Sherry Karver

Sherry Karver



About The Artist


EDUCATION: M.F.A. Tulane University, Newcomb School of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana B.A. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois GALLERY REPRESENTATION: Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 1987 - Current Laney College, Oakland, CA, Art Instructor 1986- Chabot College, Hayward, CA, Drawing Instructor 1985-1988 University of California, Berkeley, CA, A.S.U.C. 1981-1984 Cal State University, Chico, CA, Asst.Professor 1980-1981 San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 1979 Summer University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1979 Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, EXHIBITIONS: INVITATIONAL (Selected) SOLO (Selected) 2011 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, California 2010 Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California 2009 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York 2008 Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington 2007 Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, California, 2006 Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California 2005 Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington 2004 LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts Sue Greenwood Fine Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California 2003 Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington Greenwood/ Chebithes Gallery, Laguna Beach, California 2002 LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2001 Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington 2000 LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, California 1999 LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1998 Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, California 1996 Hebrew Union College, New York, New York Pence Gallery, Davis, California 1995 Berkeley Hillel, Reutlinger Center, Berkeley, California 1993 Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1992 Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California 1989 "Artspots", Art in Public Places, Concord, California 1988 American Institute of Architects, Oakland, California TWO – FOUR PERSON SHOWS: (Selected) 2012 Lisa Harris Gallery, Photo Exhibit, Seattle, Washington 2010 Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York 2007 Ft. Collins Museum Of Contemporary Art, Ft. Collins, CO 2005 Kidder Smith Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts 2001 Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California 2000 Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1999 Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1998 Stanford University, Stanford, California 1996 The National Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C. Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, Illinois EXHIBITIONS: GROUP SHOWS (Selected) 2011 Orange County Contemporary Art Center, Curated by Grace Kook Anderson, Santa Ana, California Performance Art Institute, Curated by Hanna Regev, SF,CA 2010 Kim Foster Gallery, curated by Dominick Lombardi, NY, NY Cerritos College, “inscription:Text-Image-Action”, Norwalk, CA 2009 Axiom Gallery, Riders on the Train Project, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 2009 de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 2008 Islip Museum of Art, “Text Messaging”, Long Island, NY 2006 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York LewAllen Contemporary, “Diptych “, Santa Fe, NM 2004 Reversing Vandalism, San Francisco Public Library, SF, CA 2003 Greenwood/Chebithes Gallery, Laguna Beach, California 2002 Jan Baum Gallery, “Figure It Out”, Los Angeles, California 2000 Triton Museum, Shenson Gallery, “Bittersweet Legacy”, Santa Clara, California San Francisco City College & 743 Gallery, High Tech/High Touch, San Francisco, California 1999 Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, California 1998 San Francisco Art Commission Galleries, San Francisco, California 1997 Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California The National Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C. Lisa Parker Fine Art, New York, New York 1996 University of Judaism, Platt Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1995 John Natsoulas Gallery, Thirty Ceramic Sculptors '95, Davis, California Exploring a Movement: Feminist Visions in Clay, Downey Museum, Downey, California 1994 Dorothy McRae Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 1993 Jewish Museum, "About Face" San Francisco, California Sculpture Exhibition, Honolulu Art Academy, Honolulu, HI West Coast Clay, California Crafts Museum, SF, CA 1992 Images of Us, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California 1991 ART of CALIFORNIA Magazine, Discovery Award, LA, CA 1990 Oakland Museum, "Oakland's Artists", Oakland, California Judah A. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California, EXHIBITIONS: JURIED (Selected) 2012 Triton Museum, California Photography, (Juror, Brian Taylor), Santa Clara, California 2006 University of Wisconsin, “SuperVision”, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 2003 Center for Photographic Art, juried by Tim Wride and Barbara Sinsheimer, Carmel, California 2000 Crocker Museum of Art, Crocker-Kingsley 72st Biennial Exhibition, Sacramento, California 1999 Women's Caucus for the Arts, National Conference, Los Angeles, California 1998 Crocker Museum of Art, Crocker-Kingsley 71st Biennial Exhibition, Sacramento, California 1997 Pacific Rim Sculptors Exhibition, San Francisco, California 1995 Fletcher Ceramic Challenge, International Exhibition, Auckland, New Zealand 1994 Downey Museum of Art, Ceramics Now 1994, Downey, California 1993 Everson Museum of Art, 29th Ceramic National Exhibition, Syracuse, New York San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, 8th Annual Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, Texas 1992 National Women's Exhibition, Sacramento, CA 1991 Downey Museum of Art, Ceramics Now 1991, Downey, CA 1990 San Jose Art League, San Jose, California PUBLISHED RECOGNITION - PHOTOS, ARTICLES, & REVIEWS (selected) 2011, Nov. galomagazine.com (Global Art Laid Out) by Nicole Bonosccuro 2010, Aug. The Seattle Times, Review by Michael Upchurch 2010, Sep. The Best of World Wide Mixed Media, Volume 1, Kennedy Publishing 2010, Aug. Visual Art Source, Review by Laura Macomber 2009, Oct. Examiner.com, Interviewby Lorenzo Dominguez 2009, Sep. Cover, Coast Magazine, Orange County, California 2009, May-June Art Ltd. Magazine, “Under the Radar”, Review by Roberta Carasso 2008, Sep. Orange County Register, Review by Roberta Carasso 2008, April New.York.Art.Crit: John Haber, “Rush Hour”, NY 2008, April Chelsea Flaneur, AndrewWerth.com 2007, Feb. North Coast Journal, Eureka, CA, Review by Katherine Almy 2006, Aug. American Art Collector, National Magazine, Arizona 2006, Summer Cover, Orange County Kids Magazine, Orange County, California 2006, Jan. San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, SF, CA 2006, Winter LILITH Magazine, New York 2005, Dec. HOMEOWNER HAIKU, Co-author w/Jerry Ratch 2005, Sep. THE Magazine, Poetry/Photo Issue, Santa Fe, NM 2005, Fall LILITH Magazine, New York 2005 Cover, CITY ECONOMICS by Brendan O’Flaherty, Harvard University Press 2005, Feb.-March THE Magazine, Photo Issue, Santa Fe, NM 2004 Cover, LET’S DO, by Rebecca Meacham, University of North Texas Press 2004, July The Boston Globe, Boston, MA 2004, April SLATE, on-line magazine, Reversing Vandalism, by Lisa Davis 2003 100 ARITISTS OF THE WEST COAST, Douglas Bullis, Atelier Books 2003, Aug. LOS ANGELES TIMES, Review by Bobbie Allen 2003 Cover, POPULATION CHANGE IN CANADA, Beaujot & Kerr, Oxford University 2003 SOCIOLOGY, John Macionis, Prentice Hall 2003 May SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, Review by Victoria Josslin 2002, Fall LILITH Magazine, New York 2002, May The New Mexican, Pasatiempo, Review by Lynn Cline 2002, June THE Magazine, by Jon Carver, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2002, June The New Mexican, Pasatiempo, Artwalker by Hollis Walker 2001, Dec.-Jan. ARTWEEK, Cover & Review, by Victoria Josslin 2001, Oct. ART ACCESS, Review by Molly Rhodes 2001 Cover, WILD DREAMS OF REALITY by Jerry Ratch, Creative Arts Books 2001 Cover, AGAINST ESSENTIALISM, by Stephen Fuchs, Harvard University Press 2001 Cover, The Green Hills Literary Lantern 2001 Bittersweet Legacy by C.Brody 2001, Spring Cover, LILITH magazine, New York 2000 NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, Pacific Coast edition 2000, Nov. THE magazine, Santa Fe, NM 1999, February Gravy, (River North) Vol.1, #3 1999, April Santa Fean magazine 1998 NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, Pacific Coast 1998, April Sacramento Bee 1998, April Sacramento News & Review 1997, Fall LILITH magazine, New York 1997, Oct. Oakland Tribune 1996, Spring LILITH magazine, New York 1996, Nov. Ceramics Monthly 1994, Sept., 1993, April Artweek 1994, 1991, January Ceramics Monthly l992, September Jewish Bulletin, CA l99l, Oct./Nov. Art Of California magazine 1990, April Artweek AWARDS: (Selected) 2012 Honorable Mention, Triton Museum, Photography show, Santa Clara, California 2005 Short List Finalist, Los Angeles Metro Station Project, Los Angeles, California 2004 Short List Finalist, Oakland Airport Project, Oakland, California 2003 Chosen to be part of “100 Artists of the West Coast” by Douglas Bullis 1998 Crocker Museum of Art, Crocker-Kingsley Biennial, monetary award, Sacramento, California 1994 Silver Award in mixed media, Art Of California Magazine, Napa, California 1992 Honorable Mention, National Juried Exhibition, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California 1991 Gold and Bronze Awards in sculpture, Art Of California Magazine, Napa, California Monetary Award, Art & The Woman Artist, Clary-Miner Gallery, Buffalo, New York; 1983 Grant Award, Office of Professional Development, California State University, Chico, California 1982 Grant Award, Office of Professional Development, California State University, Chico, California PUBLIC / CORPORATE COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONED WORKS: (Selected) Hyundai Corporation Seoul, Korea Peninsula Art Museum Belmont, CA AT&T Houston, TX Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History Santa Cruz, CA Camino Medical Center Mountain View, CA Crocker Museum of Art Sacramento, CA Temple Isaiah Los Angeles, CA City of Richmond, City Hall Richmond, CA Pacific Gas & Electric San Ramon, CA Earthcam Inc. Hoboken, NJ Kaiser Hospital Mountain View, CA Alameda County Art Commission Oakland, CA Willow Pass Rec. Center Concord, CA Merck Pharmaceutical Philadelphia, PA Harrison Museum of Art Logan, Utah Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA Shoreline Office Center Mill Valley, CA Deloitte & Touche Seattle, WA DPR Construction Redwood City, CA San Francisco City Hall, Asst. City Atty. San Francisco, CA Life Scan Corporation Milpitas, CA Copan Corporation Seattle, WA ESL Corporation Santa Clara, CA Voyager Capital Seattle, WA Cal. State Teachers Ret. Sacramento, CA Rhoda Goldman Plaza San Francisco, CA Kemper Tool Company Chino, CA Corporate Net Leasing at City Commons Orlando, FL La Rinconada Golf Club Los Gatos, CA United Airlines San Francisco, CA Boston Medical Center Boston, MA Apple Corporation, Cupertino, CA Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN Adobe Corporation Mountain View, CA Louisiana Craft Council New Orleans, LA Temple Sinai Oakland, CA Varian Corporation Palo Alto, CA Kaiser Hospital Martinez, CA Top of the Hub restaurant Boston, MA My work is in over 150 private and corporate collections TELEVISED VIDEO & RADIO INTERVIEWS WITH THE ARTIST: 2007 KUSP Radio, Santa Cruz, California 1996 Channel 10, Santa Rosa, California 1991 Channel 6 Cable, Palo Alto, California 1986 Channel 6 Cable, Walnut Creek, California WORKSHOPS / LECTURES / PANELS: (Selected) 2007 Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Ft. Collins, CO 1998 Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, Slide Panel, Berkeley, CA 1995 Bay Area Jewish Women's Conference, Slide Panel, SF, CA 1993 Slide Presentation, at NCECA San Diego, Ca. Slide Presentation, California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Davis, California