John C Sharp
216 Fountain Street
Mineral Point, WI 53565
USA
Ph: 608-987-4081
email:
johnsharp@mhtc.net
Major Field: Wood sculpture - realistic figures and wildlife
Education: BS, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Professional Experience:
Gallery Owner 1969-1979, Park City, Utah
Gallery Owner 1980-2000, Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Approximately 200 carvings in private and public collections
Extensive commission work
Associations:
Affiliated Wood Carvers, National Wood Carvers Assoc.
Shows:
1996 Greater Milwaukee Wildfowl Carving Club
6th Annual Art of the Wood'N Bird Carving Show & Competition. First
Prize - Natural Wood & Interpretive
1990 Dremel & Ducks Unlimited - Master Carving Comp.
Best of Show - Mammal
1st & 2nd Natural Finish Bird Carving
1988 International Wood Carvers Congress
People's Choice - Best of Show
1987 International Wood Carvers Congress
First Prize - Group Carving
1986 International Wood Carvers Congress
Best and Second Best of Show
First and Second Prize - Group Carving
1986 Canadian International Wood Carving Exhibition
Second Runner-up to Best of Show
Best North American Indian Carving
Best Wildlife Carving
Best Bird Carving
Best and Second Best Wild West Carving
Best Domestic Farm Animal Carving
1986 Harry Nohr Gallery, UW Platteville, WI
One Man Show
1985 International Wood Carvers Congress
First Place - Group Carving
Second Best of Show
1981 Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah
One Man Show
1979 Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah
"Seven Utah Sculptors" Show
Publications:
Spring 1993
"The Cutting Edge, Part Two," Wildfowl Carving & Collecting
(Harrisburg, PA: Commomwealth Communications Services, Inc.), p. 45.
Winter 1993
"The Cutting Edge, Part One," Wildfowl Carving & Collecting
(Harrisburg, PA: Commonwealth Communication Services, Inc.), p. 24 (Interviews
with eight of the top interpretive bird carvers).
1992
Fine Woodworking Design Book Six (Newtown, Conn.: Tauton Press),
p. 115, 123.
May 1991
"The Carvers Bench," Western Horseman (Western Horseman,
Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado), p. 118.
1990
Fine Woodworking Design Book Five (Newtown, Conn.: Tauton press),
p. 136.