Ivan Sherman

Ivan Sherman spent most of his career as an art director at New Yorks larger advertising agencies, winning numerous creative awards.

Hes also the author/illustrator of four best selling childrens books published by Harcourt.

He started recycling used corrugated boxes into whimsical yet beautiful works of art several years ago, inventing a technique of layering concentric triangles and squares of cut corrugated, much like tramp art. It's his belief that the order and balance imposed by the medium gives his work a sense of peace and tranquility, while his unexpected flourishes and delightful use of color makes his work fun to look at.

He set his goal at making each piece uniquely different, repeating tricks and techniques only when necessary and always coming up with a new twist on his medium. In this way his body of work encompasses his entire artistic background, from that of a representational painter, and including his early years as an art director on fashion accounts, through his whimsical children's book illustration, to his history as an award winning designer, right on through to the joy he takes designing and working with typography.

Ivan is largely self-taught as an artist but received his inspiration growing up in a family of representational painters.

EXHIBITS:

April,2008, West Side Art Coalition, Anything Goes
March-April,2008, West Side Arts Coalition, Creative Outburst
December,2007-January2008 West Side Arts Coalition, Art Speaks
November-December,2007, Lafayette Grill, Breadth of Vision
May,2007, Paula Barr Chelsea, Site Images
March-April,2007, West Side Arts Coalition, Think, Dream, Create
November-December,2006, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, Evocative Expressions
September,2006, West Side Arts Coalition, Silent Words
December,2002-January2003, NYC Society of Illustrators, First Biennial Dimensional Salon
May-June,2002,Organization of Independent Artists,
December-January2001, NYC Society of Illustrators, 9/11 Memorial Exhibit
June-July,2001, Limner Gallery


SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Fagan, Evansville, Indiana
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Murphy, Los Angeles, California
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cicero, New York, New York
Dr. and Dr. Mordechai Friedman, Brooklyn Hts., New York
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hauptman, Massapequa, Long Island
Mrs. Marlene Ross, Chicago, I...