Sherri Silverman

Lyrical and gestural abstraction conveying essence, infused with meditation. Inspired by nature, 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. 10 years ...

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

Museum Group Shows:
2024: "Northern California Open, " Juror: Lawrence Rinder. MarinMOCA, Novato, CA.
2023: Hardly Strictly Mini Biennial, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA.
2023: 31st Annual Benefit Exhibition, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA.
2022: 30th Annual Benefit Exhibition, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA.
2002: “Western States Small Works,” Juror: Ralph Rugoff, Sono...