Beryl Barr-Sharrar

Beryl Barr-Sharrar is a re-emerging artist who began her professional life as a painter in Paris in the 1960s. She returned to the US to teach painting and printmaking at Mount Holyoke College in 1968, and in 1970 began studying Classical Archaeology at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She continued to paint, had two one-person exhibitions and several group shows in New York City during this time. However, after receiving her PhD in 1980, she found herself immersed in academic writing and teaching, making time to paint, but not to show her work. Now, after writing two books, co-editing a third, producing almost 100 articles, and being awarded numerous prestigious grants, she has returned to her life as an exhibiting painter with a three-person exhibition in Long Island City in 2016. (See Exhibitions below)

Ph.D., Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, 1980 (Classical Art and Archaeology)
M.A., Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, 1972 (Art History)
M.F.A. University of California, Berkeley (Painting)
B.A., Mount Holyoke College, 1956 (Philosophy).

One-person
University Art Museum, State University of New York at Binghamton, March 11-April 10, and Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, June 21-October 2, 1994. Review: Art in America, March 1995 (Barbara Guest).

Art Galaxy (Barbara Flynn), Mott Street, New York, NY, March 14-27, 1981. Review: Art World, March 1981(S.J.); Profile: Gallery Guide, March 1981(Mary Smith).

Livingstone-Learmouth Gallery, 178 East 72nd Street, New York, NY, February 8- March 22, 1975. Reviews: New York Times, February 26, 1975 (John Russell); Village Voice, March 3, 1975 (three stars, Alexandra Anderson).

Dwight Memorial Art Museum, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, April 16 -May 4, 1969. Review: Mount Holyoke College News, April 24, 1969.

La Galerie Lucian Durand, 19 rue Mazarine, Paris 6e, June 9-July 8, 1967. Review: International Herald Tribune, June 15, 1967 (John Ashbery).

La Galerie Lefranc (winner, le prix LeFranc, nationwide competition for painters under 30), 15 rue de la Ville-l’Eveque, Paris 8e, March 4-March 24, 1965. Reviews: International Herald Tribune, March 9, 1965 (John Ashbery); Les lettres françaises, March 1965 (M.-T. Maugis).

The Gallery (Roy Lindquist), Steinstrasse ...