I am an interdisciplinary artist based in the Hudson Valley region of New York. My art gives imaginative expression to the values of harmony with nature and environmental responsibility. It is deeply grounded in the belief in a universal energy running through all things. I imagine this energy as a living, visible form.
I pay homage to the monumental power of nature to adapt, transform and regenerate.
I regularly use natural items in my works, some of which are the remnants left from natural disasters like floods and hurricanes. I have collected roots uncovered by erosion and detritus washed up on the beach. I have embedded an entire colony of honeybees, donated by a local apiary. Many works contain the Monarch butterfly, donated by The Monarch Conservancy. Climate change and the use of genetically modified agriculture are, in part, to blame for their demise.
Most recently I have been using the disappearing White Birch Tree as my point of departure, and the subject of my new online petition: https://www.change.org/p/protect-white-birch-trees?utm_medium=custom_url&utm_source=share_petition&recruited_by_id=3359dd40-ea41-11e6-b7e2-61fd1b047035
My works suggest a primordial energy in relation to the natural world. This is informed by my experiences with neo-paganism and public ritual. I see this energy as a re-animator, capable and ready to restore what has been lost.
There are other influences in my work, such as my piece Spring of Springs, based on a quote by Thoreau-
“ I saw a striped snake run into the water, and he lay on the bottom, apparently without inconvenience, as long as I stayed there, or more than a quarter of an hour; perhaps because he had not yet fairly come out of the torpid state. It appeared to me that for a like reason men remain in their present low and primitive condition; but if they should feel the influence of the spring of springs arousing them, they would of necessity rise to a higher and more ethereal life.”
There is a symbiotic relationship between nature and humans which is vital to our existence. It is a spiritual life force, and visibly present for me. With my art I encourage the seeking of interconnectedness with all living things. harmony with nature, and environmental responsibility. My sculptures are emblematic of the transformation and revitalization that is possible within all of us.
Laurie Sheridan
delfido8@gmail.com
In New York: PO Box 621 Port Ewen, New York 12466
In Florida: 101 Ingham Road Unit #16, New Smyrna Beach, Florida 32168
Laurie Sheridan CV 2025
HONORS
2025 Studio Residency and materials grant, MMAQ / Centre Materia /
Maison des Metiers d’Art de Quebec, Quebec City, Canada
2024 Residency, Castle Hill Truro Center for the Arts, MA
2023 Residency, Le Festival D’Arte Contemporain, Roquebrune-sur-Argens, France
2022 Award, “Elemental Effects”, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences, New Jersey
2022 Residency, Bargemon, France for Le Festival D’Arte Contemporaine
2018 Travel and Materials Grant, Swiss Government; Rising Up-Flowing Down, Vienna, Austria
2017 Award, Most Wearable for 5 piece ensemble. Museum of Art - Deland, "Surrealism" fashion show, Deland, Florida
2016 Residency, Serde Artists Lab; Aizpute, Latvia
2014 Residency, Alumni Invitational; Atlantic Center For The Arts; New Smyrna Beach, Florida
2009 Award, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild; Kleinert-James Gallery, Woodstock, New York
2008 Award, Belskie Museum of Art; Closter, New Jersey
2008 Award, Osceola Arts; Women’s Caucus For Art, Matriarchs and Madonnas Kissimmee Florida
2001 Travel Grant: Zimbabwe; sponsored by Africa 2000 / Art Safari; Harari, Zimbabwe
1999 Printmaking Residency, Women’s Studio Workshop; Rosendale, New York
1994 Residency with Master Artist Ed Pashke, Atlantic Center For The Arts;
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Tilly Foster Farm and Collaborative Concepts, Brewster New York
Historic Red Mills Park with Collaborative Concepts, Mahopac, New York
2024 Ocala 2-year Outdoor Sculpture Competition Biennial, Tuscawilla Art Park, Ocala, FL*
Fresh Air Sculpture Exhibition, Gloucestershire, UK
Jane’s Street Art Center, “Angels” two dimensional works, Saugerties, New York
2023 Art In The Orchard Biennial. sculpture, Easthampton, MA*
The Enchanted Garden. sculpture, Jordoigne, Belgium
Tilly Foster Farm / Collaborative Concepts. sculpture installation. Brewster, NY
Le Festival D’Arte, video presentation with Hangaroh Collective. Stephen Paul, curator
Roquebrune-sur-Argens, France**
EXHIBITIONS, selected, continued
2017 Hapgood-Wright Forest “Art Ramble” Musquatequid Arts and Environment,
Umbrella Arts, outdoor sculptures inspired by Thoreau. Concord, MA
Vassar Farm “Art on the Farm”, Poughkeepsie, NY outdoor sculpture (artists talk)
Museum of Art Deland, “Wearable Art 6; Surreality” fashion event, award. Deland, FL
2018 Vienna Watertower, "Rising Up, Flowing Down" with the Hangaroh Collective, group exhibition with performances, video and sculpture installation .
