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FROM THE BIG SPLASH TO THE LAST SPLASH, 2023
FROM THE BIG SPLASH TO THE LAST SPLASH, TERRACE GALLERY, LONDON, 2023 ‘FROM THE BIG SPLASH TO THE LAST SPLASH’ Curated by @toby_messenger_ @terrace_gallery @patchworks.xyz PV 6-10pm Weds 15th March @patchworks.xyz 258 Church Road, London E10 7JQ A cross generational, DIY painting show in east London split down the middle – Glasgow, London and a…
Read More‘Paint Talk’ by Nicole Dufoe, 2022
“Painting, as such, is nothing more than language.” John Ruskin, “A Definition of Greatness in Art” Should I take a picture? Every day, we produce and consume countless images. With seductive speed and facility, we capture the over-saturated hues of every summer garden, the gradations of every sunset, and every open sky; every shadow from…
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‘Paint Talk’ Trongate 103 Gallery Space, Glasgow. Featuring: Daisy Richardson @daisymayarichardson and Sam Douglas @samdouglasstudio Michael Clarence @michaeljohnclarence and Olivia Irvine @oliviairvineart Sarah Grant @sfgrant and Ben Risk @benjaminrisk Sharon Thomas @sharonthomasart and Michael Antkowiak @mantkowiak #contemporarypainting #contemporarydrawing #contemporaryart #contemporarylandscapepainting #scottishpainting #scottishart #modernbritishart #modernpainting #americanlandscapes #landscapeart #landscape_painting_now #digitallandscape #contemporarypainting #glasgowart #gi2021 #modernpainters #londonpaintclub #toronto
Read MoreSharon Thomas, Regina Res Publica, 2004. A response by Dr Gráinne Rice
Sharon Thomas showed me an image of Regina Res Publica (Gina) one of the very first times we met in the early 2000s. She was back in Glasgow for a visit from New York where she was living at the time. I was instantly fascinated by this painting, so I am delighted that she has…
Read More‘Rural Rides’, New Glasgow Society, The Visitors, Sep 2021
Private View of ‘Rural Rides’, New Glasgow Society, 4 Sep 2021
Rural Rides catalogue 2021
Sharon Thomas: Rural Rides, New Glasgow Society, 2021
Sharon Thomas: ‘Rural Rides’ Preview: Friday 3 September 6-9PM Artist Talk: Saturday 18 September 2pm ‘Rural Rides’ presents the work of artist Sharon Thomas, spanning the last 15 years, offering significant works made in New York during the troubled years of the early 2000’s to those made in recent years in Glasgow. Thomas’ work implementing…
Read MoreMelodies for ‘ Ripe for The Picking: Band of Brothers’ by Martin Gratton, 2014
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Read MoreNYAA Summer Exhibition 2021
‘Pretty Ugly’, Saltspace, Glasgow, 2021
Pretty Ugly, Saltspace, Glasgow, 2021
Sharon Thomas and Frances Robertson: Conversations Across Time (March 2021 edition)
Frances Robertson introduces the conversation: At the start of the Herstory Portrait project back in 2010, before any sketches or paintings were produced, Sharon asked me to work alongside her in order to turn her proposed portrait sittings with powerful and influential women into conversations, joining her in our journeys to meet the sitters, taking notes, and adding more…
Read MoreTit and Cock, The Mandrake, New Mexico, USA, 2021
Little Packages, The Mandrake Gallery, Los Cruces, NM,USA, 2020
Not Going Back to Normal, Collective Gallery, 2020
Loopin’, Six Foot Gallery, 2020
Home-works, Spilt Milk Gallery, 2020
NYAA Summer Exhibition 2020
Private View of ‘Embody without Burden’, Royal Glasgow Institute, 7th March 2020
‘Embody Without Burden’, Royal Glasgow Institute, March 2020
Opening Reception of ‘Embody Without Burden’, curated by Karen Mailley-Watt: Saturday 7 March 2020, 6-8PM
This group show invites an artist’s interpretation of the experience of motherhood to celebrate International Women’s Day 2020. Artists included Sam Ainsley, Rosemary Beaton, Adrian Wiszniewski and Thyme James and others.
Read MoreCutting Demo and Drawing Session with Brazuca Barbers, Cassart, Glasgow, 2019
Trongate’s Brazuca Barbers managed by Flavia Anderson provide a day of beard trimming in the window of Cassart, whilst Sharon draws the work in progress.
