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EXHIBIT AT TEDMED CONFERENCE
Patient Translations
TEDMED
Kennedy Center, Washington DC
April 16-19, 2013
April 2013. Sound artist Halsey Burgund and I bring a second iteration of our collaborative audio and visual artwork Patient Translations to TEDMED. While TED is a nonprofit devoted to "Ideas Worth Spreading", TEMED is a focused offshoot, a "multi-disciplinary community of innovators and leaders who share a common determination to create a better future in health and medicine." Once a year TEDMED curates an unusual and provocative program that celebrates the "power of unexpected connections to create important new possibilities." A Patient Translations recording booth and art installation accompany an iOS app and website. All allow the public to contribute his or her voice to the artwork, as well as listen to Halsey's evolving audio collage of music and voices. The work has been generously commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Mad*Pow, BostonCHI, and John Snow, Inc (JSI).
TEDMED Blog post by Stacy Lu, April 9, 2013
"... the topic of health lends itself to poignant storytelling. 'There is anxiety and fear for what’s going to happen to yourself or people you love. It’s these sort of moments where people are really to express a lot about who they are as individuals,' Burgund says. The work also gave the artists a chance to portray a universal though often hidden experience, they say."
"... the topic of health lends itself to poignant storytelling. 'There is anxiety and fear for what’s going to happen to yourself or people you love. It’s these sort of moments where people are really to express a lot about who they are as individuals,' Burgund says. The work also gave the artists a chance to portray a universal though often hidden experience, they say."
AUCTION AT MASSART
Kelly Sherman
Daniel and Kelly
Ink and charcoal on paper
16 x 20 inches
MassArt's 24th Annual Benefit Art Auction
The Massachusetts College of Art
The Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery & The Stephen D. Paine Gallery
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Doors open at 6:30 pm
April 2013. A new piece will be for sale at the MassArt Annual Benefit Art Auction, which is one of the largest visual art auctions in New England and "a destination for collectors seeking to view and purchase exceptional contemporary art in a festive environment." Over its twenty-three year history, the auction has raised millions of dollars to support student scholarships, academic programming, and participating artists. This study shares features with a few different series that I'm currently working on: couples in silhouette, intricate line drawing, and a honeycomb pattern that I just can't shake.EXHIBIT AT THE HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE DESIGN CONFERENCE
Patient Translations
Healthcare Experience Design Conference
Monday, March 25, 2013
March 2013. Sound artist Halsey Burgund and I collaborate to create an audio and visual artwork about the experience of being a patient. Patient Translations debuts at the Healthcare Experience Design Conference, whose mission is to put the patient at the forefront of design innovation in healthcare. A recording booth and visual installation accompany an iOS app and website. All allow the public to contribute his or her voice to the artwork, as well as listen to Halsey's evolving audio collage of music and voices. The work has been generously commissioned for the conference by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Mad*Pow, BostonCHI, and John Snow, Inc (JSI).
ARTIST LECTURE AT THE MUSEUM SCHOOL
Conversations Around Drawing, Room A204
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Monday, February 11, 2013 at 6pm
February 2013. I've bene invited to speak at the Museum School as part of the SMFA's Visiting Artist Program and in conjunction with a course titled Conversations Around Drawing. Other artists in the lecture series include Sandra Allen, Ria Brodell, Candice Ivy, Andrea Sherrill Evans, Bill Flynn, Raul Gonzalez, and Karen Moss. Each 90 minute session will be divided between lecture and discussion, and is free and open to the public. Check the SMFA calendar for individual dates for the other artists. EXHIBITION AT DRIVE-BY PROJECTS
Kelly Sherman
horizon, 2003
Graphic tape and vinyl lettering on layered vellum
24 x 36 inches
Diagram
Drive-By Projects
January 10–February 23, 2013
Opening reception January 16, 6–8pm
Saturday with the Artists event February 2, 1–4pm
January 2013. Drive-By Projects and curators Beth Kantrowitz and Kathleen O'Hara present Diagram, an exhibition of works on paper by John O'Connor, Janet Cohen, Andrew Mowbray, and myself. The pieces in the exhibition deconstruct and visualize events, systems, and patterns significant to each artist, whether they are a scheme to decipher the lottery, the plays of the 2004 World Series, mindfully dissected writings, or a toss of the dice. While the two works of mine of view are older, they have never before been exhibited and offered me such a nice opportunity to reflect on my continuing love of sentence diagrams. Andrew Mowbray and I will discuss our work on February 2nd at Saturday with the Artists. All events are free and open to the public.
