Curriculum Vitae
Alexandra N Sherman
www.ansherman.com
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 upcoming
Weight of the World, Harmony Hall, Landover, MD
2024
The Mysteries, Gallery Blue Door, Baltimore, MD
2024
Altered States, Learning Gallery, Landover, MD
2023
Altered States, Girls Who Paint, Kensington, MD
2021
Checks & Balances, Dumbarton Oaks Concerts Art Gallery, Washington, DC
2020
Altered States, The Barns at Rose Hill, Berryville, VA
2019
Milagros in My Pocketbook, Fisher Gallery, Alexandria, VA. Curator: Mary Welch Higgins
2019
Checks & Balances, Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA. Curator: Twig Murray
2016
Map for the Eyes, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD.
2015
Mapa Para Los Ojos (Map for the Eyes) Proyecto ‘ace PIRAR, Fundación ́ace para el Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Two Person Exhibitions:
2017
AMuse, Alexandra N Sherman and Steve Nyland, WAS Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2012
(e)merge Art Fair, Hessman Fine Arts, Capital Skyline Hotel, Washington DC,
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024-2028
COLLECTive Concerns, multi-venue traveling collage exhibition, 13 works, Curator: Reni Gower
Museum of Arts & Sciences, Macon, GA; Nov 8, 2024 – Mar 15, 2025
Mills Station Arts & Culture Center, Rancho Cordova, CA; May 8 – 24, 2025
University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI; Oct 10 – Nov 8, 2025
Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA; Jan 20 – Apr 23, 2026
Gumenick Family Gallery, Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, Glen Allen, VA; May 14 – July 12, 2026
Piedmont Art Museum, Martinsville, VA; Aug 28 – Oct 31, 2026
2024
Drawing for Art, Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, MD, Invitational
2024
Art +Arch, 8 works, Hill Center and Bell Architects, Washington DC, Curator: Donna Mccullough
2022
It’s the Little Things, Girls Who Paint, Kensington, MD, Curators: Angie Kilcullen and Sarah Renzi Sanders
2022
HERstory, Girls Who Paint, Kensington, MD, Curator: Selena Jackson
2022
The Winter Show, Bluebirdsky, Washington, DC, Invitational
2022
A Study in Collage, Hera Hub, Washington, DC, Curator: Julia Westfall
2022
Life Aquatic, Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Hyattsville, MD, Invitational
2022
Creativity in Quarantine: Women of the Pandemic, Katara Foundation, Doha, Qatar
2022
Before, During, After: Art Shaping Resilience, Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Alexandria, VA, Curator: Mary Welch Higgins
2021
Creativity in Quarantine: Women of the Pandemic, Qatar America Institute, Washington, DC
2021
Women in the Arts, Otrera Arts, Curator: Toby Penny
2020
Spotlight, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
2020
Latela Curatorial x Artsy: Women in the Arts Online Exhibition, Curator: Marta Staudinger
2020
In My Head, In My Body, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA, Juror: Shanti Norris
2020
Orange Juiced, Emerge Gallery, Artsy exhibition, Saugerties, NY
2020
Self-Portraits in Isolation, Ruby Projects, Fairfax, VA.
2020
Special Delivery, Ruby Projects, Fairfax, VA.
2020
She DC, Shop Made DC (Dupont), Curated by Shop Made DC, Washington, DC
2019
Mind BODY Soul, Healing the Outside from Within, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC. Curators: Lindsey Yancich and Meg Mowery
2019
Athenaeum Invitational, Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA. Invitational exhibition, Curator: Twig Murray
2019
Spring/ Summer 2019 Exhibition, Oasis Art Gallery, Bethesda, MD.
2019
Flora/ Fauna works on Paper, Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, MD. Invitational exhibition
2019
Spring Exhibition, (9 works) SR/A La Collection, Bethesda, MD. Curator: Claudia Lamy
2018
Ice Pop Lollipop Art Pop, WAS Gallery, Bethesda MD. Curator: Joumana Moukarim, WAS Gallery
2018
Be Not Afraid, Dadian Gallery, Washington, DC. An invitational group exhibition. Guest Curator: Cecilia Rossey
2018
Red Hot Wicked II an Exhibition on Feminine Sensuality, Studio C Gallery, Los Angeles, Curator: Peggy Nichols
2018
From the Studio: Artists-in-Residence 2015 -2018, Dadian Gallery, Washington, DC. Curator: Kiki McGrath
2018
What Feminism Looks Like: A Nasty Woman, Benefit for Planned Parenthood, DC Arts Center, Washington DC. Curators: Erin Devine and Shante Bullock (ArtWatch DC)
2017
One House, 220 Artists Stand up for Tolerance, Inclusion, and Unity, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC. Conceptualized and realized by ArtWatch DC co-founders: Ellen Weiss and Jackie Hoystead
2017
Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art, MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD. Juror: Dr. Roger Dunn, Professor Emeritus, Department of Art, Bridgewater State University.
