Vicki Sher (1966), an American artist from Brooklyn, has taken part in numerous international fairs and exhibitions in New York. She combines her work with written poetry, in particular the poems of Charles Simic, whom she listens to while working. She attempts to create bridges between figuration and abstraction. She develops a work that is deliberately close to the notion of joy and the feeling of beauty, finding her source of inspiration in Nature. Landscapes, flowers, the air, light and gravity are some of the many elements to be seen in her work. Through her intuitive gestures, often combined with vegetal structures, she works with color codes in a poetic sense of rhythm. Transposed onto paper, the combinations and adjustments of the shapes, lines and vibrant color blocks heighten the musicality and the rhythm, often leading the viewer towards stronger emotions.
Vicki Sher uses transparent tracing paper a lot. By layering it sometimes with other sheets of paper, she can create multi-layered compositions allowing her to play with the feeling of depth and additional space while preserving the balance of her creations. She likes a lot of space in her work and tracing paper makes it possible for her to keep that space open and aerated.
- Marching Orders
- Willow
- VFL 6
- Willow
- Exit west
- Plant
- Willow
- Stages 9
- Tree 10
- Tree 11
- Sans titre (Eclipse)
- Tropicale 2
- Untitled (Spring)
- VS2
- Stages 11
Education
1992 M.F.A. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1988 B.F.A. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Paul Smith, New York, NY
Galerie Sweeney, Bordeaux, France
Galerie Louis Gendre, France Catalogue
2021
Spring Formal, FROSCH&CO, New York, NY
2020
Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson, WY
2019
Second Nature, The George Gallery, Charleston, SC2018 Fountain, frosch&portmann, New York, NY
2017
Into the Light, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville TN
Field Day, George Gallery, Charleston, NC
2016
VOLTA Art Basel, with frosch&portmann, Basel, Switzerland
PULSE NY Art Fair, with Uprise Art, New York, NY
2015
The Voice At 3AM, frosch&portmann, New York, NY
2013
Always Bring Flowers, frosch&portmann, New York, NY
2012
Yes/No, frosch&portmann, New York, NY
2010
Home, frosch&portmann, New York, NY
2008
Featured Artist, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Nature Walk, Jessica Murray Projects, New York, NY
2002
Vacation from Murder, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
Salon Art Paris, Le Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris, Galerie Louis Gendre Communiqué de presse
2020
Paper Giants, University of Northern Iowa, IA
2019
Salon Art Paris, Le Grand Palais, Paris, Galerie Louis Gendre
Berlin – New York, Galerie Louis Gendre, Chamalières, France. Catalogue Communiqué de presse
2018
Drawing In/Drawing Out, Phillips Museum, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
Art on Paper Fair, with Frosch and Portmann Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Cross Sectional Views, Pentimenti gallery, Philadelphia, PA
PULSE, Miami, with Pentimenti Gallery, Miami, FL
Paper Giants, Part 3, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
At Home, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville,TN
2016
Paper Giants, Part 2, The Volland Store, Alma, KS
10 Shades of White, frosch&portmann, New York, NY
2015
Cosmicomics, frosch&portmann, New York, NY
South of North, East of No West, Lowe Mills Gallery, Huntsville, AL
Family Ties, 500X, Dallas, TX
“so different, so appealing”, frosch&portmann, New York, NY
2014
Soccer Mom, curated by Danielle Tegeder, New York, NY
White Silver, and Gold, Callicoon, NY
Second Family, curated by Julie Torres, New York, NY
Paper Giants, Proto Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
DUSK Editions, opening exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
Do It Yourself, BOS (Bushwick Open Studios), organized by Julie Torres, Brooklyn, NY
2013
End Times, Sphinx gallery, NYC, curated by HKJB (Jay Henderson and Ben King)
2011
Tompkins Projects West – at Dan Graham, Los Angeles, CA
ChainLetter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
2010
Santa, frosch&portmann , New York, NY
No Plans For Today, Fun Times Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Kickoff, frosch&portmann, New York, NY
2009
Mother/mother, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Lineweight, TSU Gallery, Kirksville, MO
2008
Landscape, Portrait, Pattern, Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
A Soft Place to Land, OAG Gallery, Livingston Manor, NY
2007
Summer Group Show, OAG Gallery, Livingston Manor, NY
2005
NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL, with Jessica Murray Projects
2004
Grotto 2, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Grotto, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
1999
Artist files 1999-present, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
1998
Group Show, Perrelli Fine Art, Baltimore, MD
Reading Between the Lines, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1995
Whose Body is it Anyway? Mills Pond Gallery, Smithtown, NY
1993
Annual Group Invitational, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
1991
Gallery Artists Invitational A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Regional Invitational, Iowa Art Center, Sioux City, IA
At Swim Two Birds, Hall Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Curatorial
Cosmicomics, frosch&portmann, New York, NY, 2015
Cannonball!, frosch&portmann, New York, NY, 2012
Observant, ISE Gallery, New York, NY, 2010
Mean and Sneaking, Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2010
No Plans For Today, Fun Times, Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2010
Press/Print/Publications
2017
Hutson, Laura, Nashville Scene, Critics Pick-Vicki Sher at Red Arrow Gallery
2016
Gotthardt, Alexa, Artsy, PULSE’s 15 Best Buys under $10,000
Purssey, Amy, Artreport, Conversation Between Artists at Pulse NY
2015
D’Agostino, Paul, BKMAG, Space Specters- From Calvino to Tarantino
Micchelli, Thomas, Alien Forms-.‐Cosmicomics at Frosch&portmann
2014
Peyton, Cydney, A Common Task, Catalogue Essay: Paper Giants
Young, Geoffrey, Catalogue Essay: Paper Giants
2013
Rutherford, Michael, Vicki Sher at frosch&portmann,
2012
Wright, Dusty, Talk, Talk, Talk, Culture Catch
2011
Butler, Sharon, Vicki Sher, New Work, Two Coats of Paint
Fellowships and Awards
2014
Virgina Center For Crea.ve Arts (VCCA) Resident Fellow
2012
MacDowell Colony Fellows award- Summer residency