BIOGRAPHY

Born: Philadelphia, 1958

Resides: Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Education: Munich Academy of Fine Arts (Diploma, 1990); Tyler School of Art, Temple University (B.F.A., 1980)

Solo Exhibitions:

1999
"Hidden Agender," Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California.

1997
"Sondra Sherman: New Work," Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona.

1997
"Cascades," Jewelerswerk Galerie, Washington, D.C.

1996
"All That's Precious," Jewelerswerk Galerie, Washington, D.C.

1995
"Conation/Cognition," Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.



Group Exhibitions:

2001
"A View By Two," Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence.

2001
"Micromegas," BKV Gallerie, Munich.

2001
"Jewelry as an Object of Installation," Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California.

2000
"Five Women in Craft," Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

2000
"Marked by Media," Bruce Gallery of Art, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Catalogue.

2001
"Schönmachen," Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany.

2001
"A Closer Look." James Howe Gallery, Kean University, Union, New Jersey.

1999
"Re-thinking Jewelry," San Fransisco Craft and Folk Art Museum. Catalogue.

1999
"The Shadow of Memory," Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California.

1997
"Transfigurations: Nine Contemporary Metalsmiths," The University of Akron, Ohio.

1997
"Metals Etc.," Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Texas. Catalogue.

1996
"Jewelry in Europe and America: New Times, New Thinking," Crafts Council Gallery, London. Traveled.

1996
"Signals: Late Twentieth-Century American Jewelry," Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

1996
"Schmuckszene," International Handwerksmesse, Munich. Catalogue.

1996
"Contemporary Thought in Jewelry," Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan.

1996
"Issues and Intent," Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California.

1993
"Munich Goldsmiths 93," Stadtmuseum München, Munich. Catalogue.

1993
"Gothic Affinities-Five Artists Working in the Crafts Tradition," Hicks Art Center, Philadelphia.

1992
"Citta Alchemia," Galerie am Fischmarkt, Erfurt, Germany.

1991
"Neoteric Jewelry," Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York. Catalogue.

1990
"Five," Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona.

1988
"Zeichen am Ohr," Galerie fur Modernen Schmuck, Frankfurt, Germany.

1988
"Young Americans," American Craft Museum, New York. Catalogue.

1988
"Jugend Gestaltet," International Handwerksmesse, Munich. Catalogue.

1987
"Schmuck im Bewegung," Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany.

1986
"Kopfschmuck," Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany.

1984
"Jewelry USA," American Craft Museum II, New York. Catalogue.

Selected Bibliography:

2001
Tanguy, Sarah. "5 Women in Craft Media." American Craft (December-January).

1998
Simon, Marjorie. "Cascades." Metalsmith Magazine (summer).

1997
Metcalf, Bruce. "Both/And: The Work of Sondra Sherman."Metalsmith Magazine (winter).

1997
Ramljak, Suzanne. "Keeping Vigil: Jewelry, Touch, and Physical Engagement."American Craft (June-July).

1996
Turner, Ralph. New Times, New Thinking: Jewelry in Europe and America. London: Thames and Hudson

1994
Lewin, Susan Grant. One of a Kind: American Art Jewelry Today.New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.