Education
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2007 Ph.D. in Art Education
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2000 Masters of Fine Arts in Studio Art
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock, PA
1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics
Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
1994-1995 Exchange Student in the Studio of Jozef Jankovic (Sculpture)
Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Apprenticeship Program, Pittsburgh, PA
1988-1992 Ceramics
University Teaching Experience
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2015-Present Associate Professor of Art Education
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2009-2015 Assistant Professor of Art Education
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Spring 2014 Visiting Professor
Winston Salem State University, Winston Salem, NC
2005-2009 Assistant Professor of Art Education
Select Solo Exhibitions
2023 Sharif Bey: Ancestral Vestiges, Belger Art Center, Kansas City, MO
2022 Sharif Bey: Facets, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
2022 Sharif Bey: Colonial Ruptures, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
2021 Sharif Bey: Excavations, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Sharif Bey: Revelations in Power, Albertz Benda Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Sharif Bey: Intuitions, Fault Lines, and Musings, Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Renwick Invitational: Disrupting Craft (24 works displayed) Renwick Gallery Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
2018 Sharif Bey: Dialogues in Clay and Glass, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Sharif Bey: Lived History and Cultural Memory, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2013 Sharif Bey: Here & Now, The Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Sharif Bey: Recent Work, HUB-Robeson Gallery, Penn State University
2010 Departures from Function, 5ive and 40rty Gallery, Winston Salem, NC
Select Group Exhibition
2022 Endless Summer, Albert benda Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 This is America, Kunstraum Potsdam, Berlin, Germany
2021 Who, What, When, Where, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
2021 Fragmented Bodies, Albertz Benda Gallery, New York, NY
2019 The Pittsburgh Anthology, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 Conjuring Wholeness in the Wake of Rupture, De Buck Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Afrocosmologies, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
2018 Art in the Embassies, Jakarta, Indonesia (Invited Commission and Permanent Installation)
2018 Making a Difference, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Visual Voices, Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Making it in Crafts, The Art Museum of LaFayette, LaFayette, IN
2017 Crafting Resistance, Boise State University Museum, Boise, ID
2016 Art in the Embassies, Kampala, Uganda
2016 Tribute to the Harlem Renaissance: Works from the Permanent Collection, The Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
2014 Conceal/Reveal: New Work from the Faculty of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, SU Galleries, Syracuse University, NY
2014 ARTS/INDUSTRY: Collaboration and Revelation, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2014 Collector's Choice: Inside the Hearts and Minds of Regional Collectors, The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL
2011 Transcending Integration, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2010 SCANCERAM EXCHANGE, University College of Nordjylland, Hjorring, Denmark
2010 Art in the Embassies, Khartoum, Sudan (Invited Commission and Permanent Installation)
Work in Public Collections
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Houston, TX
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art, Asbury, NJ
Belger Foundation, Kansas City, MO
Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
The United States Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia
The United States Embassy, Khartoum, Sudan
The John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Kohler Company, Kohler, WI
Paul Robeson Culture Center, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
The Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
The J. William Fulbright Commission, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Juliet Art Museum, Charleston, WV
Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
Awards/ Grants/ Honors
2022 United States Artist Fellowship
2019 Distinguish Alumni Award, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2019 Seinfeld Faculty Award For Outstanding Achievement, Syracuse University, NY
2019 Faculty Award for Research Excellence,College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2019 Conrad Nelson Fellowship, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
2018 Pollock-Krasner Award, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY,
2017 New York Foundation on the Arts- Fellowship awardee in the Crafts/Sculpture category
2014 John Michael Kohler Art Center- Residency Program fellowship, Sheboygan, WI
2011 Slovak Academic Information Agency, National Scholarship for Faculty Teaching and Research, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2008-2009 Winston Salem Arts Council, Regional Artist Grant Recipient
2008 North Carolina Arts Council, Arts in Education/Artist in Residence
2008-2009 Vermont Studio Center, Civil Society Institute Artist Fellowship, Johnson, VT
Artist Residencies
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
Summer 2021& 2022 Visiting Artist in Residence
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Idea Furnace, Pittsburgh, PA
Spring 2017-Spring 2018 Artist in Residence
The Union Project, Pittsburgh, PA
Spring 2017-Spring 2018 Artist in Residence
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Arts and Industry, Sheboygan, WI
Spring 2014 Artist in Residence
Hunter College, New York, NY
Summer 2009 Artist in Residence
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Summer 2009 Artist in Residence
McColl Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC
Fall 2007 Artist in Residence
The Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2003-2004 Artist in Residence
The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Fall 2002 Artist in Residence
Select Invited Lectures
2020 University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2020 University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2020 The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2019 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2019 The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
2018 Germana Community College, Fredericksburg, VA
2017 George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2016 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2016 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2016 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) annual conference, Demonstrator, Kansas City, MO
2015 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2015 Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA