Artist: Sharon Volpe
Title “BLUR MODE”

About the Artist:

Sharon Volpe: Is an illustrator/painter that transforms how humans feel on the inside through to the outside using expressions, playful themes and symbols. She comes from the surrounding NYC area, and completed an M.F.A. in illustration at The Fashion Institute of Technology in 2016. Prior to that she studied graphic design at The School of Visual Arts. Her work has been exhibited in advertising and social median campaigns, magazines, point-of-sale, digital apps and in gallery exhibits in the U.S. and abroad. Her original artwork was selected for 3x3 International Illustration Annual 16, Every Woman Biennial, American Illustration 38 and 39 Call for Art, ILLO2020 , and was also selected as a Runner Up in Creative Quarterly Issue No. 52, No. 56 AND No. 58( Fall of 2018 / Fall 2019 and Spring 2020). From May 2020 through the Fall, MAYBELLINE chose her original artwork for an on-line postcard campaign. And, Upcoming September 2020, her original art will be showcased in the Oculus at Westfield World Trade Center as part of the curated MvVO Ad Art Show. Previously, In the Summer of 2019, her art was shown around NYC for Mapping NYC x LinkNYC, a virtual billboard. Artists that influence her work are the Masters such Marc Chagall, Roy Lichensteinn, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Egon Schiele, Andy Warhol and current artists working today lik Shephard Fairey, James Jean, Jean Jullien, Kathy Olivas and Kehinde Wiley.

How has covid19 affected you?

“I am a NYC HS Art Teacher. I have had to switch gears, be online all day with students. Many students at my school have had parents pass during the COVID. I would like to try and support them with a portion of sales. Or pay special guests to do on line classes just for them with my proceeds.” - Sharon