Boston Globe article by Cate McQuaid, January 22, 2013
"...a breezy, nerdy group show at Drive-By Projects, spotlights artists who map and systematize. ... Kelly Sherman diagrams her own poetry. Horizon plays along horizontal and diagonal lines, through layers of vellum, so that the image gracefully underlines the text’s content."
"...a breezy, nerdy group show at Drive-By Projects, spotlights artists who map and systematize. ... Kelly Sherman diagrams her own poetry. Horizon plays along horizontal and diagonal lines, through layers of vellum, so that the image gracefully underlines the text’s content."
BENEFIT EXHIBITION AT BARBARA KRAKOW GALLERY
Kelly Sherman
FAST SLOW FOREVER, 2012
Gouache and pencil on paper
16 x 20 inches
Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition
Barbara Krakow Gallery
December 1–8, 2012
December 2012. The Barbara Krakow Gallery hosts their annual exhibition to benefit the treatment of AIDS. All artworks—from local and internationally recognized artists—are available for a $350 donation to the Boston Pediatric Aids Intitiative or The African Aids Initiative. The event is free and open to the public.
ACCELERATOR RESIDENCY AT MASSCHALLENGE
MassChallenge 2012 Finalist
Social Impact Start-Up: New Art Love +!<3
June – October, 2012
June 2012. With the support of the the world's largest startup accelerator, MassChallenge, I joined ARTMORPHEUS founder and director Liora Beer to found and launch New Art Love, a social impact organization dedicated to creating meaningful connections between artists and art-lovers. As MassChallenge finalists we joined other "high-impact, early-stage entrepreneurs" in a waterfront co-working space with breaktaking views of Boston Harbor to receive incredible levels of support, mentorship, and community—all with no strings attached. A huge thank you to the MassChallenge organization, community, and dedicated team of mentors, as well as the other individuals in the art and design communities who helped bring New Art Love to life.
EXHIBITION AT THE ARLINGTON ARTS CENTER
Installation view of exhibition and the series Brides
CTRL+P: New Directions in Printmaking
Arlington Center for the Arts,
in collaboration with The Studio Visit
Curated by Julie Chae & Kristina Bilonick
June 22nd – September 16th, 2012
Opening reception June 23rd, 6–9 PM
June 2012. I will be part of a group exhibition on contemporary conceptual printmaking at the Arlington Center for the Arts in collaboration with The Studio Visit. Curators Julie Chae and Kristina Bilonick have been invited to develop tandem exhibitions exploring the theme of "print". A series of related classroom activities and public programming will run concurrently with the exhibitions. The Studio Visit has assigned two writers, Matthew Smith and Joren Lindholm, to document the curators through this process. This documentation will develop into online journal entries on The Studio Visit website and a printed catalog produced by Arlington Center for the Arts and The Studio Visit.Read Julie Chae's curatorial statement here. Artists in the exhibit include: Anne Albagli, Jordan Bernier, Melissa Brown, Paul Chan, Kris Chatterson, Brian Chippendale, Billy Colbert, Vince Contarino, Christopher Davison, E.V. Day, Anthony Dihle, Kyle Durrie, Jeremy Flick, Tim Gibbon, Jungil Hong, Gary Kachadourian, Byron Kim, Steve Lambert, Hugh Leeman, Glenn Ligon, Marie Lorenz, Esperanza Mayobre, Serena Perrone, Gretchen Schermerhorn & Franc Rosario, Rob Swainston, and Barbara Takenaga.
Washington Post article Washington’s best art gallery shows of 2012 by Mark Jenkins, December 7, 2012
"...After reviewing about 200 local exhibitions in 2012 — and seeing many more than that — selecting the best was daunting. These 10 were certainly among the strongest, but they also represented the impressive breadth of art shown this year in a city open to both classicism and conceptualism... Customary expectations for prints were literally blown up by this wide-ranging group exhibition, which featured much wall-size work. Despite its keyboard-inspired name, this was not a show of computer-generated prints. Beside more recent techniques and technologies, the selection included examples of such traditional forms as woodcut and letterpress. The attitude, however, was experimental and contemporary."
