Sharon Massey

Metalsmith

Sharon Massey is a mid-career jeweler, metalsmith and enamelist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her jewelry was selected for both Schmuck 2014 and Schmuck 2015 in Munich, Germany. From 2012 to 2015 Sharon served on the board of directors of the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) and she currently serves on the board of trustees of the Enamelist Society. In 2009 she received the Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) Young Artist Award and was included in Lucca Preziosa Young. Images of Sharon’s jewelry have been published in both American Craft and Metalsmith magazines, and more than ten books, including The Art of Enameling, Art Jewelry Today 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Editions, and New Brooches. Sharon’s work is included in several public collections including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Enamel Arts Foundation in Los Angeles, California, the Racine Art Museum in Racine, Wisconsin, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England. She received her BFA from Winthrop University in 1999 and her MFA from East Carolina University in 2006.