Sharon Pomales​ Tousey
Fine Artist and Portraitist
AWA, NOAPS, PSA, IAPS-MC
Sharon Pomales Tousey is an accomplished artist whose career began in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Since relocating to the United States in 2012, she has embraced a dynamic range of creative projects that showcase her evolving artistic vision. Her paintings, celebrated and collected globally, reflect a deeply personal and ever-evolving perspective. Driven by an insatiable curiosity and a desire for continual growth, Sharon is always on the lookout for her next captivating project.
Welcome to her world of art, where each piece tells a unique story and each phase of her career reveals new dimensions of her creative spirit. Sharon lives in Breckenridge, Colorado where her studio is also located.
She is represented by Lovetts Fine Art Gallery in Tulsa, OK, and is a guest artist at Abend Gallery in Denver, CO.
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EDUCATION
1999 BA (Psychology) Sacred Heart University – San Juan, PR
Cum Laude
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INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
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2024 The Butler Museum of Art - special exhibition of award-winning pastels from the Pastel Society of America 2023 exhibition
2022 Braveheart - Lovetts Gallery
2021 1st Yiqing Lian Pastel Exhibition and 7th Zhuhai Shutong Invitational - China
2020 Bones Exhibition - Lovetts Gallery
2020 Small Works Exhibition - Lovetts Fine Art Gallery
2019 American Women Artists at RS Hanna Gallery for Masters, Signature, and Heritage Members.
2018 CAN Contemporary International Art Triennial - Cleveland, OH
2018 The Nature of - Lovetts Fine Art Gallery - Tulsa, OK
2017 Annual Winter Show, Abend Gallery-Denver, CO
2017 October The Good, the Bad, and the WTF, Lovetts Gallery - Tulsa, OK
2017 June Mirror/Mirror, Lovetts Gallery - Tulsa, OK
2017 Feb From Woman X, The Gallery at Lakeland - Kirtland, OH
2016 Annual Winter show, Abend Gallery-Denver, CO
2016 Chevere, Sirona Fine Arts-Miami, FL
2016 The Cauldron, Lovetts Gallery-Tulsa, OK
2016 Urban Life, Abend Gallery-Denver,CO
2016 Fahrenheit, Lovetts Gallery - Tulsa, OK
2016 Contemporary Figuration, Abend Gallery- Denver, CO
2015 The Birds, Lovetts Gallery-Tulsa, OK
2015 Lollipop Guild Show, Lovetts Gallery-Tulsa, OK
2015 Cityscapes, River Gallery- Rocky River, OH
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
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2024 17th Art Renewal Center Salon Competition Finalist
2024 Pastel Guild of Europe "Dust Off", online exhibition
2024 American Women Artists Expanding Horizons, Loveland Museum of Art, Loveland CO
2024 International Guild of Realism Fall Online Exhibition
2024 California Art Club On Location in Malibu, Frederick R Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu CA
2023 American Women Artists Online Juried Show
2023 International Guild of Realism Fall Online Exhibition
2023 Pastel Society of the West Coast, Pastels USA:99 Voices in Pastel, Haggin Museum, Stockton CA
2023 Triton Museum of Art Salon 2023-Santa Clara, CA
2023 California Art Club 112th Gold Medal Exhibition at the Bowers Museum of Art-Santa Ana, CA
2023 Pastel Society of America 51st Enduring Brilliance
2023 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society 'Best of America' Small Works at Mary Williams Fine Art-Boulder, CO
2023 Pence Gallery, CA - Figurative Expose
2022 Pastel Society of Southern California fall/winter
2022 Era Contemporary Gallery - The New Pre-Raphaelites:Illumination
2022 Pastel Society of Southern California - Make your Mark
2020 Zanesville Museum of Art Annual - Zanesville, Ohio
2020 American Artists Professional League 92nd Grand National Exhibition-online for the first time
2020 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society 'Best of America' at Cutter & Cutter Fine Art- St. Augustine, FL
2020 Allied Artists of America 107th Annual Exhibition - Online
2020 Pastel Society of America 48th Annual 'Enduring Brilliance' Exhibition - Online
2020 American Women Artists 'Making their Mark' at Booth Museum of Western Art - Georgia - Online2020 American Women Artists 2019 American Women Artists 'Looking West' at the Steamboat Museum of Art - Steamboat, CO
