1945
Born to John Mills and Edith Olive (Chambers) Sharman in Greensboro, NC.
1967
Earns a Bachelor of Arts from Beloit College.
1973
Achieves a Master of Arts from Northern Illinois University, where she also teaches as an assistant professor until 1981.
1979
Obtains a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
1981
Teaches as a professor in the Department of Art and Technology at the School of the Art Institute until attaining emeritus status in 2008.
1993
Features artwork in one-person shows in Chicago, as well as Germany, England and France through 2001.
1994
Lectures at conferences at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, England and the International Society for Electrical Arts in Helsinki, Finland.
1994
Is a fellow of the American Scandinavian Foundation in Denmark and a project grantee of the Illinois Arts Council.
1998
Receives a Fulbright Fellowship and Research Scholar Award; Publishes “Creative Computer Imaging.”
2012
Publishes “The Paradoxical Object: Video Film Sculpture.”
2018
The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City acquires her works for “Programmed: Rules, Codes and Choreographies in Art 1965 – 2018.”
2018
Contributes to “New Media Futures: The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts.”
2021
Maintains membership with the Leonardo, International Society for Art, Science and Technology and the Textile Society of America.
2021
Maintains membership with the Society for Photographic Education and the College Art Association.