About the Artist
biography
Sharon Grove is from Canada, born in Lethbridge, Alberta, through out her life she has lived in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C.
Sharon Grove began as a potter in 1998 in the community of Tsawwassen, B.C. She attended Sheridan College of Craft and Design in Ontario, then transferred to Alberta College of Art and Design where she completed her BFA majoring in ceramics.
Sharon’s work can be found in Galleries located through out the lower mainland of BC and Ontario, in numerous private collections nationally and internationally, and is part of the permanent collection at the Sanbao Ceramic Arts Institute Museum in Jingdezhen, China.
Sharon’s home and studio are located in the picturesque town of Sooke, located
on Vancouver Island in British Columbia Canada.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Alberta College of Art and Design;current 4TH year, BFA ceramics major.
Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning; 2003-2005, Ceramics.
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology;Marketing Management 1987
SCHOLARSHIPS·AWARDS·RECOGNITION
Purchase Award Recipient; Sooke Fine Arts Show, Sooke, BC. August 2005
Sheridan Peer Mentor Award of Recognition 2004/05.
Betty Cantor Award of Excellence in Achievement; Sheridan Ontario College of Art and Design, Oakville, Ontario, 2004, Cash scholarship award
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Sooke Fine Arts show, Sooke, BC, August 2007, 09
Nextfest; group juried show, Syncrude, Edmonton, AB, June 2007 Craft Year 2007-Base Elements; group juried show,
CODA conference, Calgary Alberta -June 2007
Carbon Media; group show, R:evolution, Calgary, AB - April 2007
Marion Nicoll Gallery; solo show, Strength and Fragility, March 5-10, Calgary, AB - March 2007
Sooke Fine Arts Show; Recipient of Purchasers Award, Sooke, BC, August 2005 Arad Biennial of Contemporary Art Festival; Romania 2005, Invited artist
NCECA Taking Measure II; an Exhibition of Ceramic Art by Selected Undergrad and Graduate American Students 2004 Jingdezhen, PR
Dinner Works 2004; Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Invited Artist