH Craftsmen, Lake Sunapee, NH Invited artist
2024. Philadelphia Museum of Art Fine Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA
Smithsonian Craft2Wear, National Building Museum, D.C.
American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD
Holiday Group Show, Lab Space, Hillsdale, NY
2022 Bruce Museum Fine Craft Show, Greenwich, CT
American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD
League of NH Craftsmen, Lake Sunapee, NH Invited artist
2021 Annual Members Show, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY
Memorial Art Gallery Fine Craft Show, Rochester, NY
Bruce Museum, Fine Craft Show, Grenwich CT
Holiday Group Show, Lab Space, Hillsdale, NY
2020 American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD
Holiday Group Show, Lab Space, Hillsdale, NY
2019 Smithsonian Spring Craft Show, National Building,Washington D.C.
American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD
2018 Smithsonian Museum, Craft2Wear, National Building,Washington D.C.
American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD
2018 Saugerties Artist Tour, Opus 40, Saugerties, NY and Kiersted House
American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD
2017 Saugerties Artist Tour, Opus 40, Saugerties, NY, Kiersted House, NY
2011 Beaux Arts Ball, April 2011, Sears Peyton Gallery and Fischbach Gallery, NYC
2003 Featured Artist, Gallery 4, Providence, RI
The World We Live In, Upstate Art, Phoenicia, NY
2002 Upfront Reunion, Wall Space, Kingston, NY
2000 Notions of Beauty, Upstate Art, Phoenicia, NY
Dreams, Dreaming, Upstate Art, Phoenicia, NY
Small Works, Upfront Art, Kingston, NY
Good and Evil, Upfront Art, Kingston, NY
1999 Mothers Working, Brooklyn Brewery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
1998 The Fool's Journey, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
The Dragon Ladies Present, Raymond Revuebar Theatre, Soho, London, UK
1997 Winterworks, A1 Studio at Woodstock, NY
1995 Questioned & Embedded, The Police Building Gallery, NYC, Sponsored by the Organization of Independent Artists
Emerging Painters, The Painting Center, Soho, NYC
1994 Caution Artist at Work, Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
New Artists, Z Galllery, Soho, NYC
1993 Beyond Limitation, Manhattan Center for Living, Solo show and benefit
Honorable Awards
1995-8 Art in Embassy Program, American Embassy, La Paz, Bolivia
2021 Nominated for Smithsonian Craft Optimism Sustainability Award
2021 Memorial Art Gallery Craft Show, Merit Award Winner
2020 Invited artist to Pitti Imagine Filati, Florence, Italy
2019 Judges Choice Award, Mount Gretna, PA
2006 Award of Recognition, Lower East Side B.I.D.
Selected Collections
Full Moon Resort
Bank of Tokyo
Matrix Environments
Ghost Limb Films
Carol Elkins
Dr. Mark Sklar
Dr. Janet Klosko
Michael Densmore
Glen Brown
Betsey Friedman
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