Sherri Bustad

I began painting in 1992 in California with a group of women involved in a study group of what one man thought to be the next art movement at that time. Women. We were a group of 6 working women from every walk of life painting a few hours a day together with this man as a guide. We were painting dreams, thoughts, images with colour and shapes tracking our emotions. Painting became a way to learn about myself, often decoding my own paintings. Sometimes after years a new notion of what a particular painting really was about would appear. This was for my own purpose in the beginning. I started showing my work in 1995 with great success, finally allowing others to share my emotional response to life. Thus painting turned to a profession. I believe strongly in art as a healing solution that can cross a divide between consciousness and our subconscious.

I prefer the viewer to find his own message. The message for me is as Emile Zola said 'I am living out loud'. I seldom know what the painting is until it is finished, often waiting for the voice and feeling stifled, sometimes pleasantly surprised and at times disturbed. Sometimes I have an idea to begin with such as THE ORCLE BONE SERIES which was inspired by a poet friend of mine on ...

self taught, art therapy

Barozzi Art Gallery
Naxos, Greece
Sept. 1-30, 2019

Barozzi Art Gallery
Naxos, Greece
August - Oct. 10, 2018

CAMBRIA STUDIOS
Palm Springs, CA
March 30, 31 2018

HEILHAUS
Kassel, Germany
June 14 - August 14, 2017

JORGE MENDEZ GALLERY
756 North Palm Canyon Drive
MARCH 18 - APRIL 20, 2017
Palm Springs, CA
opening reception March 18, 2017

ART SPACE 349
Palm Springs, CA
appt. only tel: 760 315 7550, 760 799 2184

MMXIV
MARZIA FROZEN GALLERY
Neumagener Strasse 23-27, Berlin, 13088. Germany
SEPTEMBER 13 - OCTOBER 4, 2014
opening reception September 13, 2014


CROSSROADS: GODS to GRIDS
West Broadway/Prince
New York, NYC USA
November 9, 2013

TRUTHinBEAUTY
Vyner Street Gallery
LONDON E2 9DG
debut UK exhibition
December 1 - 15, 2010

FROM 1992 - present:
I have shown my work at Cast Iron Gallery, NEW YORK, NY, Don O'Melvany Gallery, LOS ANGELES, CA, The Old Spouter/South Wharf/ X Galleries, NANTUCKET MA, Viner Street Gallery, LONDON, ENGLAND, Modern Art Gallery, Trondheim NORWAY, Labuesch Gallery, Winterther, SWITZERLAND, Toyota Gallery, Tokyo JAPAN and others.
I have work in the private collections of Ethel Kennedy, Dan Aykroyd, Dana Farber Cancer Research Institute in Boston, Erica a...