Sharon Volpe

Sharon Volpe Is an illustrator/painter that transforms how humans feel on the inside through to the outside using expressions, playful themes and symbols. She comes from the surrounding NYC area, and completed an M.F.A. in illustration at Th...

Sharon Volpe Is an illustrator/painter that transforms how humans feel on the inside through to the outside using expressions, playful themes and symbols. She comes from the surrounding NYC area, and completed an M.F.A. in illustration at The Fashion Institute of Technology in 2016. Prior to that she studied graphic design at The School of Visual Arts. Her work has been exhibited in advertising, gallery spaces and editorial channels. Her original artwork was selected for 3x3 International Illustration Annual 16, Every Woman Biennial, American Illustration 38, 39 , 40 and 41 Call for Art, ILLO2020 , as well as other illustration competitions. Clients include Collective Arts Brewery, Canvas and Cassette Magazine, DOORS.NYC, LinkNYC, Love Shack Fancy, Maybelline NY, N.C. State Magazine , QUIDD App, UP Magazine, Warriors Within Collective Book Volume 3, and Women Who Roar Digital Anthology 2020. Her series “Textures and Colors of the City” was featured on Art On Link kiosks all around NYC The week of September 18th 2023. Artists that influence her work are the Masters such Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Georgia O’Keefe, Pablo Picasso, Egon Schiele, Andy Warhol and current artists working today like Mathew Barney, Shephard Fairey, James Jean, Jean Jullien, Kathy Olivas and Kehinde Wiley.