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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