Sharon Louden
| Sharon Louden | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964 Philadelphia, PA |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | School of the Art Institute of Chicago , Yale School of Art |
| Website | www.sharonlouden.com |
Sharon Louden (born 1964) is an American artist known for her whimsical use of the line. Her paintings, drawings, animations, sculpture and installations are often centered on lines or linear abstractions and their implied or actual movement. Through her work she creates what she calls "anthropomorphic individuals". Although abstract and formal, she feels they have human-like aspects within their minimal state, made of simple line and gesture. In reference to her minimalist paintings, Louden has been called "the Robert Ryman of the 21st century".
In October 2011, Louden's installation Merge opened at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Merge was created in dialogue with the Frank Gehry designed new addition to the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, MN. Merge was developed and has grown through venues at the Munson Williams Proctor Institute Museum of Art in 2004 and Project 4 Gallery in 2010. Of Merge, Janet Koplos of Art in America writes "...the energetic Merge, perhaps Louden’s best work to date, clearly succeeds on its own merits and would be satisfying anywhere."
Louden's work exists in the permanent collections of the Neuberger Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, National Gallery of Art, Arkansas Arts Center, Yale University Art Gallery, Weatherspoon Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She has received a grant from the Elizabeth Foundation, and has participated in residencies at Tamarind Institute, Urban Glass and Art Omi in upstate New York.
Her work is represented by Morgan Lehman Gallery in New York City,Patrick Heide Contemporary Art in London, and Holly Johnson Gallery in Dallas, TX.
Sharon Louden was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Olney, Maryland. Louden has three siblings: Mimi Louden, Karen Louden Allanach, and Jill Louden. Louden graduated from Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring, Maryland. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 1988, where she studied with Dan Gustin and Susanna Coffey. Louden received her MFA from Yale School of Art in 1991. At Yale, her mentors were Mel Bochner, William Bailey, Andrew Forge and Frances Barth. She received Yale's Schickle-Collingwood Prize in 1990.
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