Howard Sherman

Images
Bio/CV
Press

Another Impatient Sucker , 2011 , 70" x 80" , mixed media on canvas, *featured in New American Paintings #90: , $9000
Three Hinges on the Door of Anger , 2010 , 70" x 60" , acrylic, marker on canvas , $7,200
Soft Target , 2009 , 60" x 50" , oil, acrylic, marker on canvas , $6,000
Big Weapon , 2010 , 80" x 70" , acrylic & marker on canvas , $8,200
Choppers , 2010 , 12" x 9" , collage, marker on paper , $350 unframed
Imagine It's a Gun , 2011 , 60" x 70" , acrylic and ink on canvas , $7,200
The Lobbyist , 2012 , 50" x 60" , acrylic & ink on canvas , $6,000
The Cook and His Smurfers , 2012 , 60" x 70" , oil, spray paint, on canvas , $7,200
Trust Me My Instruments Are Sterile , 2012 , 70" x 80" , oil, acrylic, spray paint and marker, featured in New American Paintings #90: , $8,200
Real communications , 2011 , 18" x 24" , acrylic, collage and marker on archival paper , $800
The Bug Catcher , 2011 , 18" x 24" , mixed media on paper , $800
The Renegade , 2011 , 18" x 24" , mixed media on paper , $800
The One That Is Always Here , 2011 , 18" x 24" , mixed media on paper , $800
High flying transactions , 2011 , 18" x 24" , acrylic, collage and marker on archival paper
Frieda , 2011 , 18" x 24" , acrylic, collage and marker on archival paper
Expect more, pay less , 2011 , 18" x 24" , acrylic, collage and marker on archival paper
Kahlo , 2011 , acrylic, collage and marker on archival paper , $800
The Poet , 2011 , 18" x 24" , acrylic, collage, glitter and marker on archival paper

CV:

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012 Flanders Gallery; "Another impatient sucker"; Raleigh, North Carolina (upcoming)

2011 McMurtrey Gallery; "Apocalyptic wallpaper"; Houston, Texas

2011 Cris Worley Fine Arts (with Fedri Fine Art Advisory); "Melodrama over craft, craft over melodrama"; Dallas, Texas

2010 Galveston Arts Center; "Eating your friction"; exhibition traveling from Art Museum of Southeast Texas; Galveston, Texas

2010 Artspace; "Bogus rating system"; Raleigh, North Carolina

2009 McMurtrey Gallery; "When gorillas shoot pigs"; Houston, Texas

2009 Pan American Art Projects; "Bloodthirsty animal on two legs"; Dallas, Texas

2008 Art Museum of Southeast Texas; Beaumont, Texas

2008 McMurtrey Gallery;"In my mind, you're inflatable"; Houston, Texas

2007 Gerald Peters Gallery, "Commodification of dissent"; Dallas, Texas

2007 North Harris College, artist-in-residence exhibition; Houston, Texas

2006 McMurtrey Gallery, "Venti Americano"; Houston, Texas

2006 REM Gallery, "The New Hotness"; San Antonio, Texas

2005 416 West Gallery; "Scratch That Itch"; Denison, Texas

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 Cris Worley Fine Arts; "Studio 1-1"; Dallas, Texas

2011 Mad is Mad Gallery, "Texas Drops By"; Madrid, Spain

2011 Muse Gallery; group exhibition; Hyderabad, India

2011 Arkansas State University; Annual Paint Snob Exhibition; Jonesboro, Arkansas

2011 Assistance League of Houston: Celebrates Texas Art 2011; Williams Tower Gallery; Houston, Texas; Curated by Heather Pasanti, Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York

2010 New American Paintings issue #90 winners show; G Gallery; Houston, Texas (upcoming)

2010 Museo de Arte Moderno; group exhibition; Trujillo, Peru (upcoming)

2010 Abstractions; Pan American Art Projects; Miami, Florida

2009 Drawn to Painting; College of the Mainland; Texas City, Texas

2009 Texas Anti-Matter; The University of Texas of the Permian Basin; Odessa, Texas

2008 Gerald Peters Gallery at Art Miami; Miami, Florida

2008 Group Dialogue; Gerald Peters Gallery; Santa Fe, New Mexico

2008 Multiplicitocracy; Katzen Art Center at American University; Washington, D.C.

2008 Artist-in-residence group exhibition in conjunction with Phantasmagoria; McColl Center for Visual Art; Charlotte, North Carolina

2007 Camp Marfa; Marfa, Texas

2006 Arthouse; "New American Talent"; two-year traveling exhibition; Austin, Texas; Curator: Aimee Chang, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California

2006 Assistance League of Houston: Celebrates Texas Art 2006; Williams Tower Gallery; Houston, Texas; Curator: Jeffrey Grove, Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, High Art Museum, Atlanta, Georgia

2005 Rudolph Projects/Artscan Gallery; "A Fine Line"; Houston, Texas

2005 Watershed Public Art billboard project, "Maroon Over Blue" painting selected for billboard promoting public art at I10West and the TC Jester Exit; Houston, Texas

2005 Assistance League of Houston: Celebrates Texas Art 2005; Williams Tower Gallery; Houston, Texas; Curated by Dominic Molon, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Chicago, Illinois

2005 Dishman Museum competition; Lamar University; Beaumont, Texas, Juror: Andrea Karnes, Associate curator; Modern Art Museum Fort Worth

2004 Blue Star 19; Blue Star Contemporary Art Center; Juror: Lynn Herbert, Senior Curator, Contemporary Art Museum Houston; San Antonio Texas

2004 500X Gallery; "The Sequel"; new works by Howard Sherman and Shannon Sullivan Dallas, Texas

