BORN 1953, Glen Cove, NY EDUCATION Art Students League, New York, NY National Academy of Design, New York, NY Cornell University, Ithaca, NY SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY upcoming 2012 O'Kane Gallery, University of Houston, TX 2008 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 2002 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 1999 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 1994 Sundance Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY 1993 Asher Gallery, Boca Raton, FL 1992 Sherry French Gallery, NY 1990 Sherry French, New York, NY 1989 Sherry French, New York, NY 1987 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 1985 The Saint, New York, NY 1984 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 1980 Harbor Gallery, Long Island, NY 1978 Harbor Gallery, Long Island, NY   SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Dallas Art Fair, TX 2012 Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Spring Portrait Exhibition, Arader Galleries, New York, NY 2011 Dallas Art Fair, TX   Gallery Henoch, New York, NY ACOPAL, Exhibition of Contemporary American Realism, National Arts Club, New York, NY 2010 Solemn & Sublime: Contemporary American Figurative Painting, Akus Gallery, Willimanitic, CT Inspiring Figures, The Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, OH The Contemporary Portrait and Figure, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, NY The Synergies Exhibition of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, the Bohemian National Hall,    Czech Center New York, NY Dallas Art Fair, TX Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 2009 Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY Master Classes & Group Portrait Show, St. Petersburg Academy of the Arts, Russia Art Student's League, New York, NY Artists and Monitors, Alex Adam Gallery, New York, NY Still Lifes, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 2008 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY US Artists, Philadelphia, PA Remnants of War, The National Arts Club, New York, NY Art Students League, New York, NY LA Art Show, Santa Monica, CA 2007 Male/Female: The New Realism, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY Art Students League, New York, NY Los Angeles Art Show, Santa Monica, CA Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY The Colors Of My Home, The African American Museum of Nassau County, Hempstead, NY 2006 The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Exhibition, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC 40 Years: A Dealer's Collection, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Juxtaposition, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Why the Nude?, Art Students League of New York, New York, NY Art Chicago in the Park, IL Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY 2005 Teachers from the Art Students League, Daniel Greene, Burton Silverman, & Sharon Sprung, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY USArtists, Philadelphia, PA San Francisco Int'l Art Exposition, CA Art Chicago in the Park, IL 2004 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY Art Students League, New York, NY Portraits Incorporated, New York, NY 2003 Carriage Barn Fine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT Gallery Henoch, New York, NY National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY Portraits Incorporated, New York, NY 2002 Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY Portraits Incorporated, New York, NY National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 2001 Portraits Incorporated, New York, NY National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 2000 Cambridge Art Association, Chambridge, MA Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Portraits Incorporated, New York, NY 1999 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 1996 National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY ARTMiami, Int'l Art Exposition, FL 1995 Art Communication Int'l, New York, NY ART MIAMI '95, Int'l Art Exposition, Miami, FL   SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY International Artist Magazine, “Words of Wisdom, from the 2012 Faculty,” Christine Egnoski, Feb/Mar, p 26-31 American Artist Magazine, “Inspiring Figures: Portraits by Women,” John A. Parks, November 2010 Poets and Artists, October 2010 Classical Life Drawing Studio: lessons & teaching in the art of figure drawing, by James Lancel McElhinney, 2010 International Artist, "Favorite Subjects," August/September 2010 American Art Collector, “Inspiring Figures,” Lauren Harris and Gordon Wetmore, August 2010 SundayArts “Profiles the Art Students League,” by Producer Bob Morris aired Sunday, May 16, 2010 on WNET and WLIW International Artist, “A Day in the Life of An Artist - Sharon