Short Bio
Shari Boraz has a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she majored in textile design. As a fiber artist her primary media is hand embroidery, but she also dyes and embroiders fabric. Her art is presented as 2-dimensional wall art. Shari’s goal is to lure the observer to her art with color and movement. This provides a path for the viewer to dwell on the art and then to respond in whatever way lies within. A characteristic of her art is use of the French knot stitch employing complementary threads, creating a pointillist effect inspired by Georges-Pierre Seurat. The artist’s work has been exhibited throughout Europe and the United States.
Statement
Shari E. Wolf BorazHaving earned a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where I majored in textile design, my goal is to attract the viewer to my art and provoke their own creative thoughts.
I begin with either white cotton textiles or printed cotton textiles that I’ve created by digitally manipulating original photographs, and then I “paint” with meticulous hand embroidery stitches in a slow, meditative pace. I use a variety of embroidery stitches and color combinations resulting in nuanced coloration, including French knots using complementary threads, thus creating a vibrating pointillist effect.
I’ve been greatly influenced by: the psychedelic and pop art movements of the 1960s, including Peter Max; Josef Albers’ color theory (1888-1976); pointillism (late 1880s); and, the intricate detailing found in Flemish renaissance art (15th-17th centuries). In addition, Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, and Chagall have all impacted my aesthetics. Influences that share my way of communicating through emotive and deeply personal symbolism include Frieda Kahlo, Kiki Smith, and Louise Bourgeois.
My art has been exhibited in museums and several juried and invitational exhibitions and is in museum collections. I’m a member of the Women's Caucus for Art, the Surface Design Association, the New Hampshire Art Association, and the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen.
Born: Chicago, IL
Lives and Works: Hanover, NH
www.SEWBoraz.com
Resume / CV
Shari E. Wolf BorazHanover, New Hampshire 03755
603/729-6290 (studio/home)
Shari.Boraz@gmail.com ~ www.SEWBoraz.com
EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago, Illinois
B.F.A. in Art Education and Textile Design
COLLECTIONS
Rubin Museum of Art
Museum of Art and Design
Numerous Individual’s Collections
HONORS and AWARDS
2019 Best in Show, Fiberlicious, Loading Dock Gallery, Lowell, MA
2017 First in Show Award, Subversive/Domestic, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro,
VA
1994 First Place, Grailville Quilt and Fiber Art Show, Loveland, OH
1981 Honorable Mention, Appalachiana Recollections Wearable Vest Competition and
Exhibit, Bethesda, MD
1973 Honorable Mention, Levi Strauss & Co. Denim Art Contest, San Francisco, CA
SOLO and SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Juried Regional Exhibition Online, Library Art Center & Gallery,
https://libraryartscenter.org/exhibits/juriedregional2020/, Newport, NH
2019 Borders of Consciousness: Dreaming in Color, AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon,
NH
2018 Northern Stage Lobby Artists Program, Northern Stage Theater, White River Jct, VT
2018 Commentary, The Roth Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
2018 Selections Exhibit 2018, Library Arts Center, Newport, NH
2017 Continuous Explorations in Fibers, Dartmouth College Roth Center, Hanover, NH
2016 Selections Exhibit 2016, Library Arts Center, Newport, NH
2015 Imagine, If You Will…, Dartmouth College Hillel, Hanover, NH
2014 2-D 4-D Fiber Solo Show, Upper Valley Jewish Community, Hanover, NH
2014 Fabrications, Towle Hill Studio, Corinth, VT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Up Close and Personal International Juried Exhibition, The Art Effect at the Trolley
Barn, Poughkeepsie, NY
2021 Tethered by Light, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH, https://theshopatava.com/tethered-by-light
2021 Beauty of Birds, Matt Brown Fine Art, Lyme, NH
2021 XX: Women 2020, CAB Gallery at the University of North Carolina Wilmington,
https://publish.exhibbit.com/gallery/66513967/long-gallery-15821/
2020 Every Color Has a Story, Flagler County Art League, Palm Coast, FL (Virtual)
2020 Juried Regional Exhibition Online Virtual, Library Art Center & Gallery, Newport, NH
2020 Threaded: Contemporary Fiber in New England, Mosesian Center for the Arts,
Watertown, MA
2020 FI2019 Fiberart International, Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
2020 A Closer Look: The Meaning Underneath, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey NH
2019 Perceptions of Self(ie), Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
2018 In the Garden, Mededith league of New Hampshire Gallery, Mededith, NH
2018 Art Biologic, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2018 Her Water, Her Future, NHTI Library Gallery, 31 College Dr., Concord, NH
2017 Subversive/Domestic, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA
2017 Ply, Twiggs Gallery, Boscawen, NH
2017 Juried Regional Exhibition, Library Art Center & Gallery, Newport, NH
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 Living with Crafts, 81st Annual League of NH
Craftsmen's Fair, Mount Sunapee Resort, Newbury, NH
2017 Counter-Couture: Fashion and Style in the American Counterculture, 1973-1975,
Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
2017 Juried Summer Exhibition, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
2016 End of the Rainbow, League of NH Craftsmen Gallery, Concord, NH
2016 Fiber Innovations II, Parker Arts Culture and Events Center, Parker, CO
2016 Juried Exhibition: Above and Beyond. By Design, Art at the Center, Overland Park, KS
2015-16 Counter-Couture: Fashion and Style in the American Counterculture, 1973-1975, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2015 Juried Regional Exhibition, Library Art Center & Gallery, Newport, NH
2015 Juried Exhibition: Above and Beyond. By Design, Art at the Center, Overland Park, KS
2014 Annual National Juried Show 2014, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Me, Myself and I, some things looming, Reading, PA
2014 Finding a Common Thread: A Contemporary Fiber Art Show, Chandler Gallery,
Randolph, VT
2013 Fibrous, Whitney Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, MA
2013 Threads, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2013 Fantasy: Imagine, The League of NH Craftsmen’s The Gallery at The Craft Center,
Concord, NH
2012 Fiber Options: Material Explorations, Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery,
Annapolis, MD
2011 Fine Works in Miniature, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT
2009 In Your Dreams: Reveries, Fantasies, and Impossible Wishes, The Pen and Brush
Gallery, New York, NY
1978 Here and Now, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1976 Beyond the Body Terrain, Mano Gallerie, Chicago, IL
Levi Denim Art Traveling Exhibit
1974-75 (18-months)
Museum of Contemporary Crafts of the American Crafts Council, New York, NY
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
AFFILIATIONS and TEACHING
2021-Present New Hampshire Art Association, juried member
2017-Present Women's Caucus for Art /NH
2015-Present Surface Design Association, member
2012-Present League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, juried member
2012-Present AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH, member
