Laurie Sharkus
Sculpture & Tile
RESUME
Education:
B.F.A. Eastern Michigan University, Ysilanti, MI 1979
Studied Abroad: Drawing & Art History, Florence, Italy Spring 1979
Independent Studio Ceramics classes at Monroe County Community
College, Monroe MI
Shows/Exhibitions:
Art Tile Exhibit, Indigenous Gallery, Cincinnati, OH April - June 2013
Fins, Fur and Feathers II, The Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL Dec. - Jan. 2013
Charlevoix Waterfront Art Fair, Charlevoix, MI August 2008 thru 2015
Suttons Bay Art Festival, Suttons Bay, MI August 2010 thru 2012
Silver City Clay Festival, Silver City, New Mexico August, 2012
State Street Area Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI July 2006 thru 2015
Clay On Fire, Charlotte, North Carolina June 2012
Solo 'Endangered Animals Show', Khnemu Gallery, Fennville, MI Sept. 2010
Monroe Magazine Artist Showcase, Monroe, MI February 2010 & 2011
Black Swamp Arts Festival, Bowling Green, Ohio Sept. 2009
Leeper Park Art Fair, South Bend, Indiana June 2009
Ann Arbor Artists Market, Ann Arbor, MI Fall 2009
Exhibited 20 sculptures in Gifts of Art, Ann Arbor, MI 2009
Solo Show, Monroe County Community College, Monroe, MI 2006
Exhibited sculptures in group show travelling through, Hofu, Japan
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Bibliograpy/Publications:
2013 Potters Council Calendar: An Animal Collection, CafePress Inc., May 2012
Kopp, Linda, The Best of 500 Ceramics: Celebrating A Decade In Clay, First Edition, Lark Books, 2012, pg. 18
Tourtillott, Suzanne, J.E., 500 Animals In Clay, Lark Books, 2006,
pp. 121, 168 & 217
Saul, Deborah, Peaceable Kingdom, Monroe Magazine Featured Artist, Monroe Publishing Company, 2011 Spring Edition
Mausolf, Angie, Here and Now: Emerging Artists in Michigan, Create Space, 2009, pp. 84 & 89
'Following Her Dream', featured article in The Monroe Evening News, 2006
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Collections:
Two sculptures in permanent collection for Nature's Neighborhood Exhibit, The Toledo Zoo, OH
Glazed Tile Relief Wall Mural, Frenchtown Library, Monroe, MI
'Savannah Elephants' sculpture in permanent collection of Bedford Library, Monroe, MI
'Humpback Whale', 'Cliff Dweller' and 'Green Sea Turtle' in permanent collection of Monroe County Community College, MI
Bust of Sir Winston Churchill, Churchill High School, Livonia, MI
'Humpback Whale', Junichi Yoshii, Mayor of Hofu, Japan
'Bear Clan' and 'Seals' in permanent collection of City of Hofu, Japan

Works held in private collections in the United States, Taiwan, Japan and England