Sharon Lawless
Sharon Lawless, October 1 – November 30, 2023
Sharon Lawless received her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA in 1974 and her MFA from the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH in 1976. She is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting and an NEA/SECCA Artists' Fellowship and grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Her work has been exhibited nationally throughout her over 40 year career including, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC; Art in General, New York, NY; The Drawing Center, New York, NY; Arena I, Santa Monica, CA and The Virginia Museum, Richmond, VA, among others. She lives and maintains her studio in New York, NY.
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Learn More, Collect Smarter!, January 2023
Learn more about our artists and their work!
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Sharon Lawless, February 2022
In collages and sculptures Sharon Lawless manipulates spatial and structural frameworks with both found and purchased materials, like product packaging, wrapping paper, fake fur, sheet metal, old book bindings, altered pages from auction catalogs and plaster casts of product packaging, among others as she contemplates on the nature of perception.
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Learn More About Our Artists..., January 2021
To learn more about our artists, why they create what they make and why you should collect their work read our Studio Visit conversations with each artist.
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The Light In Winter, December 2020
A winter selection of new work from gallery artists.
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Our Sanguine Saturnine Summer, August 2020
Three Artists. Three Artworks. Multiple interpretations.
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Collective Isolation, May 2020
Collective Isolation a group exhibition of gallery artists.
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A Big Small Show, November 2019
A collection of alluring and beautiful small artwork by gallery artists! Each week of November and December we will highlight a different small work from each of our artists! Stay tuned!
The Summer Six, August 1 – August 31, 2019
Summer group show of gallery artists: James Cullinane, Pauline Galiana, Sharon Lawless, Derek Lerner, Jerry Walden and Pancho Westendarp
Studio Visit
Sharon Lawless, February 2019
In January 2019 we visited New York City-based artist Sharon Lawless in her East Village studio to talk about her work. In a wide-ranging three-part conversation we discuss her origins, influences and her path forward.
Main Gallery
Sharon Lawless: Reusable, October 27 – December 22, 2017
In collages and sculptures Sharon Lawless manipulates spatial and structural frameworks with both found and purchased materials, like product packaging, wrapping paper, fake fur, sheet metal, old book bindings, altered pages from auction catalogs and plaster casts of product packaging, among others as she contemplates on the nature of perception.
Sharon Lawless: Slightly Ajar, April 24 – May 31, 2015
Sharon Lawless uses found materials — discarded packaging, paint samples, wrapping paper and altered pages from auction catalogs — in her manipulation of two modern traditions, collage and geometric abstraction as she explores the tension between accident and control and how this tension effects perception.
Steady-State by Sharon Lawless, February 15 – March 17, 2013
Steady-State is the latest manifestation of Sharon Lawless's exploration of chance and the resulting relationships, conflicts and insights associated with the juxtaposition of unrelated images culled from her extensive collection of scientific manuals, horticulture and botanical catalogs, maps and popular magazines. Included in the exhibition will be a site specific installation of framed and unframed collages and wall drawings. It will also feature a new series of block prints based on her collages that visualize scientific principles about steady states and creep.
Sharon Lawless, April 4 – May 16, 2010
Sharon Lawless explores the tension between random accidents and planned control in her paintings and collages on paper. This exhibition, which is her first with the gallery, will focus on her paper collages and a new body of wood block prints she derives from the collages.
