Sharon Massey
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Education
2006MFA, Metal Design, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
1999 BFA Magna Cum Laude, Sculpture with concentration in Jewelry/Metals, Winthrop
University, Rock Hill, SC
Professional Experience
2014-presentIndiana University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor, Indiana, PA
2011-2014Slippery Rock University, Gallery Director, Slippery Rock, PA
2012-2014Waynesburg University, Adjunct Instructor, Waynesburg, PA
2011-2014Community College of Allegheny County, Instructor, Pittsburgh, PA
2009-2012Society for Contemporary Craft, Sales Gallery manager, Pittsburgh, PA
2008-2009Purdue University, Visiting Instructor, West Lafayette, IN
2006-2008Interlochen Arts Academy, Instructor, Interlochen, MI
2001-2003Central Piedmont Community College, Instructor,Charlotte, NC
Selected Exhibitions
2018Place as Landscape, Place as Concept: Contemporary Enameling in the US, National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Taipei, Taiwan; Vitreous Voices, Wellington B. Grey Gallery, Greenville, NC; Artists Who Teach, Westmoreland Art Museum, Greensburg, PA (forthcoming)
2017From Minimal to Bling, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA; Icons at Play, Brooklyn Metal Works, NYC; IMAGINE: Peace Now, Grey Gallery, Greenville, NC; Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA; Unconventional Departures, Winthrop University Galleries, Rock Hill, SC; Current Reflections on the Natural and Man Made, Texas Tech University, Landmark Arts Gallery, Lubbock, TX (curated by Gail Brown); Momentum: Juried Glass Exhibition, The Arts Comission, Toledo, OH; Teapots 11, Morgan Contemporary Glass, pittsburgh, PA; Pattern, Rhythm, Repetition, Facèré Gallery, Seattle, WA; (In)Visible Wall, Tallinn, Estonia; Plate Glass, Arrowmont Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN; Duality of Presence, super + Centercourt, Munich, Germany
2016Shadow Themes, Reinstein | Ross Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Biba Schutz and Marjorie Simon); Walls Can’t Talk but These Tell Stories, Hardwick Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO (solo exhibition); Typeset, Milwaukee, WI;InTransit, Blue Onion Bus at ZOOM Milwaukee;Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust; Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 105th Annual Juried Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA; Forget Them, Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY;AAP New Member Exhibition, The Mine Factory, Pittsburgh, PA;25th Legnica International Jewellery Competition: CITY, Legnica, Poland; Unexpected, Craft Council of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015Schmuck 2015, 67th Internationale Handwerksmesse, München, Germany;Glass-museum ZIBA, Prague, Czech Republic; New Acquisitions: Contemporary Art Jewelry, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI; Looking Ahead-2015 Master Artists Workshop Presenters, Paducah School of Art and Design, Paducah, KY; A Sense Of Color: Invitational Enamel Exhibition, Creative Metalsmiths, Chapel Hill, NC;Brickwork and Streetviews, Studio 2504, Morgantown, WV (solo show);92nd Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA (juried by Jo Farb Hernandez);Placement, Reinstein Ross Gallery, NYC (collaboration with Logan Hicks);CoOperation Garnish, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA (collaboration with Vincent Pontillo-Verrastro); a-brooch-able; Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, IL; Under Fire, Enamel Guild Northeast juried exhibition, juror Barbara Seidenath; Temporary Sculpture Garden: Lubbock, The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX, curated by Eli Blasko; Jewelry Boundless, Beijing International Jewelry Exhibition, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, China
2014Schmuck 2014, 66th Internationale Handwerksmesse München, Germany (international juried exhibition); 50/50, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC; (curated by Tara Locklear & Bob Ebendorf); Material Matters: Making Connections, Greenville, NC; Rust & Dust (2 person exhibition with Ian F. Thomas) Iron Gate Gallery, Farmington, PA; Chroma: Jewelry in Color, College of the Albemarle, Manteo, NC; Residence and Residents, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA; Ties That Bind, Sheffield Wood Gallery at the Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