2019 International Guild of Realism 1st Winter Salon - Online
2019 Salmagundi Club Figuratively Speaking Exhibition - NY, NY
2019 The Yards Projects Residents Select - Downtown Cleveland, OH
2018 Butler Museum of American Art Midyear Exhibition - Youngstown, OH
2018 American Women Artists Illuminate The Haggin Museum - Stockton, CA
2018 Zanesville Art Museum 73rd Annual Exhibition - Zanesville, OH
2018 Pastel Society of Spain (ASPAS) IV International Biennial Exhibition - Oviedo, Spain
2017 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society 'Best of America', Castle Gallery - Ft. Wayne, IN
2017 International Guild of Realism's 12th Annual at Winfield Gallery - Carmel, CA
2017 Under a Vast Sky, American Women Artists at Tucson Desert Art Museum - Tucson, AZ
2017 Semi-finalist Figurativas 2017 at MEAM Museum - Barcelona, Spain
2017 8th Annual May Show at Lakeland - Kirtland, OH
2017 Caribbean-American Advancement Foundation, Inc : Visions of the Caribbean - College Park, GA
2017 American Women Artists Spring Online Exhibition
2017 BayArts Annual Show - Bay Village, OH
2016 Eighth Annual Figurative, Drawing, and Painting Exhibition, Lore Degenstein Gallery-Selinsgrove, PA
2016 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society 26th Annual 'Best of America' Exhibition, Addison Art Gallery-Cape Cod, MA
2016 International Association of Pastel Societies 28th Exhibition, Salmagundi Club- NY, NY
2016 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Spring Internatioanal Exhibition-online
2016 Freak Out, Zhou B Art Center- Chicago, IL
2015 Pastel Society of America 43rd Annual Exhibition: Enduring Brilliance, National Arts Club, NYC
2015 PSWC 29th Annual Pastels USA International Exhibition, The Haggin Museum - Stockton, CA
2015 79th Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Museum of American Art - Youngstown, OH
2015 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society 2015 Spring Exhibition - Online
2015 Cleveland Creates, Contemporary Northeast Ohio Artists - Cleveland, OH
2014 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society 2014 Fall Exhibition - Online
2014 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 118th Annual Juried Exhibition, National Arts Club - NY, NY
2014 The American Artists Professional League '86th Grand National Exhibit', Salmagundi Club- NY, NY
2014 Orange County Creatives American Dream:Lost or Found, Orange County Creatives Gallery-Laguna Beach, CA
2014 Valley Art Center 43rd Annual Juried Show, Valley Art Center - Chagrin Falls, OH
2014 Bayarts 52nd Annual National Juried Show, Sullivan Family Gallery - Bay Village, OH
2014 Pastel Society of the Southwest 33rd National Juried Show, Tower Gallery- Grapevine, TX22
2014 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society 24th Annual 'Best of America' Exhibition, Dunnegan Gallery-Bolivar, MO 2
2014 Appalachian Pastel Society National Juried Exhibition, The Bascom-Highlands, NC
2014 Pastel Society of America 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition 'Enduring Brilliance', National Arts Club- NY, NY
2014 The Art and Artists Of- "Characters that Define Us" juried show, Carnegie Gallery-Columbus, OH
2014 National Association of Women Artists Small Works Juried show, NAWA Gallery- NY, NY
2014 National Oil & Acrylic Painter’s Society’s 2014 Spring Juried Exhibition - online
2014 Ohio Art League Spring juried exhibition, Carnegie Gallery – Columbus, OH
2014 24th IAPS Juried Exhibition, Vose Galleries – Boston, MA
2014 Great Lakes Pastel Society National Juried Exhibit, Dennos Museum– Traverse City, MI
2014 27th Annual Women’s Works Juried Show, Old Court House Arts Center– Woodstock, IL
2008 Abreme tu Corazon (Open your Heart), Brio Gallery – San Juan, PR
1992 De Paseo por San Juan (A Walk in San Juan), Hermes Gallery (Solo Show)– San Juan, PR
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SOLO and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
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2019 Just Add Water: Sharon Pomales and Robert Hartshorn
2016 Multiplicity, Gallery 1299 - Cleveland, OH
1992 De Paseo Por San Juan, Hermes Gallery - Condado-San Juan, PR
AWARDS and ACHIEVEMENTS
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2024 17th ARC (Art Renewal Center) Salon Finalist
