Biography

David Sharpe – Artist Bio

 Education:

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA, MFA,
1968.

 

Solo exhibitions:


Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, 2010
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago: 2006
Sonia Zaks Gallery, Chicago: 2003, 2000, 1998, 1995,
1994, 1992, 1991, 1989, 1987, 1983, 1982, 1980, 1978 
Printworks Gallery, Chicago, 2005, 2001
The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, David Sharpe:   20 Years of Painting 1990
Pam Adler Gallery, New York: 1982, 1981, 1979 
G.W. Einstein, New York, 1974
Douglas Kenyon, Chicago: 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972
Artists’ House, New York, 1974
English Editions Limited, Detroit, 1973
Metropolitan Structures, Chicago, 1972
Joe LoGiudice Gallery, Chicago, 1970

Group exhibitions:

Abstract Imagist, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, 2006
Invitational exhibition Of Contemporary American Art,
National Academy Museum, New York, 2006- AWARD FOR PAINTING
Invitational exhibition of Painting and Sculpture,
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 2006- PURCHASE AWARD
All About Women, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, 2006
The Art of the Bookplate, Printworks, Chicago, 2005
International Print Center, New York, New Prints 2005: Etchings 
Gallery 37,Chicago, The exquisite Snake Returns, 2004
Art Gallery/Parkland College, State of the Arts 2005 /
Biennial Watercolor Invitational, 2005
The Drawing Center, New York, 2002
DFN Gallery, New York, Tribeca Works on Paper, 2002
The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 2002
Hinsdale Center For The Arts, Hinsdale, Illinois, Who Let The Dog Out, 2002
Printworks Gallery, Chicago, The Self Portrait, 2000
Printworks Gallery, Chicago, The exquisite Corpse, 2000
The Gallery at Hastings-On-Hudson, New York, Interiors, 2000
Auraria Higher Education Center Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, Colorado, 1999
Spark Gallery, Denver, Colorado, 1999
The Gallery at Hastings-On-Hudson, New York, The Figure Revisited, 1997
The David And Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Contemporary Paintings, 1997 
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Art In Chicago: 1945-1995, 1996
Fashion Institute Of Technology, New York, 1996
G.W. Einstein Gallery, New York, 1995
O’Hara Gallery, New York, 1995 
The David And Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Contemporary Prints And Drawings, 1995
A.H.I. Gallery, New York, 1994
x ochiplli Art Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, 1994
The Gallery at Hastings-On-Hudson, New York, Interior  Outlook, 1993
The Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, New Jersey, A Moment Becomes Eternity: Flowers, 1993 
Michael Walls Gallery, New York, Anne Abrons / David Sharpe: The Four Seasons, 1992
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, From America’s Studio, 1992
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Selections From The Permanent Collection, 1991
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, Distorted Figuration, 1991
Metro Toronto Conventions Center and touring Canada and USA, West/Art and the Law, 1988 
Michael Walls Gallery, New York, 1988
The Union League Club, Chicago, Recent Acquisitions, 1988
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Chicago Figurative Imagery Realist and expressionist, 1987
Miami Florida Art Museum, The Portrait, 1987
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut, The Classic Tradition in Recent Painting and Sculpture, 1985
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Looking at Men, 1985
N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, Mythology and Religion in Recent Art, 1984
Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, 24 x 24 x 24, 1984
Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, Rambunctious, 1984
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Joseph Yoakum: His Influences on Contemporary Art and Artists, 1984
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York and touring USA, 1+1=2, 1984 
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago Collects, 1984
Tampa Museum, Time Out - Sports and Leisure in America Today, 1983
The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 20 Years of Abstract Figure Painting in Chicago Art, 1983
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Looking at Women, 1983
Pratt Manhattan Institute, New York, The Destroyed Print, 1982
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Painting and Sculpture Today, 1982
The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, Alumni Who Collect, 1982
The Drawing Center, New York, New Drawing in America, 1982
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Selections from the Dennis Adrian Collection, 1982
Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County, Connecticut, The American Landscape: Recent Developments, 1981
The Lobby Gallery, Illinois Bell, Chicago, Contemporary American Watercolors, 1981
Toronto Art Institute, Toronto/New York, 1981
Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York, Figuring, 1981
Portsmouth Community Arts Center, Portsmouth, Virginia, American Drawings III, 1980
Pam Adler Gallery, New York, 1980
S.U.N.Y., Stony Brook, New York, Alloway Selects, 1980
New York University, 80 Washington Square East Gallery, Faculty of the Department of Art, 1979
Cincinnati Art Museum, Collector’s Choice, 1979
Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, Illinois, 1979
Pam Adler Gallery, New York, Inaugural exhibition, 1978
N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, Seven by Nine, 1978
Webb and Parsons Gallery, Bedford, New York, 1978
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois, 1978
G.W. Einstein Gallery, New York, 1978
Lee Hoffman Gallery, Detroit, 1978
The SoHo Center for Visual Arts, New York, 1978
Philadelphia College of Art, Point, 1978
The Drawing Center, New York, 1978
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut, Contemporary Reflections, 1977
Independent Curators Inc., touring North Dakota, New Works/New York, 1977 
Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, New York and touring New York State, Out Side City Limits, 1977 
OIA: Art in Public Places, New York, 1977
The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago: 1977, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968
Chicago Cultural Center, Masterpieces of Chicago Art, 1977
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, 1977
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Visions -
Paintings and Sculpture: Distinguished Alumni 1945 to the Present, 1976
Douglas Kenyon Gallery, Chicago: 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971
The University of Chicago, The Chicago Style Painting, 1974
The National Gallery of Canada, Toronto, What They’re Up To in Chicago, 1972 
Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati: 1971, 1972
Illinois Painters, II, touring Illinois, 1971
Illinois Bell Telephone Collection, Chicago, Decade of Accomplishment in Drawing, 1971
The Art Institute of Chicago, Recent Acquisitions, 1970
The Art Institute of Chicago, Society of Contemporary Art, 1969
The Art Institute of Chicago, Artists Under 30, 1968
Adele Rosenberg Gallery, Chicago: 1967, 1966
Gallery Arkep, New York: 1965, 1964
The University of Chicago, 1964

 

Selected Public Collections:

The Washington County Museum Of Fine Art, Hagerstown, MD
The University Of Indiana Museum
The Art Institute of Chicago
Bankers Trust Corporation
The Bell Telephone Collection, Chicago
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, New York
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
exx on
Federal Home Loan Corporation, Washington, D.C.
IBM
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Kemper Insurance Company
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art,
Edinburgh, Scotland
Oklahoma Art Center
The Owens-Corning Corporation
The Prudential Insurance Company of America