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SOLO SHOWS:

2011


Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee

2009

Parish Hall Gallery, Summit, New Jersey

2007

The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee
Tall Grass Art Association, Park Forest, Illinois  
Domo Gallery, Summit, New Jersey

2006

Parish Hall Gallery, Summit, New Jersey
Freed – Hardeman University, Henderson, Tennessee
Baumgartner Gallery, New York, New York
The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee

2005

CRN Gallery, Chicago, Illinois  
33 Collective, Chicago Illinois  
The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee

2004

Seton Memorial Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey  

2003

The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Café
Hammond Substation #9, Hammond, Indiana  

2002

Calumet College of St. Joseph, East Chicago, Illinois  
Salon 101, Muster, Indiana
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
Clean, Well Lighted Place, Flemington, New Jersey

1998

Bongo Java Coffee House, Nashville, Tennessee
Word Publishing, Nashville, Tennessee

1997

Dickson County Public Library, Dickson, Tennessee
Hickman County Public Library, Centerville, Tennessee

1995

The Law Office of N. Countney Hollins, Nashville, Tennessee
The Art Store, Nashville, Tennessee


GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2010

Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Raritan Valley College, Somerville, New Jersey

2009

Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee. Jettison: New Ideas in Abstraction
Rabbet Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Naught and Nice
Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, New Jersey. Undercover: Disguise & Deception in (some) Contemporary Art
          Curator: Donna Gustafson
Brookdale College, Lincroft, New Jersey

2008

VAPA Gallery, Raritan Valley College, Somerville, New Jersey
Accola Contemporary, New York, New York
65Grand Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2007

Raritan Valley College, Somerville, New Jersey
Baumgartner Gallery, New York, New York
Domo Gallery, Summit, New Jersey
The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee

2006

Baumgartner Gallery, New York, New York
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey
Domo Gallery, Summit, New Jersey
Brookdale College, Lincroft, New Jersey
Raritan Valley College, Somerville, New Jersey

2005

Domo Gallery, Summit, New Jersey (Including: Lasker, Nozkowski, & Stephan)
Baumgartner Gallery, New York, New York
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, New Jersey
Domo Gallery, Summit, New Jersey
Brookdale College, Lincroft, New Jersey

2004

CRN Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Aguirre Duron Gallery, Chicago, Illinois  
Anne Reid Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey  
Geoff Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts  
The Arts Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee  
Raritan Valley College, Somerville, New Jersey

2003

Galerie Lelong, New York, New York  
Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Chicago, Illinois  
Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, New York
Rutgers University, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey    
Hunter University, Time Square Gallery, New York, New York  

2002

Fugitive Art Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, New York
Rutgers University, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey

2001

Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, New York
The Green Tie Affair, The Environmental Council, Nashville, Tennessee
Rutgers University, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Prestige Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee  

2000

Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee
Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee  
The Green Tie Affair, The Environmental Council, Nashville, Tennessee
Prestige Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee

1999

Watkins School of Art, Nashville, Tennessee
The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee
Prestige Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee

1998

The Jewish Community Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Celebration ’98 Centennial Art Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Outside the Lines, Nashville, Tennessee
East Hickman Art Show, Centerville, Tennessee
Prestige Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee

1997

Tennessee Art League, Nashville, Tennessee

1996

Central South Art Exhibition, The Parthenon – Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee, Juried by W. A. Herring
Tennessee Art League, Nashville, Tennessee
The Collector’s Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee

 
VISITING ARTIST:

2010 Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
         Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, New Jersey

2007 Watkins College of Art & Design, Nashville, Tennessee

2006 Freed – Hardeman University, Henderson, Tennessee

2005 Hunterdon Contemporary Art Museum, Clinton, New Jersey

2004 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  

2002 Calumet College, East Chicago, Illinois  


HONORS:

2011 New Jersey Council for the Arts: Fellowship for Painting

2009 National Academy Museum 185 Annual: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, New York, New York - Nomination

2005 The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York, New York – Nomination

2003 The Space Program of the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York, New York – Alternate
Andrew W. Mellon Colloquium, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey

2002 Ta/Ga Competitiveness Pool Funds Award. Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
 

PUBLICATIONS:

2007

Jonathan Marx, "Downtown Dangenart Gallery Celebrates Friendship, Growth", The Tennessean, Sunday August 26, 2007
David Maddox. "Nashville Visual Arts Events, September 1 - 10", (Blog - Nashville Science) August 29, 2007
"Exhibits: Tall Grass Gallery", Star Newspaper, Park Forest, IL, April 5, 2007
Works of Wes Sherman, eNews Park Forest, IL, www.enewspf.com, March 30, 2007
"Summit Painter is a student of art history", The Independent Press, Wednesday, March 28, 2007
"Wes Sherman: Abstraction and Portraiture", The Independent Press, Wednesday, January 24, 2007

2006

David Maddox. More Year End Recapping, (Blog – Nashville Science) December 23, 2006 (http://perambulating.blogspot.com/2006/12/more-yearend-recapping.html)
"Painting by Numbers", p. 18, Nashville Lifestyles, June/July 2006
David Maddox. Critics Picks. Nashville Science. – June 15
Jeff Cummins. "Artists Explore Abstraction in Exhibit at Summit Gallery". The Observer – January 6
Ralph Bellantoni. "Generating Influences: Two Generations of Modern Artists to Display Work in Summit". Courier News. – December 1
Art Fag City Blog. New World Orders: Vision and Re-Vision. artfagcity.blogspot.com – December

2002

The Times
, Munster, Indiana  
The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee

2000

InReview
, Nashville, Tennessee

1997

Hickman County Times
, Centerville, Tennessee


COLLECTIONS:
   
Tall Grass Art Association, Park Forest, Illinois  
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, New Jersey
Dream Catchers, Greenwood Valley, Colorado
Pinnacle Bank, Nashville, Tennessee
ETC Management, Nashville, Tennessee
First Tennessee Bank, Nashville, Tennessee

 
EMPLOYMENT:
          
Adjunct Professor at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Raritan Valley College, Brookdale College, and Warren County College (2003 - Present)
Studio Assistant for Gary Stephan (2003 - 2005)
Teaching Assistant in the Department of Visual Arts, Mason Gross School of Visual Arts, Rutgers University (2001 – 2003)
Coordinator of Summer Educational Programs and lecturer at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum (2002 - PRESENT)
Art Teacher, Nashville Christian Schools, Nashville, Tennessee (1998–2000)    


EDUCATION:

       
UNDER GRADUATE: Lipscomb University 1991
GRADUATE: Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 2003

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