2017
VisArts Faculty Exhibition, VisArts Concourse Gallery, Rockville, MD. Curator: Susan Main
2017
10 x 10 Invitational, Pyramid Atlantic, Hyattsville, MD
2017
Wet, Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, MD. Invitational Exhibition, Curator: Harriet Lesser
2017
Strictly Painting Biennial 11, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA. Juror: Anne Reeve, Assistant Curator, Glenstone Museum
2017
Alchemical Vessels 2017: The Night Journey, The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington DC, Invitational
2017
Emulsion 2017, East City Art’s Fourth Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC. Juror: Deirdre Ehlen MacWilliams, Public Art Manager, Arlington County
2017
Stormy Weather, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis Maritime Museum, Annapolis, MD. Juror: Rebekah Pineda, Development Manager, Hamiltonian Artists
2016
VisArts Faculty Exhibition, VisArts Concourse Gallery, Rockville, MD. Curator: Susan Main
2016
Emulsion 2016, East City Art’s Third Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Gallery O on H, Washington, DC. Juror: Amy Cavanaugh Royce, Executive Director Maryland Art Place
2015
Votes, Violence, Victory, Dadian Gallery, Washington, DC. (Venue II of traveling exhibit) An invitational group exhibition. Curator: Cecilia Rossey
2014
Dadian @ 25, Dadian Gallery, Washington, DC. An invitational group exhibition celebrating 25 years of Dadian gallery exhibitions. Curator: Trudi Ludwig
2014
Votes, Violence, Victory, Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC. Mary Davis Holt Gallery, Salem College, Winston Salem NC. An invitational group exhibition. Curator: Cecilia Rossey
2014
Everything Paper, UNO Art Gallery, University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE.
Juror: Karin Campbell, Phil Willson Curator of Contemporary Art at Joslyn Art
Museum, Omaha, NE. (two paintings)
2014
Marchin, Evolve Urban Arts Project Pierce School Art Lofts, Washington, DC. An invitational 3-artist group exhibition. Curator: Geoff Ault
2014
From the Studio: Artists-in-Residence 2011 -2014, Dadian Gallery, Washington, DC. Curator: Trudi Ludwig
2013
Our Lady of Perpetual Exhaustion, Dadian Gallery, Washington, DC. An invitational group exhibition in conjunction with the Watergate Frame Gallery. Curator: Trudi Ludwig
2013
The National Weather Center Biennale, The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. Jurors: Alan Atkinson, Ph.D., Curator of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art; Berrien Moore III, Ph.D., Director of the National Weather Center; and Erinn Gavaghan, Executive Director, Norman Arts Council.
2013
Less is More: small works in a great space, Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s College Annapolis, MD. Jurors: Joann Moser (Senior Curator of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian American Art Museum) and Jack Rasmussen (Director and Curator of the American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center
2013
BLACK. WHITE. REaD. Nothing’s Black, Hardly White, Nearly Read: Journey Through the Maze (Venue II of traveling exhibit) Mary Davis Holt Gallery, Salem College, Winston Salem NC. An invitational group exhibition. Curator: Cecilia Rossey
2012
BLACK. WHITE. REaD. Nothing’s Black, Hardly White, Nearly Read: Journey Through the Maze, Dadian Gallery, Washington, DC. an invitational group exhibition.Curator: Cecilia Rossey
Collections:
Fundación ́ace para el Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC
Artist-in-Residence & Awards:
2022
Artist Delegation, Qatar America Institute for Culture, Doha Qatar
2021
Finalist for Target Gallery, Alexandria Va 2021 Solo Exhibition Award
2017
Juror Award, Stormy Weather, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis Maritime Museum, Annapolis, MD. Juror: Rebekah Pineda
2014
Proyecto ‘ace PIRAR (International Artist-in-Residence Program) Fundación ́ace para el Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Production Residency
2013-14
The Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington DC, One year residency.
