Sherri Silverman

Lyrical & gestural abstraction conveying essence, inspired by nature, infused with meditation, following beauty & wonder.
Public collection: New Mexico Capitol Art Collection since 1998. Museum group shows: Northern California Open, MarinMOCA 2024. Hardly Strictly Mini Biennial, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 2023. Benefit Art Auction Exhibitions, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 2022 and 2023. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. Pensacola Museum of Art. Sonoma Museum of Visual Art.
Profile/art in book 100 Artists of the Southwest. Recipient of the 2015 Tip Coleman Scholarship for Judith Kruger's Nihonga & Beyond: Japanese Mineral Painting Workshop.
Joyful, energizing. Sensitivity, playfulness, and delicacy. Essence of nature captured. Abstract and expressive imagery emerges from texture and archetype, as the chemistry of consciousness depicts subtle levels of creation. Artworks by a self-taught artist with a doctorate in Creativity, Art, & the Sacred speak to the heart and subconscious, bypassing the intellect.
"My first memory is of insisting when I was four that prospective buyers of our Atlanta house see the paintings I'd done in my bedroom closet."
Born Atlanta, GA. Grew up in Jacksonville, FL. 30 years Santa Fe, NM. 8 years in Ma...

mainly self-taught artist.
2015 Nihonga & Beyond: Japanese Mineral Painting workshop.
PhD Creativity, Art, & the Sacred. Application of Asian Concepts. Union Institute & University, 1996.
Vedic Studies doctoral program, MERU, Switzerland, 1975-1976.
MA, Brandeis University, English & American Literature, 1974.
BA, Emory University, English & American Literature, 1971.

Solo Shows in NM, CO, FL:
July 2011: “Lotus: Sherri Silverman, 25 Years in Santa Fe,” Transcendence Design Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM.
June 2009: “Uncollected Works at Collected Works,” Collected Works, Santa Fe.
Sept 2001: Artist in Residence, BMoCA/Open Studios, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), Boulder, CO.
Feb 2001: “AHAB Art at the Office,” Arts and Humanities Assembly of Boulder County in the Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO.
Oct 1998: “Wonders,” Chambers Gallery, TVI Community College, Albuquerque, NM.
Sept 1997: “Transparent to Transcendence,” art and poetry, Bank of Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe.
Aug 1997: “A Cosmic Sampler,” Cactus, Santa Fe.
Mar 1994: “Images of Inner History,” Heaven on Earth, Atlantic Beach, FL.
Mar 1994: “Images of Inner History, Part 2,” The Book Mark, Atlantic Beach.
May 1993: “Ladders of Light,” Vandroff Gallery, Jacksonville, FL.
June 1992: “Channel for Creativity,” alcove show, Santa Fe East, Santa Fe.

Museum Group Shows CA, CO, FL:
2024: "Northern California Open, " MarinMOCA, Novato, CA.
2002: “Western States Small Works,” Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA.
2001: “BMoCA/Open Studios Artists in Residence Group Show,” Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), Boulder, CO...