SHERRY KARVER

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Résumé:

EDUCATION:

M.F.A.

Tulane University, Newcomb School of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana

B.A.

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

 

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Laney College, Oakland, California, Art Instructor
Chabot College, Hayward, California, Art Instructor
University of California, Berkeley, California, Art Instructor, A.S.U.C. Studio
California State University, Chico, California, Assistant Professor, Art Dept.
San Diego State University, San Diego, California, Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Visiting Instructor, Art Dept.
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, Art Instructor, Glass technician

EXHIBITIONS: INVITATIONAL SOLO (Selected)

 

 

 

 

 

2019

Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada

 

 

 

2018

Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, California

   

 

2017

Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Susan Lanoue Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

   

 

2015

Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
Susan Lanoue Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

   

 

2014

Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, England
Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

   

 

2013

Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York
Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece

   

 

2011

Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York
Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, California

   

 

2010

Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California

   

 

2009

Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York

   

 

2008

Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York
Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington

   

 

2007

Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California
Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, California,

   

 

2006

Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California

   

 

2005

Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington

   

 

2004

LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Sue Greenwood Fine Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California

   

 

2003

Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington

   

 

2002

LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

   

 

2001

Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington

   

 

2000

LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, California

   

 

1999

LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

   

 

1998

Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, California

   

 

EXHIBITIONS: GROUP SHOWS, INVITATIONAL and JURIED (Selected)

 

2020            

Whitney Modern Gallery, 31 Women, Los Gatos, California

 

2019            

Triton Museum Of Art, Santa Clara, California
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art "Glitch Art show", Los Angeles, California
Cumberland Gallery, Closing Exhibition, Nashville, Tennessee

 

2018

Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, "No Dead Artists", New Orleans, Louisiana
Smith Andersen Gallery & PhotoAlliance, Bay Area Currents, San Anselmo, California
Slate Gallery, "Being Seen", Oakland, California

 

2016

Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, “Electron Salon”, Los Angeles, California
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, TeXtMe, Santa Ana, California
Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, Texas
Black Box Gallery, Narrative – People, Places, and Things, Portland, Oregon

 

2015

Laguna Art Museum, “Palette to Palate”, Laguna Beach, California
Kim Foster Gallery, “Heavy/Lite”, New York, New York
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, ‘Electron Salon’, Los Angeles, California

 

2012

Peninsula Museum of Art, Visions and Visionaries, Belmont, California
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, curated by Peter Frank, Los Angeles, California
Monmouth Museum, Photography, Lincroft, New Jersey
Triton Museum, California Photography, (Juror, Brian Taylor), Santa Clara, California
Rarity Gallery, Salon Show, Mykonos, Greece
Lisa Harris Gallery, “Wandering”, Photo Exhibit, Seattle, Washington

 

2011

Orange County Contemporary Art Center, “Deep”, Curated by Grace Kook Anderson, Santa Ana, California
Performance Art Institute, Curated by Hanna Regev, “Surveillance”, San Francisco, California

 

2010

Kim Foster Gallery, “Anonymous” curated by Dominick Lombardi, New York, New York
Cerritos College, “inscription:Text-Image-Action”, Norwalk, California
Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York

 

2009

Axiom Gallery, Riders on the Train Project, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, “New Media”, Santa Clara, California

 

2008

Islip Museum of Art, “Text Messaging”, Long Island, New York

 

2007

Ft. Collins Museum Of Contemporary Art, Ft. Collins, Colorado

 

2006

Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York
University of Wisconsin, “SuperVision”, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
LewAllen Contemporary, “Diptych “ exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

2004

Reversing Vandalism, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California

 

2005

Kidder Smith Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts

 

2003

Greenwood/Chebithes Gallery (Inaugural exhibition), Laguna Beach, California
Center for Photographic Art, juried by Tim Wride and Barbara Sinsheimer, Carmel, California

 

2002

Jan Baum Gallery, “Figure It Out”, Los Angeles, California

 

2001

Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California

 

2000

Crocker Museum of Art, Crocker-Kingsley 72st Biennial Exhibition, Sacramento, California
Triton Museum, Shenson Gallery, “Bittersweet Legacy”, Santa Clara, California
Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington

 

1999

Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, California
Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

 

1998

Crocker Museum of Art, Crocker-Kingsley 71st Biennial Exhibition, Sacramento, California
San Francisco Art Commission Galleries, San Francisco, California
Stanford University, Center for Integrated Systems, Stanford, California

 

1997

Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California
The National Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C.
Lisa Parker Fine Art, New York, New York
Pacific Rim Sculptors Exhibition, San Francisco, California

 

1996

University of Judaism, Platt Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The National Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C.
Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

 

