Sharon Brush in her New Mexico studio, courtesy New Mexico Women in the Arts

Sharon Brush approaches the construction of each of her vessels as a sculpture—working to create rhythm, flow, reverberation and quiet within each one. Intrigued by contrasts, she moves from slow, sweeping curves to staccato points and ridges; from enclosed space to open passage; from deeply textured surface to river-rock smoothness.

Sharon Brush has been a ceramic artist for 40 years. She received her MFA in ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design and her BFA in ceramics from the State University of New York at New Paltz. In 1999 she was awarded an artist residency at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, Montana where she received a one-year Myre Fellowship.

In addition to her studio work, she has also taught Ceramics and sculpture at numerous institutions including Rhode Island School of Design, the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Allan Hancock College, Northland Pioneer College and the University of New Mexico / Los Alamos. Sharon is currently a full time studio artist living in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Her work has been placed in public collections, including the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, The Crate and Barrel Corporation in Northbrook, IL, Priority One Services in Alexandria, VA, the Salina Community Art Collection in Salina KS, and the Arrow Electronics Corporation corporate art collection in Denver, CO, as well as in numerous private collections across the U.S.