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Sharon’s paintings in oil and mixed media evoke a subconscious or dreamlike feeling through her choice of colors and subject matter. Painting in both narrative and abstract styles in a variety of sizes, she draws upon her childhood memories and her spiritual concerns of the impacts of climate change.
Select exhibitions
2024 Ongoing, new works monthly at Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
Ongoing exhibit, Gallery 75, The Art League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
Out of the Fire Restaurant: 10 Paintings, July to ongoing, Easton, MD
The Art League July Open Exhibit, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, Juror: Elizabeth Mead
ArtspireVA Annual Spring Art Show, May, Coldwell Banker, Alexandria, VA, Curator: Betsy
Grady
eARTh Art Show at the Meeting House Gallery, April - July, Columbia, Md. Curators:
Oakland Mills Interfaith Art Committee
Open Studios, Columbia Pike Artist Studios, April, Arlington, VA
Arlington Artists Alliance Pentagon City Mall Art Show, March-April, Arlington, VA,
Curator: Sandi Parker
The Art League March Open Exhibit, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, Juror: Juliette
Colas
Figure, Touchstone Gallery, January, Washington, DC, Jurors: Lyndon Barrois, Jr.,
Lizzy Lunday, Sheldon Scott
Visions of Resilience: Art for Climate Justice, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, January,
Alexandria, VA, Curator: Camille Kouyoumdjian
2023 Ongoing, new works monthly at Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
Ongoing exhibit, Gallery 75, The Art League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
Open Studios, Columbia Pike Artist Studios, December, Arlington, VA
Symphony of Colors Juried show, October - November, Martha Spak Gallery, Washington,
DC, Juror: Leslie Duncan
ArtspireVA 3rd Annual Art Show, June, Coldwell Banker, Alexandria, VA
Open Studios, Columbia Pike Artist Studios, April, Arlington, VA
“The Wind We Cannot See” solo exhibit, March, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
Claim to Fame National Juried Show, February, Gallery Underground, Arlington, VA,
Juror: Felecia McFail
“The Changing Chesapeake,” February 2023 - March 2024 Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum, St. Michael’s, MD
“Colorlove” January - February, Falls Church Arts Gallery, Falls Church, VA, Juror: Sharon
Malley
2022 Ongoing, new works monthly at Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
Ongoing exhibit, Gallery 75, The Art League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
“Winter Light”, December 2022 - January 2023, Dominion Lighting, Arlington, VA,
Jurors: Donna Cameron, Matt Rowan
“Herstory”, September, Girls Who Paint, Kensington, MD, Juror: Selena Jackson
The Art League August open exhibit, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, Juror: Amber
Cowan
Small works solo exhibit, May - July, Toby’s Ice Cream, Arlington, VA
ArtSpireVA 2nd Annual Spring Art Show, Work of 9 Women Artists, April - May,
sponsored by Coldwell Banker, Alexandria, VA
2021 Ten works, including “Seven Days”, November- January 2022, Virginia Hospital Center
Foundation, Arlington, VA
“Eight Small Works”, November-December, National Institute of Health Clinical Galleries,
Bethesda, MD
The Art League November Open Exhibit, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Nicola Charles
The Art League August Open Exhibit, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Martha Kennedy
“Eight Stories,” New Member Virtual Exhibit, August, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
The Art League May Open Exhibit, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Audrey Miller
“Seven Days” at Ortho-VA, January – March, Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, VA
Spring Artfest at Fort C F Smith Park, March, Arlington, VA
2020 Spotlight: Touchstone Gallery, December, “Wild Roses” Sold, Washington, DC
Arlington Visual Art Studio Tour, September, Arlington, VA
The Art League August Open Exhibit, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Nancy Daly
The Art League May Open Exhibit, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Allison Nance
“Seven Days” solo exhibit, Sterling Framing, Arlington, VA
Hill Center Art Galleries Regional Show, February, Honorable Mention, Washington, DC,
Juror: Myrtis Bedolla
2019 The Art League December Open Exhibit, Alexandria, Va. Juror: Matthew McLaughlin
Columbia Pike Artist Studios November Open Studios, Arlington, VA
Arlington Visual Art Studio Tour, September, Arlington, VA
The Art League September Zeitgeist show, Alexandria, Va. Juror: Zoey Frank
Risk National Juried Show, May, Gallery Underground, Arlington, VA Juror: Alan Bentley
The Art League April Mixed Media show, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Lavar Munroe
Columbia Pike Artist Studios April Open Studios, Arlington, VA
Signs of the Times National Juried Show, January, Gallery Clarendon, Arlington, VA.
Juror: Bev Ryan
2018 Columbia Pike Artist Studios November Open Studios, Arlington, VA
Arlington Visual Art Studio Tour, September, Arlington, VA
The Art League August Value show, Alexandria VA. Juror: Sharon Louden
Columbia Pike Artist Studios May Open Studios, Arlington, VA
The Art League Open Exhibit, April, Honorable Mention, Alexandria, VA Juror:
Avis Fleming
Waverly Street Gallery, by invitation, February, Bethesda, MD
9 Narrative Artists, Les Petits Plats, January, Washington, DC
2017 Columbia Pike Artist Studios December Open Studios, Arlington, VA
This is America National Juried Show, November, Gallery Underground, Arlington, VA,
Juror: Marcia Staiger
Columbia Pike Artist Studios April Open Studios, Arlington, VA
2016 Columbia Pike Artists ongoing Juried Show, Arlington Community Federal Credit
Union, Arlington, VA
Arlington County Board Offices, January, Arlington, VA
The Blues Juried Show, August, Gallery Underground. Juror: Susan Herron
March Melee Juried Show, Del Ray Artisans, Alexandria, VA
2014 World Aesthetic Juried Show, October, Arlington Artists Alliance, Arlington, VA.
Juror: Alice Kale
Left Out Juried Show, September, Arlington Artists Alliance, Arlington, VA.
Juror: James Farrah
2012 Celebration of Color Juried Show, October, Arlington Artists Alliance, Arlington, VA.
Juror: Daniel Wise
Think Like a Child Juried Show, March, Arlington Artists Alliance, Arlington, VA.
Juror: Lisa Semerad
2011 Mardi Gras Theme All-Media Show, March, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA.
Juror: David Page
Women Interpreting the Female Form Juried Show, March, Workhouse Arts Center,
Lorton, VA Juror: Raphael Fitzgerald.
Board Member and Past-President of Columbia Pike Artist Studios, Arlington, VA.
Education
East Carolina University, BS, Art Ed.
George Washington University, MA Ed.
University of Georgia, Ed D.
Dr. Malley is a retired national leader in arts education and special education and co-editor with Jean B. Crockett of the “Handbook of Arts Education and Special Education: Policy, Research, and Practices,” (2018) Routledge. She is now a full-time practicing artist.