Curated by Regina Hugli and Anne Glassner. Vienna, Austria. ***
Wired Gallery, "Lines Let Loose", drawing exhibition curated by Meredith Rosier
High Falls, New York
2016 Sculpture Now at The Mount, Edith Wharton Estate; “Remix” outdoor sculpture exhibition with artists talk, curated by Ann Jon. Lenox, MA *
The Hangar- “In-Between” installation sponsored by Serde Artists Lab. Group project with Hangaroh Collective(slide discussion) Aizpute, Latvia
2010 Curious Matter Gallery; The Ecstatic (tv interview) New Jersey
2009 St. Joseph's College; "Waves of Change" activist-inspired art and photography
video presentation and artists talk to students Brooklyn, NY
Kleinert-James Gallery, "Byrdcliffe Guild" Woodstock, NY (award)
Rose Gallery, Peabody Auditorium, "Hope" Daytona Beach, Florida
2008 Museum of Florida Art; "Florida Biennial IV", encaustic painting Deland, Florida
Osceola Arts Center, "Matriarchs and Madonnas" honoring the female divine.
Womens’ Caucus for Art, Kissimmee, Florida (catalogue)
2007 New York Public Library, Donnell Branch 52nd street, NYC Solo installation
"In Memorium: Remembering Our Women In Uniform Who Have Died In Iraq”;
Photo-encaustic portraits, patriotic memorabilia; history timeline (radio interview)
University Club Gallery, "Matriarchs and Madonnas" Womens’ Caucus for Art,
Winter Park, Florida
2005 Maitland Art Center; "Womens Caucus for Art Annual", Curator Nancy Azara, Maitland, Florida (catalogue)
University of Hawaii Gallery,”Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition”.
Juried by Mohammed Khalil, Hilo, Hawaii (catalogue)
2003 Sonoma Academy, Solo exhibition: Forty-painting retrospective. Santa Rosa,
California. Slide presentation and artist’s talk to student body.
2002 Sierra Club:"Picture California: Focus on the Environment" Juried by Marcia
Eymann, Curator of Photography, Oakland Museum- travels to
Fort Mason Foundation, San Francisco,
The Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek, CA
2001 Sonoma Museum of Visual Art; "California Small Works 2001"
Juried by Kenneth Baker, critic S.F. Chronicle - Santa Rosa, CA (catalogue)
Benicia Gallery, “Imprints - A Survey of Traditional and Experimental Printmaking"
Juror Archana Horsting, Exec.Director, Kala Institute - Oakland, California
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; "5 Artists" Curated by OwenGeronimo
Alice Arts Center, "ZImbabwe Art Safari Exhibition and Fundraiser" Oakland, CA**
2000 Bade Museum/ UC Berkeley, “Temples - Malta, Images and Inspiration” (artists talk)
traveled to: California Institute of Integral Studies, Curator Tricia Graeme
San Francisco, California
Scottish Rites Temple, “Temples – Malta” Event with performances Oakland, CA
1999 A.R.T. Art Resources Transfer, "Primordia" Solo Exhibition
Curated by Bill Bartman, New York, NY
COLLABORATIONS
2020 - 2024 Hangaroh Collective, Latvia https://hangarohcollective.wordpress.com
with artists Bartaku (Belgium), Seila Fernandez Arconada (Spain),
Anne Glassner (Austria)
2010 - 2012 Little Rose Shelter, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam,
During employment teaching ESL: Taught art and created collaborative project with teenagers in at-risk girls home
EDUCATION
2021-2025 Crealde School of Art, Winter Park, Florida
2019 SUNY State University New Paltz, MFA program NY
2005 Associates Degree in Animation, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
1982 Bachelors Fine Art, Parsons School of Design / The New School, New York, NY
1979 Boston University, Fine Art and Political Science Boston, Mass
1978 Maryland Institute, College of Art Baltimore, Maryland
BIO
Laurie Sheridan is an interdisciplinary artist working in the realm of sculpture. She uses the medium of cast resin to integrate organic elements with her glowing forms represent energetic unseen entities. She takes nature as her focal point, either materially or conceptually.
She has exhibited extensively, and has been granted many residencies, recently at MMAQ in Quebec City, Canada, September 2025. Her work has won numerous awards, recently for Elemental Effects with an ephemeral organic sculpture, in New Jersey. Her sculptures, paintings and mono prints are in private collections nationally. She has participated in artistic collaborations in Vietnam,, Austria, France and Latvia. She is a member of the New York Artists Circle, The IATSE Union of Theatrical Scenic Painters, and the international art group the Hangaroh Collective.
Ms. Sheridan splits her time between Kingston New York and New Smyrna Beach, Florida.