Merge
2001
collection: Microsoft Corporation

Sharon M. Louden graduated with a B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from Yale University, School of Art. Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues including the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, the Drawing Center, Carnegie Mellon University and Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Louden's work is held in major public and private collections throughout the United States, Asia and Europe, including the Neuberger Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, National Gallery of Art, Arkansas Arts Center, Yale University Art Gallery, Weatherspoon Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, among others.

Louden's work has been written about in the New York Times, Art in America, Washington Post, Sculpture Magazine and most recently the Philadelphia Inquirer, as well as other publications. She has received a grant from the Elizabeth Foundation, and has participated in residencies at Tamarind Institute, Urban Glass and Art Omi.

Recent exhibitions include a solo exhibition of sculpture, paintings and animation at the Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, AL which traveled to the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina, and a solo exhibition of animations at Gallery Joe in Philadelphia, PA this past summer.

In addition, her animation The Bridge, was on view as a 30' outdoor facade projection at the Johnson Museum of Art this past year. Louden's animations continue to be screened and featured in many film festivals all over the world.

November, 2009