Sharif Bey

Sharif Bey is a Syracuse-based artist and educator. Shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union, Bey studied sculpture at The Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia. Later, he earned his BFA from Slippery Rock University, his MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and his PhD in art education from Penn State University.

His awards include the United States Artist Fellowship (2022), the Pollock-Krasner Fellowship (2018), and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (2017). Bey’s works are featured in numerous public collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Columbus Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, The Mint Museum, and the Nelson Atkins Museum, among others.