About
C.V.
A Complete Resume is available upon Request.
Resume Highlights include:
Exhibitions (individual exhibitions noted with an •)
• Assemblage, Boston, MA, Mary Sherman | Visual Orchestrations, 2022
• Ars Libri, Boston, MA, curated by Mario Diacono, Black Box, 2020
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany, Kunst Trifft Kunst (as part of the NAF performance Norm ist Fiktion!)
• APO-33, Nantes, France, 2018
• Oboro, Dream Mechanics,Montreal, Canada (Curator: Tamar Tembeck), 2016.
International Digital Art Biennial (BIAN)/•Oboro, Montreal, Canada (April 2016)
• Galleri KiT, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway (Curator: Regina Moeller), 2014
• Drive-By-Projects, Performance: Eri, Afer Dark, Boston, MA 2016.
King Station, 9e2 (9 Evenings: Theater & Engineering, a Commemorative Festival), 2016
Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz, Germany (curator: Thomas Trummer), Views on Mainz, 2015
New York University’s Loewe Theater, Electrified Data, 2015
Harvestworks, New York City, NY, Sound Invasions, 2015
Elisabeth Anna-Palais, Oldenburg, Germany, Understanding Means Reduction, 2015
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Hampden Gallery, Eye Witness, 2015
• Crafton Hills College, CA, Waiting for Yves, 2015.
• Galleri KiT, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, (collaboration with Florian Grond), 2014.
Beijing Central Conservatory of Music, “On Native Music,” Beijing, 2012.
• Boston Sculptors Gallery, Waiting for Yves, 2011.London Biennale, Boston (Satellite Venue), 2010.
• University of Massachusetts Amherst, Hampden Gallery, At Heart Spike Jones, 2010.
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Collaboration: Anticipating the Art of the Future, 2008.
• Boston Sculptors Gallery, Mechanical Universe: Nocturne, 2009
• Zendai MoMA, Shanghai, Here Comes The Sun, /Intrude: Art & Life 366 Project, 2008.
• Boston Cyberarts Festival, Mechanical Universe (collaboration with Rudi Punzo, Italy), 2007.
International Conference, Exhibition & Sports Center, Harbin, China, 2006.
Cambridge Arts Council, MA, dimensions variable: site fixed, 2005.
Artemis Art Center, Istanbul, International Invitational, 2005.
East-West Gallery, The Romanian Consulate, NYC, 2005.
• The Pauline A. Shaw School, Boston, Permanent installation, 2005.
• New England School of Art & Design, Boston, MA, Cold Fish, 2004.
Boston Center for the Arts, What If? 2003.
New York Arts Magazine Gallery, Drawing Conclusions, 2003.
• Framingham State College, Framingham, MA,
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, Gadgets, Gizmos and Games, 2002
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA, TransCultural Exchange, 2002.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME, Terrain, 2002.
Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Ragdale’s 25th Anniversary Exhibition 2002.
• Boston City Hall, 2001.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Hampden Gallery, New England/ New York/New Talent, 2001.
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo, NYC, Venice 2001.
• Gallery X, NYC, Mary Sherman: When is a Painting not a Painting, 2000.
Trans Hudson Gallery, NYC, nomads forever, 2000.
Kwanhoon Art Gallery, Seoul, nomads, 1999.
McMullen Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, MA, 25 Years of Excellence, 1999.
Trans Hudson Gallery, NYC, no boundaries, 1998.
Right Bank Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC, 1998.
• Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND, Divergent Patths, 1998.
Instituto Universitario d’Architettura di Venezia, Venice, Italy, 1975-1995 Works in Progress, 1995.
•Harvard University, Adams Artspace, Cambridge, MA, Mary Sherman: The Invisible Figure, 1995.
Boston Center for the Arts, The Drawing Show, 1993.
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, New Artists 1991.
Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, IL, Gallery Artists, (catalog), 1990.
Peace Museum, Chicago, Everyone Has the Right to…, 1989.
WUK Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria, I989.
Awards, Talks and Honorary Positions (Highlights)
Fulbright Grantee, Fulbright Specialist, Taiwan, 2023.
Massachusetts Cultural Council Artists Grantee, 2023.
Artist-in-Resident, Cité Internatioanle des Arts, 2019.
Office of International Programs’ research grant, Boston College, 2016, 2017 and 2019.
Speaker, “Press Play” Conference at MACRO-ASILO and the British School, Rome, Italy, 2019.
Fulbright Grantee, Fulbright Specialist, Trondheim, 2018.
Université du Québec à Montréal’s Programme de conférences en arts visuels et médiatiques de l’ÉAVM-UQA, 2016 Painting: In Praise of Frozen Sound.
Harvard University, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. Panelist, “Creating the Global: Lessons from the Art, Literary, Museum and Music Worlds”, Panelist, 2016.
Artist’s Resource Trust Grantee, 2016.
Researcher-in-Resident, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, 2015.
Creative Capital, On our Radar Awardee, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013.
National Endowment for the Arts, Juror, 2015.
New York University, SID, Sounds, Images and Data Conference, Keynote Speaker, 2015.
University/The Courtauld Institute, London, Conference on Curating Sound Speaker Goldsmith 2014.
Fulbright Grantee, Senior Scholar Specialist, Istanbul, 2012.
