Sharon Shapiro MFA ’19, Sacrifice, Collage on paper, 12”x11”, 2022
Keep an eye out for all of Sharon Shapiro MFA '19 shows coming up throughout the summer. Inspired by personal events, local lore, and pop-cultural references, Shapiro’s paintings and collage works range from fantastical, utopian subject matter to dystopian realities that confront how our current racial and climate crises are deeply linked.
“Chronicling the complexities of growing up female in the American South, I present a contemporary viewpoint on femininity and feminism. [..] I use nostalgia to simultaneously raid and revere memory in a continuing endeavor to establish a sense of place in a world where meaning shifts and recollections fail. Visual disruption and vivid color create a discordant scene that tilts the viewers' relationship to the subject.”
Solo Show: Then the dream changed - Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
On view: April 9 - June 18, 2022
Group Show: Coined in the South - MINT Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC
On view: March 26 - July 3, 2022
Solo Show: Fever Dream - Artisan Lofts, New York, NY
On view: January 21 - June 16, 2022