Read MorePrivate View of ‘Herstory portrait’ at Leeds Arts University, 2019
4 July 2020 An exhibition of Herstory Portrait, 2011 at Leeds Arts University; set as a backdrop for the proposals given by the four shortlisted artists to be commissioned to make a statue in the centre of Leeds recognising the legacy of women’s power in the city. The private View invited fellow exhibitors, lecturers, students…
Read MoreFeminist Public Sculpture: Championing Women’s Achievements in Leeds, Leeds Arts University, 2020
Feminist Public Sculpture is a public sculpture and related research and engagement project championing the achievements and recognition of women in the city of Leeds. Conceived by Rachel Reeves (MP Leeds west), and project-managed by Leeds arts University in collaboration with Leeds City Council, this aim is a more balanced gender representation of public sculpture…
Read MoreFeminist Public Sculpture: Championing Women’s Achievements in Leeds, Leeds Arts University, 2020
A symposium hosted by Leeds Arts University curator Cariona McAra, inviting Professor Griselda Pollock, artists Sharon Thomas and Hazel Reeves alongside MP Rachel Reeves to discuss the subject of permanent recognition of women in society by means of public sculpture. This event took place in in the context of the current show of the same…
Read MoreHerstory Portrait, Leeds Arts University, 2019
4 July 2020 An exhibition of Herstory Portrait, 2011 at Leeds Arts University; set as a backdrop for the presentation of proposals offered by the four shortlisted artists to be commissioned to make a statue in Leeds city centre recognising the legacy of women’s power in the city. Herstory Portrait, Leeds Arts University, July…
Read MorePrivate View of ‘Barberium’, Cassart, Queens St, Glasgow, 2019
Barberium, Cassart, Glasgow, July 2019
Feminist Public Sculptures: Championing Women’s Achievements in Leeds, Leeds Arts University, 2019
Feminist Public Sculpture: Championing Women’s Achievements in Leeds, 2019
Celebrating Women’s Achievements in Leeds through public sculpture, 2019
Sharon Thomas: Curator’s Choice by Catriona McAraLeeds Arts University, 2017
Beyond Epilepsy, Summerhall TV Interview with Project Director Rachel Hewitt, 2016
Intermedia Gallery, CCA, Sauchiehall Street 9th – 19th June Tue-Sat: 11:00-18:00, Sun: 12:00-18:00 All ages Free Drop-in Do you know what causes a seizure? For two hundred years doctors have been trying to explain epilepsy. This art exhibition looks at the history of epilepsy from the Greeks to the present day, through the eyes of…
Read MoreBeyond Epilepsy, CCA (2016)
21 Revolutions at Royal Scottish Academy, 2013
21 Revolutions at Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh Arts Festival, 2013
21 Revolutions on Edinburgh Art Festival website
Read More21 Revolutions at Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh Arts Festival, 2013
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Read MoreLoop, Tramway, Glasgow, 8 March 2011
Opening of ‘Loop’, Tramway, Glasgow – 100th International Women’s Day, 8 March 2011,
Documentary of curator preparation of the installation ‘Sitandknitabit, January 2011, alongside the opening reception on 8th March of the show to commemorate the Centenary of International Women’s Day complete with an evening of performances and readings.
Read MoreAthens Pride Auction Benefit at The Breeder 2010
Artists for Athens Pride II, The Breeder, 2010
‘Mother/mother’, AIR Gallery, New York 2009
‘Mother/mother’, AIR Gallery, New York 2009
Opening reception of ‘Mother/mother’ curated by Jennifer Wroblewski : Thursday 3 December 3 2009, 6-8PM
‘Apotropaic’, Museet for Religiøs Kunst, Denmark 2009
Installation and opening reception of ‘Apotropaic’, the first solo show of Sharon Thomas composed of work made in the New York, Rome and Glasgow. This installation ran concurrently with that of the solo show of queen of Denmark Margrethe II, and involved a busy week of collaboration with the installation team at the museum.
Read MoreThe Mundane Shell, Glasgow International, Glasgow Print Studios, 2008
The Mundane Shell, Glasgow International, 2008
‘The Mundane Shell’, Glasgow International 2008
Installation of ‘The Mundane Shell’: A site-specific two-person show by Sharon Thomas and Laurence Figgis, hosted by Glasgow Print Studios as part of Glasgow International 2008.
Read MoreOverlap 3, British School at Rome, 2006
Overlap 3, The British School at Rome, 2006
The opening of Overlap 3: an exhibition of scholar artists based at the British School of at Rome, 14 June, 2006.
Read MoreOverlap 1, British School at Rome, 2006
Crane Street Open Studios, Queens, New York, 13 March, 2005
An open day for all artists based at Crane Street Studios, Queens, New York.
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