2013Alloy Collective Exhibition, Bea Campbell Gallery, Touchstone Center For Crafts; Chain Project, A CASA, Museum of Brazilian Object; São Paulo, Brazil; Caffeine and Saw Blades, Art Avenue, Greenville, NC; All Fired Up: Enamel work from ECU Metal Design Alumni, Greenville, NC; The Bob Ebendorf Commemorative Pin Exhibition, Equinox Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2012Clasp, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO (curated by Robert Longyear); The Year Was 2006, Studio 20/17, Sydney, Australia (international juried); THE ART OF SEDUCTION: Exquisitely Crafted Temptations, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD, curated by Gail M. Brown; Touchstone Faculty Exhibition, Fallingwater estate; The Art of Enameling, College of the Albemarle, Manteo, NC, curated by Kathryn Osgood; Small Metals in the Steel City, Society for Contemporary Craft satellite gallery at One Mellon Center, Pittsburgh, PA; World Championship Belt Buckle Competition, Bozeman, MT; Pomp and Swagger, Phoenix, AZ
2011Geography, SNAG Seattle and SOFA Chicago, curated by the Art Jewelry Forum; Urban Garden Party Silent Auction, Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh, PA Alumni Exhibition, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Radical Alchemy, Portsmouth, VA; Point/Counterpoint, Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary; Faculty Exhibition, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University; Gioelli per la Ricerca, Le Arti Orafe, Firenze, Italy
2010Inhorgenta Munich, Germany; Pittsburgh Metal Luke & Eloy Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA; SOFA Chicago represented by Charon Kransen Arts; SOFA New York represented by Charon Kransen Arts; SOFA West represented by Charon Kransen Arts
2009Lucca Preziosa Young Le Arti Orafe, Lucca, Italy and Barcelona, Spain; SOFA NY represented by Charon Kransen Arts; Decorative Resurgence Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ; Feeling Groovy, Textures in RAM’s Collections Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI; American Enamels The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA; The New Steel v2 The Metal Museum, Memphis, TN; SOFA West Santa Fe, NM, represented by Charon Kransen Arts; Jewelry In Motion: Revolution Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; The Enamel Experience, International Badge Exhibition Kent State, Kent, OH, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Stimulus Sienna gallery, Lenox, MA
2008Japan Jewelry Design Association Biennale Exhibition The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo; The Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami City; Sendia Mediatheque Gallery, Sendai City; International Design Center, Nagoya City; Mitsubishi Artium, Fukuoka City; Refined: Abundance; Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX; Palm Beach 3 West Palm Beach, FL; represented by Charon Kransen Arts; Sharon Massey and Renee Robbins Macomb College Art Gallery, Clinton Township, MI; Fine Arts Center Alumni Exhibition; Sheffield Wood Gallery, Greenville, SC; Materials: Hard & Soft; Center for the Visual Arts Meadow Gallery, Denton, TX
2007SOFA Chicago represented by Charon Kransen Arts; International Art + Design Fair New York, NY, represented by Charon Kransen Arts; Metalsmiths Linking: A Cross Cultural Exchange Hiko Mizuno Jewelry College, Tokyo, Japan; Material Alchemy gallery M.I.M., Baltimore, MD; The New Steel Delta Axis (Powerhouse), Memphis, TN; Contemporary Enameling Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC; The Earring Show; Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA; Handcrafted 9th Annual Juried Art Exhibition The Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC; Fusion: 11th Biennial International Juried Exhibition; Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
2006RAM’s Tales: Women Jewelers from the Permanent Collection Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI; The Necklace Show Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA; On Fire! Contemporary Enameling gallery M.I.M., Baltimore, MD; Parameters of Preciousness William E. Gahlberg Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL; Vitreousity: Visions in Enameling Gallery 21, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; The Art of Enameling Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA; Golden Opportunity Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL; Adornment, Ornament, Sentiment MFA Thesis Exhibition Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; The Arsenal Metals and Enamels Exhibition 2006 The Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH; Crafts National 2006 Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA; 8th International Juried Enamel Exhibition Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA; American Craft Council Spotlight 2006 Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY; The Art of Enameling NC State Gallery of Art and Design, Raleigh, NC; Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood The Arts Center at the Imperial Centre, Rocky Mount, NC
