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Sharon Gilbert
Born
Brooklyn, New York
Died
Brooklyn, New York
EducationThe Cooper Union
OccupationArtist

Sharon Gilbert (1944–2005) was a New York-based artist whose work included sculpture, collage, and art books. Her art employs information from print media and photocopy techniques to create socially critical content in her artwork, often from a feminist point of view. Focuses of her work include nuclear radiation poisoning, environmental pollution, chemical warfare, and police brutality. Her most noted work is A Nuclear Atlas (1982) published by the Women's Studio Workshop.[1]

Gilbert's work has been exhibited at venues including the Brooklyn Museum,.[2][3] Museum of Modern Art,[4] Yale University Art Gallery,[5] Printed Matter,[6] the Center for Book Arts,[7] Centre Pompidou,[1] and Harvard Art Museums,[8][9] among others[1]

Biography

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Gilbert was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1944.

Gilbert graduated with a Bachelor's of Fine Art from The Cooper Union in 1966.

She married Lithuanian poet, Vyt Bakaitis. They had two children. Gilbert died in June of 2005.[10]

Fellowships and Art Residencies

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In 1982, Gilbert was awarded an artist residency at the Women's Studio Workshop. Gilbert produced A Nuclear Atlas during the residency. It was published and printed by Women's Studio Workshop.

In 1989, Gilbert was awarded an Artist's Fellowship in the Printmaking, Drawing, & Artist Books division from the New York Foundation for the Arts.[11]

A decade later, in 1999, Gilbert was awarded an artist residency at the Ragdale Foundation.

In 2000, Gilbert was selected for a residency at the Virginia Center for the Arts.

Exhibitions

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Date Title Gallery Place Notes
1986 Books by Artists Centre Pompidou Paris, France Group exhibition
January 31, 1988 - April 19, 1988 Committed to Print Museum of Modern Art New York, New York Group exhibition[12]
April 7, 1990 - May 12, 1990 Book Arts in the USA Center for Book Arts New York, New York Group exhibition[13]
1991-1992 25 Years of Feminism, Women's Artist Series, 1971-1996 Rutgers University Libraries New Brunswick, New Jersey Group exhibition[14]
March 7, 1992 - May 23, 1992 Completing the Circle: Artists' Books on the Environment Minnesota Center for Book Arts Minneapolis, Minnesota Group exhibition[15]
January 20, 1995 - March 26, 1995 Reinventing the Emblem: Contemporary Artists Recreate a Renaissance Idea Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, CT Group exhibition[5]
1999 Short of Rage: Photocollages PABA Gallery New Haven, CT One person exhibition
February 3, 2000 - May 7, 2000 Working in Brooklyn: Artist Books Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, New York Group exhibition[2]
2004 Focusing on the Environment, Spirituality, & Social Justice Book Arts Gallery Group exhibition - hosted online only
April 17, 2004 - August 15, 2004 Open House: Working in Brooklyn Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, New York Group exhibition[3]
June 12, 2004 - August 9, 2004 Artists Books Kunst Centret Silkeborg Bad Silkeborg, Denmark Group exhibition

Book Works

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Year Title Notes
1979 3-Mile Island Reproductions
1980 '80' Faces
1980 Frei BUCH
1980 Waste
1980 Scrapbook of Freiburg
1980 A Still Life Book
1981 Via Air Tours
1982 A Nuclear Atlas Published by Women's Studio Workshop[1]
1988 Poison America[16]
1989 Green The Fragile[17]
1990 Urgent Life
1991 Action Poses
1992 Urban Renewal
1994 Working Time
1997 Chemical Ways
2001 Police (State) America
2003 (So Quiet)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Sharon Gilbert". Women's Studio Workshop. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  2. ^ a b "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  3. ^ a b "Open House: Working in Brooklyn". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  4. ^ Museum of Modern Art. "Sharon Gilbert at MoMA". MoMA.org. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Search results | Yale University Art Gallery". artgallery.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  6. ^ "Sharon Gilbert". Printed Matter. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  7. ^ "Sharon Gilbert". Center for Book Arts. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  8. ^ "Devour the Land: War and... | Exhibitions | MutualArt". www.harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  9. ^ Bowditch, Alex; Museums, Harvard Art (2021-10-07). "A New Exhibition at the Harvard Art Museums Examines the Military's Activity on the US Landscape". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  10. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths GILBERT, SHARON". The New York Times. 2005-06-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  11. ^ https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/FellowsDirectory.pdf
  12. ^ Museum of Modern Art. "Committed to Print - 1988". Moma.org. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  13. ^ "Book Arts in the USA". Center for Book Arts. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  14. ^ "FC 1Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Collection, 1971-[ongoing] William Hemmig and Jesse TraquairOctober 2004 / Revised June 2006Margery Somers Foster Center, Mabel Smith Douglass Library, Rutgers University Libraries". www2.scc.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  15. ^ Completing the circle : artists' books on the environment. Internet Archive. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis, Minn. : The Center. 1992. ISBN 978-1-879832-01-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  16. ^ "Sharon Gilbert - Poison America". Printed Matter. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  17. ^ "Sharon Gilbert - Green the Fragile". Printed Matter. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
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