Solo Exhibits
2016 Oresman Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA: New Encaustics
2012 Western New England University Art Gallery, Springfield, MA: Circles and Light
2012 East Hampton City Arts+, Easthampton, MA: Power Moves in a Circle
2012 Better Being 940, New York, NY: Eye Candy
2007 Parlor Studio, Montclair, NJ: Sharon Ligorner
2004 Glen Ridge Community Center, Glen Ridge, NJ: 5 Paintings
1997 Albert Insinger Gallery, New York, NY: Watersigns
1990 Pickens County Art Museum, Pickens, SC: Sharon Ligorner
1989 Lawrence Gallery, New York, NY: Transitions
Two and Three Person Exhibits
2017 Elusie Galerie, Easthampton, MA: Chasing Geometry, (with Nancy Natale)
2015 Grubbs Gallery, Williston, Easthampton, MA: Parallels (with Amanda Barrow and Laurie Goddard)
2013 Thornes, Northampton, MA: Slow Light (with Barbara Neulinger)
2006 Artspace 129, Montclair, NJ: Three Painters (with Nancy Tobin and Karen Fitzgerald)
1990 System M Gallery, Long Beach, CA: East-West: Two Viewpoints
Selected Group Exhibits
2023 TurnPark Art Space, Stockbridge, Ma, MASS MoMA: Artists of the Berkshires and Pioneer Valley,
(curated by Julie Torres & Ellen Letcher)
2022. LabSpace, Hillsdale, NY, Holiday
2020 Easthampton City Arts online, Post Pause (curated by Maggie Nowinski)
2019 #Local, Easthampton, MA, Infinite, Intimate (curated by Amanda Barrow)
2018 The Painting Center, New York City, Juxtapositions
Gallery 37, Millford, DE, The Power of Black and White
2017 Readywipe Gallery, Holyoke, MA, The 12 x 12 Show
Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA: Encaustic Art
2016 Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA: Casheesh
Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA: Black and Blue Plus Orange (curated by Sue and Phil Knoll)
Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA: Almost Miniatures Show
Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe: Encaustic Art in the 21st Century
Herter Gallery, U Mass, Amherst, MA: Fifty Shades of Red
2014 Nashawanock Gallery, Easthampton, MA: Fire and Ice
2013 Hosmer Gallery, Northampton, MA: Be Here Now (biennial)
2012 The New York Open Center, New York, NY: As Above, So Below
2011 Hampden Gallery, U Mass, Amherst, MA: Intertwined
2008 Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ: Bee-ing; Recent Encaustic Painting
Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ: Bridging the Space Between
Court Gallery, William Paterson University, Paterson, NJ: Currents
2007 Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ: Waxing Poetic
2006 Court Gallery, William Paterson University, Paterson, NJ: Connections
2005 Glen Ridge Women’s Club, Glen Ridge, NJ: Red
2004 Glen Ridge Women’s Club, Glen Ridge, NJ
2003 Clifton Art Center, Clifton, NJ: Heartstrings
1997 Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY: Small Wonders
1996 148 Gallery, New York, NY: Artists of the Second District
Thicket Gallery, New York, NY: Pernod Liquid Art
Polo Gallery, Edgewater, NJ: Money, Color, and Some Fish
1994 Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY: The Constructed Image
The McKinner Ave Contemporary, Dallas, Texas: Exquisite Corpse
Ellsworth Public Library, Ellsworth, Maine: Emerging New York Artists
Slocumb Galleries, Johnson City, TN: Positive/Negative
1993 San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA: 39th Annual Exhibition
Limner Gallery, New York, NY: Large/Small Works
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ: Contacts/Proofs
CB’s 313 Gallery, New York, NY: Working Papers
The Caged Angel, Boston, MA: Innasci
The Dairy Barn, Athens, OH: Construction Site: Toys and Art
1991 Stendahl Gallery, New York, NY: Artists of the 90s
The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA: The National Art Show
1991 Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hemptstead, NY: Tenth Annual Juried Exhibition
Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX: Confluence
1990 Schoharie Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY: National ’90 Small Works
Wetherholt Galleries, Washington, DC: 100 New York Artists
1989 Grace Harkin Gallery, New York, NY: East Village Express
1988 Galeria Mesa, Mesa, Arizona: Chroma-Zone
1987 Space 2B, New York, NY: Simultaneous Contrast
1986 Cyclorama, Boston, MA: Mass Art
Education
1986 BFA, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
1984 Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
Publications
Art Maker: Sharon Ligorner, encaustic painter, Hampshire Life, January 5, 2018
Encaustic Artists in the 21st Century, Anne Lee and E. Ashley Rooney, Schiffer Publishing, 2016
Residencies
1986 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Permanent collections
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Corporate Headquarters, New York, NY
Western New England University, Springfield, MA