Huffington Post article by Liz Markus, July 20, 2012
"...a large, dynamic exhibition that explores new directions in printmaking. [Curators] Julie and Kristina brought different perspectives and approaches to organizing the show, but both shared an interest in artists who rethink the traditional notion of printmaking as multiples and whose works exhibit stunning technical skill in printmaking."
Printeresting article by Amze Emmons, September 5, 2012
"In a year of great print shows, Ctrl + P will undoubtedly be in many top ten lists... The exhibition does a good job of exploring the edges of print media, by focusing on artists who are approaching this discipline through non-traditional processes or tangential forms."
"...After reviewing about 200 local exhibitions in 2012 — and seeing many more than that — selecting the best was daunting. These 10 were certainly among the strongest, but they also represented the impressive breadth of art shown this year in a city open to both classicism and conceptualism... Customary expectations for prints were literally blown up by this wide-ranging group exhibition, which featured much wall-size work. Despite its keyboard-inspired name, this was not a show of computer-generated prints. Beside more recent techniques and technologies, the selection included examples of such traditional forms as woodcut and letterpress. The attitude, however, was experimental and contemporary."
Huffington Post article by Liz Markus, July 20, 2012
"...a large, dynamic exhibition that explores new directions in printmaking. [Curators] Julie and Kristina brought different perspectives and approaches to organizing the show, but both shared an interest in artists who rethink the traditional notion of printmaking as multiples and whose works exhibit stunning technical skill in printmaking."
Printeresting article by Amze Emmons, September 5, 2012
"In a year of great print shows, Ctrl + P will undoubtedly be in many top ten lists... The exhibition does a good job of exploring the edges of print media, by focusing on artists who are approaching this discipline through non-traditional processes or tangential forms."
EXHIBITION & 2012 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT MASSART
President's Gallery
Massachusetts College of Art & Design
May – September, 2012
May 2012. I'm excited to return to my alma mater to send off this year's graduates and echo the college's appropriate slogan, "MassArt made me fearless." Preceding me on stage will be Dawn Barrett, the college's new president and former dean of Architecture and Design at RISD, as well as the fascinating neurologist Frank Wilson, and type designer Matthew Carter of renowned fonts such as Bell Centennial, Big Caslon, Verdana and Tahoma. A selection of my artwork will join Carter's in the President's Office Gallery and will be on view into September.
GALLERY TALK AT THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (Lover Boys), 1991.
Candies individually wrapped in clear wrapping, endless supply.
Overall dimensions vary withinstallation.
Ideal weight: 355 lbs.
Courtesy of Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York.
© The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation.
Photo: Boston Phoenix.
Kelly Sherman on Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Figuring Color: Kathy Butterly, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roy McMakin, Sue Williams
Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston
February 26, 2012
February 2012. I will be giving an informal gallery talk on the work of conceptual artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres, one of the artists whose work is featured in the ICA exhibition Figuring Color. It is such a pleasure to have the opportunity to talk about Gonzalez-Torres' bold and powerful work. I will be approaching the talk as an artist who also aims to imbue ordinary objects with emotion and sentiment, tell stories of love and loss, and use restraint as a tool for drama. Figuring Color: Kathy Butterly, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roy McMakin, Sue Williams is organized by Senior Curator Jenelle Porter and will be on view through May 20, 2012.
Audio clips from the talk are posted below.
Audio clip 1: Intro, creating space in artwork
Audio clip 2: Artist as host
Audio clip 3: Daring to do so little
Audio clip 4: Making the erotic comfortable and inviting
Audio clip 5: Choices, constraints, and design criteria
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (Blood),1992.
Installation with plastic beads & metal rod.
Photo: Boston Phoenix.
PRESENTATION WITH THE LABORATORY AT HARVARD
Experience Economies 6: Innovate or Die
The Lab at Harvard
February 18, 2012
February 2012. The Lab at Harvard presents Experience Economies 6: Innovate or Die. Why innovate? Experience Economies will ask this very question on a participatory tour of Boston's innovation landscape. This multimedia and multi-venue event will bring audiences inside the doors of some of the most unique and visionary ventures, foundations, and research laboratories in the region, engines at the leading edge of the emergent innovation economy. Each stop has been paired with artworks, performances, presentations and other surprise events exploring innovation — how it is conceptualized, pursued and lived in Boston and Cambridge, now and historically. Experience Economies 6: Innovate or Die will include presentations by myself, as well as artists Catherine McMahon, Mary Walling Blackburn, historian of science Jeremy Blatter, and a number of surprise guests. With thanks for the support of partners at the Berwick Research Institute, Harvard i-lab, Continuum, Boston ArtScience Prize, and Industry Lab.
