Exhibitions

2011

Sharon Ellis: Paintings, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

2009

Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art since the 1960s, San Antonio Museum of Art

2008

Daros Latin America, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)

Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

Sharon Ellis: Drawn to Paint, Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA (solo)

Rio Hondo College, Artist in Residency, RHC Gallery, Whittier, CA

2007

Eden's Edge: Art in L.A., The Hammer Museum, May 13-September 2 (solo)

2006

California, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Solo)

2005

POPulence, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX; travel to Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, and Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC, curated by David Pagel California LandscapeLong Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

2004

25th Anniversary, The LA Years, Part II, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Flower Power, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France

Blue Sky, Pomona College of Art, Claremont, CA

The Four Elements Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

2003

LA Post Cool, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California

2002

Evocations Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA; travel to Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio and San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (Solo)

Post Cool, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

Glow, University of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; travel to The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX

2001

Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)

All -Terrain: An Exploration of Landscape and Place, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA, curated by Carla Hanzal, (catalog)

The Importance of Being Earnest, Weingart Galleries, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Michael Duncan

The New Wave: Recent Painting in Southern California, CA Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA, curated by Noriko Gamblin

2000

Twisted: Urban and Visionary Landscapes in Contemporary Painting, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, curated by Jaap Guldemond and Marente Bloemheuvel (catalog)

Glee: Painting Now, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT; Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL, curated by Amy Cappellazzo and Jessica Hough (catalog)

The Visionary Landscape, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

There is no spirit in painting, Le Consortium Centre d’Art Contemporain, Dijon, France

Departures: Eleven Artists at the Getty, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Lisa Lyons (catalog)

Happy Trails, College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, curated by Christopher Miles

Times of the Day Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)

1999

Another Country: The Constructed Landscape, Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art and Brent Sikkema, New York, NY

1998

Phoenix Triennial, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, curated by David S. Rubin (catalog)

Painting From Another Planet, Deitch Projects, New York, NY, curated by David Pagel

California Current, Rare, New York, NY

Landscape, Meyerson & Nowinski, Seattle, WA

1997

Spot Making Sense, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO, curated by David Pagel

1996

Exchange, Galeria Galerie Camargo Vilaca, São Paulo, Brazil

Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)

The Four Seasons Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA (solo)

1995

The Four Seasons Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)

Postmarked L.A., P.P.O.W., New York, NY, curated by Sue Spaid

A Vital Matrix, Domestic Setting Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Jane Hart (catalog)

New Voices, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, curated by Lucinda Barnes

1994

Promising Suspects, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, curated by Barry Rosenberg (catalog)

Current Abstractions, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Noel Korten

1993

Serious Beauty, Metropolitan Momentary Contemporary Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Irit Krygier

Appraising the Preternatural, Patricia Shea Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, curated by Sue Spaid and Michael Anderson

Peculiar Paintings, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA, curated by Randy Sommer

The Imp of the Perverse, Sally Hawkins Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Alisa Tager

Sugar 'n' Spice, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA curated by Noriko Gamblin and Carol Ann Klonarides (catalog)

Germinal Notations: A Drawing Show, Food House, Santa Monica, CA

Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)

1992

From the Studio: Recent Painting and Sculpture by 20 California Artists, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, curated by Philip E. Linhares (catalog)

California North and South, Aspen Art Museum, CO

1991

Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)

Six Painters, Matthew Scott Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Sublime Geometries, Sue Spaid Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

1990

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

1985

Beulah Land, New York, NY (solo)