Residence:       Halifax, NS
Born in:           Ottawa, ON, 1977 This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
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Representation

June 2007 to present
Word Iz Bond - live painting at Ginger's Tavern every 3rd Thursday, 9pm. - Barrington St., Halifax, NS 

October, 2007 to present
Eating Disorders Action Group - Quinpool, Halifax, NS

April, 2007 to present
Shake It Dance, Cornwallis St, Halifax, NS

Exhibitions and Shows

Oct 13, 2007 - Live painting at Coconut Grove during the "Canadian Festival of Spoken Word".
Sept 20, 2007 - Live painting at Ginger's Tavern during "Word Iz Bond".
Sept 15, 2007 - 2 Maitland St. Mural Project, Dartmouth. "Coal Train mural", 7'x7'
Aug 16, 2007 - Live painting at Ginger's Tavern during "Word Iz Bond".
July 19, 2007 - Live painting at Ginger's Tavern during "Word Iz Bond".
June 21, 2007 - Live painting at Ginger's Tavern during "Word Iz Bond".
June 8, 2007 - Live Painting at Shake It Dance, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
May 11, 2007 - Halifax Art Map Launch at FRED, Halifax, Nova Scotia. (group show)
April 20, 2007 - Live Painting at Shake It Dance, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
April 13, 2007 - Live Painting at Shake It Dance, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
November, 2005 - Solo Show at Club NRG, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
August, 2005 - Fifth Annual Art on Spring Garden Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia. (group show)
July, 2005 - Visual Arts Nova Scotia Corridor Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. (solo show)
August, 2004 - Fourth Annual Art on Spring Garden Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia. (group show)
June, 1995 - Beyond the Line. Medicine Hat Cultural Center. Curator: Poul Nielsen, Visual Communications Coordinator, Medicine Hat College. (group show)
May, 1993 - Third Annual Wildlife Art Competition, Show and Sale. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (group show)

Artist Features and Publications

May 2007 - Elayna.com Artist Feature

May 2007 - Featured in the Halifax Art Map publication and website. 

January, March, May, August 2007 - Artsnews.ca - Several pieces were each featured on the front of this Canadian art news announcement site every few months in 2007.

July 2007 - Artist feature in fourth issue of WTF Magazine. Included in the feature were “Crazy Artist in Stripes”, “I’m Beneath It All”, “In Between the Lines, [Me, Myself and I]”, and “You and the Cat”.

Professional Experience

Professional Artist – Full time
01/2005 - Present
sharonhodgson.com - Paint and sell art from my home studio operating independently. Work on a variety of freelance web and print design contracts as needed.

Graphic Designer/Web Designer
Johnson, Bassin & Shaw, Inc. – Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
7/2000 - 3/2003 - Responsible for the graphic presentation and navigation of various government web sites. Develop and monitor standards for user interfaces, page design, graphics development; ensuring web designs are Section 508 compliant. Create artwork, .gif and flash animations/interfaces for web or Powerpoint presentations.

Graphic Designer
BOSS Staffing LLC – Bethesda, Maryland, USA
3/2000 - 7/2000 - This graphic design staffing agency placed me Johnson, Bassin & Shaw, Inc. in a temporary position. Johnson, Bassin & Shaw, Inc. decided to give me a permanent position (see above).

Ad Designer/Builder
Medicine Hat News – Medicine Hat, Alberta
3/1999 - 11/1999 - Design ads ranging in size and complexity from simple one color ads to full page, full color advertisements in Quark, Photoshop and Illustrator; create speculative ads to entice new contracts and clients for the News; find creative new ways to present products and services; prepare for pre-press; layout ads for press.

Graphic Arts Consultant
Sign Works – Medicine Hat, Alberta
3/1999 - 11/1999 - Assist manager in establishing graphic art station in newly created business by training graphic artist in use of Corel Draw to design and create signs for a variety of purposes. Tasks were similar to those at City Signs. (See below.)

Graphic Artist
City Signs – Medicine Hat, Alberta
1/1999 - 3/1999, 6/1997 - 8/1997 - Design a variety of outdoor and indoor signs (backlit, banners, wooden, coroplast, etc.), as well as awnings, bumper stickers, window decals, stickers and so on.

Comic Strip Artist
Saskatoon Star Phoenix – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
7/1992 - 8/1994 - Created a single panel comic strip entitled Sir Prancelot for the paper's weekly insert, P.S. The comic features a knight who gets in a variety of bizarre situations, some timely, others timeless. When the paper discontinued this weekly insert, Sir Prancelot continued to be published in a couple smaller college and local papers in Medicine Hat, Alberta from 1995 through 1998.

Educational Experience

High School Diploma, with honours
Bedford Road Collegiate Institute – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 06/1995

Volunteer Experience

Board Director
Eating Disorder Action Group – Halifax, Nova Scotia
02/2007 - Present - This community-based charity serves the Halifax area raises awareness of eating disorder issues and provides peer support along with educational workshops.

Web Representation