Sharif Bey

Biography

Sharif Bey is a professor of art at Syracuse University. Bey earned a B.F.A. in ceramics from Slippery Rock University, an M.F.A in studio art from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Ph.D. in art education from The Pennsylvania State University.

Bey’s awards include the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (Sculpture), the Pollock-Krasner Fellowship, the J. William Fulbright Scholarship (Slovak Republic), and the Judith Seinfeld Award for Excellence, Creativity and Innovation in faculty research (Syracuse University). Bey is the 2019 recipient of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Distinguished Alumni Award. His work is featured in public collections including the Carnegie Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Columbus Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Everson Museum of Art, United States Embassies (Khartoum, Sudan/Kampala, Uganda/Jakarta, Indonesia), the Hickory Museum of Art and the Juliet Art Museum. His ceramic and mixed-media works reflect his interest in the visual heritage of Africa and Oceania, as well as contemporary African American culture.

Education

• Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
• M.F.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• B.F.A., Slippery Rock University

Areas of Expertise

African American art history, ceramics, community art programming, art teacher training