EDUCATION
Wayne State University: Painting, Printmaking, M.F.A., 1982
Michigan State University: Painting, Printmaking, B.F.A., and Art History, BA , 1979
Interlochen Arts Academy: Studio Art, Piano, Voice, summer of 1974

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 - Angels: Recent Paintings, Mott Community College Fine Arts Gallery, at the Visual Arts & Design Center, Flint, MI
2000 - Recent Work - On Line Exhibit/Yolanda Sharpe, GALLERY SITE, An Independent Art Forum,   http://www.lmstudio.com/area2.html (January to March).
1997 - Recent Works - Community Arts Gallery, Little Falls, NY
1996 - Paintings and Constructions - New Works, Community Arts Gallery, Little Falls, NY
1992 - Angels: Wings of Fire (Series One) - George R. N'Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1991 - At Home - Mark Masuoka Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
1991 - At Home - Grosvenor Gallery, State University of New York, Cobelskill, NY
1989 - Textured Intuition - Fine Arts Gallery State University of New York, Oneonta, NY
1985 - Tangible Faith - Interior View - Ann Arbor Art Association,
Ann Arbor, MI
1985 - Ongoing Work Series - Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
1984 - Recent Paintings and Constructions - Sixth Street Gallery, Royal Oak, MI

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2004 - DUETS: John Dempsey & Yolanda Sharpe, paintings, drawings, and photo transfers, Fine Arts Gallery, State University of New York-College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY
1994 - Mary M. Lum and Yolanda Sharpe - Gallery 53, Cooperstown, NY
1992 - Spiritual Natures: The Art of Yolanda Sharpe and Phil Young - The Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum, Utica, NY
1991 - The 2.5th Dimension: Chris Calloway and Yolanda Sharpe - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
1990 - Yolanda Sharpe and Gilda Snowden - Recent Paintings and Wood Constructions - Mark Masuoka Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
1990 - Ronald Wilcox, Photographs, Yolanda Sharpe, Paintings and Constructions - Gallery 53 Artworks, Cooperstown, NY
1989 - Yolanda Sharpe and Nadine Slowik - Broadway Gallery, Detroit, MI

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 - Prints A Sample, A National Print Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, State University of New York-College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY
2004 - Faculty Art Exhibit, State University Plaza Gallery, The State University of New York, Albany, NY
2004 - Visions in Color, The Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
2003 - Faculty & Friends, Fine Arts Gallery, State University of New York-College at Oneonta,
Oneonta, NY
2001 - The 59th Exhibition of Central New York Artists, Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute,
Utica, NY
1998 - Nine Otsego County Painters - Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
1994 - The Hale Woodruff Memorial Exhibition - The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
1993 - Gathering Medicine Exhibition - Coast to Coast: National Women Artists of Color,
New York, NY
1991 - Artists of Central New York 54th Annual Exhibition - The Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum, Utica, NY
1990 - Yolanda Sharpe and Gilda Snowden - Mark Masuoka Gallery,
Las Vegas, NV
1990 - Woven Spirits - Creative Arts Center, Pontiac, MI. Curator: George R. N'Namdi.
1990 - Local Color: An exhibition of rural landscapes - The Upper Catskill Council of the Arts Gallery, Oneonta, NY
1988 - The Third of Four Exhibitions of 1987 Creative Artist Program Recipients - The MCA Gallery, Detroit, MI
1988 - Yolanda Sharpe and Charles Steele - Recent Works - Trinity Christian College, Chicago, IL
1987 - Three Artists: Yuri Krachmaluk, Yolanda Sharpe, and Joe Zajak - Nawara Gallery, Walled Lake, MI
1986 - Premier Exhibition of the Nawara Gallery - Nawara Gallery, Walled Lake, MI
1986 - WSU/In Michigan - Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
1986 - Works in Collection - Meadowbrook Gallery, Rochester, MI
1986 - Update: Detroit Artists - Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1986 - Gilda Snowden Asks - Pontiac Art Center, Pontiac, MI
1984 - In Tandem - (made possible by Michigan Council for the Arts), 1983 and 1984 Michigan Council for the Arts Visual Artist Grant Recipients' Exhibition, Pontiac Art Center, Pontiac, MI
1984 - Handmade Artists' Books - Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1983 - Myth, Ritual and Symbol - Detroit artists Market, Detroit, MI
1983 - Art Statements: Changing Styles Emerging - Pittman Galleries,
Detroit, MI
1982 - Currents: Four Michigan Artists - Jazzonia Gallery, Detroit, MI
1981 - Hung Jury - Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI
1981 - Burnhardt Building Artists at the D.A.M. - Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1981 - Tunnel Vision II, Cultural Arts Gallery - Hart Plaza Gallery, Detroit, MI., and Time Tunnel Gallery, Windsor, Ontario.
1980 - Invitational - Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1980 - Six Artists in a New Space - The Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI

DISTINGUISHED HONOR
Nomination as International Visual Artist of the Year for 2004. Selected by the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge, England. Prestigious award available to only a few individuals as decreed by the Research and Advisory Board.

