Mary Sherman (artist)

Mary Sherman
Alma mater

Boston College

New York University
Website marysherman.org

Mary Sherman is an American artist and curator based in Boston. She is also the founder and director of TransCultural Exchange, a non-profit organization that gives post-graduate artists the opportunity to go abroad and live with other artists.

Early life and education

Sherman was born in Pensacola, Florida in 1957. Three months after her birth, her family moved to Midway Island, where she was raised. After graduating with a B.A. from Boston College in 1980, she went on to receive her M.F.A. in 1998 from New York University. As a graduate student, Sherman did an internship with Ursula von Rydingsvard, who inspired Sherman's work.[1]

Career

In the late 80s, a couple of young Austrian artists were visiting Chicago to study the city's architecture. The artists needed a place to stay, which Sherman provided. They liked Sherman's work, and suggested an exchange show of her, other Chicago artists and artist friends of theirs' work in Vienna. Several months later she was showing at Vienna's WUK Kunsthalle. That show was the first of a two-part exhibition entitled Reverse Angle in 1989–1990, with the second part taking place at the Ludwig Drum Factory building in Chicago. Subsequently, she founded TransCultural Exchange.[2]

Sherman often works with composers on her artwork and her artwork is known to be different from the traditional definition of painting as a flat, two-dimensional object.[3] She combines paintings with electronics and sounds to create multi-sensory installations. Her works have been shown at numerous institutions, including Taipei's Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts[4][5] Seoul's Kwanhoon Gallery[6] Trondheim's Norwegian University of Science and Technology's Galleri KiT, Shanghai's Zendai MoMA and New York's Trans Hudson Gallery.[7]

Sherman also teaches at Boston College and Northeastern University and has served as the interim Associate Director of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Program in Art, Culture and Technology. She was also an Artist in Residence at MIT from 2003 to 2004. She has published numerous articles on the visual arts in such publications as ARTnews, Arts International, and The Boston Globe and was the chief art critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and a columnist for WBUR's online magazine.[8] Sherman has also curated numerous exhibitions. In 2000, she curated the The Coaster Project at the 2000 London Biennale, which was later displayed at 100 sites in the next three months. The Tile Project Destination: The World, which was first displayed in 2008 is currently in permanent collections of 22 sites including Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education and Cultural Center of the Philippines.[9][10]

In 2009, Sherman was awarded a Fulbright to teach in Taiwan where she was an artist-in-residence at the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts and taught at the Taipei National University of the Arts. While in Taiwan, She ran workshops and lectured on cooperative art programs.[1]

TransCultural Exchange

In 1989, Sherman founded TransCultural Exchange (TCE), an organization that gives post-graduate artists like painters, musicians and writers the opportunity to go abroad and live with other artists.[11][12]

TCE has worked in more than sixty countries to produce cultural exchanges, exhibitions and public art works. In 2002, UNESCO awarded TCE sponsorship and it became the first US project to receive this honor since the US mission rejoined UNESCO.[13] Starting in 2009, the organization began hosting international conferences for opportunities in the arts.[14] The organization received a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment of Arts in 2013.[15]

Awards and honors

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Move Me" (PDF). SJH. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Mary Sherman of TransCultural Exchange". Art New England. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Baby, it's cold out there". The Boston Phoenix. 2004.
  4. ↑ "從波士頓交流雙年會再看藝術村的角色". China Times. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  5. ↑ ""Season for living and color,"". Boston Globe. July 28, 2010.
  6. ↑ ""nomads"". City Life, Seoul, Korea. September 1999.
  7. ↑ "Art Gallery Hosts Work of Renowned Artist". City News Group. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Mary Sherman and Florian Ground". Ocradst. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ Gallerie, India, "The Coaster Project, Destination: The World, feature article, 2000.
  10. ↑ Architecture, Time, Space & People, Vol. 4, Issue 8, (August, 2004), “The Tile Project,” Merher Pestonji.
  11. ↑ "CFA alliance to increase abroad opportunities for artists". Daily Free Press. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Mary Sherman's TransCultural Exchange Hosts Boston Event". Berkshire Fine Arts. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  13. ↑ "TransCultural Exchange: making Massachusetts an international center for creativity". Mass Cultural Council. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Interview with TransCultural Exchange Director, Mary Sherman". Miras List. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  15. ↑ "NEA Grant Boosts Sherman's Non Profits". Boston College. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  16. ↑ "The Tile Project". ARTCO Magazine. June 2005. p. 68.
  17. ↑ ""Guest Blogger: Mary Sherman" Massachusetts Cultural Council". ArtSake. Retrieved March 26, 2015.

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