1995

Exploring a Movement: Feminist Visions in Clay, Downey Museum, Downey, California

 

1994

Downey Museum of Art, Ceramics Now 1994, Downey, California

 

1993

Jewish Museum, "About Face" Exhibition, San Francisco, California
Everson Museum of Art, 29th Ceramic National Exhibition, Syracuse, New York

 

1992

San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, 8th Annual Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, Texas

 

1991

ART of CALIFORNIA Magazine, Discovery Award Exhibition, Los Angeles, California
Downey Museum of Art, Ceramics Now 1991, Downey, California

 

1990

Oakland Museum, "Oakland's Artists", Oakland, California
Judah A. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California, Personal Landscapes - Universal Visions

 

         

 

 

 

PUBLISHED RECOGNITION - PHOTOS, ARTICLES, & REVIEWS (Selected)

2020 Vol.VIII #2

The Woven Tale Press

2019. August

Edge of Humanity Magazine, Surveillance Series

2019, Spring

Bokeh Bokeh Photo Magazine

2018, July, Issue#40

Art Reveal International Magazine

2018, January

ArtScene, (Southern California) Review by Liz Goldner

2017, March

Nashville Arts Magazine, by Karen Parr-Moody

2016, September

Ennyman’s Territory, Interview, Art and Life in the City

2015, June

Cover and Review, ArtScene, (Southern California), by Daniella Walsh

2014, June

NewCity Art by Michael Weinstein

2014, May

What Will You Remember by Elin Spring

2013, May

Galomagazine.com and Resource.com by Janet Alexander

2012, December

Stepawaymagazine.com, Newcastle, England

2012, October

Cover, Coast Magazine, Southern California

2011, November

Galomagazine.com (Global Art Laid Out) by Nicole Bonosccuro

2010, August

The Seattle Times, Review by Michael Upchurch

2010, September

The Best of World Wide Mixed Media, Volume 1, Kennedy Publishing

2010, August

Visual Art Source, Review by Laura Macomber

2009, October

Examiner.com, Interviewby Lorenzo Dominguez

2009, September

Cover, Coast Magazine, Orange County, California

2009, May-June

Art Ltd. Magazine, “Under the Radar”, Review by Roberta Carasso

2008, September

Orange County Register, Review by Roberta Carasso

2008, April

New.York.Art.Crit: John Haber’s Art Reviews, “Rush Hour”, New York

2008, April

Chelsea Flaneur, AndrewWerth.com

2007, February

North Coast Journal, Eureka, CA, Review by Katherine Almy

2006, August

American Art Collector, National Magazine, Arizona

2006, Summer

Cover, Orange County Kids Magazine, Orange County, California

2006, January

San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, San Francisco, California

2006, Winter

LILITH Magazine, New York

2005, December

HOMEOWNER HAIKU, Co-author w/Jerry Ratch

2005, September

THE Magazine, Poetry/Photo Issue, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2005, Fall

LILITH Magazine, New York

2005

Cover, CITY ECONOMICS by Brendan O’Flaherty, Harvard University Press

2005, Feb.-March

THE Magazine, Photo Issue, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2004

Cover, LET’S DO, by Rebecca Meacham, University of North Texas Press

2004, July

The Boston Globe, Boston, MA

2004, April

SLATE, on-line magazine, Reversing Vandalism, by Lisa Davis

2003

100 ARITISTS OF THE WEST COAST, Douglas Bullis, Atelier Books

2003, August

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Review by Bobbie Allen

2003

Cover, POPULATION CHANGE IN CANADA, Beaujot & Kerr, Oxford University

2003

SOCIOLOGY, John Macionis, Prentice Hall

2003 May

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, Review by Victoria Josslin

2002, Fall

LILITH Magazine, New York

2002, May

The New Mexican, Pasatiempo, Review by Lynn Cline

2002, June

THE Magazine, by Jon Carver, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2002, June

The New Mexican, Pasatiempo, Artwalker by Hollis Walker

2001, Dec.-Jan.

ARTWEEK, Cover & Review, by Victoria Josslin

2001, Oct.

ART ACCESS, Review by Molly Rhodes

2001

Cover, WILD DREAMS OF REALITY by Jerry Ratch, Creative Arts Books

2001

Cover, AGAINST ESSENTIALISM, by Stephen Fuchs, Harvard University Press

2001, Spring

Cover, LILITH magazine, New York

2000 & 1998

NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, Pacific Coast edition

2000, Nov.

