Keith Sharp

Page 1 | Biography

Born: Chester, PA
Lives: Media, PA

Education
1991
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA - MAT
1990
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA - BFA


Solo Exhibitions
2006
Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
Gallery 612, Haddon Heights, NJ
2005
Same While Different, Atlantic City Art Center, Atlantic City, NJ
2003
Same While Different, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA
Same While Different, Atlantic Cape Community College, Mays Landing, NJ
2002
Recent Work, MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Same While Different, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
2001
Same While Different, MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2000
Photography, Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC
1998
Perceptions, Zone One Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996
Animated Objects, Zone One Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1995
Gray Matter, Zone One Gallery, Philadelphia, PA


Group Exhibitions
(partial listing)
2006
12th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Wincester, MA, jurors award
Janus Exhibition, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Crossovers: Craft � Art � Design, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
FotoFest, Houston, TX � Featured Artist in conjunction with theme � �The Earth�
2005
Fourth Photography Image Biennial Exhibition, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
A Trip in the Country: Contemporary Landscape Photography, Rutgers Univ., Newark, NJ
State of the Art, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Photography as a Fine Art, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Dishman Competition, Dishman Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
20th Members� Only Show, Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio, TX
Paper in Particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
2004
ANA 33, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
47th Annual International Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
2003
Rosenthal International 2003, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC
Works on Paper, Goya-Girl Press, Baltimore, MD
2002
Westmoreland Art Nationals, Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival, Latrobe, PA
Photo Op �02, 2002 Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City, UT
2001
Spectra �01, Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT
Magic Silver Show, Univ. of N. Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
2000
National Photography Exhibition, Texas Artists Museum, Port Arthur, TX
1999
National Juried Photo. Exhib., Toledo Friends of Photography, Toledo, OH
Photographic Processes on Handmade Paper, Hand Papermaking, Washington, DC
1998
Philadelphia Selections 3, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1997
Pennsylvania Photographers� 10, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1996
The Camera�s Eye, Museum of Northwest Colorado
Photography �96, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
1995
Photo National 2, Michigan Friends of Photography
1994
Works on Paper, Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
1993
Biennial �93, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE


Bibliography
Keith Sharp studied photography at the University of the Arts, where he received a BFA in Photography and a MAT in Art Education. He has exhibited in solo shows at St. Joseph's University, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Arts Club of Washington, MUSE Gallery, and Keith Sharp (b. in 1968) is a photographer based in Media, PA. He received a BFA in Photography and a MAT in Art Education from the University of the Arts. Solo exhibitions include: Silver Eye Center for Photography, Arts Club of Washington, and Muse Gallery. His work was included in various group shows, including, Woodmere Art Museum, Delaware Art Museum, and the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts. Collections include the Allentown Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, State Museum of Pennsylvania, West Collection at SEI Investments Company, and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. This year he was a particpant in Fotofest where his work from the �Nature Boy� Series was featured in conjunction with the theme � �The Earth.�

Grants/Awards
2006
Honorable Mention, 12th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA
Esther & Harvey Graitzer Memorial Prize, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Juror�s Award, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Second Place, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2004
Purchase Prize, Minot State University, Minot, ND
Purchase Prize, Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, IL
Honorable Mention, 32nd Photo. Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA
Second Place, Magic Silver, Murray State Univ., Murray, KY
2003 Special Recognition Award, Fayetteville State Univ., Fayetteville, NC
Traditional Image Award, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Purchase Award, Philadelphia Free Library, Philadelphia, PA
Purchase Award, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX
Purchase Award, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY
Third Place, Phila./Tri-State Artists Equity Spring Exhibition, Atlantic City Arts Center, Atlantic City, NJ
Best of Show, Center for the Arts, Southern New Jersey, Marlton, NJ
Three Photographs Accepted in the Permanent Collections of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art
2002
Black and White Photography Award, 2002 Westmoreland Art Nationals, Westmoreland County Community College, Latrobe, PA
First Prize, 74th Annual Juried Show, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
Purchase Award, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY
Jurors Award, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
2001
Purchase Prize, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD
Award for Photography, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD
2000
2nd Place, Juried Photography Show, Center for the Arts in Southern New Jersey, Marlton, NJ
Purchase Prize, National Juried Art Show, Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM
Award of Merit, National Juried Exhib., Lafayette Art Association, Lafayette, LA, Serge Hollerbach, juror
1999
Selected by jurors for inclusion in portfolio Old Ways, New View: Photographic Processes on Handmade Paper, produced by Hand PaperMaking, Inc., Washington, DC
Honorable Mention, Center for the Arts in Southern NJ, Marlton, NJ
Juror�s Award, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX, Katherine M. Brimberry, juror
Third Place, 71st Annual Juried Exhib., Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA, Fereshteh Daftari, juror
Newman Galleries Award, Nat. Juried Exhib.,Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, James Rosen, juror
1998
Award, Works on Paper, Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA, James Elaine, juror
Juried Show, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Elizabeth Osborne, juror
Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
Award, St. Mark�s Church in the Bowery, New York, NY
Second Place, Juried Photo Show, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA, William Hirsch and Martha Mock, jurors
1997
Purchase Award, Pennsylvania Photographers' 10, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, Sarah Anne McNear, juror
Purchase Award, Mid-Atlantic Art Exhib., d'Art Center, Norfolk, VA
1996
Purchase Award, Art of the State: Pennsylvania '96, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, Philip Brookman, juror
Purchase Award, 9th National Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, E. John Bullard, juror
1995
Honorable Mention, Juried Photo. Show, Center for the Arts in Southern NJ, Marlton, NJ, Stephen Perloff, juror
Third Prize, Juried Art Show, The William Penn Charter School
Juror�s Award, Photography 12, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ, John Weiss, juror
1994 First Prize, Juried Photo Show, Center for the Arts in Southern NJ, Marlton, NJ, Bruce Katsiff, juror
Purchase Award, 14th Annual Juried Exhib., Delaware County Community College, Media, PA, Fred Osbourne, juror
uror's Award, Photography 13, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ, Evelyn Daitz, juror
1993 First Prize, Annual Photo. Show, Chester County Art Assoc., West Chester, PA, Martha Chahroudi, juror
1993 First Prize, Annual photo. Show, Center for the Arts in South. NJ, Martha Chahroudi, juror