Marshall Sharpe

Marshall Sharpe, b. 1988, is an acrylic and oil painter based in Santa Barbara, California. Sharpe received a BA in art from Elon University in 2010 and is pursing a Masters in Fine Art (MFA) in painting at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2014, his work was featured in the Huffington Post. His work has been shown at Elon University, the Honolulu Museum of Art School, the Haleiwa Arts Festival, the Glassbox Gallery at UCSB and Gallery 113 in Santa Barbara.

Elon University, NC: Undergraduate. (2006 - 2010)
- Major: BA in Art (Painting Concentration)

University of California, Santa Barbara: Graduate (2018-2020)
- Major: Masters of Fine Art

1. Japanese Chamber of Commerce Annual Commitment To Excellence (2013)
- Kamehameha II (36” x 48”), one of 58 pieces selected for the exhibit, out of 431 submissions

2. Elon University Senior Show: “Hot Air?” (2010)
- Exhibited 6 large-scale, research-based paintings depicting binaries in U.S. mainstream culture