Education

2007   MA Education,  Northern Kentucky University (Summa cum laude) 

1997-2000   Master’s level classes,  Art Academy of Cincinnati                           

1993   BFA Studio Art; BA Art Education,  Northern Kentucky University (Summa cum laude)  

 

 Solo Exhibitions

2010   Frable Gallery at Art Space,  Richmond, Virginia

2000   Miami Valley Cooperative Gallery,  Dayton Convention Center, Dayton, OH

1996   Hugh N. Roland Memorial Gallery,  Portland, Indiana

1994   Hypotenuse Gallery,  Sinclair College,   Dayton, Ohio

1993   Thesis Exhibition,  Third Floor Gallery,  Northern Kentucky University,  Highland Heights, Kentucky

 

Selected Group Exhibitions and Awards

2018    For the Love of Printmaking   Rubber City Prints Gallery,    Akron, Ohio

2016    Conversations      Bolivar Gallery, University of Kentucky,  Lexington, Kentucky

2016    Conversations       Main Gallery, Northern Kentucky University,  Highland Heights, Kentucky

2016    Think Square      Think Shop,  Newport, Kentucky

2016    Artspan Collection: Found, Fractured, and Fastened

2015     SOS Art 2015 – Art for Peace and Justice,  Art Academy of Cincinnati,    Cincinnati, OH

2015     Flight – Three-person exhibit        Covington Arts,     Covington, Kentucky

2015    Art After Hours    Campbell County Library,   Fort Thomas, Kentucky

2014    Tripletta     Main Street Gallery and Yoga,  Cincinnati, Ohio      

2014    Trifecta      Covington Arts,  Covington, Kentucky

2013    So They Say: Wisdom and Foolishness, Northern Kentucky Print Club      Duveneck Gallery, Carnegie Fine Arts Center      Covington, Kentucky

2013    Tripletta (traveling exhibition),     Studio 2108: Art and Spirit,    Louisville, Kentucky

2013    National Collage Society 2013 29th Annual Juried Exhibit               www.nationalcollage.com/2013.html

2013     Annual Postcard Collage Exhibition,   National Collage Society, Kent State University College of Art Galleries,        Kent, Ohio

2013     In Your Dreams,   Northern Kentucky University Main Gallery,   Highland Heights, Kentucky

2013    Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen Exhibit,    Berea Arts Council,  Berea, Kentucky

2012     Figuratively Speaking – Three-person show,     Global Novations Gallery,  Cincinnati, OH

2012     The Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen Group Exhibition,    The John James Audubon Museum,  Henderson, Kentucky

2012     Animal Facts, Fairytales, and Fictions,       Gloria Singletary Gallery,  The Living Arts and Science Center,  Lexington, Kentucky

2011     The National Collage Society’s 2011 27th Annual Juried Exhibition,    www.nationalcollage.com/2011_exhibit/2011.html

2011    Moving Forward, Circling Back: Celebrating 50 Years of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen, The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY

2011    Art After Hours     Campbell County Library,  Cold Spring, Kentucky

2010     Window on Kentucky: Members of the Kentucky Guild of Artists & Craftsmen,    Berea Arts Council,   Berea, KY

2010     A Summer Collection: Works from the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen,     Scott County Arts and Cultural Center,  Georgetown, KY

2010    12th Annual Collage, Digital, and Mixed Media Juried Online Internat’l Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery  www.upstreampeoplegallery.com  Award of Special Recognition

2010    Tennessee Art League 45th Central South Art Exhibition,   Tennessee Art League Galleries, Nashville, TN                         Juror- Anne Bagby

2009    Lorillard Lofts Decorator Showcase– Featured Artist,  Lorillard Lofts,  Lexington, Kentucky

2009    8th Annual Summer All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition,  Upstream People Gallery  www.upstreampeoplegallery.com   Special Recognition

2009   Fall Members Exhibition,     Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen,   Berea, Kentucky

2008   AGNWG 1st Annual Online Art Competition    –  1st Place Mixed Media Award     Artist Guild of Northwest Georgia      www.georgiaarts.net

2008   Northern Kentucky University Alumni Exhibition,    NKU Fine Arts Center Main Gallery,  Highland Heights, Kentucky

2008   Dreams&Visions National Juried Exhibit,    Union Street Gallery,   Chicago Heights, Illinois

1999   Regional Exhibition XIII  –  3rd Place Award     Southside Art League,  Indianapolis Convention Center,   Indianapolis, Indiana

 

Publications (selected)

2018    Porkbelly Press Chapbook  03.02.18     Love Me, Anyway // Minadora Macheret   – cover art                                                                  https://porkbellypress.com/2018/03/02/love-me-anyway-minadora-macheret/

2017    Porkbelly Press Chapbook  07.11.17   “Mexicamericana // Eloise Amezcua”  –  cover art                                                                        https://porkbellypress.com/2017/07/11/eloisa-amezcuas-mexicamericana-poetry/

2017    Woven Tale Press Literary and Fine Arts Journal #5, cover and 5-page feature                                                                                      http://online.flipbuilder.com/eovs/egwl/mobile/index.html#p=63

2017    Artist Portfolio Magazine, Issue 30 – Q1   https://issuu.com/artistportfoliomagazine/docs/issue-30-q1                                                         https://artistportfoliomagazine.blog/2017/04/04/sharmon-davidson-q1-art-competition-artist-portfolio-magazine/

2016     Storytelling With Collage: Techniques for Layering, Color, and Texture, by Roxanne Evans Stout

2015     Star 82 Review Magazine, Issue 3.2, edited by Alisa Golden

2015     Women of Babylon: A Howling of Women’s Voices – Cover Illustration

2014    Exploring Spiritual Naturalism: Year 1: An Anthology of Articles from the Spiritual Naturalism Society,  edited by D. T.  Strain – Cover Illustration     

2014    The 2014 Collection     2nd Place Award Mixed Media    ArtBuzz Juried Competition: Premier Visual Arts Showcase, Annual Hardcover Publication

2012    The Spiritual Naturalist Society      Archive Contributer

2009    The 2009 Collection     ArtBuzz Juried Competition: Premier Visual ArtsShowcase, Annual Hardcover Publication

March 2008    “Art Scuttlebutt”,   Art Calendar Magazine, Turnstile Publishing Co.

May 1, 2000:   “According to Artist Sharmon Davidson, Life is Just a Dream”  (article about solo show at Dayton Convention Center)   Dayton Daily Journal Entertainment Magazine, Dayton, Ohio