Sharon Norwood
In residence:
Erie, Pennsylvania – October 2020
Sharon Norwood is an interdisciplinary Artist whose work spans several media to include painting and ceramic. Norwood is a graduate from Florida State University with an MFA in studio Art, and a BFA in Painting from the University of South Florida. Her work has been exhibited in several Biennials including the Jamaica, Atlanta and Florida Biennial. Her exhibition record includes Florida, Georgia, Baltimore, Kansas City, Washington, New York, Canada, South Korea, Jamaica and Germany. Norwood is the recipient of numerous honors including the Exceptional Opportunity Award, the Andy McLaughlin Memorial Award and the Jim Boone Endowed Art Scholarship from Florida State University.
In 2016 Norwood received the Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the art’s emerging artist recognition and the Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s Best of the Bay Emerging Artist recognition. She has participated in national and international residencies including the Vermont Studio Center (VSC), PILOTENKUECHE, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, ROKTOWA and the Jacque and Natasha Gellman Fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA). Sharon maintains her studio practice in Savannah Georgia.
EDUCATION:
MFA, Florida State University
BFA,University of South Florida
AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES:
2019 - Joan Mitchell Foundation “Painters & Sculptors Grants Candidate”, Nominee
2018 - Drawing Award, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2017 - McKinney Law Group Scholarship Fund, Tampa, FL
2017 - Jim Boone Endowed Art Scholarship, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2016 - Exceptional Opportunity Award, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2016 - Emerging Artist Talent, Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa, FL
2016 - Andy McLaughlin Memorial Endowment, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2015 - TravelGrant, Florida State University, Congress of Graduate Students, Tallahassee, FL
2014 - Merit Award Dunedin Fine Art Center
2011 - Talent Grant, USF, Tampa, FL
2010 - Talent Grant, USF Institution Black Life, Tampa, FL
Michael S. Vivo Memorial Prize
Artist's Website: https://sharonnorwood.com