Sharon Falk is a New York based artist whose expressive paintings evoke the gesture of a moment in time, and the power of that moment to expand, timeless in memory. Her images are those of the natural world: wild creatures and landforms painted with a sense of motion that radiates the space around them. Light glowing from within and around the forms erases boundaries, creating an energy and aura that transcend time.
From an early age, she had a desire to experience the world from many different regions and cultures; and has traveled in Egypt, Greece, Peru, Italy, Mexico, and the caves of the south of France filling sketchbooks with images inspired by the art of those civilizations. She is intrigued by the effects of time layering over the ancient frescoes, with artifacts made and covered over and found again; and her work seeks to express the energy and power existing in all things.
Growing up in Arizona, and living in New Orleans and Los Angeles for several years before moving to New York, she was surrounded by a rich sense of light and color and the space of wide western lands. Falk also worked as a courtroom sketch artist for CBS News covering historic court proceedings for broadcast; and having to travel on short notice to be at a trial, and drawing every day reinforced her instinct to capture a figure quickly while it was in motion. With her interest in history and its fragments of the past, she seeks to portray the potential in each of us: the divine side of us running parallel with fleeting time. We are each on a journey of discovery, ultimately alone, that expands in our perceptions and shared knowledge.
Falk has also taught painting and drawing at Pace University, and Bergen Community College; and has been the recipient of artist residencies in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Woodstock, New York; and Gatlinburg Tennessee; and received the Paula Rhodes award from the School of Visual Arts. Her work is in numerous collections nationwide.
EDUCATION
MFA, SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, New York, NY
BFA, OTIS ART INSTITUTE, Los Angeles, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Structures and Time, Arts Alliance of Haverstraw, Haverstraw, NY
2004 Class of 1929 Art Gallery, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
2004 Gravity’s Wings, Valley Cottage Library, Valley Cottage, NY
2003 Rockland County Legislature, New City, NY
1994 Broadway Arts Building, Asheville, NC
1991 Points of Balance, New York Open Center, New York, NY
1991 Main Street Windows, Brooklyn, NY
1983 Recordings From An Artist’s Eye, Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA
1982 Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1976 Diversity Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1975 Otis Art Institute Gallery II, Los Angeles, CA
TWO & THREE & FOUR PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009-2010 The Art of the Bird, Blue Hill Art & Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
2010 Skylight Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Pomona Cultural Center, Pomona, NY
1993 University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Designing Women, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
2009 A Collective in Black & White, Pomona Cultural Center, Pomona, NY
2002-10 Forms Gallery, Delray Beach, FL
2008 Sunrise Southwest, Ridgeway, Colorado
2007 Faculty Exhibition, Bergen Community College
2005-6 Port of Call Gallery, Warwick, NY
2004 Garnerville Arts Center, Garnerville, NY
2004 Faculty Exhibition, Westchester Community College
2003 Port of Call Gallery, Warwick, NY
2003 Kotinsky Gallery, Pompton Lakes, NJ
2003 Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY
2003 Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY
2002 Faculty Exhibition, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY
2001 Faculty Exhibition, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Small Works Exhibition, Gallery 402, New York, NY
2001 Ora Sorenson Gallery, Delray Beach, FL
2000 Mill Atelier Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000 11th Annual Juried Slide Exhibition, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
1994 Art In Residence, New York, NY
1992 Crossings, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
1992 Small Works Show, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
1991 Elements of Drawing, Brooklyn, NY
1991 Images of Power, Memories, Right Bank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1991 Salon Show, OIA, New York, NY
1990 Topologies, Marymount College, New York, NY
1988 Small Works Show, AMMO, Brooklyn, NY
1987 Site Proposals, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY,
1986 Wilde-Meyer Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1986 Visual Arts Museum, New York, NY
1985 Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY,
1982-83 Art For Art’s Sake, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2009 Artist of the Year, Arts Alliance of Haverstraw, Haverstraw, NY
2001 Peabody Award, ABC News, New York, NY
2001 Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine, Annual Art Competition
2000 Residency, Mill Atelier Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1987 Paula Rhodes Memorial Award, School of Visual Arts, New York NY
1987 Residency, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY
1984 Assistantship, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
PUBLICATION & REVIEWS
"Best of the Weekend, Artist on Display," The Journal News, April, 2009
"Arts Alliance Exhibit Features Nyack Artist's Large-format Works," Rockland Review, April, 2009
"Rivertown People in the News," Rivertown Magazine, May, 2009
Exhibits, Pomona Cultural Center, Arts Happenings, February, 2007
Eisenhower Hall Theatre, 04-05 Season 2004
Rivertown Magazine, (September, 2004)
Rivertown Magazine, (April, 2004)
“A Wrinkle In Time; The Erosion of Emotion,” by Dale Neal, (1994), Asheville Citizen-Times Exhibition Review
Crossings, (1992) Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
People Magazine (September, 1989) – Courtroom drawings of Leona Helmsley Trial
Expressive Drawing (1988) – Textbook by Joseph Mugnaini, Davis Publications
New Orleans Magazine, (March 1984) – Courtroom Drawings
Discover Magazine (February, 1982) – Courtroom drawings of Creationism Trial, Birmingham, Alabama
TEACHING & LECTURES
2002-2007 Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ – Instructor, Drawing Fundamentals, Life Drawing, Design
2003-2004 Westchester Community College, White Plains, NY –Instructor, Painting & Drawing
2002-2004 Pace University, Pleasantville, & New York, NY – Instructor, Drawing, & Painting
2001 Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY – Instructor, Drawing
1993 University of Dayton, Dayton, OH – Guest Lecturer
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Soho Kitchen, New York, NY
Eisenhower Theatre at West Point, West Point, NY
Electrical Design Systems, Naperville, IL
Russ Lyon Realty, Scottsdale, Arizona
L.P.Bowers Electric, New Orleans, LA
Eastern Athletic Clubs, Brooklyn, AZ