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Sharon Shapiro Art

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Sharon Shapiro is a Virginia-based artist with a versatile painting practice. She views painting as a cunning vessel for the tension and insatiable longing that lurk beneath the surface. Working in diverse media and sizes, Shapiro portrays opposing forces in her figurative-based work: fantastic and natural, utopian and dystopian subject matter. Shapiro has shown throughout the United States, including one and two-person exhibitions at SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NYC; 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. Her group exhibitions include the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME; the McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA; and the Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA. 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 AIR SFI in 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. Shapiro holds an MFA from the Maine College of Art and a BFA from the Atlanta College of Art. She currently shows her work with Garvey|Simon in New York City.
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Chasing Likes

Chasing Likes

By Sharon Shapiro

Located in New Orleans, LA

Sharon Shapiro says of her work… My art practice explores the tensions within contemporary female experience—the contrast between society’s expectations and the vibrant, often turbu...

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2010s Sharon Shapiro Art

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Track Meet
Track Meet

Track Meet

By Sharon Shapiro

Located in New Orleans, LA

Sharon Shapiro says of her work… My art practice explores the tensions within contemporary female experience—the contrast between society’s expectations and the vibrant, often turbu...

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2010s Sharon Shapiro Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Soft Conjuring
Soft Conjuring

Soft Conjuring

By Sharon Shapiro

Located in New Orleans, LA

Sharon Shapiro says of her work… My art practice explores the tensions within contemporary female experience—the contrast between society’s expectations and the vibrant, often turbu...

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2010s Sharon Shapiro Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Aftershock
Aftershock

Aftershock

By Sharon Shapiro

Located in New Orleans, LA

Sharon Shapiro says of her work… My art practice explores the tensions within contemporary female experience—the contrast between society’s expectations and the vibrant, often turbu...

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2010s Sharon Shapiro Art

Materials

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Cry Deeply
Cry Deeply

Cry Deeply

By Sharon Shapiro

Located in New Orleans, LA

Sharon Shapiro says of her work… My art practice explores the tensions within contemporary female experience—the contrast between society’s expectations and the vibrant, often turbu...

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2010s Sharon Shapiro Art

Materials

Oil, Linen

Six Points of Contact
Six Points of Contact

Six Points of Contact

By Sharon Shapiro

Located in New Orleans, LA

Sharon Shapiro says of her work… My art practice explores the tensions within contemporary female experience—the contrast between society’s expectations and the vibrant, often turbu...

Category

2010s Sharon Shapiro Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Natural History
Natural History

Natural History

By Sharon Shapiro

Located in New Orleans, LA

Sharon Shapiro says of her work… My art practice explores the tensions within contemporary female experience—the contrast between society’s expectations and the vibrant, often turbu...

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2010s Sharon Shapiro Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Loyalty Test
Loyalty Test

Loyalty Test

By Sharon Shapiro

Located in New Orleans, LA

Sharon Shapiro says of her work… My art practice explores the tensions within contemporary female experience—the contrast between society’s expectations and the vibrant, often turbu...

Category

2010s Sharon Shapiro Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Slingshot Chakras
Slingshot Chakras

Slingshot Chakras

By Sharon Shapiro

Located in New Orleans, LA

Sharon Shapiro says of her work… My art practice explores the tensions within contemporary female experience—the contrast between society’s expectations and the vibrant, often turbu...

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2010s Sharon Shapiro Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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