Fulbright 33rd Annual Conference Arts Task Force Co-Chair, Argentina, Buenos Aires, 2010.
Haslla Art World, Gangneung, South Korea, Guest Artist, 2010.
Brown University, Panelist/Speaker, “Arts in the One World 2010”, 2010.
MIT Art Culture and Technology (ACT), Interim Associate Director, 2010.
The College Art Association Speaker, “International Residencies,” Los Angeles, CA, 2009.
MA House of Representative’s Certificate of Recognition, Boston, MA, 2009.
The Fulbright Annual Conference, Speaker, “The Interconnected World,” Beijing, China, 2008.
College Board’s National Arts Task Force on Arts in Education Member, 2008.
Taipei National University of the Arts’ Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Artist-in-Residence, 2008.
Fulbright Grantee, Senior Scholar Specialist, Taiwan, 2007.
Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan, International Artist-in-Residence, 2006.
Harbin, China, sponsored by HIT Group, Artist-in-Residence, 2005.
Quarantine Island, Turkey, Artist-in-Resident, 2004.
Pilchuk School of Glass, Seattle, WA. Professional Artist-in-Residence, 2004.
Massachusetts Cultural Council: Individual Artist Grants, Finalist (Painting), 2004.
MIT, Cambridge, MA, Artist-in-Resident, 2002-03.
Boston Cultural Council Grant, Boston, MA, 2000.
Bibliography
In 2016, Leonardo Electronic Almanac/MIT Press published Mary Sherman: What if You Could Hear a Painting, by Lanfranco Aceti.
Reviews related to her specific works are listed with them, under “Documentation.”
Reviews of Note include:
TV Art (SWR), NAF, Diversity as Motto: the performance Duo NAf, by Sabine Willkop, May 2021. Boston Globe, “Critics Tips,” February 23, 2020, by Cate McQuaid.
Stuttgarter-Zeigung, “Das Performance duo Naf feiert den Erfolg,” January 28, 2019, by Nicole Golombek.
S-Nord/S-Ost, “Im Stau gegen die Selbstoptimierung,” January 29, 2019, by Susanna Müller-Baji.
Letter to Lucy, A Manifesto of Creative Redemption–In the Age of Trump, Fascism and Lies, by Frank Schaffer, Apple Books, p. 277- 299.
Le Devoir, “Peintures cinétiques et chatouilleuses,” Nov. 19, 2016, by Jérôme Delgado.
ETC MEDIA 108, Dans les internets/Inside the Internet, “Delay (2012) de Mary Sherman You l’audification du regard,” p. 9, June-September 2016, by Abenavoli, Lorella.
Zeitschrift für Neue Musik, “Forschen mit den Ohren,” p. 65-66, November 2015, by Anna Beerlink.
Art in America, “The Agenda: This Week in New York,” by A.i.A. Editors Previews July 21, 2015
Sculpture magazine, “Boston: Florian Dombois,” (as curator for) April 2014, by Jane Ingram Allen.
KdMoFA Artist in Residence Program, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, p. 18, January, 2013.
The Boston Globe, “Dreams, the Bizarre, a Gaze“, Oct. 11, 2011, by Cate McQuaid.
The Boston Globe, “Season for living and color“, July 28, 2010 by Cate McQuaid.
Gangneung Haslla International Residency 2010, Haslla Open Air Museum Residency, 2010, p . 43-44, 48.
The Boston Globe, “Various Evidence of Enigma“, July 22, 2009, by Cate McQuaid.
Artist, “TransCultural Exchange,” April 2009, Istanbul, Turkey, by Ilgim Veryeri Alaca.
Intrude Art, Issues 03 and 06, 2008, Zendai MoMA
The Boston Globe, Dec. 23, 2005, “Dream Projects,” Cate McQuaid, C6.
MIT Tech Talk, Nov. 16, 2005, “Artists’ dreamscape builds on MIT”, Amanda Smyth.
ARTCO Magazine, June, “The Tile Project,” p. 68.
The Boston Phoenix, Nov. 12, 2004, “Baby, it’s cold out there,” Randi Hopkins.
Art New England, Jan./Feb. 2004, “Regional Reviews,” Luke Jaeger.
The Boston Globe, “Exhibition Encourages Artists to Alter … ,” Nov. 14, 2003 by Cate McQuaid.
The Boston Phoenix, Oct. 31, 2003, “Art on its Own,” Randi Hopkins.
The Boston Globe, Sept. 19, 2002, “Collection of Contraptions. . ,” Robert Knox.
The Boston Globe, Jan. 19, 2002, “Drawing,” Christine Temin.
Boston Magazine, Aug. 2001, “Spotlight Art: Constructions,” Miles Unger.
ny arts magazine, Jan. 2001, “Boston Gallery Hopping: Mary Sherman,” Charles Guiliano.
Art New England, Dec./Jan. 2000, “Preview.”
Maverick Arts, Nov. 24, 2000, Issue 7, “Boston Gallery Hopping: Mary Sherman,” Charles Guiliano.
The Korean Press, Aug. 2, 2000, “TransCultural Exchange: Nomads Forever..
City Life, (Seoul, Korea), Sept. 1999, “nomads.”
Artnet.com magazine, Aug. 3, 1998, “New York Reviews: No Boundaries.”
Information on teaching, curatorial, writing and other positions available upon request.