D R A W I N G S  
New York Times Drawings  
The Shape of Lies  
Floor Drawings  
Walking Drawings  
Walking Books  
Snap Drawings  
Wall Drawings  
Land Marks  
Cut Drawings  
Dot Drawings  
I N S T A L L A T I O N S  
Untitled (ceiling)  
Untitled (cloud)  
Field Series  
Untitled (corners)  
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  S H A R Y N      O ’ M A R A
Lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Associate Professor / Head of Glass
Tyler School of Art of Temple University


E D U C A T I O N
MFA Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
BA The George Washington University, Washington, DC


S O L O    E X H I B I T I O N S
2 0 0 7 / 0 8
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware

2 0 0 5
Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, Nevada
Gallery 817, University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA

2 0 0 4
Podium Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

2 0 0 3
Nexus Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Field Installation (line) in Abandoned Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 0 0 2
Field Installation (church) in Abandoned Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Field Installation (arch) in Abandoned Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ester Allen Greer Museum, University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Ohio

2 0 0 1
Museum of Art, Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

2 0 0 1 / 0 2
The Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas


2 0 0 0
Carrera Gallery, Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida

1 9 9 9
Corridor Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri
Writers Place, Kansas City, Missouri


G R O U P    E X H I B I T I O N S
2 0 0 7 / 0 8
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York

2 0 0 7
Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 0 0 6
Aqua Art with Gallery Joe, Miami, Florida

2 0 0 5
Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Selections from the flatfiles at Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, New York
Ice Box, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aqua Art with Gallery Joe, Miami, Florida
Scope Art with Gallery Joe, New York

2 0 0 4
Art Museum of the Americas, Washington DC
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
314 Brown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
US Botanic Gardens Washington DC

2 0 0 3
Gallery 817, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
314 Brown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 0 0 2
Minima, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri
314 Brown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gallery 817, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 0 0 1
Corcoran Gallery of Art / Hemicycle Gallery, Washington DC
Temple Gallery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Art Center Gallery Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona

2 0 0 0
Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia
Bristol Art Museum Bristol, Rhode Island
Studio 107 Whiteville, North Carolina

1 9 9 9
1900 Main Kansas City, Missouri


R E V I E W S  +  E S S A Y S

2 0 0 8
Merle Molofsy, "Shattering Glass: New Perspectives" www.ifpe.org.Reviews/Art-01.pdf

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Victoria Donohoe,“DCCA” The Philadelphia Inquirer

Christopher Yasiejko,“Time passes (and stands still) at DCCA” The News Journal

Jim Ormond, “Shattering Glass at the Katonah Museum of Art: Twenty-two Artists Use Glass in Playful, Meaningful and Magical Ways” Westchester County Business Journal

Maureen Mullarkey “Glass Half Full” The New York Sun

Georgette Gourveia “Seeing glass in a new light: Artists break the mold in a Katonah exhibit”
The Journal News

Jane K. Dove, “Shattering artistic views and perceptions with glass” The Lewisboro Ledger

Edith Newhall, “Drawings that dot the “i” in ink” Philadelphia Inquirer

Ellen Keiter “Through the Looking Glass” Shattering Glass, catalog essay

Roberta Fallon ,“Editor’s Pick: Ink!” Philadelphia Weekly

Roberta Fallon , “Ink! at Gallery Joe” Artblog


2 0 0 5
Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof , ArtBlog


2 0 0 4
“New Glass Review 25” Corning Museum of Glass

Michael O’Sullivan “Added ‘Dimensions’” Washington Post

Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof ArtBlog

Rachel Zimmerman “Five Sculptors to Watch” Philadelphia Style Magazine


2 0 0 3
Tina Oldknow, John Perrault, Neil Watson “New Glass Review 24” Corning Museum of Glass

Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof Artblog


2 0 0 2
Debra di Blasi “Transient Lives,” catalogue essay for Trax


2 0 0 1
Nicole M. Miller “Putting Their Work Out in the Open” Washington Post

Phillip Earenfight “Translation,” catalogue essay, Museum of Juniata College


2 0 0 0
Mark S. White “Unbroken View” catalogue essay, Wichita State University


1 9 9 9
Elisabeth Kirsch “Variety is the Mark” Kansas City Star



G R A N T S / A W A R D S / H O N O R S
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John D. and Susan P. Diekman Fellowship
Grant-in-aid of Research, Temple University

2 0 0 4
New Glass Review
Grant from The Leeway Foundation (Window of Opportunity Award)

2 0 0 3
New Glass Review
Summer Research Fellowship, Temple University

2 0 0 2
Grant-in-aid of Research, Temple University

2 0 0 1
Grant-in-aid of Research, Temple University
Project Grant, Museum of Art, Juniata College

2 0 0 0
Project Grant, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas


C O L L E C T I O N S
Corning Museum of Glass
Philadelphia Eagles / Lincoln Financial Field


C O M M I S S I O N S
2 0 0 5
private commission, The Cigar Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 0 0 3
public art commission, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
public art commission; Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 0 0 0
private commission; Sonnenshein Nath & Rosenthal