Sharon McCartney
Belchertown, MA
[email protected]
G A L L E R Y A F F I L I A T I O N S
BE Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA
Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
S E L E C T E D E X H I B I T I O N S
2019- Explorations: The Quilt Artists Studio, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA (catalog)
Words: Local Gallery, Easthampton, MA
2018
Context: Language, Media and Meaning, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Explorations: The Quilt Artist's Studio, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA (October 2018- April 2019 (catalog)
The Nature of A Stitch, Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla, Walla, WA (catalog)
Book Arts: Maine, Camden Public Library, Camden, ME
2017
Respite, Solo Exhibition, Borelli-Edwards Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA
Interwoven, Highfield Hall, Falmouth MA, invitational, curated by Marcia Young, Fiber Art Now
Buzz, Gallery Blink, Lexington, MA
Sticks and Stones: Nature Finds, Hope and Feathers Gallery, Amherst, MA
2016
Book as Art, Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Contemporary Book Arts 100+ Books, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH, curated by Abecedarian Gallery
2015
Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, jurors: Marcia Young, Laverne Zabielski
Open Call North Northeast, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
2014
Drawing on the Surface, Craft Gallery, Rockland, ME (August 2014)
Collecting: Woods to Water, Solo Exhibition, Borelli-Edwards Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA (July 2014 – catalog)
Sticks and Stones, Hope and Feathers Gallery, Amherst, MA (July 2014)
What the Fiber, Invitational, West Winsor Arts Center, Princeton Junction, NJ
Fresh, Invitational, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
Edge to Edge, Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Borelli-Edwards Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, (catalog)
Materials: Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
Fiber in The Present Tense, ArtWorks! New Bedford, MA
Butterflies and Their Beautiful Kin, Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX
2013
Innovations in Fiber Art VI, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, jurors: Susan Taber Avilla, Joan Schultz
Threads, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ, juror: Kay Khan
Narrative Threads, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO (catalog)
2012
Seductive Surfaces: Fine Art Fiber, Gallery Seven, Maynard, MA
Close to Home: Artists Who Make Books, Invitational, Bancroft Gallery, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
2009
Fibers Expanded, Luke & Eloy Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Books Outside the Binding, Topeka & Shawnee Country Public Library, Topeka, KS
2008
Modest In Scale:Book, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
Interweavings: Fiber and Books, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
26th Annual Print & Book Exhibition, Invitational, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
7 Visions: Folded Environments, Inv, Catich Gallery, St Ambrose University,Davenport, IA (catalog)
2007
Transformations: Contemporary Works in Found Materials, (Traveling ) Invitational,
Artspace Center,Jackson Hole, WY & Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Palimpsest, Invitational, Jackson Street Gallery, Jackson, WY
Fiber + Book, Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA
25th Annual Print and Book Exhibition, Invitational, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
2006
The Language of Birds, Invitational, Jackson Street Gallery, Jackson, WY
Bound Visions: Artist's Books, Invitational,Craft Alliance, St Louis, MO
Prints Into Books, Invitational, artSPACE@16 & Emerson College, Boston, MA
Fiber and the Book Artist, Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA
Beyond the Covers, Invitational, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2005
Transformations 5: Contemporary Works In Found Materials - Raphael Prize Exhibition honorable mention,
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA (catalog)
Small Works, Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA
Summer Invitational, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA
Works on Paper, Invitational, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
ART[ist's] Books, Invitational, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
Submersed: Contemporary Altered Books, invitational, Billington Library,Johnson Co Community College,
Kansas City, MO, part of the 2005 Surface Design Association Conference
Book Arts: Stretching Boundaries, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, MA
Trashformations-East, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA,Curator: Lloyd Herman, (catalog)
2004