Sprung,” Wende Coporale, April/May 2010 The Journal of the Portrait Society of America, “Mirrors with Powerful Reflections” Amanda Apostal, 3rd Quarter issue 2009 Fine Art Connoisseur, “New Directions in Child Portraiture,” Alix Finkelstein, December 2009 Hafesh, Louise B., The Artist's Magazine, "Abstractly Real," April 2008, p26 Bloomfield, Maureen, The Artist's Magazine, "Portrait & Figure," December 2006, p42 Kolbe, Regina, Antiques and the Arts Online, "Fifth Time Around the Block, Art20 Keeps Getting Better," December 5, 2006 Mullarkey, Maureen, The New York Sun, "Nothing Left to Hide," Octoer 12, 2006 Steiner, Raymond J., Art Times, "Teachers of the Art Students League of New York:     Daniel Greene, Burton Silverman, & Sharon Sprung at Gallery Henoch," October 2005 The New York Times, "Luminaries at the League, Now All Over Town," September 2005 McCormack, Jeannie, Gallery & Studio, "Select Shows in Leading New York Galleries Celebrate the 130th Anniversary     of the Art Students League," Sept/Oct 2005 Enriquez, Mary Schneider, Artnews, "The Invitational 2004," May 2004 Ball, Jennifer, The Artist's Magazine, “The Art is in the Details,” 2003, p41 Who’s Who in American Women, 2002-2003 Fried, John, Worth, “Master Strokes,” June 2000 Brookner, Anita, UNDUE INFLUENCE, Random House, New York, 1999, "City Wildlife,” cover. Who’s Who in the East, 1997-98 Who’s Who in American Women, 1996-97 Where/New York, Nov. 1992 Art News Reviews, “To Grant or Not to Grant?”, Knoxville Museum of Art, Nov. 1991, p154 Williams, Don Knoxville Museum of Fine Art Exhibit Asks: TO GRANT OR NOT TO GRANT/” The Knoxville News-Sentinel,     Sunday May 5th 1991, cover and p3, color reproduction Von Weist, Powell, “Art and Antiques - This Month’s Important Shows,” Nov. 1990, p.12 color reproduction Baker, Penny, “The Art of Loving Care, Charity,”depicted in the Noyes Museum Show," Garden State Press, Jan. 21, 1990, ppH1-H3   AWARDS & HONORS Appointed Member of the Board, Artist's Fellowship, Inc., Fall 2011 Purchase Prize and The William Bouguereau Award by the Art Renewal Center. 2011 First Place in the annual National Portrait Competition of The Portrait Society of America, 2011 Second Prize winner in International Artist, magazine's Challenge No. 58 competition, 2010 Judges Excellence Award in Blossom - Art of Flowers Competition, the Susan K. Black Foundation, 2009 Honorable Mention in Art Renewal Center's International 2006 ARC Salon 1st Place in the Portrait and Figure category of The Artist's Magazine's 23rd Annual Art Competition, 2006 Jury's Selection, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, 2006 Awards Finalist, 2nd Int'l Art Salon, 2005 Honorable Mention, 2nd Int'l Art Salon, 2005 Awards Finalist, The Artist magazine, 2002 American Society of Portrait Artists, 2001   TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2004-Present Instructor of Painting, Art Students League of New York 1993-Present Instructor of Painting and Drawing, National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts   SELECTED COLLECTIONS U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Bell Laboratories, Oradel, NJ AT & T Jacksonville, FL Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Scott Bennett, Inc., New York, NY Sherman and Sterling, New York, NY The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY PA Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY Mrs. Susan Jonas, New York, NY Mrs. Lexi Brosen & Mr. Birkhahn, New York, NY Mr. Martin E. Segal, New York, NY Mr. & Mrs. John B. Brough, Arlington, VA Mr. George Nathan, Louisville, KY Ms. Barbara Berger, New York, NY Ms. Susan Rittenhause, Baltimore, MD Dr. Mark A. Lawrence, Seattle, WA Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hoerle, New York, NY Mr. Michael Libowitz, Baltimore, MD Mr. & Mrs. Stefen Shafer, New York, NY Mr. & Mrs. Gutham, Fairfield, CT Dr. & Mrs. R. Stanton, Glen Head, NY Dr. Sally Kaplan, New York, NY Dr. Solomon Siverman, Roslyn, NY Mr. E.H. Molson, Montreal, Canada Mr. Karl Soupanki, Kittimat, B.C., Canada Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kohan, New York, NY Mr. & Mrs. Norman Tipograph, Hewlett Harbor, NY Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Cunningham, New York, NY Mr. & Mrs. Peter Anderson, New York, NY Dr. & Mrs. Charley Schwartz, Brooklyn, NY Ms. Eilen S. Klein, New York, NY Ms. Barbara Olcott, Weston, CT Ms. Celeste Davidson, Beverly Hills, CA Diane and Austin Marxe, Glen Head, NY Mr. & Mrs. William Modell, New York, NY Mr. & Mrs. Peter Schaufelberger, Zurich, Switzerland Mr. & Mrs. R. Kutnick, New York, NY Mr. Albert Gordon, Boston, MA Mr. Charles Wallis, San Fransisco, CA Mr. Gordon Pye, San Fransisco, CA Mr. James Andress, New York, NY Mr. K. Alghanim, New York, NY Mr. S. Gorn, Reistertown, MD Mr. Sigeo Okumura, New York, NY Ms. Viera Hocova, New York, NY