CLAIRE SHERMAN
b. 1981, Oberlin, Ohio
lives and works in Chicago
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Wild Palms, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
2009
Claire Sherman, Pippy Houldsworth, London, UK
Claire Sherman, DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY
Claire Sherman, Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam, NL
2008
Brink, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007
Slow Pan, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Claire Sherman, Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2011
Free Range: Painting and the University of Pennsylvania, Universuty of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Personal Tempest, UH Galleries, Hatfield, & Margret Harvey Gallery, St. Albans, respectively at the Bronte Parsonage Museum, Haworth, UK.
2008
Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape, curated by Dede Young, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
2007
…a landscape show, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Group exhibition, Gregory Lind Gallery
2006
New Artists, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Moreover: Practicing Representation and Abstraction, The Beverly Art Center, Chicago. Curated by Michelle Grabner
VOLTA show, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
NADA Art Fair, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Summer Group Show, Chicago, IL.
University of Texas at Tyler, “Slow Down: Contemporary abstraction from Chicago” Curated by Howard Fonda and Matthew Rich.
Gallery 2 Group Show, September – October, 2005, SAIC, Chicago, IL.
Gallery 2 Group Show, May – June, 2005, SAIC, Chicago, IL.
MFA Thesis Show, Gallery 2.
Nippon Steel Group Show, Chicago, IL.
2004
Gallery 2 Group Show, September – October, 2004, SAIC, Chicago, IL.
Stray Show, General Store Booth, Chicago, IL.
McLean County Arts Center, Emerging Illinois Artists, Bloomington, IL.
Juror: Staci Boris, Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
2003
University of Pennsylvania Senior Thesis Show, Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Penn Fox Gallery Show, Philadelphia, PA.
2002
Vermont Studio Center Gallery Group Show, Johnson, VT.
2001
Penn Fox Gallery Show, Philadelphia, PA.
Collections
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas
The UBS Art Collection, London
The Margulies Collection, Miami
Mercer Corporation, Chicago
The Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua
University Hospitals, Cleveland
David Hoberman, Los Angeles
Robert and Azu Cherry, Miami
Chuck and Wendy Block, Washington D.C.
Scott and Kelly Miller, Birmingham
Numerous Private Collections
Grants
2004
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2003
Rose Undergraduate Research Award, University of Pennsylvania.
Senior Thesis Research Award, University of Pennsylvania.
2001-2003
Awarded University Scholars’ Summer Research Grants.
Fellowships and Residencies
2007
The MacDowell Colony, Residency, New Hampshire
2006
Terra Summer Residency in Giverny, France
Terra Foundation for American Art, Musée d’Art Américain Giverny, France
2005
Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Honorable Mention, Chicago, IL.
2002
Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT.
Bibliography
2007
Flash Art, Claire Sherman, Houldsworth Gallery, London
The Sunday Times, February 11, 2007, London
New York Times, Claire Sherman, February 4, 2007, New York
2005/2006
New American Painting, Juried Exhibition in Print, Mid-Atlantic region, to be printed, April, 2006
2005
College Art Association Conference, Color’s Emotive PowerAtlanta, GA.
Studio Art Open Session, Painting: Issues of Color
Education
2003-2005
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
M.F.A., Painting and Drawing Department.
Graduate Fellowship, SAIC, 2005.
1999-2003
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
B.A., Major in Fine Arts with a minor in Art History.
Summa Cum Laude, Dean’s List each year, University Scholar