Sharon Wilson
Bacardi Limited Biennal at the Bermuda National GalleryBacardi Limited Biennial 2002Artists featured in the Bermuda National Gallery's BiennialsBacardi Ltd.Biennial 1994Biennial 1996Bacardi Biennial 1998Bacardi Ltd Biennial 2000

the music lesson by sharon wilson

The Music Lesson

pastel
12 x 14 inches


Sharon Wilson Bermudian, born May 10, 1954


sharon wilson
artist statement
What is there to say? There is light, there is colour, there are people to paint. There are pastels and quiet hours to work. I am grateful, my soul is happy.

education
1972-6 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, BFA
1978-9 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, MSc Art Education

solo exhibitions
1997- Masterworks Foundation, "Artists Up Front Street"
1998- Masterworks Foundation, "Artists Up Front Street"

selected group exhibitions
1994- Bermuda National Gallery, 1st Biennial
1997- Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard spring members show
- Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard winter members show
1998- Puck Building, Soho, New York, 2nd Annual Black Art Show
- Bermuda National Gallery, Bacardi Limited Biennial
1999- Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, "15th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition"

publications & books
1996- The Day Gogo Went to Vote, Little Brown
1997- Freedom's Gifts, Simon & Schuster
2000- The Grandad Tree, Walker Books

awards
1996- Jane Addams Picture Book Award for Women's International League for Peace
- Smithsonian Notable Book Award
1997- Teacher's Choice Award for International Reading Association
- Honor Book for Society of School Librarians (International)
- Once Upon a World Picture Book Award at Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles