Sharon is a York-based multidisciplinary artist whose creative practice is deeply rooted in lived experience, social commentary, and unapologetic truth-telling. Born in 1969, she studied at York Art College in the 1980s, laying the foundation for a career that would defy convention.

 

Sharon spent nearly two decades working within the Police Force as an Intelligence Officer and high-profile Police Forensic Artist. Her work involved reconstructing the faces of unidentified fatalities using mortuary photographs and crime scene evidence—a role that earned her national recognition and media coverage, including interviews on the BBC’s Missing and a commission for Who Do You Think You Are?, where she recreated the likeness of Gary Lineker’s late relative.

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This rare intersection of art, mortality, and justice has left an indelible mark on Sharon’s creative lens. Her work often explores themes of invisibility, grief, and resilience—infused with dark humour, emotional grit, and a refusal to look away. She works across spray paint, plaster, acrylic, ink, and salvaged materials, producing murals, mixed-media pieces, drawings, and prints that challenge, provoke, and connect.

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Committed to community engagement, Sharon has led arts initiatives with disadvantaged youth, young offenders, and support groups, as well as delivering workshops for students and individuals living with dementia. Her mission is clear: to amplify the voices of society’s underdogs and offer creative freedom in a world that often silences it.

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