Shari's artistic practice emerged from her undergraduate studies in painting, drawing,
and photography at UC Santa Cruz, where a metal sculpture class and the discovery of
found metal objects sparked a pivotal shift—deepening an investigation into archetypal
symbols, synchronicities and alchemical imagery that continues to define her work
across multiple mediums.
Working in mixed-medium assemblage, acrylic painting, charcoal drawing, and digital
photography, she explores themes of pattern, transformation, convergence, and the
hidden relationships between disparate elements. By discovering and juxtaposing found
objects, painted forms, and drawn images, her work excavates the symbolic language
of psyche—where matter becomes metaphor and process informs meaning.
As a visual arts educator, Shari has worked with Inner City Arts in downtown Los
Angeles and worked for over a decade as an artist-in-residence at LACMA's education
department, where she taught studio classes, Evenings for Educators workshops, and
mentored high school interns through a nine-month intensive program. She designed
visual arts curricula for at-risk youth in school settings and at the Sycamores residential
day treatment program in Altadena.
Inspired by her students and the transformative potential of creative expression, Shari
earned a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Depth/Jungian
Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Her thesis explored the relationship
between art and psychology, examining the transformative potential of working
consciously with unconscious material—a philosophy that infuses all of her work.

sharilee323@gmail.com
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