ArtPapers review by Ruth Erickson, May/June 2012
"...Continuum, an "innovation consultancy company." This suburban office park meets hip design, where smart, young employees come up with novel ways for companies to sell stuff, tending toward the experiential, the environmental, and the performative. Kelly Sherman's and Catherine McMahon's projects played off these ideas. Sherman utilized consumer interview and research methods in order to engage a group of students in addressing teen violence. She used diagrams and Post-it notes to document the team-based process on large boards, masterfully mixing visual idioms of community activism, administration, and graphic design."
Shift review by Elizabeth Tereshko, February 21, 2012
"The piece by Kelly Sherman was "recognized" by colorful post-its, a medium used in the brainstorming sessions and also in office culture... Ms. Sherman presents a work developed by applying innovation methods to the creation of an artwork addressing social violence in Roxbury. A cross-disciplinary project positioned at the confluence of art and innovation, Ms. Sherman's project traces the common "social turns" that both worlds have undertaken, emerging from studio and laboratory environments to address major social issues."
Crimson review by Jay A. Drummond III, February 28, 2012
"Each stop on the Innovate or Die tour was meant to examine or critique the concept of innovation from a different angle... Kelly Sherman, artist and strategist at Continuum, showed posters detailing her collaboration with art teacher Aziza Robinson-Goodnight and the Design Studio for Social Intervention, a Boston social service group. Their project, Sherman explained, aimed to confront violence in the school system by creating a performance piece incorporating students' definitions of a "fight" and its causes."
"...Continuum, an "innovation consultancy company." This suburban office park meets hip design, where smart, young employees come up with novel ways for companies to sell stuff, tending toward the experiential, the environmental, and the performative. Kelly Sherman's and Catherine McMahon's projects played off these ideas. Sherman utilized consumer interview and research methods in order to engage a group of students in addressing teen violence. She used diagrams and Post-it notes to document the team-based process on large boards, masterfully mixing visual idioms of community activism, administration, and graphic design."
Shift review by Elizabeth Tereshko, February 21, 2012
"The piece by Kelly Sherman was "recognized" by colorful post-its, a medium used in the brainstorming sessions and also in office culture... Ms. Sherman presents a work developed by applying innovation methods to the creation of an artwork addressing social violence in Roxbury. A cross-disciplinary project positioned at the confluence of art and innovation, Ms. Sherman's project traces the common "social turns" that both worlds have undertaken, emerging from studio and laboratory environments to address major social issues."
Crimson review by Jay A. Drummond III, February 28, 2012
"Each stop on the Innovate or Die tour was meant to examine or critique the concept of innovation from a different angle... Kelly Sherman, artist and strategist at Continuum, showed posters detailing her collaboration with art teacher Aziza Robinson-Goodnight and the Design Studio for Social Intervention, a Boston social service group. Their project, Sherman explained, aimed to confront violence in the school system by creating a performance piece incorporating students' definitions of a "fight" and its causes."
BENEFIT EXHIBITION AT BARBARA KRAKOW GALLERY
Kelly Sherman
Line Study #3, 2011
Ink on paper
17 x 17 1/8 inches
Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition
Barbara Krakow Gallery
December 10–17, 2011
December 2011. The Barbara Krakow Gallery hosts their annual exhibition to benefit the treatment of AIDS. All artworks—from local and internationally recognized artists—are available for a $350 donation to the Boston Pediatric Aids Intitiative or The African Aids Initiative. The event is free and open to the public.
