Biography
After a successful career as a professional dancer and TV film costumer, Sharon Brooks took a leap of faith and left entertainment to become a visual artist, transferring her creativity and passion onto paper, canvas, collage, and three-dimensional assemblages. Full of whimsy and clever surprise, her work has been widely viewed and received numerous awards.
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"As a girl in my father's workshop, I remember seeing different kinds of wood, old celluloid jukebox parts, rusted metals, and all sorts of tools. As an artist, I love finding these castoff objects (junk to many) and juggling them into unique art that takes me on a personal journey of joy and discovery. Working without a present plan and employing a hefty dose of imagination, it's a transformative creative free fall. I hope the audience has as much fun viewing my work as I do creating it."
- Sharon Brooks
Featured: Video Interview for the Opening Night for the Eco Art Show at the Malibu Lumber Yard Gallery in 2015
Galleries
- MASH gallery Los Angeles
- Heritage Museum Santa Monica
- TAG Gallery Wilshire
- Malibu Civic Center Open Show
- Topanga Canyon Gallery
- Uncommon Threads, Valley Arts
- Woman Painters West, Tag Gallery
- Collage & Effect, SFV Gallery
- Liz’s Loft, juried show “Collage”
- Thousand Oaks Art Gallery
- JiGallery 525-Ojai “Love Train”
- Canyon Gallery January 2016, juried
- CAA “Great Art” Towns Burr Gallery
- Santa Paula Museum “De Colores"
- TAG gallery 2015 California Open
- California Art League, Pasadena
- Creative Arts Gallery, WPW
- Mad About Music-Art-Dance, SF
- Women Painters West Exhibition
- Thousand Oaks Art Association
- CSUN Northridge West Gallery
- Squared, National Juried Show
- Burbank Fine Arts Federation
- 201 Area I Gallery Santa Monica
- Santa Paula Art Museum
- Malibu Lumber Yard Gallery
- Studio FIVE08, Santa Monica
- Ethos Gallery, Hollywood/Melrose
- Carter Sexton Gallery, NoHo
- Fine Arts Federation Show
- Antelope Art Gallery “Dwellings”
- Gallery 800 NoHo Arts District
- “Valley Visions” Canoga Art Center
- Brand Library “Works on Paper"
- Griffith Park Art Center Solo Show
- Portraits of the Fallen Pasadena
- Burbank Fine Arts Federation
- Simi Valley Community Art Center
- Finegood Gallery, West Hills
- “Summer” 2nd City Gallery LB
- “Opposites Attract” VIVA Gallery
- “E-Collage-Ical” Viva Gallery
- Valley Institute of Visual Art
- Mixing Materials Gallery 800 SM
- Collage Artists of America Exhibit
- Mixed Palette Viva Gallery
- Pierrot Gallery Larchmont LA
- LA Federal Building Westwood
- Cuttress Gallery Pomona CA
- Tirage Gallery La Canada CA
- Universal Studios Executive
Dining Room “One Woman Show”
In the Private Collections of
Craig T. Nelson
Sandie and Alex Rocco
Carl and Roberta Deutsch Foundation
Anita and Allen Kohl
Sussie and Nils Henrickson
Stan and Marlane Coker
Alan Thick
Brian Doyle Murray
Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy
David and Gloria Wolper
Jean Louisa Kelly
Toni Basil
Steve and Debbie Lebowitz
Suki and Dick Kuss
Teri Garr
Carl and Roberta Deutsch