Greetings and Offerings, 2020, Repurposed plastic, wood, hot glue, resin, acrylic polymer, monofilament, paint, mica, 18.5 x 7 x 13.5 inches
Breathing Vessel, 2019, Repurposed plastic, hot glue, resin, acrylic polymer, paint and mica, 16 x 13 x 13 inches
Double Deer with Cup, 2019, Repurposed plastic, hot glue, resin, acrylic polymer, mica, 20 x 7.5 x 17.5 inches
Seated Sphinx, 2019, Repurposed plastic, hot glue, resin, acrylic polymer, mica, 13 x 6 x 7 inches
Grey Green Vessel with Looping Side Trails, 2020, repurposed plastic and mixed media, 10 x 4 x 3.50 inches
Light Green Vessel with Blue Spots, 2020, repurposed plastic and mixed media, 10.25 x 3.50 x 3.50 inches
Deer with Blue Spots, 2022, Repurposed plastic, hot glue, resin, acrylic polymer, mica, frit, 16.50 x 10.50 x 9 inches
Animal with Large Antler Handles, 2019, Repurposed plastic, hot glue, resin, acrylic polymer, mica, 14 x 4 x 13 inches
Green Ibex on Wheeled Cart, 2020, Repurposed plastic, hot glue, resin, mica, metal, glass frit, 19 x 13 x 8.50 inches
Green/Gold Vessel with Three Triple Handles, 2020, repurposed plastic, hot glue, resin, acrylic polymer, mica, 10.50 x 3.50 x 3.50 inches
Donut Animal Askos 1, 2018, repurposed plastic, hot glue, acrylic polymer, resin, 8.50 x 6.50 x 8.50 inches
Walking Animal with Dense Net, 2018, repurposed plastic, hot glue, acrylic polymer, metal, resin, mica, 12 x 6 x 9 inches
Horse Askos, 2018, repurposed plastic and mixed media, 10.50 x 3 x 8 inches
Goblet with Blue Rings, 2020, repurposed plastic and mixed media, 8.25 x 4.50 x 4.50 inches
Small Pink and Gold Vessel with Drawn Net, 2020, repurposed plastic and mixed media, 8.25 x 4.50 x 2.50 inches
Figure with Bear Mask, 2019, repurposed plastic and mixed media, 14.50 x 5.50 x 3.50 inches
Horse and Boy, 2022, Repurposed plastic, hot glue, resin, acrylic polymer, paint, mica, 15 x 8 x 9.50 inches
Winged Animal with Vessels, 2015, Repurposed plastic, hot glue, paint, resin, wire, monofilament, 9.50 x 2.50 x 7 inches
Shiny Blue Green Vessel with Long Wrapped Neck, 2018, Repurposed plastic, hot glue, acrylic polymer, resin, 16 x 5.50 x 5.50 inches
Crouching Sphinx 2, 2020, repurposed plastic and mixed media, 9 x 4 x 11 inches
My influences include ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern votive figures, tomb models, animal sculptures, vessels, and hybrid animal/vessel sculptures. I love these works for their visual beauty, for their visceral connection to the past, and for their timeless themes that depict a common humanity across cultures. Through these pieces, I learn about the history, customs, and religious practices of the past. I learn about materials and techniques and about early forms of individual craft and “mass” production. —Shari Mendelson
Shari Mendelson is the recipient of a John Simon Memorial Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, 2017; four New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships, 1987, 1997, 2011, 2017; and a Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, 1989. She has participated in residencies including Yaddo, 2018, 1990; The MacDowell Colony, 2018; the Bau Institute/Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France, 2014; UrbanGlass, 2014; Corning Museum of Glass, 2015; and The Toledo Museum of Art GAPP residency, 2017. She has had solo exhibitions at UrbanGlass, Pierogi, Black + Herron Space, and Todd Merrill Studio; NYC, and John Davis Gallery; Hudson, NY. Her work is in the permanent collection of The RISD Museum, Providence, RI, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, The Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia. Mendelson’s work has been featured in publications including in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, Modern Magazine, Ceramics Now, Glass Quarterly, and NY Arts. Mendelson is represented by Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NY.