SOCIAL INTERVENTION PERFORMANCE EVENT AT MADISON PARK PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL
Kelly Sherman
Performance still from The Labyrinth, Madison Park
The Labyrinth, Madison Park
Madison Park Public School
Design Studio for Social Intervention
September 2011. Labyrinth: Madison Park was social intervention on the grounds of Madison Park High School in Roxbury, Massachusetts, that took place during the opening week of school. The intervention took the form of a five-actor performance and was supported by community members who engaged the crowd in dialogue and distributed custom-made buttons. A thirty-foot pavement mural was left behind on the property as a remnant of the event. The intervention was conceived of during an intensive artist residency at the Design Studio for Social Intervention, in an extension of the Design Studio's ongoing anti-violence campaign. Leveraging the design research approach that I use as a Strategist at Continuum, I worked closely with a number of people deeply familiar with violence, the organization's staff, and a team of high school interns. The project was an experiment in merging art, social activism, and the design research process to address a complex social problem with integrity.RESIDENCY AT THE DESIGN STUDIO FOR SOCIAL INTERVENTION
Let's Flip It
Design Studio for Social Intervention
July 2011. This month I kick off an intensive artist residency at the Design Studio for Social Intervention (DS4SI), which is a "space for artists, activists, academics and other social interventionists to reframe, reimagine, and reinvigorate the possibilities of the non-profit sector." While there, I'll be working with a team of nine high school interns—part of Youth Activism Design Institute's effort to "place the youth most affected by violence at the center of the efforts to bring an end to violence." Leveraging the design research approach that I use as a Strategist at Continuum, we will conduct surveys and one-on-one interviews with individuals who are in the crosshairs of social violence in Boston. In an extension of their ongoing campaign Let's Flip It, we will work to create a meaningful "intervention" that will address social violence and resonate within the community.
To connect with the larger Let's Flip It campaign, find us on Facebook.
AUCTION AT MASSART
Kelly Sherman
Magazine Bride #14
Gouache and pencil on paper
16 x 20 inches
MassArt's 22nd Annual Benefit Art Auction
The Massachusetts College of Art
The Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery & The Stephen D. Paine Gallery
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Doors open at 6:30 pm
April 2011. A piece from my Magazine Brides series will be for sale at the MassArt Annual Benefit Art Auction, which is the college's signature fundraising event. Every year, it generates resources in support of scholarships, faculty development, exhibitions, and visual arts programs for urban youth and other Boston-area residents. Last year's auction raised more than $600,000. The auction features work in a variety of media by nationally and internationally known artists, emerging artists, as well as MassArt alumni, faculty, and students. Overall, more than three hundred pieces are included in the auction each year.PRESENTATION AT THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS SOCIETY OF AMERICA
2010 & 2009 IDEA Award Presentations
IDSA Boston
Wentworth Institute of Technology
6 pm on December 1st, 2010
December 2010. IDSA Boston will be honoring area IDEA award winners from 2010 and 2009. I will be presenting Colorblind, a Continuum project I worked on for a year; its goal was to understand how people think and feel about the environment, so that businesses and designers alike can make informed strategies for sustainability. The project won Continuum a Gold IDEA award for research in 2009. Other IDEA award winners will be presenting as well, including folks from Bose, New Balance, IDEO, Axis 1 Golf, and litl.
BENEFIT AT BARBARA KRAKOW GALLERY
Kelly Sherman
Drawing for the Couples series
Mixed media with ink, watercolor, gouache
and enamel on paper
Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition
Barbara Krakow Gallery
December 11–17, 2010
December 2010. The Barbara Krakow Gallery hosts their annual exhibition to benefit the treatment of AIDS. All artworks—from local and internationally recognized artists—are available for a $350 donation to the Boston Pediatric Aids Intitiative or The African Aids Initiative. The event is free and open to the public.
EXHIBITION AT GALLERY 263
Wallpaper
Golden Arrows residency at Gallery 263
Opening Party at 6 pm on December 13th, 2010
December 2010. Graphic design cooperative Golden Arrows has installed an exhibition of wallpaper patterns from artists and designers alike. It'll be on view for the duration of their residency at Gallery 263. I've been deep in pattern research myself and thought the timing uncanny. Merely a sketch for a project that's in the works, my simple Kinko's print pales in comparision to some of the lush wallpapers on view by other artists and designers, including Betsy Robichaud, Melinda Cross, Anika Ahlberg, Ernesto Morales, Chris Maggio, Courtney Moy, Nerissa Cooney, Alex Hage, Autumn Ahn, Annie Newbold, Nathaniel Fink, Michelle Moon Lee and more.DESIGN TEAM AT THE DESIGN STUDIO FOR SOCIAL INTERVENTION
The Public: A Work in Progress
Design Studio for Social Intervention
6 pm on November 27th, 2010
November 2010. The dynamic Design Studio for Social Intervention is hosting what they're calling a "creative R&D project about imagining new kinds of public infrastructure." Panelists include Mike Edwards, Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos; Monique Harden, Founder of Advocates for Environmental Human Rights; and Hiroko Kikuchi, public and performance artist. Come join me for what will certainly be an interesting evening of thinking both critically and creatively about government and civil society. I'll be participating on the Design Team to help ensure the conversation veers toward the creative.
