Shari P Kantor is an abstract artist who views the world as both her canvas and inspiration. Painting since 1987, the self-taught artist has won awards and commissions for her vividly cheerful art from the beginning. She is universally known for vibrant colors, hidden imagery and intriguing titles revealed in more than 1400 lively works of art. Varying in style, mediums and materials, Shari's acclaimed art has been featured in solo and group exhibitions, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and she has paintings on permanent loan to Solebury School and the University of Delaware. Shari has her own product line of accessories, clothing, home goods and stationery and her own fabric and wallpaper line.
Solo Exhibitions, Abridged
2018 Persistence: Abstract Art by Shari P Kantor
Back Mountain Memorial Library, Dallas, PA
2016 Healing Waters: Abstract Art by Shari P Kantor
Township of Hanover Cultural Arts' Committee's Art on the Wall, Whippany, NJ
2014 Paintings On The F.M. Station: Abstract Art by Shari P Kantor
The F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Group Exhibitions, Abridged
2012 Chashama Gala V.I.P. After-party
New York, NY
2012 Art Takes Times Square
Times Square, New York, NY
2010 Tisch Galleries, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
2008 Arts In The Park Festival
Historic Smithville Park, Eastampton, NJ
1996 Black Arts Festival
Center for Black Culture, The University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Commissions, Abridged
2017 Private commission, logos, digital art, 5 x 7 inches
2017 Private commission, textile pattern
2014 Private commission, invitations, digital art, 5 x 7 inches
2012 Private commission, invitations, paintings and digital art, 5 x 7 inches
2008 Private commission, Rest Here, acrylic and watercolor on canvas, 14 x 18 inches
1998 Private commission, Sky Of Carnations, acrylic on canvas, 11 x 14 inches
Collections
Department of Anthropology, The University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Solebury School, New Hope, PA
Works held in private collections in the United States
Bibliography
Neja Steer, "Glitter Happens," Start Somewhere Project, June 2020
https://startsomewhereproject.wordpress.com/2020/06/07/glitter-happens/
"Back Mountain Memorial Library to exhibit Shari P. Kantor’s art," The Dallas Post, April 23, 2018,
Alicia Grega, "The Artists' Studio: March 20, 2014, Third Friday," The570.com, March 20, 2014, http://www.the570.com/arts/the-artists-studio-march-20-2014/
Jon O'Connell, "Can You Say 'Thanksgivukkah'?," The Times Leader, November 17, 2013, http://www.timesleader.com/news/local-news/991714/Can-you-say-Thanksgivukkah
Ellen Eldridge, "Deeper Than The Sea by Shari Kantor," Target Audience Magazine, February 2013, http://targetaudiencemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-february-target-audience-magazine1.pdf, 6
Ellen Eldridge, "The Art of Shari Kantor," Target Audience Magazine, February 2013, http://targetaudiencemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-february-target-audience-magazine1.pdf, 22-23
Shari is also an award-winning, published poet of more than 400 poems. Her rhythmic poetry varies in style and is marked by very strong imagery.
Highlights
"Most Valuable," published in Art Blooms booklet
Poet, Art Blooms, Cherry Hill, NJ, 2007 and 2008
“Drained,” published on Nola.com, 2005
Poet, Annual Poets’ Invitational, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, 2004 and 2005