About Sherburn LaBelle

About Me

I grew up in a small town in north-central New Hampshire. Bounced around the country from Maine, to Boston, to Indiana, to New York, to Philly, to Cincinnati... I now live in Northern California. 

EDUCATION 

1990 — BFA, Sculpture
University of Cincinnati, School of Design, Architecture, Art & Planning

1983–1987 — Anthropology, Art Criticism; Completed Bronze Foundry Program. State University of New York at Binghamton.

1972–1975 — Foundation Program
New England School of Art & Design, Boston, MA

1972–1976 — Apprenticeship with Hugh Gerald Robert “Robin” Binning
Cambridge, MA

Awards & Fellowships

2001 — Paid Internship, Belize Audubon Society
Design and construction of educational exhibit on bird migration

1996 — Special Commendation Award for teaching art to Cambodians refugees. Alameda County Board of Supervisors, CA

1992 — Merit Award for Sculpture
California State Fair, Sacramento, CA

1989 — Grant
Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Brooklyn, NY

1987 — Artist-in-Residence Fellowship
Franklin Mint, Philadelphia, PA

1987 — Special Handling Permit
Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Solo  (including Open Studios)

1990–2025 — Annual Spring and/or Fall Open Studios*  (studio locations listed below)

-2019–present — Yampa Path Studio
Fort Bidwell & Fairfax, CA

-2010–2019 — Water Street Studio
Fort Bidwell, CA

-1999–present — Fairfax Studio
Fairfax, CA

-1990–1999 — Ford Street Studio / Boat Yard at Grand Marina
Alameda, CA

~2011 — Birdology: (Solo) Art Works by Brenda Sherburn LaBelle (with book reading)
Riley’s Art Center & Supplies, San Rafael, CA

2001 — Featured Artist, Cashew Festival
Crooked Tree, Belize

~1987 — Solo Window Exhibition: Chernobyl: The Noble Savage The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

1987 - Alternatives Places for Art - Site:: Conklin Avenue, Binghamton, NY

~1987 — Solo Exhibition Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY

Group Exhibitions 

2014, 2013, 2012 — Annual California Ceramic Artists Exhibition. Sacramento, CA

2013 — Wall for Peace, International Art for World Peace
India; Istanbul, Turkey

1993–1995 — Outsider’s Art: PAIRS Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA

1992–1993 — Frail Elder Center for Alzheimer’s Oakland, CA

1992 — Women’s Art Exhibition Ebert Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1992 — Sculpture Expo (Merit Award) California State Fair, Sacramento, CA

1988 — Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts Wilmington, DE

1987 — Institute of Contemporary Art College of Philadelphia, PA

1987 — Lawrence / Rosemont Gallery Rosemont, PA

1982 — Festival of Alternatives in Art SUNY Binghamton, NY

Symposia / Exchanges

2018 — Marble / Stone Carving Symposium Colorado

Early 2000s — Planet X Studio Exchange- a studio space for being there. Gerlach, NV

*NOTE: Since the late 1990s, Sherburn LaBelle has increasingly focused on open studios as a primary form of public engagement.