Biographical profile was selected for inclusion in the 8th edition of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers®, 2004.

Marquis Who’s Who selected my biographical profile for inclusion in the 25th Edition, (2004-2005), 24th Edition (2003-2004), and 23rd Edition (2002-2003) of Who’s Who of American Women.

SELECTED ARTICLE REVIEWS OF EXHIBITIONS & CRITICAL ESSAYS
Scholt, Grayce. "Don't Look for Chubby Cherubims in 'Angels' Exhibit" The Flint Journal First Edition [Flint, Michigan] 23 September, 2004

Carducci, Vincent. "Good News: The Painting of Yolanda Sharpe." In Mid March Arts Press: Ya-Ya Gumbo: An Anthology of African American Female Artists, Ed. Cynthia Navaretta. New York, (1995)

Cotter, Holland, Art In Review: Hale Woodruff Memorial Exhibition: Curator's Choice, The New York Times [New York, NY] 9 December, 1994

Carducci, Vincent. "Good News: The Paintings of Yolanda Sharpe" The Detroit Focus Quarterly, Summer, 1993, Volume 10, Number 4, pages 4-5.

Miro, Marsha. "Birmingham Art Scene Requires Lots of Catching Up" The Detroit Free Press [Detroit, Michigan] 10 January, 1993

Hakanson-Colby, Joy. "Sharpe's Angels" The Detroit News [Detroit, Michigan] 16 December, 1992

Murray, Mary E. "Spiritual Natures: The Art of Yolanda Sharpe and Phil Young" Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art catalog, The Board of Trustees, (1992).

Richardson, Denise. "Sharpe Works for Contrasts in Painting" The Daily Star [Oneonta, New York] 26 January, 1990

Hakanson-Colby, Joy. "Female Artists Paint the Town This Month" The Detroit News [Detroit, Michigan] 10 July, 1988

Litwin, Roberta. "Yolanda Sharpe and Nadine Slowik: Broadway Gallery" The Detroit Focus Quarterly, Fall 1988, Volume 7, Number 3

Hakanson-Colby, Joy. "Variety's the Spice in Update: Detroit" The Detroit News [Detroit, Michigan] 16 February, 1986

Hakanson-Colby, Joy. "Diversity and Unity Mark New Cranbrook Exhibition" The Detroit News [Detroit, Michigan] 23 February, 1986

Ramljak, Suzanne. "Artist's Faith Reified In Her Paint" The Ann Arbor News [Ann Arbor, Michigan] 6 October, 1985

Slowinski, Dolores S. "Yolanda Sharpe: Review" New Art Examiner October 1984, Volume 12, Number 1,
page 67

Carducci , Vincent. "Yolanda Sharpe: Review" The Detroit Focus Quarterly September 1984, Volume 3, Number 3, pages 9-10, 1983

Roth, Karen. "Painting Surfaces: The Work of Snowden and Sharpe" The Detroit Focus Quarterly, August 1982, Volume 1, Number 3. Interview by author.

SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2000 - present
Professor, Chair, State University of New York, Oneonta, Art Department, NY

2004 - present
Professor, State University of New York, Art Department, Oneonta, NY

1992 - 2004
Associate Professor, State University of New York, Art Department, Oneonta, NY

1987 - 1992
Assistant Professor, State University of New York, Art Department, Oneonta, NY

1986 - 1987
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, Art Department, East Lansing, MI

1985
Instructor, Eastern Michigan University, Art Department, Ypsilanti, MI

1984 - 1986
Instructor, Center for Creative Studies/College of Art and Design, Detroit, MI

INVERVIEW FOR TELEVISED BROADCAST
2004 Interview with Yolanda Sharpe, Interviewer: Randolph Johnson, WISF/ TV 15 Oneonta
2000 Interview with Yolanda Sharpe, Mountain Updated, for Public Access Television.

PUBLICATIONS
Sharpe, Yolanda. "Images of Women In Sicily: The Photography of Andrea Modica: Phoebe, Fall, 1990, Volume 2, number 2, pages 70 - 77.

AWARDS
2004 Faculty Creative Activity Grant Program, SUNY Oneonta
2002 Faculty Development Fund of the College Foundation, SUNY Oneonta
2002 Special Opportunity Stipend, New York State Council of the Arts
1999 Faculty Development fund of the College Foundation, SUNY Oneonta
1994 The Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
1991 Faculty Development Fund of the College Foundation, SUNY Oneonta
1990 New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Grant
1986 Visual Artists Grant, Michigan Council of the Arts
1984 Visual Artists Grant, Michigan Council of the Arts
1980 - 1982 Graduate Assistantship, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
1979 - 1980 Graduate Professional Scholarship, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Park Plaza Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii
Z Tejas, Las Vegas, Nevada
George R. N'Namdi Gallery
Mark Masuoka Gallery

email: sharpeyr@oneonta.edu