2004 Object Oriented: Works by Howard Sherman and Shannon Sullivan; Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, Texas

2004 500X Gallery; "Expo2004-Juried Show", Dallas, Texas, Juror: Andrea Karnes, associate curator; Modern Art Museum Fort Worth

2003 3rd Annual U.S. Juried Art Exhibition; Rockwall Art League; Rockwall, Texas, Juror: Dr.Ted Pillsbury, Director of Art at the Meadows Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas

2003 University of Mobile's 12th Annual "Art With A Southern Drawl"; Mobile, Alabama; Juror: Charles M. Clark, Dean of the University of Mobile College of Arts and Sciences

2003 Faculty Exhibition; Museum of Fine Arts Houston Glassell Junior School, Houston, Texas

2002 National All Media Juried Show at Texas Artists Museum; National juried competition; Juror: Ray Daniel, curator of Art Museum of Southeast Texas; Port Arthur, Texas

2002 National Juried Exhibition for Visual Arts Alliance; 19th Annual Open at 3 Allen Center, Juror: Marysol Nieves; senior curator; Bronx Museum Of The Arts; Houston, Texas

2002 National All Media Juried Exhibition at Artists Museum;Juror: Claire Huschle-Director Target Gallery; Washington, D.C.

2002 "Way Cool Group Show"; Koelsch Gallery; Houston, Texas

2001 SF Open Studios; San Francisco, California

2001 Exhibition; Moulton Studios, San Francisco, California

2001 Exhibition; The Art League, Houston, Texas

2000 Annual Juried Art Show; The Art League, Houston, Texas

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Art Museum of Southeast Texas

Lonestar College - North Harris

Bank of Montreal

Dow Golub Remels & Beverly, LLP

AWARDS AND HONORS

2012 Helene Wurlitzer Foundation artist-in-residence; Taos, New Mexico (upcoming)

2011 Menil Collection - "Artist's Eye" lecture series - Howard Sherman discusses the work of John Chamberlain

2011 Visiting artist-Thomas Lawrence Lecture series; Buckinghamshire New University; London, England

2011 Hunting Art Prize finalist; Houston, Texas

2010 "Texas Artists Today" published by Marquand Books (upcoming)

2010 New American Paintings - No.90; Juror:Toby Kamps, Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art for the Menil (upcoming)

2010 Jentel artist-in-residence; Banner, Wyoming (upcoming)

2010 Vermont Studio Center artist-in-residence; Johnson, Vermont

2010 Set design Catastrophic Theatre production of, "Our Late Night"; Houston, Texas

2010 Visiting artist;Sam Houston State University; Huntsville, Texas

2009 Hunting Art Prize finalist; Houston, Texas

2008 Artpace 09.2 residency finalist; San Antonio, Texas

2008 Visiting artist;University of North Carolina; Charlotte, North Carolina

2008 Arts Houston magazine cover story; Houston, Texas

2008 McColl Center for Contemporary Art artist-in-residence; Charlotte, North Carolina

2008 Hunting Art Prize finalist; Houston, Texas

2007 Artpace 09.1 residency finalist; San Antonio, Texas

2007 New American Paintings - No.72; Juror:Nick Capasso, Curator, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park

2007 Visiting artist; Stephen F. Austin State University; Nacogdoches, Texas

2007 Hunting Art Prize finalist; Houston, Texas

2006-2007 North Harris College artist-in-residence; Houston, Texas

2005 New American Paintings - No.60; Juror: Fereshteh Daftari, Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture; Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York

2005 School of Visual Arts; summer residency; New York, New York

2004 Rozelle art scholarship, University of North Texas

2003 Featured story; Houston Intown magazine; July issue

2002 Featured story; JHV; Gulf Coast newspaper; July issue

2000 Featured Artist of the month in 002 Magazine; November issue

1999 Illustrator for recently published book, "Do You Want Fries with That?" by nationally syndicated author Ken Hoffman; Winedale Publishing

1998 Best of Show Winner at Digital Art Show at Art Stop Gallery

1997 Best of Show Winner at Digital Art Show at Art Stop Gallery

1996 Feature story for the CBS television affiliate in Houston, KHOU-TV

1996 Feature article in the "Lifestyle" section of the Houston Chronicle;

1993 College Media Advisor's National College Newspaper award for "Best Cartoon Strip"

1993-1998 Syndicated award-winning daily comic strip to 18 newspapers nationwide. Continuously published comic strips and editorial cartoons to various publications nationally.

EDUCATION

2006 The University of North Texas, M.F.A.-Painting and Drawing

1998 Houston Community College, Certificates in Computer Animation and Multimedia

1993 University of Texas at Austin, B.A. Studio Art

PRESS

2011 Art Ltd. magazine ; "Howard Sherman:Apocalyptic Wallpaper at McMurtrey Gallery"

2011 Houston Chronicle ; "Artist comfortable in his own skin"

2011 Houston Chronicle ; "Howard Sherman tilts toward figuration at McMurtrey Gallery"

2011 Houston Chronicle ; "29-95 magazine"

2011 Houston Chronicle ; "Galleries debuting dynamic exhibits"

2011 KUHF 88.7 FM radio interview; "The Front Row by Troy Schultze"

2011 Houston Press ; "Dancing with Ataxia: Erica Lehrer's Poetry Book Launch at McMurtrey Gallery by Altamese Osborne"

2011 Glasstire ; "Howard Sherman at McMurtrey Gallery by Melissa Grobmyer"

2011 VIDEO: "Profile of Artist Howard Sherman" by Robert Land Productions

2011 Houston Press ; "100 Creatives: Howard Sherman" by Nathan Paulus

2011 Arts and Culture DFW ; "Howard Sherman at Cris Worley Fine Arts" by Dan Pritchett