1975
Elected professional member of SSWA
1980–3
Council Member of SSWA
1987
Member of Dundee Printmakers Workshop
1989
Elected member of The Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour
1989
Elected member of The Scottish Society of Artists
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1984
Scottish Art Molle, Sweden
1984/89 /91/94 /96/2000/03
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
1990
Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
1992/95/97/99 /2001/03
Thackeray Gallery, London
1996/97/2000/04
Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames
AWARDS:
1981
Hiram Walker Award
1984
Anne Redpath Award
1984
Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews – Special Award
1984
SSWA Special Award
1989
Paper Prize, Printmakers Workshop
1992
Paper Tiger Prize – Scottish Artists/Artist Craftsmen
1994
Thyne Scholarship – English Speaking Union
2003
May Marshall Award, RSW
2003
Commission for "Queen Victoria", Cunard Line, P&O
Collections Include:
Edinburgh University Fyfe Ireland
Shepherd & Wedderburn, Edinburgh
Betty Davies, Campus Group
Proctor & Gamble Bird Semple,
Dunfermline Building Society
Whyte & Mackay Perth Art Gallery
Art in Hospitals, and Private Collections
in the UK, USA and Sweden.
Marj Bond took a sabbatical to India in 1988, which opened up many new visual channels, and also gave her the opportunity to work on handmade paper.
More journeys include:
Summer Sculpture Workshop, Tuscany (1992).
Journey to Yucatan, Mexico (1993), Urbino, Italy (1993).
Painting Residency: Annaghmakerrig, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland (1994).
Journey to southern Spain (1996).
Sharmanka has been exhibited in Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, USA, Israel etc.