Sharon Portelance

Sharon Portelance received her BFA from Maine College of Art, then left Maine to travel the United States, ultimately settling in Seattle where she began her studio practice and taught at the Pratt Fine Arts Center. In 1989, Sharon returned to the East Coast to attend graduate school at the State University of New York at New Paltz, where she earned her MFA. From 1996 to 1998, she taught at Southwest Texas State University and the University of Texas in Austin. During this time, she was fortunate to be invited to teach metal skills to a group of indigenous people in Michoacan, Mexico, and lectured at a number of institutions. She has taught at Maine College of Art since 1999 and served as acting dean of the College and vice president of academic affairs for three years. She recently completed a three‐month residency in Tallinn, Estonia at the Estonia Academy of Art.