2011
The Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington DC, One year residency
Fairs, Festivals, & Other Exhibitions:
2022
MPAartfest, ArtMcLean Projects for the Arts, McLean, VA
2021
Femme Fatale, DC Pop-up Shop, 3409 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC Jun – Nov
2020
Femme Fatale, DC Pop-up Shop, 401 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC Mar –Dec
2020
The Barns of Rose Hill, Barnstorming, Aug 5 – Sept 5
2020
Artomatic A Virtual Experience, Jul 20 – Aug 20
2020
By the People x Monochrome Collective Virtual Art Fair, Jun 26- Jul 12
2019
Drawing for Art, Strathmore Mansion, Rockville, MD Oct 26 –Nov 2
2019
Bethesda Row Fine Arts Festival, StARTer Gallery, Bethesda MD. Oct 12-13
Bibliography:
Louisa Woodville, “Alexandra Sherman: an artist with a message, Country Zest and Style, Fall 2024, p.63-64
The Mid-Atlantic Review 2023, Day Eight, “Earth, Wind, and Fire”watercolor, p.5
Radar Poetry, Issue 35, (Cover)Storm A-brewing, Currents, Drifting, Through the Mist, Continual Calcination, The Ocean Weeps Polyethylene Terephthalate, February 2024
Morgan Laurens, Not Real Art: https://notrealart.com/alexandra-n-sherman/, Alexandra N Sherman Recasts Death Women in the Role of Death, October 2022
Jackie Hoysted and Kathryn McDonnell, The One House Exhibition, an Art Watch Exhibition, 2022
Deborah Sokolove and Glen Yakushiji, The Kitchen Gallery, 2021
Studio C Gallery Blog: “https://www.studiocgalleryla.com/post/alexandra-sherman-an-artist-exploring-the-landscapes-of-the-mind“ January 1, 2021
Mark Jenkins, “In the Galleries, In My Head, In My Body, Washington Post, December 4, 2020
Fisher Art Gallery: Milagros in My Pocketbook,https://blogs.nvcc.edu/fisherartgallery/about-the-artists-2019/alexandra-sherman/, August 24, 2019
Kathryn McKay: “Check it Out, exploring the landscape of the mind: artist Alexandra N. Sherman,” élan magazine, May 2019, p. 30-33
Mark Jenkins: In the Galleries, Washington Post, April 5, 2019
Mark Jenkins: In the Galleries, Washington Post, August 17, 2018
Artists Tell Their Stories: https://artiststelltheirstories.blogspot.com/2018/01/alexandra-n-sherman-watercolorist-tells.html
Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Center for Healing + the Arts “Alchemical Vessels: The Night Journey, 2017 (exhibition catalog) Washington, DC, 2017 p.61
East City Art Media LLC: “The 4th Annual Emulsion East City Art Regional Juried Show,” (exhibition catalog) Edison Place Gallery Washington, DC, 2017 p.68
East City Art Media LLC: “The 3rd Annual Emulsion East City Art Regional Juried Show,” (exhibition catalog) Gallery O on H, Washington, DC, 2016 p.34
Projecto Ace: https://www.proyectoace.org/artistas/alexandra-sherman/
Trudi Ludwig: “Dadian @ 25” (exhibition catalog) Dadian Gallery, Washington, DC, 2014 p.58
Lizzie Davie, Wanderarti, Where Art and Travel Collide: http://www.wanderarti.com/artistic-representations-of-amazing-icelandic-landscapes/ , May 16, 2014
Alan Atkinson: “The National Weather Center Biennale” (exhibition catalog) Fred Jones
Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman OK, 2013 p. 112
Katherine Burgess,”Our Lady of Perpetual Exhaustion’ exhibit probes the spirituality of everyday chaos” Religion News Service, Washington Post, September 24, 2013
Tom Patterson: “Salem College Exhibition Probe Increasingly Changing Culture,” Winston-Salem Journal, February 24, 2013
Sally Pfoutz: “The Traditional and Surreal: botanical artist Alexandra N. Sherman,”
élan magazine, November 2006, p. 38-41
Education:
2004
MFA Drawing and Painting, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
1998
BA Philosophy of Eastern Religion and minor in Art, Elon University, Elon, NC