bio Sharon Massey lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she maintains a studio, teaches jewelry classes at the Community College of Allegheny County, Waynesburg University, and is the gallery director of the Martha Gault Art Gallery at Slippery Rock University. She was the store manager at the Society for Contemporary Craft in the Strip District from 2009 to early 2012. Sharon received the Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Award in 2009. In 2008, she was chosen to participate in Lucca Preziosa Young, an exhibition of eight jewelers under 35, which was exhibited in Lucca, Italy, Munich, Germany, and at the JOYA Festival of Contemporary Jewellery in Barcelona, Spain. Also in 2008, Sharon was one of twelve Americans whose work was chosen to tour 5 cities in Japan as part of the Japan Jewelry Design Association Biennale Exhibition. Images of Sharon’s jewelry have been published in seven books, including 500 Necklaces, The Art of Enameling, and Art Jewelry Today 2nd and 3rd Editions. Sharon’s work is included in the collection of the Racine Art Museum in Racine, Wisconsin, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England. Sharon Massey received her BFA from Winthrop University in 1999, and her MFA in Metal Design from East Carolina University in 2006. Sharon Massey home
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