Geb. 1948 in Richland, Washington; gest. 2022


Sharon Church war Schmuckdesignerin und emeritierte Professorin für Kunsthandwerk und Materialkunde an der School of Art der University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sie erwarb 1970 ihren Bachelor of Science am Skidmore College und schloss 1973 ihr Studium an der School for American Craftsmen am Rochester Institute of Technology mit einem Master of Fine Arts ab. 1979 zog Church von Wilmington (Delaware) nach Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), um am Philadelphia College of Art (später „Craft + Material Studies“-Programm an der University of the Arts (Philadelphia)) zu unterrichten.


Preise und Auszeichnungen u.a.:
2018 Smithsonian’s James Renwick Alliance’s 2018 Distinguished Artist Award. 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of North American Goldsmiths. 2015 Master of Craft by American Craft Council. 2008 Smithsonian's James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Educator Award


Arbeiten in öffentlichen Sammlungen u.a.:
Yale University. New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Arts and Design; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum/Pinakothek der Moderne, München; The National Gallery of Australia; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Nationalmuseum of Sweden, Stockholm; The Museum of Fine Arts Houston; the Delaware Art Museum; The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 2022 the Smithsonian American Art Museum acquired and included her work in the Renwick Gallery’s 50th Anniversary Exhibition.


Stand: Juni 2026