THE magazine, Review by Diane Armitage, Santa Fe, NM

1999, April

Santa Fean magazine

1998, April

Sacramento Bee

1998, April

Sacramento News & Review

1997, Fall, Spring 1996

LILITH magazine, New York

1996, 1994, 1991

Ceramics Monthly

1994, Sept., 1993, 1990, April

Artweek

LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, AWARDS: (Selected)

2018              

Silver Award, San Francisco Bay International Photo Show, Berkeley, California
Museum of Computer Art, Donnie Award - Editor's Choice

2017

Photography Juror, Alameda County Fair, California

2016

Triton Museum of Art, Award Winner painting, Santa Clara, California
Visual Arts Alliance Award Winner, Houston, Texas

2015

Crocker Art Museum, Lecture, Sacramento, California

2014

Top two Finalist, Cherryland Fire Station, Cherryland, California

2012

Honorable Mention, Triton Museum, Photography show, Santa Clara, California

2007

Santa Cruz Museum Of Art, Lecture, Santa Cruz, California
Ft. Collins Museum of Art, Lecture, Ft. Collins, Colorado

2005

Short List Finalist, Los Angeles Metro Station Project, Los Angeles, California

2004

Short List Finalist, Oakland Airport Project, Oakland, California

2003

Chosen to be part of “100 Artists of the West Coast” by Douglas Bullis

1998

Crocker Museum of Art, Crocker-Kingsley Biennial, monetary award, Sacramento, California

1998

Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, Panel, San Francisco, California

1995

Bay Area Jewish Women's Conference, Slide Panel, San Francisco, California

1994

Silver Award in mixed media, Art Of California Magazine, Napa, California

1993

NCECA conference, Slide presentation Emerging Talent, San Diego, California
California Conference on Advancement of Ceramic Art, Lecture, Davis California

 

 

PUBLIC / CORPORATE COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONED WORKS: (Selected)

 

Karver's work is in over 175 private, corporate, and museum collections

 

Triton Art Museum

Santa Clara, CA

Crocker Museum of Art

Sacramento, CA

Rockford Art Museum

Rockford, IL

Hyundai Corporation

Seoul, Korea

Peninsula Art Museum

Belmont, CA

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

Santa Cruz, CA

Delta Airlines, JFK

New York, NY

United Airlines

San Francisco, CA

City of Richmond, City Hall

Richmond, CA

Earthcam Inc.

Hoboken, NJ

Alameda County Art Commission

Oakland, CA

Merck Pharmaceutical

Philadelphia, PA

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Seattle, WA

Deloitte & Touche

Seattle, WA

San Francisco City Hall, Asst. City Attorney

San Francisco, CA

Copan Corporation

Seattle, WA

Voyager Capital

Seattle, WA

Rhoda Goldman Plaza

San Francisco, CA

Corporate Net Leasing at City Commons

Orlando, FL

Apple Corporation,

Cupertino, CA

Adobe Corporation

Mountain View, CA

Temple Sinai

Oakland, CA

Kaiser Hospital

Martinez, CA

AT&T

Houston, TX

Temple Isaiah

Los Angeles, CA

Pacific Gas & Electric

San Ramon, CA

Kaiser Hospital

Mountain View, CA

Harrison Museum of Art

Logan, Utah

Boston Medical Center

Boston, MA

Shoreline Office Center

Mill Valley, CA

Willow Pass Rec. Center

Concord, CA

DPR Construction

Redwood City, CA

Life Scan Corporation

Milpitas, CA

ESL Corporation

Santa Clara, CA

Cal. State Teachers Retirement Assoc.

Sacramento, CA

Kemper Tool Company

Chino, CA

Bemidji State University

Bemidji, MN

 

 

Statement:

I see a connection between photography and history, sometimes combining vintage B&W photos with my contemporary shots, and incorporating ‘ghost-like apparitions’. These figures represent the passage of time – all the people that have been in the exact same place but at a different moment. We are all connected in this time continuum, even if we aren’t aware of it. My work embraces the contemporary non-linear view of time with its randomness, spontaneity, and chance occurrences.

The concept of juxtaposing the past and the present, has led to my interest in photographing people among the ancient sculptures at the Metropolitan Museum, including giving anthropomorphic qualities to the sculptures themselves.

In my work the documentary nature of the B&W photograph merges with the painterly qualities of oil, establishing a dialogue between the two. I mount my black & white images on top of 2” deep wood panels, and hand paint them with numerous layers of oil glazes to build up the color. The final surface has a glossy UV resin coating so the viewer can see their own reflection, and become ‘part’ of the photo-based work.

Associated Exhibitions

Small Works | BIG IMPACT
October 28, 2020 - January 17, 2021
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SUMMER GROUP SHOW
July 8 - August 30, 2020
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