Sharon Stanczak is a Massachusetts-based artist who earned her MFA in Visual Arts from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. She often finds inspiration in the intertwining of the organic and inorganic. She is interested in the concepts of time, technology, and personhood, and the conceptual interplay between those areas. Her paintings and drawings embrace and reflect the diversity and possibilities of existence, as well as its struggles.

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Stanczak’s practice grew from her interest in figurative art, a focus that is evident throughout her work. Artists who inspire her include: Jenny Saville and Christina Quarles for their bold work with the human figure; Cy Twombly for his gestural freedom; Leon Golub for his fearless embrace of politics; Alex Jackson for his unbridled imagination; and Rose B. Simpson for her post-apocalyptic truth-telling. Stanczak’s graduate school mentors were Emily Eveleth, Wayne Gonzales and Julia Rooney.

Stanczak paints in oil paint on a variety of surfaces, often preferring metal or synthetic substrates, including aluminum, copper or mylar. By doing so she creates lush, evocative imagery that takes advantage of the unique attributes of the surface material, using it as another element in her art. She also loves to use pastels and charcoal for their elemental, tactile qualities.

She has exhibited her work in Massachusetts and beyond. Recent and past exhibitions include juried group shows with ViolenceTransformed, the Piano Craft Gallery, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Emerson College, Lyme Art Association, CT, Kingston Gallery, Bromfield Gallery, and the Cambridge Center for the Arts. She will be co-curating a show at Boston's Piano Craft Gallery in November of 2025.