SHARON BARTEL-CLEMENTS
Lives and works in Santa Fe, NM

The Side of the Road

Events seen in passing. What's collected, destroyed or given away? What is left behind or unfinished? What is taken? What is from the past? What is from the future? Most importantly, what is from the present?

One can be on the road, take a detour, change course or direction, and see things they wouldn't otherwise. The symbolic images and confluent objects can make specific references to the real world and also represent the hidden psyche, a side to the road lost in time and memory

The current exhibition of paintings, drawings and confluent objects pose a query for the viewer by the artist. Although the title can be seen as ambiguous, it may also allude to an ongoing quest and reflection to life's journey.

Using three different mediums, it is the intention of the artist to place emphasis on the meaning  "The Side of the Road", Paintings and drawings are seen to use "tracks" as part of the subject matter while "real tracks" are included in the congruent objects.

As in previous works, painting with the hands is used as a kinetic interaction. This interaction is the acquiring of tribal energies amid its transference onto the canvas.

There needs to be a dialogue between the work of art and the viewer. Interaction of ideas and questions can then be transformed to a symbolic understanding.

Sharon Bartel Clements
'09

Selected Exhibitions: *(solo shows)
Vacation Venues, a group exhibition, Franklin 54 Gallery, New York, NY June 11- July 18, 2009
The Affordable Art Fair, The Metropolitan Pavilion, NY, June 12 – June 15, 2008
"Mostly White" a group exhibit, Franklin 54 Gallery, New York, NY, Nov 1, '07 – January 6, 2008
Made In the U.S.A., Blue Hill Cultural Center in Pearl River, NY, June 8 – Nov 20, 2007
*Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Collectors Gallery, "Abstract Works by Sharon Bartel-Clements", Buffalo, NY, Sep 15, Nov 3 2005
*Franklin 54 Gallery, “New Abstract Work: Sharon Bartel-Clements,” New York, NY 2005
The Painting Center, Painting Center Slide Registry, New York, NY (on-going, curated)
Poughkeepsie Art Museum, “Point of View”, Poughkeepsie, NY 2004
Burchfield – Penny Art Center, “New York Collects Buffalo State”, Buffalo, NY 2004
Franklin 54 Gallery, “Abstract Painting; Sharon Bartel-Clements”, New York, NY 2004
National Association of Women Artists, “115th Annual Exhibition”, New York, NY 2004
Russian Cultural Center at Embassy of Russia, Washington, D.C. 2004
Gorohavaya 6 Gallery IASG, St. Petersburg, Russia 2003
Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California, Annual All-Media, All-California Juried Exhibition 2003
*Cornell Medical Association, New York, NY 2003
*New York University, New York Medical Center, New York, NY 2003
*The Lobby Gallery, Equity Properties, “Oil & Mixed Media Painting" New York, NY 2002
National Association of Women Artist, Banana Factory, “113th Annual Exhibition”, Bethlehem, PA 2002
Lalit Kala Academy Galleries, National Gallery of Art, New Delhi, India 2002
Academy of Arts & Design, ISAG In China, Tsinghuo University, “The Capital Normal”, Beijing, China 2002

Selected Private & Corporate Collections:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Mercedes Benz of Edison, NJ                               Mr. & Mrs. Bob Turcotte, New York, NY   
Ms. Pinky Crabtree-Mackey, Greenwich, CT        Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising, New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. Shau-Wai Lam, Summit, NJ                Team Toyota Corp, Langhorn, PA
Woodfield Lexus, Schaumburg, IL                        Master Oi Feilong, New York, NY & China
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Catena, Locust, NJ              Pivec Advertising, Timonium, MD
Mr. Phillip Munizo, Durham, NC                            Mr. & Mrs. Jamal Masburn, New Orleans, LA
Mr. Joe Calabrese, Buffalo, NY                             Many private and public collections in the U.S.

Bibliography:
“Downtown Delight”, The New York Sun Calendar Edition, sec II, April 15-17, 2005
 Bill Canacci, “Modern Tribalism”, Home News Tribune, Asbury Park Press, New York Section,    April 3, 2005
“Tesuque Hills #2”, published article and illustration, New York Collects Buffalo State, pgs 46 & 47, July 9 –Oct 3, Diane M. Koeppel and Joan Bita Marotta, curator
YACHTS International – May, 2004, Page 106, Bannenberg’s Signature Build
Poughkeepsie Art Museum, “Point of View” Catalog “04, Poughkeepsie, NY
Mary A. Durlak, “A State’s Worth of Art”
“Door Darshai” (TV show) ISAG – May 17, 2002, New Delhi, India
Sharon Bartel-Clements, “After the Hunt”, published article and illustration, The Manhattan Arts International Magazine, New York, NY
Jeanne C. Wilkinson, “4 Abstract Artists Show Rewards of Discovery”, THE TRIBECA TRIB, November, 1999
Lois Delaine, “Women Artists Exhibition”, at James E. Lewis Museum of Art, “The Baltimore Afro-American,” Lifestyle, April 13 1999, Page B-4
Artist Work Profile, Prince George’s County Public Broadcasting, Channel 15, 1999
“Lalit Kala Academy’ 98 Catalog”, National Gallery of Art, New Delhi, India, 1998
Ferdinand Protzman, “Style”, Galleries; The Washington Post, August 2, 1997

Education:
University of Maryland College Park, Maryland, W.C. Richardson, Patrick Craig, Post-Graduate Special Studies Program, 1992-94
Scottsdale School of Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, John Asaro, Instructor, 1991
Art Students League of New York, NY, Daniel Dickerson, Instructor, 1986-87
Laguna Beach School of Art, Post Graduate Studies Program, John Asaro, Instructor, 1982-83
Art Department, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science Degree