Sharon Que
Sharon Que (Querciagrossa) (born May 18, 1960 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American visual artist and luthier, based in Ann Arbor, specializing in violin restoration and repair. It has been said that much of Que’s imagery can be perceived as multilayers, with some forms suggesting a mix of spiritual, secular, and mathematical or even industrial significance. Some of her sculptures are also owned by important American institutions and are in public spaces, including the Detroit Institute of Arts. Being deeply involved with Music, in March 2007 she has been a curator of the exhibit "Instrumental", at the Ann Arbor Gallery Project, featuring diversely talented artists who are creatively engaged in industrial design, engineering, music, acoustics, math, violin and bow making. Sculpture: Constructed, March 24 to May 16, 2008, at Gallery One, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor featured some of her works together with some of Tom Phardel, as done by Lemberg Gallery Summer Mix (Jul 12 - Aug 9, 2008), with her Survival Engine. Solo exhibitions 2005: Automatic Desires, Museo ItaloAmericano, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA 2003: Retrofit, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 2003: Immersed, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001: Loop, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI 1999: Concentric Chronology, Warren Robbins Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1999: Seamless Motion, G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL 1996: Every distance is not near, Alexa Lee Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI 1996: Sharon Que: Sculpture, General Motors Institute Gallery, General Motors Institute, Flint, MI 1993: Sculpture, Gallery 414, Ann Arbor, MI 1992: New Sculpture, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI 1989: Sharon Que, Sculpture and Mixed Media Assembleges, Fine Arts Gallery, Mott Community College, Flint, MI Group exhibitions 2010: Wanderlust, Lemberg Gallery (Mar 6 - Apr 24) with Diane Carr and Janet Hamrick (see ) 2009: Detroit International Auto Show, Ford Motor Company, Lincoln. 2008: Summer Mix, Lemberg Gallery (Jul 12 - Aug 9) with Survival Engine 2008: Spirit, featuring artists able to express the interior space of the soul, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI, June 25 to August 3, 2008. 2008: Sculpture: Constructed, Gallery One, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor (March 24 - May 16) 2007: Instrumental, Ann Arbor Gallery Project (March) 2003: Art Chicago 2003, Navy Pier, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago IL 2002: Biennial 2002, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI 2000: Art Chicago 2000, Navy Pier, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago IL 2000: Parallel Tracks, Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Albion College, Albion, MI (Tom Phardel) 1999: 3d@dc, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI 1999: Duty Free, Artcite, Windsor, Canada 1999: Dysfunctional Sculpture, Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI 1998: Great Lakes Regional Art Exhibition, Midland Center for Arts, Midland, MI (Juror's Merit Award) 1997: Ambient Luminosity, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI 1996: Out of Solitude, Tribes of the Corridor, Michigan Gallery (Sept. 7 - Oct. 12) http://corridortribe.com/tribes/michigan_gallery_tribe/solitude_090796.htm 1996: Sharon Que, Robert Bielat, Ken Thompson, Marygrove College Gallery, Marygrove College, Detroit, MI 1996: Patrimonio: The Legacy of Italian Art in Michigan, Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 1993: