About me
Sharon Norwood is a Jamaican-born interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans ceramics, drawing, found objects, and installation. Through material exploration and process-based experimentation, her work engages with race, labour, identity, and historical narratives, often examining how systems of power shape cultural memory and ways of seeing. A recurring motif in her practice is the curly line, which functions both as a formal gesture and a conceptual reference to Afro-textured hair and the Black body.
Norwood holds a BFA from the University of South Florida and an MFA in Studio Art from Florida State University. Her work has been presented in exhibitions, installations, and public programs across Canada, the United States, Jamaica, and Germany. She has participated in residencies, research programs, and visiting artist initiatives at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Vermont Studio Center, Alfred University, and the Château de La Napoule Art Foundation. Her work is held in public and private collections, including the Gardiner Museum, Telfair Museums, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington and Lee University Museums, and the corporate collection of TD Bank Group.
