Sharon Core

Sharon Core is a distinguished American artist and photographer renowned for her innovative exploration of collective memory and the complexities of authenticity and authorship through the lens of art-historical conventions in landscape, portraiture, and still life. Since her professional debut in 1998, Core's captivating work has graced prestigious exhibitions both nationally and internationally, including the George Eastman House in Rochester, the Grand Palais in Paris, the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Gallery Hyundai in Seoul, White Columns in New York, James Kelly Contemporary in Santa Fe, and the Hermes Foundation Gallery in New York. Her evocative imagery is held in the collections of leading institutions such as The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and Bilbao, The Zabludowicz Collection in London, Yale University Art Gallery, Princeton University Museum of Art, the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, MoCA Shanghai, the West Collection in Philadelphia, among others. Core earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Georgia and a Master of Fine Arts in photography from Yale University School of Art. Her artistic achievements have been recognized through a series of prestigious awards and commissions, including the Views of Lafite annual photography commission from the Domaines Barons de Rothschild, a Shifting Foundation Fellowship, a Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant, and the George Sakier Memorial Prize for Excellence in Photography from Yale. Currently, Sharon Core resides and works in the scenic surroundings of Esopus, New York, where she continues to push the boundaries of contemporary photography.