Sharon Lawless

Bio

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.