Erano Cento, 2006, Acrylic on Linen, 60x72, Permanent Collection, Boca Raton Museum of Art
"Sheba Sharrow's disturbing evocations... link her sensibility to German Expressionism, yet the sensual refinement of her surfaces and the rich literary and historical resonances of her imagery connect her to the romantic-historic tradition of Turner or Ryder... adding up to a despairing view of the world relieved only by beauty...(and) her brilliant command of the human form."
- Amy Fine Collins, Art in America
Moto Perpetuo, 2006, Acrylic on Linen, 50x64, Private Collection
"These works disturb through their content and seduce through their formal rigor... I see Sharrow the artist in the company of Rembrandt, Goya, Kollwitz, Beckmann and Orozco - all clear-eyed humanists …her figuration is neither sentimental nor illustrative ...her art is knowledge at the service of emotions, and these are noble: indignation and compassion.”
- Alejandro Anreus, former curator, Jersey City Museum
Sleep of Reason, 2001, Acrylic on Linen, 36x42, Estate of Sheba Sharrow
"Ms. Sharrow paints with a heavy heart and a firm hand. Her emotive images possess seductively beautiful layered surfaces while their content conveys a profound sense of soul-searching... she deserves the kind of recognition enjoyed by such other neo-expressionist artists as Joan Snyder or Leon Golub."
- Fred Adelson, The New York Times
Education:
- Art Institute of Chicago, SAIC, BFA
- Temple University, Tyler School of Arts, MFA
- Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Selected Solo Shows
- Art on Paper, with James Yarosh Associates, NYC, 2025
- Art on Paper, with James Yarosh Associates, NYC, 2024
- Miriam Beerman and Sheba Sharrow, James Yarosh Associates, through September 2025
- Painted Poetry, the Artwork of Sheba Sharrow, Spring 2022 Conference on the Holocaust & Genocide at Millersville University
- Dateci: Primo Levi and Sheba Sharrow, Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, 2022
- DiMattio Gallery, Monmouth University, NJ
- 1155 Avenue of the Americas, Durst Organization, NYC
- The White Building, Philadelphia
- Ben Shahn Center, Wm Paterson University, NJ
- Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, NC
- Noyes Museum of Art, NJ
- Simon Gallery, NJ
- Jersey City Museum, NJ
- Paula Allen Gallery, NYC
- Philadelphia Art Alliance, PA
- Hunterdon Art Center, NJ
Selected Group Shows
- Between Detachment & Devotion: On the Paradoxes of War Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL, November 21, 2026 through May 16, 2027
- Salon Zürcher 35th Edition: 100 Women of Spirit Part 5 NYC, September 21 through 27, 2026
- Puffin Cultural Foundation, NJ
- NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowship Show, Rutgers University, NJ
- Gary Snyder Fine Arts, NYC
- Wilson School, Princeton University, NJ
- Snyderman Gallery, PA
- Fellows of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), VA
- Bristol Myers Squibb Gallery, NJ
- NJ State Museum
Selected Awards
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation
- Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
- New Jersey & Pennsylvania Councils on the Arts
- Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series
- Mishkenot Sha'ananim Fellowship, Jerusalem
- Joan Mitchell Foundation, 3-Time Nominee
- VCCA Resident Fellowships 1979 through 2004
Public Collections
- Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
- Boca Raton Museum of Art
- Grand Valley State University
- University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMass Amherst
- Cigna Corporation of America
- Citibank of New York
- Jersey City Museum
- Millersville University of PA
- Rite Aid Corporation
- Steelcase Corporation
- Phillips Museum of Art
- Armstrong World Industries