2024 Two Honorable Mentions in the Portrait and Figure Category, Pastel Journal Magazine Pastel 100 Competition
2023 Plein Air Magazine Award at the Pastel Society of the West Coast, Pastels USA 99 Voices in Pastel
2023 Herman Margulies Award for Excellence at Pastel Society of America 51st Enduring Brilliance Exhibition
2023 Luxlife Magazine Global Excellence Awards: Best Contemporary Artist
2023 Honorable Mention Portrait and Figure Category, Pastel Journal Magazine Pastel 100 Competition
2022 H K Holbein Award at Pastel Society of America 50th Enduring Brilliance Exhibition
2022 Plein Air Magazine 11th Annual Plein Air Salon: Best Pastel
2021 Awarded Master Circle Status at the International Association of Pastel Societies.
2021 Richeson 75 Figure/Portrait Competition Finalist
2021 1st Place PSSC Exhibition R
2021 Finalist Artistic Excellence Competition by Southwest Art Magazine
2020 Honorable Mention Pastel 100 Competition
2020 Finalist at the 15th Art Renewal Center Salon with La Heladeria
2020 President's Award for Agnus Dei omnes at the AAPL 92nd Grand National Exhibition
2020 Best Painting Award for Aun Llueve en Macondo at the Zanesville Museum of Art Annual
2019 Finalist at the 14th Art Renewal Center Salon with Introspection:Thoughts on our Planet's Future
2018 Winsor & Newton Painting Award for While the world burns at AWA Haggin Museum Exhibition.
2018 Finalist - Artistic Excellence Competition by Southwest Art Magazine
2018 Award of Excellence for While the World Burns at American Women Artists Haggin Museum Exhibition.
2018 Second Place Award for '1540 Broadway, NYC' at BayArts Annual Juried Exhibition
2017 Juror's Award - Visions of the Caribbean, Caribbean-American Advancement Foundation
2015 Outstanding Pastel - Bold Brush Painting Competition
2014 Jurors Choice Award - Orange County Creatives American Dream Lost or Found Juried Exhibition
2014 Narrative Excellence Award - Oil and Acrylic Painters Society 'Best of America' Exhibition
2014 Merit Award - Appalachian Pastel Society National Juried Exhibition
PUBLICATIONS
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2024 Pastel Journal Magazine-25th Annual Pastel 100 Competition Issue.
2023 Pastel Journal Magazine-24th Annual Pastel 100 Competition Issue.
2022 Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, June - Classic Moment Section.
2022 Peninsula Magazine - Article 'The new kid in town: detail and precision in the paintings of Sharon Pomales Tousey'
2021 Southwest Art Magazine - January -Artistic Excellence Competition Finalist
2020 Pastel Journal Magazine-21st Annual Pastel 100 Competition Issue.
2018 Artists on Art magazine, Sept Issue
2018 Artists on Art Magazine, June Issue
2018 The Guide Artists Magazine, December Issue
2018 Hyperrealism Magazine, June Issue
2018 PanPastel - Paint,Draw,Blend Blog, May
2018 The Pastel Journal Magazine, February Issue, Pages 46-53
2017 Collective Arts Network: CAN Journal - Summer 2017
2016 PoetsArtists Magazine : Chevere, Issue #77
2016 The Huffington Post: Arts & Culture, March 14, 2016
2016 North Light Books 'Strokes of Genius 8: Exploring Texture
2016 PoetsArtists Magazine: The Portrait Issue # 72
2015 PoetsArtists Magazine: Destroying the Figure in the 21st Century Issue #66
2015 Mipoesias.com Publishing Journal #9: 5 Hispanic Women Artists to Notice
2015 Jujubes issue # 4 - All artwork in the book
2015 Issue #16 July, iARTistas Magazine
2015 PoetsArtists Magazine: Figural Movement (curated by F. Scott Hess), Issue #63
2015 Issue #13 "Self-portraits and Collaborations", iARTistas Magazine
2013 “The Art of Sharon Pomales”, The New York Optimist E-Magazine, June.
AFFILIATIONS
Member of: Portrait Society of America, International Guild of Realism, and Pastel Society of the West Coast. Signature Member of American Women Artists, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, and the Pastel Society of America. Master Circle Status with the International Association of Pastel Societies. Artist Member of the California Art Club.
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