Bio
Sharon Lacey is a painter who is currently based in London, England, where she is researching painting techniques used in medieval manuscripts at the Institute of English Studies, University of London. She is writing her dissertation on the tinted drawing techniques used in the Tanner Apocalypse, a thirteenth century manuscript at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Other research interests include early craft treatises, paint technology, and the history of artists' studio practice and training.
Sharon is a native of Charleston, SC. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, where she earned degrees in both Art and English. In 1995, she was accepted to study art and literature at Keble College, Oxford University. While there, she studied stone carving at Keble's Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. She moved to New York in 1999 to pursue graduate work in painting. In May 2001, she completed her MFA degree under the instruction of Eric Fischl at the New York Academy of Art. Her art training has primarily focused on traditional techniques and materials, with particular emphasis on the human figure.
She has exhibited work throughout the US, including Washington, DC, New York, NY, Boston, MA, New Orleans, LA, Portland, OR, Omaha, NE, and recently in Augusta, GA. In October 2008, she was invited by the China Workers' Center for International Exchange, a cultural affairs organization created by the Chinese Government, to join a professional exchange team of North American artists to collaborate with Chinese artists and art professionals in the Yunnan and Sichuan regions of China and in Tibet. In May 2010 she was a resident artist at Can Serrat, near Barcelona, Spain. From 2003-2010 she taught painting and drawing in the Studio Art department at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC.
Her work was recently exhibited in a group show at St. Bride Library on Fleet Street, London in September and October 2011. An upcoming exhibition will be in the Spring in Southeast London; details forthcoming.
Sharon is a native of Charleston, SC. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, where she earned degrees in both Art and English. In 1995, she was accepted to study art and literature at Keble College, Oxford University. While there, she studied stone carving at Keble's Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. She moved to New York in 1999 to pursue graduate work in painting. In May 2001, she completed her MFA degree under the instruction of Eric Fischl at the New York Academy of Art. Her art training has primarily focused on traditional techniques and materials, with particular emphasis on the human figure.
She has exhibited work throughout the US, including Washington, DC, New York, NY, Boston, MA, New Orleans, LA, Portland, OR, Omaha, NE, and recently in Augusta, GA. In October 2008, she was invited by the China Workers' Center for International Exchange, a cultural affairs organization created by the Chinese Government, to join a professional exchange team of North American artists to collaborate with Chinese artists and art professionals in the Yunnan and Sichuan regions of China and in Tibet. In May 2010 she was a resident artist at Can Serrat, near Barcelona, Spain. From 2003-2010 she taught painting and drawing in the Studio Art department at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC.
Her work was recently exhibited in a group show at St. Bride Library on Fleet Street, London in September and October 2011. An upcoming exhibition will be in the Spring in Southeast London; details forthcoming.
