Artist Sharon Strasburg
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Sharon Strasburg
Denver, Colorado
720-480-2338
website: sharonstrasburg.com
email: sharonstrasburg@earthlink.net

Education:
1978 M.F.A. in Printmaking - Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1976 B.F.A. in Printmaking - University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota

Selected Exhibitions:
2005 At the Edge of Geography, solo show, Open Press Gallery,
Denver, Colorado
2004 The Small Print Show, group show, Open Press Ltd.,
Denver, Colorado
2004 Reconnecting: USD Art Alumni Exhibition, Warren M. Lee
Center for the Fine Arts, Vermillion, SD
2004 Open Press Ltd: A 15 Year Retrospective, CU Gallery of
Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2004 New Works, solo show, Open Press Ltd., Denver,
Colorado
2004 Lloyd Menard's USD Printmaking Alumni, South Dakota
State Museum, Brookings, South Dakota
2004 Landscapes on Paper:Traditional to Contemporary, group
show, Emil Nelson Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2004 Femme, group show, 12th Street Gallery, Golden,
Colorado
2003 Beyond the Horizon, solo show, Open Press Ltd., Denver,
Colorado
2003 All Colorado Art Show and Sale, juried show, Arvada Art
Center, Arvada, Colorado
2002 Driving Across America, solo show, Open Press Ltd.,
Denver, Colorado
2002 Grand Opening Exhibition, gallery artists, Fresh Art II,
Denver, Colorado
2002 All Colorado Art Show and Sale, juried show, Arvada Art
Center, Arvada, Colorado
2001 Controls and Beliefs, 2-woman show, Open Press Ltd.,
Denver, Colorado
2001 Pulp, group show, Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2001 National Works on Paper Exhibition, juried show, Core
Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2000 Informal Introductions, gallery artists show, Fresh Art
Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2000 Featured Artist, National Center for Atmospheric
Research, Boulder, Colorado
1999 Dialogue, 5 printmakers, Open Press Ltd., Denver,
Colorado
1999 Alumni Printmaking Exhibition, University of South
Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota
1999 Open Press Anniversary Show, Open Press Ltd., Denver,
Colorado
1999 The Paper Chase, gallery printmakers group exhibition,
Studio 1818, Denver, Colorado
1999 Members Summer Show, The Womens Art Center &
Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1999 Members Printmaking Show, Art Students League of
Denver, Denver, Colorado
1999 Louisville Arts Festival, Fine Arts Exhibition, juried show,
Louisville, Colorado
1998 Regional Prints, juried exhibition, Genre Gallery, Denver,
Colorado
1998 Off the Master Press, 5 printmakers, Harmony Park
Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado
1997 Outsiders Show, juried show, Ec-Lec-Tic Art, Denver,
Colorado
1997 6th Annual This is Colorado, juried show, Heritage Fine
Arts Guild, Littleton, Colorado
1997 Mélange, invitational printmaking exhibition, Catwalk
Gallery, Denver, Colorado


Awards:
2005 Merit Award, Lincoln Fine Arts Festival, Lincoln, Nebraska
2003 Best of Printmaking, Woodstock Art Festival, Woodstock,
Illinois
2003 Merit Award, Arlington Heights Art Festival, Arlington
Heights, Illinois
2002 Best of Show, Omaha Summer Art Festival, Omaha,
Nebraska
2002 Best of Printmaking, Celebrate Colorado Artists Festival,
Denver, Colorado
2002 Merit Award, Uptown Minneapolis Art Festival,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2001 Best of Printmaking, Brookside Art Festival, Kansas City,
Missouri
2001 Merit Award, Boulder Summer Art Festival, Boulder,
Colorado
2000 Best of Printmaking, Evergreen Summer Art Festival,
Evergreen, Colorado
2000 Best of Printmaking, Crested Butte Art Festival, Crested
Butte, Colorado
2000 CD Cover Art Winner, KUVO Jazz & Blues Radio CD
"Live at the Oasis", Denver, Colorado
1999 Printmaking Merit Award, Evergreen Summer Art Festival,
Evergreen, Colorado


Gallery Representation:
Sande Webster Gallery, 2006 Walnut Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 215-636-9003

Open Press Gallery, 10 E. Ellsworth Avenue, Denver, Colorado
303-777-7539


Guest Artist/Lecturer:
2003 Guest Artist, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
2003 Monotype workshop and Art marketing lecture,
Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA


Juried Festival Participation:
Outdoor Arts Festival of the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut 2004
Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival, Reston, Virginia 2004
South University Art Fair, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2003, 2004, 2005
Cottonwood Art Festival/Spring, Richardson, Texas 2004
Birmingham Fine Art Festival, Birmingham, Michigan 2004
Three Rivers Art Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2003, 2004, 2005
Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, Alabama 2004
Art Balitimore 04, Balitimore, Maryland 2004
Rockville Art Festival, Rockville, Maryland 2004
Washington Square Art Festival, New York City, New York 2004
Fountain Square Art Festival, Evanston, Illinois 2003, 2004
Gold Coast Art Festival, Chicago, Illinois 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Colorado Art Expo, Denver, Colorado 2003, 2004
Rittenhouse Square Art Festival, Philadelphia, PA 2003, 2005
Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, California 2003
Laumeier Art Festival, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis,
Missouri 2002, 2003
Uptown Art Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2002, 2003
Austin Fine Art Festival, Austin, Texas 2001, 2003
Celebrate Colorado Artists, Denver, Colorado 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Promenade of Art, Arlington Heights, Illinois 2003
Woodstock Fine Art Fair, Woodstock, Illinois 2003
San Diego Art Festival, San Diego, California 2003
Art Fest Chilled, Des Moines, Iowa 2003
Omaha Summer Art Festival, Omaha, Nebraska 2002, 2003
Brookings Summer Art Festival, Brookings, South Dakota 2001, 2002, 2003
Sacramento Art Festival, Sacramento, California 2002, 2003
West End Art Festival, LaGrange, Illinois 2003

Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2002
The Plaza Art Festival, Kansas City, Missouri 2002
Longs Park Art Festival, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 2002
Bayou City Art Festival, Downtoen, Houston, Texas 2001, 2002
Scottsdale Fine Arts Festival, Scottsdale, Arizona 2002
Main Street Art Festival, Fort Worth, Texas 2002
Brookside Art Festival, Kansas City, Missouri 2001, 2002
Portland Rose Festival, Portland, Oregon 2002
Art Students League Summer Art Market, Denver, Colorado 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Edom Art Fair, Tyler, Texas 2002
Boulder Fall Festival, Boulder, Colorado 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Bayou Festival - Memorial Park, Houston, Texas 2001
San Antonio Art Festival, San Antonio, Texas 2001
Boulder Summer Art Festival, Boulder, Colorado 1999, 2000, 2001
Crested Butte Art Festival, Crested Butte, Colorado 2000, 2001
Town Art Show, Kansas City, Kansas 2001
Broad Ripple Art Fair, Indianapolis, Indiana 2001
Evergreen Art Festival, Evergreen, Colorado, 1999, 2000, 2001
Fresh Art Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2001
Vail Art Festival, Vail, Colorado 2000
Beaver Creek Art Festival, Beaver Creek, Colorado 2000
Old South Pearl Street Festival, Denver, Colorado 2000