Sharon Waters, (1975)

Sharon Walters (b. 1975) is an artist who lives and works in London. Recently, she was part of Like Paradise at Claridge's ArtSpace, London (2023) curated by Ekow Eshun and directed performed extracts from 'The Interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano' displayed in Black Atlantic at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (2023). Seeing Ourselves - the podcast, is a body of work Sharon has curated to explore representations of blackness in museum collections in collaboration with the National Maritime Museum (2020-present). Sharon had a solo exhibition at Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, England (2022), and was included in group exhibitions with Black Minds Matter at Sophie Tea Art Gallery, London (2020); The Chapel Gallery, London (2019); and Gunnersbury Park Museum, London (2019). In 2022, she was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, London, to create a portrait of race equality campaigners and radical publishers Eric and Jessica Huntley. The piece was on display temporarily at Gunnersbury Park Museum, London (2023) and has now been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery and will go on display in 2024. Walters works are in private and public collections including the National Portrait Gallery and the Soho House Art Collection Sharon is represented by Hackelbury Fine Art in London ...
Sharon Walters is a London-based artist, educator and project curator. She holds a Fine Art BA (Hons) from Central Saint Martins and has over 20 years experience working with marginalised communities. She regularly collaborates with organisations and communities organising and hosting workshops, talks, podcasts, events and curating projects. In 2023 , Walters was included in "Like Paradise" at Claridge's ArtSpace, London, curated by Ekow Eshun and ‘Rites of Passage’ at Gagosian, curated by Péjú Oshin. She won second prize at the Mosaic Art Prize exhibited at Hauser and Wirth. She directed a short film, performed by actor Jyuddah James, using quoted extracts from 'The Interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano,' displayed in the Black Atlantic exhibition at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (2023). This is currently being shown at the UN in New York (23 Feb – 28 March 2024). Previously, Sharon had a solo exhibition at Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, England (2022), and was included in the Black Minds Matter group exhibition at Sophie Tea Art Gallery, London (2020); The Chapel Gallery, London (2019); and Gunnersbury Park Museum, London (2019). In 2022, she was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, London, to create a portrait of race equality campaigners and radical publishers Eric and Jessica Huntley. The piece was exhibited at the Gunnersbury Park Museum, London (2023) before joining the collection at the National Portrait Gallery. Since 2020, Walters has worked in partnership with the National Maritime Museum to create and host the podcast series ‘Seeing Ourselves’ - alongside a series of live and online events exploring the representation and misrepresentation of the people of African descent in museum collections. She collaborated with historians, artists and prominent cultural thinkers and the project has had a significant impact and led to important change in the institution. Walters works are in private and public collections including the National Portrait Gallery and the Soho House Art Collection