Sher Fick - Solo Exhibitions

2013 - 15  bitter + SWEET, a Way with Words
Work includes Assemblage & Edible Art; Venues TBA

2012   YOUR STORY BEGINS AT HOME
Ten Year Retrospective, Eastern Illinois Community Center, June

2010 COPING SKILLS & A PAXIL A DAY
seedSPACE for Emerging Artists, Nashville, TN. November 2009 – February 2010

2007 YOUR STORY BEGINS AT HOME
The Gallery at the Phoenix Theatre, Bowling Green, KY. April – May 2007. Reception: April 6, 2007
Curator: Andee Rudloff

2003 SPIRITUAL MEMORY COLLAGES
Arts Center Galleries, Niceville, FL.
Curator: D. Ann Waters

1999 BOVINE SERIES
Arts Center Galleries and Sprint Theater Gallery, Niceville, FL
Curator: Karen Valdes

 

Sher Fick - Museum Exhibitions

2012 WRITER RESPONSE TO THE COLLECTION - Visual Stories
Customs House Museum & Cultural Center, Clarksville, TN  March-April 

2011 LADIES FIRST, Distinctive Contemporary Women Artists of Tennessee
The Customs House Museum & Cultural Center, Clarksville, TN. March – April

2011 TAKE CARE: BIOMEDICAL ETHICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
The Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN. January 2011
Curators: A.O. Piston & Jason Driskell.
Catalogue

2010 MODERN GIRLS, 10 Distinctive Contemporary Women Artists of Tennessee
The Customs House Museum & Cultural Center, Clarksville, TN. March 3 – April 18

2009 ARTPRIZE 2009 – Juried International Exhibition
Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery 114, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI. September – October 2009

2008 SOUTHEASTERN JURIED EXHIBITION 2008 BIENNIAL
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL. July – September
Curator: Ron Platt

2008 HAPPILY EVER AFTER
Outdoor Sculpture Installation Experiences (Individual Design for Rapunzel’s Tower), Cheekwood Art & Gardens, Nashville, TN
Curator: Leigh Ann Lomax

2007 ONCE UPON A GARDEN
Outdoor Sculpture Installation Experiences for Mr. McGregor’s Garden, May – September
Team: Outlaw/Fick/Beach

2000 REFLECTIONS OF THE SPIRITUAL
Art Museum, Fort Walton Beach, FL

2000 WOMEN’S PREROGATIVE
Art Museum, Fort Walton Beach, FL

2000 HOPE OF OUR WORLD
Art Museum, Fort Walton Beach, FL

 

Sher Fick - Selected Exhibitions

 

2012   COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ARTS Nashville Top Artists

Coping Skills Collector Series via seedSPACE Gallery, Nashville, TN

2012  TAKE CARE: BIOMEDICAL ETHICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, March-April

2012   TAKE CARE: Biomedical Ethics in the 21st Century

Austin Peay State University, TN, Jan - Feb

2011 TAKE CARE: Biomedical Ethics in the 21st Centery

Vanderbilt University, Gallery 204, Sept-October

2010 OBJECT-ive
Small Scale Sculpture Review, Davis Art Advisory, Nashville, TN. April 2010

2008 The 2008 Regional Art Exhibition
The Renaissance Art Center, Dickson, TN. October – November 2008

2008 INCENDIARY
Invitational Exhibition, Alternative Spaces, Nashville, TN

2007 ENCAUSTIC XPRESSIONS
Maria LaTour, Lisa Manheim & Sher Fick, West Chester University, PA
Curator: John Baker. West Chester, PA

2006 EARTHworks
Invitational Exhibition, Nature Conservancy Convention, Nashville, TN

2006 FLUX
Todd Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

2006 BLOOM
Untitled Artist Group, Crystalwood Gallery, Nashville, TN

2005 EXCAVATIONS
Todd Building, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

2005 YOUR STORY BEGINS AT HOME
Todd Building & Cope Administration Building, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

2005 PUBLIC ACCESS I & II
Cope Administration Building, Middle TN State University, Murfreesboro, TN

2005 REINVENTION & HOW TO START A REVOLUTION
Untitled Artist Group, Nashville, TN

2004 DRAWINGS FROM WOMEN
New Language Art, Hermitage, TN

2003 IN THE DETAILS
Artel Gallery, Pensacola, FL

2003 ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION
Arts Center Galleries, Niceville, FL

2002 UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA ANNUAL JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION
Pensacola, FL

2001 IT’S ALL JUST BAROQUE TO ME
Right Angles Gallery, Pensacola, FL

2001 ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION
Arts Center Galleries, Niceville, FL

2000 REFLECTIONS OF THE SPIRITUAL
Art Museum, Fort Walton Beach, FL

2000 WOMEN’S PREROGATIVE
Art Museum, Fort Walton Beach, FL

2000 HOPE OF OUR WORLD
Art Museum, Fort Walton Beach, FL

 

Sher Fick - Published Artwork

 

“COPING SKILLS, The Inspiration & Art of Sher Fick”
By For Art’s Sake Studios.
Publishing date: September 2010.
*Available on Amazon, September 2010 – with ISBN.

