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
sharon wilson the laundress

The Laundress

Pastel,
25 x 19 inches
(cat. 77)

Sharon Wilson Bermudian, born May 10, 1954


sharon wilson
artist statement
When it's all said and done, my work must speak for itself.

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"
2000 Burnaby Gallery
2001 Burnaby Gallery

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"
2000 Bermuda National Gallery, Bacardi Limited Biennial

publications & books
1996 The Day Gogo Went to Vote, written by Elinor Sisulu, Little Brown Publishers
1997 Freedom's Gifts, written by Valerie Wesley, Simon & Schuster
2000 The Grandad Tree, Walker Books Publishers

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