about the artist
Shareon “Bhare” Blenman is a multidisciplinary artist based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Born in 1998 to Barbadian immigrant parents, Bhare initially pursued a career as a chef before transitioning into the art world. His diverse practice encompasses traditional canvas work, digital oil paintings, sculptures, and even ventures into skateboarding design.
Bhare earned his undergraduate degree from Johnson & Wales University, balancing various creative jobs during the early stages of the global lockdown. By the age of 23, his work had already been showcased in traditional and digital galleries across North America and Europe. He has exhibited in more than three professional galleries and sold over 30 pieces in his debut year.
Now at 26, Bhare has been featured extensively in a magazine, completed a 40-foot commission for the Spectrum Center, and even had his work sold through Sotheby’s.
Bhare currently lives and works in Charlotte, North Carolina. He merges his work through both traditional and digital styles, exhibiting with prestigious galleries in New York, Pennsylvania, Los Angeles, Copenhagen and most recently Toronto.
I constantly draw inspiration from my personal journals, embedding my artworks with reflections of my own growth and the intimate intricacies of home life. Through a series of fantastical paintings, I offer a kind of diagnosis—depictions of ordinary life layered with color and line, guiding the viewer through the highs and lows of daily existence. Much of my work is steeped in symbolism, representing an ever-evolving spectrum of emotions through bold geometric shapes, figures, and expressive free writing. My paintings serve as visual manifestations of these inner dialogues—complex, layered, and often full of contradictions, much like the human experience itself.
After the 2019 pandemic, I found myself delving deeply into the drama of hyper-introversion, questioning my place in the world and exploring ideas of identity and belonging as a Black first-generation American. I’m constantly cross-examining the complexities of identity, belonging, and what it means to exist between cultures. These questions are deeply embedded in my work, as I use painting to probe, to search, and sometimes to try to make sense of where I fit in. My art seeks to provide a cathartic experience, a way of cleansing lingering emotions and heavy feelings. It’s not an absolute truth, but in certain moments, it seems to help.
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Representation
2025 Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2024 Gallery 1888, Toronto, Canada
2023 Colonna Contemporary, Wayne, PA
2023 Lexicon Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2021-2022 Addison Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
Commissions
2023 “In my snakeskin boots, I’m traveling west to Texas”, 40 ft x 5ft, Artists Uprising X Spectrum Center, Addison, Texas
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Group Exhibition, The Gilden Unseen, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2025 Art Fair, The Atlanta Art Fair, with Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2025 Inflorescene, Baumgarten Studio, Charlotte, NC
2025 Featured Works, Gallery 1888, Toronto, Canada
2025 Group Exhibition, Old Friends and New, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2024 Group Exhibition, Echoes: A Future Memory, Gallery 1888, Toronto, Canada
2024 Solo Exhibition, drinking water could cure heavy feelings, L.A.N.D. Gallery of Contemporary Art, CLT, NC
2024 Group Exhibition, Tales of Seasons, Canvas 3.0, SuperRare, Manhattan, NY
2024 Group Exhibition, Digital Art Day Sale, Sotheby’s, Manhattan, NY
2024 Group Exhibition, Celebrating Black Artists, L.A.N.D. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Charlotte, NC
2024 Solo Exhibition, Building a Happier Home, Colonna Contemporary, Wayne, PA
2023 Group Exhibition, Digital Art Collectors Preview, Art Basel Miami, Black Dove, Miami, FL
2023 Group Exhibition, Dive Miami, Art Basel Miami, The Gates Hotel South Beach, Miami FL
2023 Group Exhibition, Dostoevskian Echoes, Tech Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023 Group Exhibition + Auction, Invisible Visible, Transformer DC, Washington, D.C.
2023 Group Exhibition, Big in Japan, Nox Gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2023 Group Exhibition, Traditional Painters, Ninfa Gallery, Milan, Italy
2023 Group Exhibition, Flowers, Flannel Collective, Online, Foundation Worlds
2023 Group Exhibition, Blaq Sheep, Superchief Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Luz)
2023 Pop-up Exhibitions, NFTNYC, Shillr Gallery, BurritoDAO, SuperRare, Manhattan, NY
2023 Group Exhibition, Garden of Earthly Delights, Lexicon Gallery, Charlotte, NC (curated by Cassandra Richardson)
2022 Group Exhibition, Genesis, Reviver, Online, Opensea, NFT
2022 ART + DMTS, Addison/Ripley Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2022 Art Basel, Art Innovation Gallery, Billboard, Miami, FL
2022 Group Exhibition, Outer Limits, SouthEnd Arts Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2021 Envisioning, Transformer DC, Washington, D.C.
Education
2020 BFA in Hospitality, Major in Restaurant, Food and Beverage Management
Johnson & Wales University, Charlotte, NC
Publications
“Kick Off the New Year With These Five Standout Artists..” Artnet News (Jan 2024)
“Spotlight: American-Barbadian Artist Bhare Plumbs Personal Experiences and Blockchain
Potentialities in a New Solo Show” Artnet News (Jan 2024)
“Building a Happier Home with Proof of Exhibition” Atomic Form (Jan 2024)
“Bhare’s Canvas: A Melange of Heritage and Modernism,” Redlion Gazette (Sept 2023)
“Immediate Press Release” Colonna Contemporary (Sept 2023)
“Season 2, Episode 29” Sit Down with Sniper Podcast (Spotify, 2023)