 

 

 

“Faking the Ancient Andes”
By Drs. Karen Bruhn and Nancy K. Kelker
Published November 2009
15 Illustrations, 1 Chapter on Creation of Faux Masks by Sher Fick

“Faking Ancient MesoAmerican”
By Drs. Karen Bruhn and Nancy K. Kelker
Published November 2009
15 Illustrations by Sher Fick

 

 

 

Loving the Tasmanian Devil: Reflections on Marriage and Asberger's Syndome by Maureen McCarthy Bartlett, Cover Art by: Sher Fick

www.ovationtv.com
Ovation TV home page
Featured Artist Week of January 19, 2010 (artwork: Under Pressure, 2010)

 

Sher Fick - Collections (Private & Corporate)

• Haven Kimmel, author of A Girl Named Zippy
• John Svara
• Fort Walton Beach Art Museum
• Purchase Award
• T.J. McClure, SHANDS
• Dr. Dirk Dunbar
• Nanette Folliott
• Professor D. Ann Waters
• Arnold Icisiano, MFA
• Rev. Lloyd & Mrs. Curry
• Tim & Lisa Frazeur
• Professor Lisa Rollins, MTSU
• Gibson-Gardner Office
• Jessica Stelzer
• Matthew Coburn
• W. John (& Sarah) MacMullen, Professor of BioSciences, University of Illinois
• Brenda Diller
• Mary Lou Hutson
• Kat Romerill

 

Sher Fick - Bibliography

• Carrington Fox, Forget Kale, Take The Art: seedSPACE Promotes The Growing Crop of Local Artists, HER Magazine, Jan. 26, 2012
• Karen Parr-Moody, "Boundaries Shatter with New Art Exhibit 'TAKE CARE' ", Leaf Chronicle, Jan. 13, 2012
• Rachel Bubis, Curator Review - Community Supported Art Catalogue (CSArt Catalogue) for seedSPACE, Feb 2012
• Kaitlyn Magnotte,  TAKE CARE Examines Ethics Through Art, Inside Vandy, Nov. 14, 2011
• Rachel Bubis, “Wrapped” – seedSPACE brochure. July 2010
• Chen Tamir, “Critical Review – seedSPACE Solo Installation”, November 2009
• Suzanne Normand Blackwood, “Non-Profit Rallies Rural Artists” The Tennessean. August 26, 2009
• Linda Weintraub, “Take Care? Take Care!” Art Critic Review. January 2009 (catalogue)
• Tonya Vernooy, “The Artists of Take Care”, Art Critic Review. February 2009 (catalogue)
• Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD, “Art Review for TAKE CARE”, Art Critic Review, February 2009 (catalogue)
• Veronica Kavass, “Catalogue Essay – Take Care” Critical Art Review, October 2008 (catalogue)
• Feature Artist in Jules Sterp’s 7 Before 7 Blog Review; October 12, 2008
• Chuck Beard, Nashville Arts Magazine, “A Summer Rush of Goodness, Happily Ever After at Cheekwood”, pg.13-15, June/July '08
• Barbara Greenberg, Commercial News, “Artist’s Hard Work Pays Off”, Nov 2007
• Jonathan Marx, The Tennessean, “Children’s Fairytales Come To Life At Cheekwood”, April 2007
• “Common Ground”, a film by Greg Butler, Documentary, Interview, Nov 2006
• Jonathan Marx, The Tennessean, “Environment Explored at EARTHworks art exhibit”, Oct 2006
• David Maddox, “Our Critics Pick”, Nashville Scene, Oct 2006
• Nashville Arts Magazine, “EARTHworks Explores Environment”, Nashville, TN, pg. 45, Oct 2006
• David Maddox, “Perambulating the Bounds” Art Review, April 2006
• Joe Nolan, “Our Critics’ Pick”, Nashville Scene, April 2006
• The Record, “Public Access Art”, Murfreesboro, TN, October, 2005
• “Local Artist Nominated -Cox/Bravo Channels Champion for the Arts”, WEARTV, Feature, Oct 2001
• Bill Campbell, Columnist, Local Happenings – Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, FL, February 2001

Sher Fick - Projects & Advocacy

2011     Juror, 4th Annual Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibit, Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN

             Presenting Artist, Williamson County Art League, Video.

2009     Co-Juror, Arnie Hart Annual Student Exhibition, Northwest Florida University, Nicevill, FL

 

Sher Fick - Education

2012   RF Paints' Advanced Teaching Encaustic Certification Workshop, Feb 20 - 24, 2012
with Laura Moriarity at Wax Works West, Corralitos, CA

2006 Encaustic Workshop
Arrowmont School of Art & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

2006 BFA: Painting/Minors: Sculpture & Art History
Middle Tennessee State University; Summa Cum Laude

2003 AA:
Okaloosa-Walton College k/n/a Northwest Florida State Univ, Cum Laude, Studio & Gallery Management

2001 Advanced Drawing & Sculpture
University of West Florida, Dean’s List 2001

2001 Santa Fe College of Art
Collage Painting Workshop

1998 Santa Fe College of Art
Esther Wertheimer Sculpture Workshop

 

Sher Fick - Grants

 

2012 Tennessee Arts Commission Professional Development Grant
2011 Tennessee Arts Commission Professional Development Grant
2009 Tennessee Arts Commission Professional Development Grant