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Sharon Engelstein
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Selected solo exhibitions

  • 2011: Inflated on Site, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
  • 2009: Diad, Lousiana State University, Baton Rouge
  • 2008: Soft Head, Peel Gallery, Houston
  • 2008: Blow, Sunday, New York
  • 2007: MY Cookie!, MKG, Houston
  • 2006: New Ceramic Work, Romo Gallery, Atlanta
  • 2005: Siblit Tatu, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, Vermont
  • 2005: Minna Poota, the Suburban, Chicago
  • 2005: Clayworks, Texas State University, San Marcos
  • 2004: Tethertwin, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
  • 2004: Shapey, Mixture Gallery, Houston
  • 2003: Cold Air, Elias Fine Art, Boston
  • 2002: Sib Dit, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton
  • 2002: Air GA, ArtPace Foundation, San Antonio
  • 2002: b'bleb, Locust Projects, Miami

Selected group exhibitions

  • 2011: Sex/Twist, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas
  • 2011: Pan Y Circos, PG Contemporary, Houston
  • 2009: Design Loves Art, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles
  • 2009: No Zoning, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
  • 2009: Light as Air, Discovery Green, Houston
  • 2009: Light as Air, Museums and Cultural Affairs, El Paso
  • 2009: e-Form, Jinse Gallery, Chongqing
  • 2009: Duolun Museum of Art, Shanghai
  • 2009: Today Art Museum, Beijing
  • 2008: Sculpture at Evergreen, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
  • 2008: Project Space, Next Fair, Chicago
  • 2008: Big, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC

Selected bibliography

  • "Sculpture at Evergreen," Sculpture Magazine, January 2009
  • "Sharon Engelstein: Sunday" by Christina Linden, Artlies, Fall 2008
  • "Nature Pushes Back" by Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, August 2008
  • "Sharon Engelstein: Shapey" by Kristina Spritzer, Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online
  • "Bubbling Over in Talent" by Kenneth Baker, Art News, September 2004
  • "New Sculpture and Painting" by Alison Bing, SFGate.com
  • "What's Seen Confuses What's Read" by Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, September 2004
  • "For Art's Sake" by Tim Maloney, 002 Houston, July 2004
  • "Sculptures Are Both Playful and Powerful" by Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, January 2003
  • "Pop Goes to Houston," by Joanne Milani, Tampa Tribune, June 2002

Selected books and catalogues

  • "Sculpture at Evergreen," Evergreen Museum and Library, essay by Andrea Pollen, 2008
  • "Inflated," Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX, essay by Valerie Loupe Olsen, 2002
  • "Boolean Unions," Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX, essay by Dana Friis Hansen, 2000
  • "Texas: 150 Works from the Museum of Fine Arts," Houston, TX, by Alison de Lima Greene, 2000

Education

  • Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
  • Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communication/Journalism, University of South Florida, Tampa
  • Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts/Sculpture, University of South Florida, Tampa

Awards and commissions

  • 2008: Individual Artist Fellowship, Houston Arts Alliance
  • 2008: Artist/Designer, Metro Light Rail Station, Houston
  • 2008: Nominee, Arthouse Texas Prize
  • 2006: Invited Member, Artist Pension Trust
  • 2002: International Artist in Residence Program
  • 2000: Creative Artist Program Award, Cultural Arts Council of Houston

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Exhibition: "Sex/Twist"


"Bandy"
Inflated sculpture, vinyl coated nylon and forced air
10' x 10' x 10'