SHARON STRAUSS
EDUCATION
State University of New York at New Paltz, MFA, Painting and Drawing
University of Northern Colorado, BA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Rock Paper Scissors, Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY
2011 Variations on a Theme, Art’s Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
2008 Everything in its Right Place, BAC Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
2006 Journey, Colorgraphics, Seattle, WA
2003 The Shape of Things, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Nature Walkers, ACC Gallery, Tenafly, NJ
2023 Scribbles, Carter Burden Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Beacon Open Studios, Group Show, Beacon, NY
2019 Now: Press Play, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Art in the Woods, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
2013 Women in the Abstract, BAC Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
2011 The Back Country, Port Angeles Art Center, Port Angeles, WA
2007 Bainbridge Island Art Expo, Bainbridge Island, WA
2007 Abstraction, Chase Gallery, Spokane Arts Commission, Spokane, WA
2005 Home for the Holidays, BAC Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
2005 Bashville, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Weather, BAC Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
2003 Expressions Northwest, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA
2003 Cycles, Patterns, Intervals, Museum of Fine Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
2003 Red Show, BAC Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
2003 Defining the Homeland, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
RESIDENCIES
2016 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
REVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS
October 2008, Studio Visit Magazine
July 30, 2008, Mickelson, Bill, Farmstock, A Bainbridge Island Bumbershoot?, NK Herald Art and Entertainment Reporter, featured artist
August 1, 2007, Axelrod, Dee, On the grid but out of the box, Bainbridge Review
2005, Pappas, Tess Maximalism, Book of artwork at Hotel Max AKA The Vance Hotel
February 15, 2003, Axelrod, Dee “The Lady in Red”, Bainbridge Review, featured artist
February 2003 , Josslin, Victoria “Defining Homeland” Art Access
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS
Group Health, Seattle, WA
Hotel Max, Seattle, WA
Neiman Marcus, Bellevue, WA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021-Present Adjunct Instructor, SUNY, New Paltz NY