Sharon Thomas

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Born: 1979 in Cheshire, England
Lives: Glasgow, UK

Education
New York Academy of Art, USA (MFA)
Glasgow School of Art, Scotland (BFA)

Solo Exhibitions
Herstoryportait.com, Trade Hall, Glasgow March 2011
Tales of Shiney-Shiney, The North Wall Gallery, Oxford, UK Nov 2009
Apotropaic, Museet for Religiøs Kunst,Denmark March 2009
First Class, Grand Street, Brooklyn, U.S.A Feb 2004

Group Exhibitions
(e) merge: Sharon Thomas/Giacinto Occhionero/Scott Grodesky
Washington DC, Sep 2011
Sparkles, Project Room, Glasgow Dec 2010
Loop, Tramway, Glasgow Mar 2011
Preview to a site, Solonos 42, Athens Nov 2010
Sara J kane, Sharon Thomas, Edwina Ashton, Teverina Fine Arts, Italy Aug 2010
Artists For Athens Pride II, The Breeder, Athens Feb 2010
Sublime To The Ridiculous, Plaka, Athens Nov 2009
Mother, Air Gallery, NYC Oct 2009
The Mundane Shell, GI: Glasgow International April 2008
Risky Business, PPOW Gallery, NYC August 2006
Overlap 3, The British School at Rome June 2006
Overlap 2, The British School at Rome March 2006
Salon, NYAA, NYC March 2006
Britishness (Another Product) Part of British Art Show 6 Cornerhouse, Manchester Jan 2006
Overlap 1, The British School at Rome Dec 2005
Visual Aids-Postcards from the Edge, Roger Miller Gallery, NYC Oct 2005
Member’s Show , Transmission, Glasgow June2005
Underground, Creek and the Cave Gallery,L.I.C Queens,NYC March 2005
Theme of the Unseen, Times Square Gallery, NYC Feb 2005
Visual Aids-Postcards from the Edge, Brent Sikemma, NYC Dec 2004
Member’s Show, Transmission, Glasgow Aug 2004
Reality Check, Spike Gallery,New York, NYC April 2004
Winter Show, Philip’s Contemporary Art Gallery, Manchester,England Dec 2001
Young Scottish Painters, Phillip’s Auctioneers, Edinburgh July 2001
New Generation Scotland, Compass Gallery, Glasgow July 2001
Snatch, Vic Gallery, Glasgow Feb 2001
Fuse, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh Feb 2001
Parafemalia, Vic Gallery, Glasgow Nov 2000




Bibliography
Artists for Athen’s Pride, Athens Voice Feb 2010
Sharon Thomas at The North Wall by Helen Peacocke, Oxford TImes Nov 2009
Neo-Maternalism: Contemporary Artists’ Approach to Motherhood
by Sharon Butler, Artseen, The Brooklyn Rail Jan 2009
http://kpn.dk/billedkunst/article1554625.ece?page=3 Dec 2008
http://mobil.jp.dk/nyheder/kulturartikel.pml;jsessionid=a4VBhnHNPOSf?articleid=1554625 Dec 2008
www.juxtapoz.com/mambo/index.php?option=com_events Aug 2006
www.villagevoice.com/nycguide/ev96171,10.html Aug 2006
www.artcal.net/event/view/1/2839 Aug 2006
www.Angelipress.net: Overlap edizione del 20/06/06
Arte e critica: Supplemento al numero 44 di: 3 arteeroma Dec 2005
www.teknemedia.net/dettaglio_news.html?newsId=13801 Dec 2005
www.exibart.com/profilo/eventiV2.asp/idelemento/25938 Dec 2005
www.inromenow.com/site%20templates/Frameset_AboutUs.htm Dec 2005
www.undo.net/cgi-bin/undo/pressrelease/pressrelease.pl?id=1134467639 Dec 2005
Exibart.com: Overlap 1: edizione del 09/12/05
Flow Magazine May 2005
Northwich Guardian May 2005
The New York Sun-'Gallery Going' by Maureen Mullarkey May 2004
First Class, www.bowieart.com Feb 2004
Scotland on Sunday June 2001


Grants/Awards
Guthrie Award and Medal (Royal Scottish Academy) Dec 2009
Glasgow Visual Arts Grant July 2008
British School at Rome Award (Sainsbury Scholarship) Oct 2005
International Council Travel Scholarship (New York Academy of Art) May 2004
Sainsbury Scholarship (New York Academy of Art) 2003-2004
Sainsbury Scholarship (New York Academy of Art) 2002-2003
Villore Scholarship (New York Academy of Art) June 2001
Jock Macfie Prize (Glasgow School of Art) June 2001
Hart Bursary (Glasgow School of Art) May 2000



Projects
Art Fairs:
Art Chicago (With Jack the Pelican Presents) Butler Field, Chicago April 2005
Flash Art Fair (With Jack the Pelican Presents) Una Hotel Tocq, Milano, Italy April 2005

Lectures/Symposiums:
Speaker: International Women's Day Centenary: Herstory Portrait Series March 2011
Panelist: Fleeting Arcadias: Thirty Years of British Landscape Photography April 2007
from the Arts Council Collection (Hayward Touring Exhibition)

Publications
www.herstoryportrait.com website directory 2011
Apotropaic Musueet fur Religios Kunst 2009
...Ma Come Mai? Paolo Bonzano Gallery, Rome 2007
2005-2006 British School at Rome 2006
Six Young Scottish Painters Phillip’s Auctioneers Show Catalogue 2001
Sum: Painting 2001 Painting Department, Glasgow Scool of Art 2001