Sharon Lee Hart

Sharon Lee Hart was born in Washington, D.C. and teaches photography at the University of Kentucky. Hart earned her MFA from the University of North at Chapel Hill and has taught at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Wake Forest University, and Watkins College of Art, Design, and Film, among other places. She is currently working on a book of portraits of the animal residents of farm animal sanctuaries. Hart is also engaged with a long-term mixed media project that explores issues of male and female cultural identities, interactions between humans and other animals, and mass media representations. She has exhibited her work throughout the country and recently received a grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission. Her work can be viewed by visiting www.sharonleehart.com and www.farmanimalsanctuaryproject.com