University Manager

MICHAEL SHERWIN

A RTIST R ESUME

**** *. ****** **. **********, WA 98926 abp8mh@r.postjobfree.com 509-***-**** www.michaelsherwin.com

EDUCATION

**** *.*.*., ***********, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

1999 B.F.A., Photography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

AWARDS / HONORS

2007 Len Thayer Grant, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington

2006 Tina Solberg Memorial Award, 2006 Kittitas County Juried Art Exhibit, Gallery One Visual Arts

Center, Ellensburg, Washington

Special Events Grant, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington

2005 Individual Artist Grant, Wyoming Arts Council, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Individual Artist Grant, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, Arizona

2004 Open Door Grant, Wyoming Arts Council, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Artist in Residency Grant, Community Visual Arts Association, Jackson, Wyoming

2004 Dean's Graduate Fellowship, Department of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon,

Eugene, Oregon

Graduate School Research Award, Department of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon,

Eugene, Oregon

Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Art History Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

2003 Juror Award, Illuminance 2003 exhibition, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, Texas

Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Malhuer Photographic Workshops, University of Oregon

2002 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

1999 Robert and Marion Gatrell Undergraduate Student Art Award, The Ohio State University, Columbus,

Ohio

1996-99 Merit Scholarships and Tuition Grants, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2007 Michael Sherwin Fanky Chak, Plates to Pixels Gallery, featured artist for November/December s

online duo exhibtion

Mysterious Transmissions, Bliss Hall Gallery, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio

Mysterious Transmissions, Gallery One Visual Arts Center, Ellensburg, Washington

2006 Flux and Form, Punch Gallery, Seattle, Washington

Walkscapes, Eveleth Green Gallery, Ellensburg, Washington

2005 Dislocation (national juried exhibition), Gallery 1101, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois

Vanishing Points (2-artist, national juried exhibition), Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson,

Arizona

Dislocation (national juried exhibition), Artspace Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming

2004 Illusions of Permanence, MFA Thesis exhibition, Laverne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon,

Eugene, Oregon

2003 Dislocation, Laverne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

1999 The New Landscape, B.F.A. Exhibition, The Art Loft, Columbus, Ohio

Familiar Faces, Huntington National Bank, Columbus, Ohio

1998 Face the Light (juried exhibition), Bernie s Bagel and Distillery, Columbus, Ohio

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 Trick of the Light (international juried exhibit), Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing

Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, curated by Dennis Kiel, Chief Curator of The Light Factory in Charlotte,

North Carolina,

West Virginia Regional Faculty Exhibition, in conjunction with the South East College Art

Conference, Charleston Town Hall, Charleston, West Virginia

35th Annual National Photo Exhibition (national juried exhibition), Larson Gallery, Yakima,

Washington

Weavings, Interlacing Texture and Design (invitational exhibition), Peggy Lewis Gallery, Yakima,

Washington

Ritual and Repetition (national juried exhibition), James W. and Lois I. Richmond Center for the

Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Central Washington University Faculty Exhibition, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg, Washington

2006 Vertical Hold, an Exhibition of Video Art, Eveleth Green Gallery, Ellensburg, Washington (curated by

Andrew Kaufman, Adjunct Professor of Art, Central Washington University)

Wired Forest, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Washington (curated by Tracey Fugami, Associate

Director of Education at Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, Washington)

2006 Kittitas County Juried Art Exhibit, Gallery One Visual Arts Center, Ellensburg, Washington

Eight the Great, The Second Annual Ellensburg Super-8 Night, Bluestone Academy, Ellensburg,

Washington

Round Two, Punch Gallery, Seattle, Washington

Hot and Now Nine Photographers, (national juried exhibition), Gallery 115, Greensboro, North

Carolina

Double Vision Shared Site, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, Oregon (curated by Terri Warpinski,

Chairperson, National Board of Directors, Society for Photographic Education and Associate

Professor of Photography, University of Oregon)

2005 Symbol and Logic, (international juried exhibition), Caladan Gallery, Beverly, Massachusetts

SPE NW Juried Exhibition, Washington State University, Gallery II Fine Arts Center, Pullman,

Washington

83 001/ 002 (juried exhibition), Artspace Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming

2004 Snow Show Show Snow ( juried exhibition), Black Rock Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming

Sense of Place (juried exhibition), Black Rock Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming

MFA 2004, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon

22nd Annual National Small Works Exhibition (international juried exhibition), Schoharie County Arts

Council Gallery, Cobleskill, New York

Malheur 2004, Laverne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

2003 Variants, Laverne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

New Work in Photography (juried exhibition), Photozone Gallery, Eugene, Oregon

Illuminance 2003 (international juried exhibition), The Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, Texas

Analogue, Laverne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

16x20, Points of View, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, Washington

Craft Center Family Album Exhibit, Adell McMillan Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

