Makia Sharp

Makia Sharp is a visual artist living and working in the Bay Area.

Education

2017                MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.

2014                 BFA, Studio Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.

Solo Exhibitions

2017                 Sight Lines, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.

2014                 Passing, CUAC Contemporary Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT.

2014                 Impermanence, Gallery 303, Provo, UT.

2013                 Transience, Gallery 468, Provo, UT.

Collaborative & Group Exhibitions

2021                 Street View, Gallery 3E, New York, NY.

2018                 Velvet Ropes, R/SF Projects, San Francisco, CA.

2017                  Recognition by Components, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

2016                 Tuff Ghost, Tuff Crowd, Tuff Love, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI.

2016                 A Sponge and a Sigh, The Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX.

2014                 Finality, The Wye, Berlin, Germany.

2013                 Of Other Places, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT.

Where Dreams Meet, Gallery 303 Foyer, Provo, UT.

International Inquiry Conference, Kennedy Center, Provo, UT.

2012               Shared Ground, Williamson Art Gallery, Liverpool, England.

Shared Ground, Wirral Metropolitan College, Birkenhead, England.

Awards, Grants, & Fellowships

2017-2019          AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship, awarded at California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA.

2017                 Graduate Project Research Grant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.

2015-2017         Sylvia Leslie Young Herman Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.

2014                 Oscarson Discovery Endowment Grant, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.