Second Annual Juried Members Exhibition, Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA
An Open Book, Gallery West, Cuyahoga College, Cleveland, OH
Annual Prints and Artist's Books Show, Invitational, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
Gallery Artists in All Media, Invitational, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
2003
Layered Images/Layered Forms (traveling), Invitational, Byron Cohen Gallery,Kansas City, MO,
2003 International Surface Design Association Conference
25th Anniversary Show, Invitational, Borelli-Edwards Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
The Shape of Content: Artists' Books by Boston Book Arts Members, Rivier College,Nashua, NH
Book Arts 2003, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA
Collaborations, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
Layered Images, Invitational, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, Easton, MA
2002
This Earthly Experience, Invitational, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
Layered Forms/Layered Images, Invitational, New Art Center, Newton, MA
The Liquid Language of Artist's Books, Inv, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY (catalog)Conversation Pieces, Invitational, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MA
2001
Summer Showing, Invitational, Judith Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2000
Anthologies, ArtWorks! at Dover Street, New Bedford, MA
The Book As Art: New England, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Floral Abundance, Invitational, Borelli-Edwards Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
E D U C A T I O N
1986 - Boston University, Boston, MA Master's Degree in Art History and Museum Studies
1983 - Denison University, Granville, OH Bachelor of Arts Degree
C O L L E C T I O N S
Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA; Ringling Museum School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL; Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA; McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, NY; Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA; Bell South Enterprises, Atlanta, GA; Ernst and Young, Boston, MA; Sterling Drug Incorporated, Philadelphia, PA; Chugai-UpJohn Company, Rosemont, IL; West Allis Memorial Hospital, Milwaukee, WI; Mintz and Levin, Boston, MA; Concord Academy, Concord, MA; Town of Lexington, MA, and various private collections
P U B L I C A T I O N S & A W A R D S
2018
Artist Profile: Meet Sharon McCartney, Boston Voyager online article, July 2018
Portrait: Sharon McCartney- Aus dem Fullhorn der Natur, (4/2018) Quilt & Textilekunst PW Professional
2016
Artists to Watch: Sharon McCartney, Art Quilt Collector, (Issue No. 5), Studio Art Quilt Associates
2012
Enshrining Nature: Artist Profile by Leanne Jewett, Fiber Art Now, (Spring 2012), Editor, Marcia Young
1000 Artists Books, by Sandra Salamony, Rockport Publishers/Quarry Books.
Art Quilt Portfolio: The Natural World, by Martha Sielman, Lark Publications
Portfolio 18, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.
This Just In, Fiber Art Now, (Winter 2012), Editor, Marcia Young
2010
One Hundred New England Artists, by E. Ashley Rooney, Schiffer Publishing
200
Collage Journey: A practical Guide, by Jane Davies, Watson-Guptill Publications
2008
My Studio in the Woods, (featured studio),Cloth Paper Scissors Studios,(Fall 2008), Editor, Cate Prato
Celebrating Your Favorite Images: Fiber Fragment Shrines, Cloth Paper Scissors(September/October Issue)
500 Handmade Books, juried by Steve Miller, Lark Publications
Collage, Assemblage & Altered Art, by Diane Maurer-Mathison, Watson-Guptill
2007
Mixed Media Collage, by Holly Harrison, Rockport Publishers
Artists' Café, Best of Somerset Studio Art and Design,Vol 1 Reprint of 2002 article by Kathryn Bold
2006
New Directions in Altered Books, by Gabe Cyr, Lark Publications
2005
Sampling: A Showcase of Book Arts, Fiberarts, (Summer Issue), Editor: Sunita Patterson, print and web article
2004
Crafting Personal Shrines, by Carol Owen, Lark Publications
2003
Altered Books, Collaborative Journals, and Other Adventures in Bookmaking, Holly Harrison, Rockport
Layering: Of Mind and Material,Surface Design Journal, (Winter Issue), Editor:Patricia Malarcher
2002
Artist Portfolio: Sharon McCartney, Somerset Studio,(May Issue),by Kathryn Bold, editor: Sharilyn Miller
2001
Portfolio, American Craft, (December Issue), editor: Lois Moran
2000
Artist-in-Residence, Santarella Museum, Tyringham, MA
1999
Exposure, Surface Design Journal, (Fall Issue), editor: Patricia Malarcher
Fiberarts Design Book Six,Lark Books, editor: Nancy Orban
PR O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
Juried Professional Member, Studio Art Quilts Association (SAQA)
Board Member & Exhibition Committee Chair, Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA
Member, Belchertown Cultural Council
Co-founder and coordinator for Boston Book Arts, Boston MA