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Shar Coulson
Chicago, USA

Shar Coulson Chicago, USA

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    Shar Coulson’s organic forms hint at figures, animals, leaves, and other organic references that feel nearly recognizable, while her lush application of paint plays with contrast as well as a spectrum of tonal shifts. Embracing the essence of Organic Expressionism, her work reflects her love of nature and the human figure.  Working from visual memory, Coulson explores the idea of perception verus reality within the allusive figuration, gestural line work and organic forms found in her paintings.
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    Shar Coulson

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  • Video
    • Shar Coulson: Abstract Painter | Nüart Gallery
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      Shar Coulson: Abstract Painter | Nüart Gallery

      “Each free-flowing exploration is only complete when the abstract touches the familiar...that point when something definite has been created, but its mystery is still intact. My hope is that when...
    • Shar Coulson: Q+A with Shar Coulson
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      Shar Coulson: Q+A with Shar Coulson

      Shar Coulson’s lush application of paint plays with contrast as well as a spectrum of tonal shifts. Embracing the essence of Organic Expressionism, Coulson explores the idea of perception versus...
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    “ Each free-flowing exploration is only complete when the abstract touches the familiar...that point when something definite has been created, but its mystery is still intact. My hope is that when someone views my work, they are drawn in and connected on an emotional level to something fundamentally human. ” —  Shar Coulson

     


     

    Shar Coulson’s organic forms hint at figures, animals, leaves, and other organic references that feel nearly recognizable, while her lush application of paint plays with contrast as well as a spectrum of tonal shifts. Embracing the essence of Organic Expressionism, her work reflects her love of nature and the human figure.  Working from visual memory, Coulson explores the idea of perception verus reality within the allusive figuration, gestural line work and organic forms found in her paintings. 

     

    Shar Coulson is a founding member of the Chicago Art Salon and has exhibited internationally.  

  • Exhibitions
    • Nüart LA Selections 2025

      Nüart LA Selections 2025

      22 Feb - 22 Mar 2025
      Nuart LA Selections 2025: A Study in Abstraction and Figuration Exhibition Dates: February 22 – March 22, 2025 Location: Nuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Opening Reception: Saturday, February 22, from...
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    • R-E-D | 2025

      R-E-D | 2025

      A Group Exhibition 14 Feb - 2 Mar 2025
      Nüart Gallery is thrilled to announce "R-E-D," our annual Valentine's Day exhibition featuring a curated collection of work celebrating the color red and its proximity to love and passion. .

      In art, music, and literature, love has always been one of the major engines of human creativity. In celebration of love, romance, and the mysterious longings of the heart, "R-E-D" features a diverse collection of artworks filled with romance for our annual Valentine's Day exhibition. Each work offers a distinct perspective on the color red and its unmistakable relationship with human desire and life itself.
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    • LA | Shar Coulson

      LA | Shar Coulson

      7 Dec 2024 - 18 Jan 2025
      (SANTA MONICA) Nüart Gallery is pleased to present “Lucid Phantasies ,” a solo exhibition of new work by Shar Coulson , running from December 7th, 2024 through January 11th, 2025...
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    • R-E-D | 2024

      R-E-D | 2024

      A Group Exhibition 9 - 25 Feb 2024
      Nüart Gallery is thrilled to announce "R-E-D," our annual Valentine's Day exhibition featuring a curated collection of work celebrating the color red and its proximity to love and passion. .

      In art, music, and literature, love has always been one of the major engines of human creativity. In celebration of love, romance, and the mysterious longings of the heart, "R-E-D" features a diverse collection of artworks filled with romance for our annual Valentine's Day exhibition. Each work offers a distinct perspective on the color red and its unmistakable relationship with human desire and life itself.
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    • Winter Selections | 2024

      Winter Selections | 2024

      A Group Exhibition 12 - 28 Jan 2024
      Nüart Gallery is pleased to present Winter Selections, our annual exhibition featuring a curation of our artists whose abstract and figurative work celebrate a constrained winter palette. The exhibition will open on January 12th and through January 28th, 2024.
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    • Shar Coulson

      Shar Coulson

      Traces 30 Jun - 16 Jul 2023
      "Traces" presents a magnetic interplay between emotional vulnerability and artistic fortitude as Shar Coulson continues to cultivate her gestural interpretation of the natural world. Inhabiting the space between wind and water & flora and fauna, primal traces branch and hold undulating forms recognizable as both familiar shapes and layers of tactile color relinquished to abstraction. The real and ideal merge in these verdant compositions, where channels of dense tones from the outside world coarse over and around intersecting elements, webbed drips, and diffused pigmentation. An environment simultaneously entwines and separates in the work, where transparency of the organic world superimposes the mystery of our inner sensitivities.
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    • R-E-D

      R-E-D

      A Group Exhibition 10 - 19 Feb 2023
      Nüart Gallery is excited to announce the opening of ' R-E-D,' a Valentine's Day exhibition featuring a curated collection of paintings that celebrate the color red and its connection to...
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    • Shar Coulson + Richard Berman

      Shar Coulson + Richard Berman

      Unearthing Layers 8 - 24 Apr 2022
      Unearthing Layers is a two-person exhibition featuring new paintings by Shar Coulson and Richard Berman. Both artists work in abstraction driven by color—Shar Coulson through lush interpretations of the natural...
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    • Red Show

      Red Show

      The Color of Love 11 - 25 Feb 2022
      A selection of works by our artists, reflecting their interpretations of one of the most celebrated human emotions – love. We invite you to join us in celebrating one of the most powerful colors of the spectrum.
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    • Nüart 20th Anniversary Show

      Nüart 20th Anniversary Show

      24 Dec 2021 - 9 Jan 2022
      Nüart Gallery 20th Anniversary Show (SANTA FE, NM) Nüart Gallery is pleased to celebrate its 20th year of offering fine art with a special group exhibition of 36 established and...
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    • Abstractions 2021

      Abstractions 2021

      19 Nov - 12 Dec 2021
      Featuring Work by Beverly Kedzior, Emilio Lobato, Joseph Ostraff, Willy Bo Richardson + Judy Woods
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    • Winter Inspirations

      Winter Inspirations

      A Group Exhibition 29 Jan - 7 Feb 2021
      Nüart Gallery presents Winter Inspirations, a group exhibition of paintings by Nüart Gallery artists. The exhibition will run January 29th through February 7th, 2020. We're celebrating the season of the...
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    • Shar Coulson + Richard Berman

      Shar Coulson + Richard Berman

      27 Mar - 12 Apr 2020
      Nüart Gallery presents, Between the Known and Unknown , a two person exhibition of new paintings by Shar Coulson and Richard Berman . The exhibition will run March 27th through...
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    • Abstractions Group Exhibition 2019

      Abstractions Group Exhibition 2019

      Shar Coulson, Cecil Touchon, Joseph Ostraff, Claire B Cotts, Rose Masterpol, & Anne Kaferle 8 - 24 Nov 2019
      Nüart Gallery is pleased to present, “ Abstractions 2019 ' a group exhibition of new work by six contemporary artists working in abstraction. The exhibition will run November 8 th...
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