2005CRAFT USA ’05 National Craft Triennial Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT;
Made in America Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY; .925 + Ingenuity = Art Jewelry The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA; On the Verge: SNAG Student Exhibition and Learning Curves Cleveland Institute of Art, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OH; Multiple Palettes/Varied Vision: 30 Artists Explore Color White Lotus Gallery, Eugene, OR; Metamorphosis Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN; An Affiliation of Past and Present City Art Gallery, Greenville, NC; Metal Design Graduate Student Exhibition Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC; 200 RingsVelvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA; Obsidian Gallery, Tuscan, AZ; Gallery M, Cleveland, OH; Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME; Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004Fine Contemporary Crafts Artspace, Raleigh, NC; The RebelEmerge Gallery, Greenville, NC; Hammer & Hand: Contemporary American MetalCenter Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI; The Down East Sculpture ExhibitionEmerge Gallery, Greenville, NC; Playing with Fire: Glass on MetalSan Diego, CA; RingsCannon Gallery of the Gallery of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC; The Quickening Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC; American Craft Council Spotlight 2004 Southeast Region, West Virginia; Hand Crafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC; Materials: Hard & Soft Center for the Visual Arts Meadow Gallery, Denton, TX
2003Craft Forms 2003 National Juried Exhibition of Fine Contemporary Crafts Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery, Wayne, PA; Java Underground, Juried Vessel Show Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC; American Craft Council Spotlight2003 Southeast Region; Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Permanent Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Gregg Museum of Art and Design, Raleigh, North Carolina
Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
Enamel Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Bibliography
2017IMAGINE: Peace Now, pg. 94
2016Metalsmith Magazine, Exhibition in Print, Shifting Sites, pgs. 24-25
2016Art Jewelry Today 4th Edition, Schiffer Publishing, pgs. 154-155
2015Schmuck 2015, pg. 65
2014Schmuck 2014, pg. 57
2011Geography catalog, photograph pg. 52
2011Catalogo Dei Gioielli, October 2011, photograph, pg. 23
2011Art Jewelry Today 3rd Edition, Schiffer Publishing, photographs, pg. 165, 166
2011Pittsburgh 360 on WQED, airdate January 13, 2011
2010Craft Insight video,
2010Pittsburgh Fashion Magazine, September 2010, pg. 142
2009khVERK, Norwegian magazine, page 19
2009500 Enameled Objects, Lark Books, photograph, pgs.182, 376
2008Art Jewelry Today, 2nd edition, Schiffer Publishing, photograph, pgs. 33, 105, 112
2008500 Pendants and Lockets, Lark Books, photograph, pg. 34
2007500 Earrings, Lark Books, photograph, pg. 19
2007Ornament Magazine, Vol. 30, No. 4, photograph, pg. 34
2006500 Necklaces, Lark Books, photograph, pg. 316
20041000 Rings, Lark Books, photograph, pg. 370
2004The Art of Enameling, by Linda Darty, Lark Books
illustrations, pgs. 39, 109, 116; photograph, pg. 135; project, pgs. 140-142
Publicationsas Author
2013Metalsmith magazine, October 2013, pg. 62, review: Bridge 12: Melissa Cameron
2012Metalsmith magazine, Vol.32, No. 5, pg.60, review: Rebecca Strzelec: The Age of Bears and Other Self Portraits
2012Art Jewelry Forum, The Heat is On and the Air Conditioning is Blasting: Lectures at the SNAG conference
2008SNAG News Technical Article, Imagery and Text in Enamel: Alternative Techniques
Volume 16, Number 4, August 2008, pgs. 16,17,18
Visiting Artist Lectures and Workshops
2017lecture, Texas Tech Metals Symposium, Lubbock, TX (forthcoming)
2017lecture and workshop, Enamel Guild Northeast, White Plains, NY
2017Champlevé for Steel, Material Topics Symposium, East Carolina University
