Sharon Moody

Artist Sharon Moody earned an M.F.A. in Painting from George Washington University in 1995. Over the next several years, she lectured at numerous Washington, D.C., area colleges and universities. Since 1998, she has been on the faculty of Georgetown University, where she designed a new course on technical art history for undergraduates. Utilizing authentic materials and recipes, the course introduces students to different techniques used in Western art throughout history. Moody also teaches painting, drawing, and design. Sharon Moody’s early influences include Bill Dunlap and Noyes Long, under whom she studied as an undergraduate at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. She later studied with Frank Wright and William Woodward at George Washington University. As an artist-teacher, she is committed to making art and sharing her knowledge of the craft and traditions of her medium. Her paintings are exhibited frequently and are in numerous collections. Moody’s work was recently showcased at the Bernarducci Meisel Gallery in New York. The gallery featured Moody's recent works in the trompe l’oeil style, which involves the depiction of objects and scenes in an extremely realistic manner. Prior to the New York show, Sharon Moody’s art was featured at the 20th anniversary of the Alumni Artist Series at George Washington University as a distinguished alumna. In the first half of 2011, the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts included her work in its series on Appalachian Alumni in the Arts. Of her recent series of trompe l’oeil works, Moody states that she seeks to invite the viewer to enter the space of the piece and linger there to explore the meaning behind the work. Her subject matter recently has focused on toys, games, and mass-produced items of popular culture.