About Wes Sherman
Artist Wes Sherman has been painting since 1992, in that time he has had over 40 solo exhibitions and included in numerous group shows across the county. He received his MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2003. Sherman has been a visiting artist at many universities among them Temple, Rutgers, and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In 2011, he also received a fellowship for painting from New Jersey Council of the Arts.
New Brunswick Art Salon 2021 – Winners: “Resonant Becoming”
Artist Website: http://www.wessherman.net/
Artist Email: info@wessherman.net
Artist Statement
My work begins with drawing, which is uniquely distinct from painting. Drawing narrows down and captures the composition. Painting then broadens the narrative. In other words, painting tells the story. When I think about painting and storytelling I’m reminded of the poet John Yau who wrote: “Only half the story is true. The rest is necessary.”
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2012 | Instillation with Organ at Grace Church, Newark, New Jersey (Scheduled: January 22, 2012) |
2011 | Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee (Scheduled: July 5 – 22) Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee (Scheduled: September 6 – 25) The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, New Jersey (Date to be Announced; expected in late 2011 or early 2012) |
2009 | Parish Hall Gallery, Summit, New Jersey |
2007 | The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee Tall Grass Art Association, Park Forest, Illinois Domo Gallery, Summit, New Jersey |
2006 | Parish Hall Gallery, Summit, New Jersey Freed – Hardeman University, Henderson, Tennessee Baumgartner Gallery, New York, New York The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee |
2005 | CRN Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 33 Collective, Chicago Illinois The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee |
2004 | Seton Memorial Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey |
2003 | The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Café Hammond Substation #9, Hammond, Indiana |
2002 | Calumet College of St. Joseph, East Chicago, Illinois Salon 101, Muster, Indiana Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana Clean, Well Lighted Place, Flemington, New Jersey |
1998 | Bongo Java Coffee House, Nashville, Tennessee Word Publishing, Nashville, Tennessee |
1997 | Dickson County Public Library, Dickson, Tennessee Hickman County Public Library, Centerville, Tennessee |
1995 | The Law Office of N. Countney Hollins, Nashville, Tennessee The Art Store, Nashville, Tennessee |
Group Exhibitions
2011 | Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee: A three person show with Gary Stephan and Judy Simonian Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey |
2010 | The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey Groundswell Community Mural Project, Brooklyn, New York John C. Hutcheson Gallery, Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey Raritan Valley College, Somerville, New Jersey |
2009 | Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee Jettison: New Ideas in Abstraction Rabbet Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey Naught and Nice Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, New Jersey Undercover: Disguise & Deception in (some) Contemporary Art Curator: Donna Gustafson Brookdale College, Lincroft, New Jersey |
2008 | VAPA Gallery, Raritan Valley College, Somerville, New Jersey Accola Contemporary, New York, New York 65Grand Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
2007 | Raritan Valley College, Somerville, New Jersey Baumgartner Gallery, New York, New York Domo Gallery, Summit, New Jersey The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee |
2006 | Baumgartner Gallery, New York, New York Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey Domo Gallery, Summit, New Jersey Brookdale College, Lincroft, New Jersey Raritan Valley College, Somerville, New Jersey |
2005 | Domo Gallery, Summit, New Jersey (Including–Lasker, Nozkowski & Stephan) Baumgartner Gallery, New York, New York Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, New Jersey Domo Gallery, Summit, New Jersey Brookdale College, Lincroft, New Jersey |
2004 | CRN Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Aguirre Duron Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Anne Reid Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey Geoff Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts The Arts Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee Raritan Valley College, Somerville, New Jersey |
2003 | Galerie Lelong, New York, New York Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Chicago, Illinois Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, New York Rutgers University, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey Hunter University, Time Square Gallery, New York, New York |
2002 | Fugitive Art Center, Nashville, Tennessee Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, New York Rutgers University, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey |
2001 | Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, New York The Green Tie Affair, The Environmental Council, Nashville, Tennessee Rutgers University, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey Prestige Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee |
2000 | Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee The Green Tie Affair, The Environmental Council, Nashville, Tennessee Prestige Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee |
1999 | Watkins School of Art, Nashville, Tennessee The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee Prestige Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee |
1998 | The Jewish Community Center, Nashville, Tennessee Celebration ’98 Centennial Art Center, Nashville, Tennessee Outside the Lines, Nashville, Tennessee East Hickman Art Show, Centerville, Tennessee Prestige Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee |
1997 | Tennessee Art League, Nashville, Tennessee |
1996 | Central South Art Exhibition, The Parthenon – Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee, Juried by W. A. Herring Tennessee Art League, Nashville, Tennessee The Collector’s Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee |
Visiting Artist
2011 | Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee |
2010 | Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, New Jersey |
2007 | Watkins College of Art & Design, Nashville, Tennessee |
2006 | Freed – Hardeman University, Henderson, Tennessee |
2005 | Hunterdon Contemporary Art Museum, Clinton, New Jersey |
2004 | Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
2002 | Calumet College, East Chicago, Illinois |
Honors
2011 | Fellowship for Painting, New Jersey State Council on the Arts New Brunswick, New Jersey Art Salon best of Show |
2009 | National Academy Museum 185 Annual: Invitaional Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, New York, New York – Nomination |
2005 | The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York, New York – Nomination |
2003 | The Space Program of the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York, New York – Alternate Andrew W. Mellon Colloquium, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey |
2002 | Ta/Ga Competitiveness Pool Funds Award. Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey |
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