a non-profit gallery for the visual and performing arts

2833-A Hathaway Rd., Richmond, VA 23225
in the Stratford Hills Shopping Center

Gallery hours beginning Saturday, January 22, 2022:
Noon to 4pm, Tuesday - Sunday
Free and Open to the Public
Purchase artwork from our online store

Go Ahead
2009, Watercolor on Paper, 18x14 inches
Retail Value $700

Biography

For over 20 years, Sharon Shapiro’s figurative paintings and works on paper have been exhibited in numerous venues including shows in Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, New York and Los Angeles. Her work has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions at {Poem88} Gallery in Atlanta, GA, Brenau University in Gainesville, GA; and Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA. In addition to being published in catalogues produced for these solo exhibitions her work has been featured in two issues of Oxford American and three issues of New American Paintings, including as the cover image for New American Paintings Volume 39. Shapiro has an upcoming 2015 residency at the Jentel Artist Residency Program and has been a past resident at the Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL; the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA; the Ucross Foundation, Sheridan, WY; and the Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA. As a past recipient of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship, her work is in a number of important collections throughout the United States, such as The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia in Atlanta, GA and the Tullman Collection in Chicago, IL. Shapiro has a BFA from the Atlanta College of Art, and is currently based in Louisa, VA.

Website: sharonshapiro.com