Sharon Gilbert

Sharon Gilbert
Born	1944 Brooklyn, New York
Died	June 2005 Brooklyn, New York
Citizenship	American
Education	Cooper Union
Occupation(s)	Artist, writer
Spouse	Vyt Bakaitis
Children	2

Sharon Gilbert (1944–2005) was a New York-based artist whose work included sculpture, collage, and art books. Her art employs information from print media and photocopy techniques to create socially critical content in her artwork, often from a feminist point of view. Focuses of her work include nuclear radiation poisoning, environmental pollution, chemical warfare, and police brutality. Her most noted work is A Nuclear Atlas (1982) published by the Women's Studio Workshop.[1]

Gilbert's work has been exhibited at venues including the Brooklyn Museum,[2][3] Museum of Modern Art,[4] Yale University Art Gallery,[5] Printed Matter,[6] the Center for Book Arts,[7] Centre Pompidou,[1] and Harvard Art Museums,[8][9] among others.[1]

Biography

Gilbert was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1944. Gilbert graduated with a Bachelor's of Fine Art from The Cooper Union in 1966.

She married Lithuanian poet, Vyt Bakaitis. They had two children. Gilbert died in June of 2005.[10]

Fellowships and Art Residencies

In 1982, Gilbert was awarded an artist residency at the Women's Studio Workshop. Gilbert produced A Nuclear Atlas during the residency. It was published and printed by Women's Studio Workshop.

In 1989, Gilbert was awarded an Artist's Fellowship in the Printmaking, Drawing, & Artist Books division from the New York Foundation for the Arts.[11] A decade later, in 1999, Gilbert was awarded an artist residency at the Ragdale Foundation.

In 2000, Gilbert was selected for a residency at the Virginia Center for the Arts.

Exhibitions

Date	Title	Gallery	Place	Notes
1986	Books by Artists	Centre Pompidou	Paris, France	Group exhibition
January 31, 1988 - April 19, 1988	Committed to Print	Museum of Modern Art	New York, New York	Group exhibition[12]
April 7, 1990 - May 12, 1990	Book Arts in the USA	Center for Book Arts	New York, New York	Group exhibition[13]
1991-1992	25 Years of Feminism, Women's Artist Series, 1971-1996	Rutgers University Libraries	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Group exhibition[14]
March 7, 1992 - May 23, 1992	Completing the Circle: Artists' Books on the Environment	Minnesota Center for Book Arts	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Group exhibition[15]
January 20, 1995 - March 26, 1995	Reinventing the Emblem: Contemporary Artists Recreate a Renaissance Idea	Yale University Art Gallery	New Haven, CT	Group exhibition[5]
1999	Short of Rage: Photocollages	PABA Gallery	New Haven, CT	One person exhibition
February 3, 2000 - May 7, 2000	Working in Brooklyn: Artist Books	Brooklyn Museum	Brooklyn, New York	Group exhibition[2]
2004	Focusing on the Environment, Spirituality, & Social Justice	Book Arts Gallery		Group exhibition - hosted online only
April 17, 2004 - August 15, 2004	Open House: Working in Brooklyn	Brooklyn Museum	Brooklyn, New York	Group exhibition[3]
June 12, 2004 - August 9, 2004	Artists Books	Kunst Centret Silkeborg Bad	Silkeborg, Denmark	Group exhibition

Book works

Year	Title	Notes
1979	3-Mile Island Reproductions
1980	'80' Faces
1980	Frei BUCH
1980	Waste
1980	Scrapbook of Freiburg
1980	A Still Life Book
1981	Via Air Tours
1982	A Nuclear Atlas	Published by Women's Studio Workshop[1]
1988	Poison America[16]
1989	Green The Fragile[17]
1990	Urgent Life
1991	Action Poses
1992	Urban Renewal
1994	Working Time
1997	Chemical Ways
2001	Police (State) America
2003	(So Quiet)

References

1. "Sharon Gilbert". Women's Studio Workshop. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
2. "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
3. "Open House: Working in Brooklyn". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
4. Museum of Modern Art. "Sharon Gilbert at MoMA". MoMA.org. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
5. "Search results | Yale University Art Gallery". artgallery.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
6. "Sharon Gilbert". Printed Matter. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
7. "Sharon Gilbert". Center for Book Arts. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
8. "Devour the Land: War and... | Exhibitions | MutualArt". www.harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
9. Bowditch, Alex; Museums, Harvard Art (2021-10-07). "A New Exhibition at the Harvard Art Museums Examines the Military's Activity on the US Landscape". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
10. "Paid Notice: Deaths GILBERT, SHARON". The New York Times. 2005-06-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
11. "Fellows Directory" (PDF). www.nyfa.org. July 2021.
12. Museum of Modern Art. "Committed to Print - 1988". Moma.org. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
13. "Book Arts in the USA". Center for Book Arts. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
14. "FC 1Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Collection, 1971-[ongoing] William Hemmig and Jesse TraquairOctober 2004 / Revised June 2006Margery Somers Foster Center, Mabel Smith Douglass Library, Rutgers University Libraries". www2.scc.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
15. Completing the circle : artists' books on the environment. Internet Archive. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis, Minn. : The Center. 1992. ISBN 978-1-879832-01-5.
16. "Sharon Gilbert - Poison America". Printed Matter. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
17. "Sharon Gilbert - Green the Fragile". Printed Matter. Retrieved 2024-08-12.