Sharon Robinson
The Best of the Best Juried Art Exhibition, 2017
Sharon Robinson
Exhibiting Artist
Pepco Edison Place Gallery
702 8th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20068
August 11 - 30, 2017
Exhibiting Artist
Pepco Edison Place Gallery
702 8th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20068
August 11 - 30, 2017
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Bio
Sharon is a mixed media and collage artist. Raised in New Jersey, she currently resides in Washington DC, after 33 years between Boston, Los Angeles and Portland, OR. She earned a master’s degree in urban design and planning from MIT, and worked in the field for over 20 years. Since 1999 she has been a full-time artist, muralist, teacher, and arts program contractor, including Project Coordinator of the 2002 Indian Art Market in Portland; Arts Project Manager for the City of Hillsboro, and Curator for the Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Fine Arts and Crafts Faire. As an individual artist she has participated in exhibitions in the Northwest, Washington, D.C., and South Carolina. Sharon currently teaches at Howard Community College and at The Art League in Alexandria. Recently she served as Director of SCRAP DC, a non-profit creative re-use center, and now serves on SCRAP’s national Board of Directors.
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Artist Statement
"The primary inspiration for my art is creating a visual expression of the elements of life that connect us as human beings. I am most drawn to themes addressing cultural integration, how we define ourselves in relation to others, and biases that cause misunderstanding.
I approach each piece differently – sometimes with a specific idea or subject, other times as an experiment in texture, color and design. I often use cultural motifs, symbols, text and related representations of ethnic, religious and racial identity. None of us can claim to be pure anything – we are only the latest version of millennia of mixing, matching, migrating and mingling. Whatever the inspiration, I layer materials both literally and figuratively, to provide and depth and dimension because I believe these elements reflect the richness of the fabric of life, and allow me to construct my own contemporary interpretation of timeless themes." 
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