2002 [pho/to show], Laverne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon

Student/Teacher Exhibition of Art, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon

2001 Salon des Refuses, New Zone Art Collective, Eugene, Oregon

Spirits of the Land (juried exhibition), Art West Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming

1999 Undergraduate Student Exhibition (juried exhibiton), Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State

University, Columbus, Ohio

COLLECTIONS

Gallery 115, The Design Group, Greensboro, North Carolina

Permanent Collection, Art History Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Sarah Gummere Photographic Collection, Portland, Oregon

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007 Brian Sherwin, "Art Space Talk: Michael Sherwin", www.myartspace.com, several image

reproductions and interview

Patrick Carlson, ''CWU Photo, A Developing Art Form'', and ''Depth of Field; In the Digital Age,

Interest in Photographic Art Expands'', feature articles in Peak, a weekly section highlighting arts

and entertainment, The Daily Record, Ellensburg, Washingtion, April 12-20

Weavings, Interlacing Texture and Design, image chosen for postcard cover, Peggy Lewis Gallery,

Yakima, Washington

2006 Regina Hackett, ''Visions of Nature in the Age of Technology'', Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 27

Regina Hackett,''Punch Gallery features the artwork of Michael Sherwin'', Seattle Post-Intelligencer,

September 15

Michelle Bates, Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity, image reproduction in text, Focal Press

Keith Buckner, ''Nine Ways of Looking Through a Lens'', www.gotriad.com

2005 Margaret Regan, ''Rebirth Again'', Tuscon Weekly, September 1, 2005

83 001/ 002, Image chosen for postcard cover, Artspace Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming

Tammy Christel, ''Sherwin Exposed: New Photography Studio Clicks'', image reproduction and

interview, Planet Jackson Hole newspaper, Volume 3, #22

Travis Martin, ''Dislocation'', image reproductions and interview, Splash magazine, Summer 2005

issue

2004 Snow Show Show Snow, image chosen for postcard cover, Black Rock Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming

Image reproduction, Planet Jackson Hole newspaper, Volume 2, Number 52

The Photo Review, National juried photography competition, Volume 26, Number 3, Consolidated

Drake Press, Langhorne, Pennsylvania

Illuminance 2003, exhibition catalogue cover and website reproductions, Buddy Holly Center,

Lubbock, Texas

2000 Spirits of the Land, image chosen for postcard cover, Art West Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming

PRESENTATIONS

2007 Artist Presentation, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio

Systems of Change: Science, Photography and our Quest for Understanding, Unnatural

Landscape panel session, South East College Art Conference, Charleston, West Virginia

Artist Presentation, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

Artist Presentation, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

Artist Presentation, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Artist Presentation, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington

Artist Presentation, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, Indiana

Artist Presentation, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina

2006 ''Translations of Lorca: Sharing an Experience in Cross-disciplinary Collaboration'', Symposium on

University Research and Creative Expression, Central Washington University, Ellensburg,

Washington

2004 ''Reality and Representation'', Landscape Architecure Deparment, University of Oregon, Eugene,

Oregon

2003 Artist Lecture: ''Sequential Imagery and Time-based Art'', Department of Art, University of Oregon,

Eugene, Oregon

Artist Lecture, Malhuer Photographic Workshops, Fields, Oregon

''Alternative Cameras'', Department of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Artist Lecture, Creative B&W Photography, Department of Art, University of Oregon

2000 ''Alternative Landscape Photography and The New Topographics'', Photography Forum, Jackson,

Wyoming

RECENT EMPLOYMENT

2007 Assistant Professor of Art, Digital Photography (ongoing), West Virginia University, Morgantown,

West Virginia

2005-07 Visiting Professor in Photography and Digital Imaging, Central Washington University, Ellensburg,

Washington

2005 Instructor of Photography, The Art Association, Jackson, Wyoming

Gallery Manager, Light Reflections Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming

2004 Visiting Artist / Instructor of Photography, Jackson Hole Middle School, Jackson, Wyoming

Adjunct Professor, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

2001-04 Instructor of Photography, The Craft Center, Eugene, Oregon

2001-02 Instructor of Photography, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Photographic proficiencies include: Beginning to Advanced Black and White processing and printing,

RA 4, C-41 and E-6 Color processing and printing, Alternative processes (Van Dyke, Cyanotype,

Gum Bichromate, Liquid Light emulsion, and Polaroid Transfers), Alternative Cameras (Pinhole,

Holga, Diana and other toy cameras), Large Format photography, Studio Lighting, Digital Camera

use and Video capture and editing.

Computer proficiencies include: Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Pagemaker, Illustrator,

Quark, Microsoft Office, Powerpoint, InDesign, DataCad and the Internet.

Member of the Society for Photographic Education, College Art Association, Silver Eye Center for

Photography, Center for Photogaphy at Woodstock, and The Print Center.

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