Sharon Louden is an editor, educator, advocate, and a practicing, professional artist. Her work has been exhibited at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, the Drawing Center, Weisman Art Museum, Birmingham Museum of Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum, and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, among other venues, and it is held in public collections such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.