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
2019 Fragments of Memory Chaddock and Morrow Gallery at the Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
2018 Artist Spotlight Solo Art Exhibition Fusion Art https://fusionartps.com/sharmon-davidson-artist-spotlight-solo-art-exhibition-nov-2018/
2018 Alternate Views Ascension Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, Indiana
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
2020 Art in the Time of Corona 2020 https://sosartcincinnati.com/art-in-the-time-of-corona-2020-exhibit/
2020 Think Square 3 Cincinnati Learning Collaborative Cincinnati, Ohio
2020 SOS Art 2020 – Art for Peace and Justice https://sosartcincinnati.com/sos-art-2020-exhibit/
2020 OH+5 Juried Regional Exhibit Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
2019 My Brown County Home Gallery 200, Brown County Music Center Nashville, Indiana
2019 Think Square 2 Invitational Think Shop, Newport, Kentucky
2019 HerStory 2019: An Exhibition of Women Artists Manhattan Arts International, https://manhattanarts.com/herstory-2019-exhibition/
2019 Art After Hours Campbell County Library, Fort Thomas, Kentucky
2019 SOS Art 2019 :Art for Peace and Justice Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
2019 I dream of a world where love is the answer (Mo Orkiszewski’s international collaborative art project) Artsite Galleries, Sydney, Australia
2019 For the Love of Printmaking Rubber City Prints Gallery, Akron, Ohio
2018 The Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen at the Living Arts and Science Center LASC, Lexington, KY
2018 Dreams 2018 Gallery 25N https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=PKvJMUHlrbg
2018 Artsy Shark Midsummer 2018 Artist Showcase https://www.artsyshark.com/2018/08/03/artist-showcase-mid-summer-2018/
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
2015 SOS Art 2015 – Art for Peace and Justice, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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 KY Print Club Carnegie Fine Arts Center, Covington, Kentucky
2013 Tripletta (traveling exhibition), Studio 2108: Art & 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 Univ. 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 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, 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 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 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)
2019 Artsy Shark Featured Artist Portfolio Article https://www.artsyshark.com/2019/04/15/featured-artist-sharmon-davidson/
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 art
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 Arts Showcase, 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
Collections
George Washington University, Washington, DC
PNC Bank National Headquarters, Louisville, KY
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