Fellowships and Awards
1997 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
1990 Yaddo Residency
1989 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation
1987 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
1987 The Guild American Crafts Award
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2008 "Here Comes The Sun", with Lori Ellison, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2000 "Squarey", with Susan Wanklyn, Cheryl
Pelavin Fine Art, NYC
1998 "Artist’s Rendering", Saint Peter’s
Church, NYC
1997 "Shari Mendelson", Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn,
NY
1996 "Shari Mendelson", Black and Herron Space,
NYC
1994 "Shari Mendelson: Sculpture", Mercer Gallery,
Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY
1992 "Shari Mendelson and Avi Adler", Butters
Gallery, Portland, OR
1989 "Shari Mendelson:Sculpture", Littlejohn-Smith
Gallery, NYC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 "In-Site", Governors Island, NY
2008 "Artwalking: Bedford Avenue", Brooklyn, NY
2008 "Surfactant", Rupert Raven Contemporary, Newark, NJ
2008 "Peace", Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 "Geometric Abstraction", Mckenzie Fine Art, NYC
2008 "Supermarket 2008", Konstnärshuset , Stockholm, Sweden
2007 " Punchbowl", Metaphor Contemporary Art,
Brooklyn, NY
2007 "The Seed Project ", Winkelman Gallery, NYC
2007 “Pillow Talk: Small Comforts in Hard Times”, curated by Mery Lynn McCorkle, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2005 "Medium Rare: Works on Paper", Sarah Bowen
Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 "All the Numbers I Know", curated by Meredith
McNeal, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 "200 Drawings: Annie Herron Selects from the Pierogi Flat Files",
Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, Carlsbad, NM
2003 "Mind’s Eye", curated by Mery Lynn McCorkle, SolwayJones,
Los Angeles, CA
2003 "4-SQUARE", curated by Annie Herron and Larry Walczak, eyewash@Fish
Tank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 "Recession 2003 $99 Show", curated by
Tim Thyzel, Cynthia Broan gallery, NYC
2002 "Atmosphere", Metaphor Contemporary Art,
Brooklyn, NY
2002 "Funky Abstraction", curated by Jonathon
Wahl and Linda Levit, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, NYC
2002 "Round/Rounded", curated by Don Voisine,
Konos, Brooklyn, NY
2001 "Aether" (traveling exhibition), curated by Linn Meyers, Untitled
(Space Gallery) Gallery, New Haven, CT Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh,PA
2001"Cross Pollination" , curated by MeryLynn
McCorkle and Susan Joyce, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Los Angeles
Arboretum, Los Angeles, CA
2001 "Out of Hibernation", Im n Il, Brooklyn,
NY
2000 "Selections", Eyewash, Brooklyn, NY
1999 "Rage for Art", Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn,
NY
1999 "Valentine ‘99", curated by Annie
Herron and Larry Walczak, Eyewash, Brooklyn, NY
1998 "Translucent", Transamerica Pyramid Lobby
Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 "The Art Exchange Show", Adam Baumgold,
NYC
1998 "Visible/Invisible", White Box Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA- catalog
1997 "Art on Paper", Weatherspoon Art Gallery,
University on North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
1997 "New York Drawers-The Pierogi 2000 Flat Files",
Gasworks, London, England
1997 "New York Drawers-The Pierogi 2000 Flat Files",
Cornerhouse, Manchester, England
1997 "Parallel Universes", curated by Amy Cheng,
8th floor Gallery, NYC
1997 "Redefinitions: A View From Brooklyn",
Main Art Gallery, California State university, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA-catalog
1997 "Hair Do", curated by Nancy Brett, The
Work Space, NYC
1997 "Surface and Shadow: Abstraction Revisited",
Islip Art Museum, East Islip , NY
1997 "Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn",
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
1997 "...Just what do you think you’re doing
Dave?", Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
1997 "The Art Exchange Show", Annie Herron
Productions, NYC
1997 "On Air", curated by Paul Villinski, Saint
Peter’s Church, NYC
1996 "Informed Choices", The Rotunda Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY
1996 "The Art Exchange Show", NYC
1996 "Multiples" Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Bibliography
ART CAL, "Surfactant at Rupert Ravens", Patti Jordan, June 20, 2008
New York magazine, "Here comes the Sun: Lori Ellison and Shari Mendelson", Jerry Saltz, online
The New York Times, "Here comes the Sun: Lori Ellison and Shari Mendelson", Roberta Smith, April 11, 2008
Hragvartanian.com, "Here comes the Sun" at Williamsburg’s Sideshow Gallery, Hrag Vartanian, online
Wagmag, "Here comes the Sun: Lori Ellison and Shari Mendelson at Sideshow", James Kalm, April 2008
Art on Paper, "Medium Rare", Amanda Church,
September 2005
Los Angeles Times, "Tastes of a Visual Smorgasbord", Leah Ollman,
August 22, 2003
The New York Times, "4-Squared", Holland Cotter, February 7, 2003
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Transcendent Works
Reach for the ‘Aether’", Mary Thomas, September, 2001
Pittsburgh Tribune, "Three Art Stories at Carnegie
Mellon’s Regina Gouger Miller Galllery", Kurt Shaw, August, 2001
The Tribeca Trib, "At Cheryl Pelavin, art with
delicate strength", Jeanne Wilkinson, December, 2000
NY Arts, "Shari Mendelson @ Cheryl Pelavin", James Kalm, November, 2000
The New York Times, "Rage for Art(Pierogi Reborn)",
Roberta Smith, February 19, 1999
The New York Times, "Couples Making Art a Deux",
Maureen C. Muenster, February 14, 1999
The New York Times, "Shari Mendelson",
Grace Glueck, July 24, 1998
The Philadelphia Inquirer, "White Box Gallery",
Edward J. Sozanski, January 23, 1998
The Suffolk County News, "The Islip Art Museum",
John Lee, October 16, 1997
Metalsmith,
"Shari Mendelson:Sculpture, Installation and Drawings", Marjorie Simon,
Volume 17, Spring 1997
Education
1986 MFA State University of New York at
New Paltz, New Paltz, New York
1984 BFA Arizona State University, Tempe,
Arizona
1981 Munson William Proctor Art Institute,
Utica, New York