2016lecture, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2016So Graphic: Champlevé for Steel, Radical Enameling Workshop, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2015Alternative Techniques in Enamel demo, Keystone Metals Forum at Touchstone Center for Craft
2015Rings for Big Brothers Big Sisters at Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2014Challenging Jewelry, lecture, Keystone Metals Forum at Touchstone Center for Craft
2014Mods and Rockers, Contemporary Craft with the Millvale Community Library, Pittsburgh
2013Teaching artist, STEAM workshops, Assemble Gallery at the Hill House, Pittsburgh, PA
2013Imagery in Jewelry, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2012Challenging Jewelry, Winchester Thurston School and the Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2012Jewelry Fabrication in Steel, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2012 Enameling lecture and workshop, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
2011PechaKucha, lecture, Assemble Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2011Cloisonné enameling, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2009Emerging Artist Lecture, sponsored by Art Jewelry Forum, SOFA Chicago
2009 Michigan Art Association Professional Development Workshop, Kalamazoo, MI
2009Artist lecture, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
2008Emerging Artist Lecture, sponsored by SNAG, SOFA Chicago
2008 Michigan Art Association Professional Development Workshop, Kalamazoo, MI
2008Artist lecture, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2008Artist lecture, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2008Enameling workshop and lecture, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2007Enameling workshop and lecture, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
2007Artist lecture, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
2007Artist lecture, Crit-o-Rama, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2005Jewelry Fabrication 101 workshop, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2002Etching for Jewelry workshop, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Artist Residencies
2016Smitten Forum, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC
2013Short-term residency, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2013Short-term residency, Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh, PA
2004, 2005Studio Resident, Metals, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
Awards, Honors, Noteworthy Activity
2015Juror’s choice award, Under Fire, juried enamel exhibition
2014Purchase Award, Ties That Bind, Sheffield Wood Gallery, Greenville, SC
2013Artist Opportunity Grant, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
2013Honorable Mention,Caffeine and Saw Blades
2009Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Award
2008First Place, Refined: Abundance
2008Juror’s Award, Materials: Hard & Soft
2005Gravely Scholarship, School of Art, East Carolina University
2004Award of Merit, The Down East Sculpture Exhibition
Professional Service
2017-presentBoard of Trustees, the Enamelist Society
2016Juror, Enamelist Society, 16th Biennial International Juried Enamel Exhibition
2012-2015Board of Directors, Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)
2013-2015Co-founder, One Wall Gallery
2013Juror, Represented, New Jersey Metal Arts Guild
2013Juror, Sup Brooch, One Wall Gallery
2013-2015Studio Advisor, Touchstone Center for Crafts
2012Curator, Small Metals in the Steel City, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2012Curator, Charmed III-Third Times a Charm, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2012Juror, Art of the Found Object, State College, PA
2011-2013Steering Committee Member, Pittsburgh Emerging Arts Leaders
2011Juror, Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA
2010Juror, LEAP (Lydon Emerging Artist Program) Award
2010Juror, 2010 Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Award
2008-2009Faculty Advisor, Purdue Art Jewelry and Metals Association
2007-2008Gallery Coordinator, Interlochen Arts Academy
2007-2008Artistic Task Force, Interlochen Arts Academy
2007Juror, East Lansing Art Festival, East Lansing, MI
2006-2008Visiting Artist Committee, Interlochen Arts Academy
2004-2008SNAG Silent Auction Co-Manager, Society of North American Goldsmiths
2004-2005President, Graduate Student Alliance, East Carolina University
Professional Organizations
Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)
Art Jewelry Forum (AJF)
Allegheny Metals Club
Klimt02
Enamelist Society
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP)
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