VISITING LECTURER AT THE MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN
Degree Project: Senior Research Class
Heather Reavey, Visiting Professor
Industrial Design Department, Massachusetts College of Art & Design
September 27, 2010
September 2010. I love MassArt: I can visit one day to talk about my art practice and another day to talk about design research. For this particular visit, I'll be helping Industrial Design seniors hone their design strategy, envisioning, and storytelling skills.
VISITING LECTURER AT THE MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN
Senior Seminar
Matthew Hincman, Assistant Professor
Sculpture Department, Massachusetts College of Art & Design
September 15, 2010
September 2010. While this is a closed-door lecture to the students in MassArt's Sculpture Department's Senior Seminar, I thought I'd post my presentation here nonetheless. Stay posted, it'll be forthcoming.
CONVERSATION AT THE DESIGN STUDIO FOR SOCIAL INTERVENTION
At Work: A Conversation About Art(ists) Work(ing)
Design Studio for Social Intervention
6 pm on April 7, 2010
April 2010. At Work is a dinner conversation about art and work, conceived by independent curator Rebecca Uchill and hosted by the Design Studio for Social Intervention, a "space for artists, activists, academics and other social interventionists to reframe, reimagine, and reinvigorate the possibilities of the non-profit sector." Participating along with me is Meg Rotzel, the Program Coordinator at MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies, whose art and work are as conflated as mine. Meg and I will discuss the many ways our "art-work" and "work-work" coincide and inform one another. Also featured is Art Work: A National Conversation About Art, Labor, and Economics, a project by Temporary Services. It's a pot-luck dinner, so come prepared to share ideas, stories, and food.
EXHIBITION AT THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART / BOSTON
Sandra & Gerald Fineberg Art Wall
Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston
January 16 – February 7, 2010
January 2010. The ICA brings Wish Lists out from their collection archives for a month-long installation in the museum's main lobby.
"Kelly Sherman creates poignant conceptual statements out of the infinite, mundane online postings. With lists she found searching the Internet, Sherman assembles spare yet evocative “portraits” of individual and collective desire. Their ranging requests—from the nondescript to the minutely specific, from the prosaic to the poetic—hint at the identity, age, and social circumstance of each author. By presenting the lists in a uniform, simple fashion, Sherman highlights the emotive potential of these anonymous wants and needs."
AUCTION FOR REACH
REACH for the Stars...Transform a Life Artist & Celebrity Auction
REACH Beyond Domestic Violence
November 5, 2009 6–9 pm
November 2009. The sixth annual auction to benefit the non-profit organization REACH, helping them sustain their programs and services for women, men, and children affected by domestic violence. Preview the work online.
EXHIBITION AT BARBARA KRAKOW GALLERY
Kelly Sherman
Margaret Sofa in Oasis,2009
Inkjet print
16 x 24 inches
Edition of 5
Success & Happiness
Barbara Krakow Gallery
May 30, 2009 – July 3, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 30th, 3–5 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, June 20th, 2 pm
April 2009. The Barbara Krakow Gallery will present Success & Happiness, a solo exhibition of my current work, which includes prints, photography, and paintings. The opening reception is from 3 to 5 pm on Saturday, May 30th, and the artist talk is at 2 pm on Saturday June 20th. All events are free and open to the public. Preview the work online. 
Installation views. PHOTO CREDIT: Rajesh Bilimoria
Boston Globe review by Cate McQuaid, June 17, 2009
"June brides may want to steer clear of Kelly Sherman's show "Success & Happiness" at Barbara Krakow Gallery. It features a thoughtful deconstruction of the iconography and packaging of the modern bride. That princess-for-a-day role can be challenging enough to live up to. Seeing this exhibit could trigger a bridal identity crisis. … None of Sherman's work is a simple critique of advertising. Nor is she calling us out for our naked longing for deep, sink-in hospitality. This work prompts us to shed the trappings of sales and stories and return to the elusive essence of desire as something that reveals us, and keeps us moving forward."
New England Journal of Aesthetic Research review by Greg Cook, July 3, 2009
"Boston conceptual artist Kelly Sherman continues to plumb the disconnect between our consumerist culture and our craving for human connection in her new show "Success & Happiness" at Boston’s Barbara Krakow Gallery."