Sondra Sherman (born 1958) is an American painter and jewelry maker. Sherman's work has been praised for its "deeply personal" expression of human emotion and of the subjects inspired by them.[1] Sherman's skills and reputation as a jeweler have earned her many awards, including a Tiffany Foundation Emerging Artists Award, various fellowships, and a Fulbright Scholarship.[2]

Early life and education

Sherman was born in 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3] She majored in painting and jewelry at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia before moving to Germany in 1984.

In 1980, Sherman received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University, where she concentrated in jewelry and painting. In 1990, she received her Diplom (a Master of Fine Arts equivalent) from the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich in Germany.[4]

Career

Since 2006, Sherman has worked as an associate professor at San Diego State University, specializing in jewelry art and metalwork. She has also taught at Rhode Island School of Design, Savannah College of Art and Design, State University of New York at New Paltz, and Rhode Island College.

Collections

Sherman's work is in the permanent collections of:[5]

• the Philadelphia Museum of Art
• the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
• the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• the Museum of Arts and Design
• the Los Angeles County Museum of Art[6]
• the Racine Art Museum
• the Renwick Gallery-National Museum of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution[7]
• the Rhode Island School of Design Museum
• the City Museum of Turnov, Czech Republic.

References

External links

• Sondra Sherman's official page
• Sondra Sherman's 2016 resume
• Sondra Sherman's portfolio
• San Diego State University Jewelry + Metalwork Program Facebook page
• Interview with Sondra Sherman conducted by Celine Browning for the Art Jewelry Forum, 2014