Bio

Sharlene Cline inhales the complicated world and transforms it through her distinctive artistic vision. Working across Chinese brushwork, collage, acrylics, and installation art, she creates work that explores the intricate connections between humanity, nature, and personal identity.
Her formal training began with three years of intensive study in Taiwan under internationally renowned master Yang O-Shi, before moving to Homer, Alaska in 1994.

Cline's exhibition history spans both regional and national venues. In Alaska, her work has been featured at the Homer Council on the Arts, Bunnell Street Art Center, Pratt Museum, and Anchorage, Valdez, and Cordova Museums. Nationally, she has exhibited at the Intercultural Museum Art Gallery in Baltimore and the Dadian Gallery at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington D.C.

Her artistic contributions have garnered significant recognition, including the prestigious Alaska Council on the Arts Art, Health and Well-Being Grant in 2025 for her ambitious "Connected DNA" installation at the Pratt Museum in Homer. This large-scale work explores themes of genetic memory, ancestral connections, and intergenerational experience.

Cline's pieces are held in numerous private collections and in the permanent collections of both the Valdez and Cordova Museums through the Alaska Art Fund. Her continued exploration of complex human experiences and relationships through multidisciplinary approaches has established her as a significant voice in contemporary Alaskan art.