Sher Fick - Solo Exhibitions
2020 IMITATION OF LIFE, New Assemblage Work, Curator Terri Jordan. Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN
2015 SILENT SPRING - Confronting the Deep Water Oil Spill, Mattie Kelly Arts Center, Gulf Coast Florida
2014 FAMILY TIES - Commissioned by Curator Terri Jordan. Artist's Talk. Catalog. Customs House Museum
2014 MY VINTAGE SOUL Retrospective, Public Library with Encaustic Workshop & Art Talk
2014 WOMEN'S RITES for Women's History Month Bruner Gallery, Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN
2013 COPING SKILLS & PAXIL A DAY with New Work Ten Year Retrospective, Foundations Recovery Network Outpatient, Nashville, TN
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.
2003 SPIRITUAL MEMORY COLLAGE 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
2020 HINDSIGHT IS 20/20, Centennial Arts Center Galleries, Nashville Collage Collective, Nashville, TN. January - February.
2013 ARTS & CULTURE ALLIANCE NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, The Emporium Center, Knoxville, TN. February.
2011 LADIES FIRST, Distinctive Contemporary Women Artists of Tennessee. The Customs House Museum & Cultural Center, Clarksville, TN.
2011 TAKE CARE: BIOMEDICAL ETHICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY. The Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN. 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
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, Design Team: Adrienne Outlaw/Sher Fick/Alicia 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
2021 - 2023 ART OF HEALING, Vanderbilt University's Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy and the Masters of Public Health Program, the Art of Healing Exposition featuring works from the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Art to Act for HealthThe Emporium Center, Knoxville, TN. February.
2021 Dogwood Juried Regional Arts Exhibition, The Emporium Center, Knoxville, TN
2019 What Goes Around: The Fifth Annual Exhibit of the Nashville Collage Collective Turnip Green Creative Reuse Gallery, Nashville, TN
2018 7th Annual Encaustic Exhibition Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 Art on the West Side Gordon Jewish Community Center, Nashville, TN
2017 A Celebration, Alumni Exhibition. Todd Art Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN
2017 Annual Tennessee Craft Midstate Exhibition, J Galleries, Nashville, TN
2016 ANNUAL TENNESSEE CRAFT MIDSTATE EXHIBITION, Gordon Jewish Community Center, Nashville, TN
2013 ART OF HEALING Exhibition, Nashville, TN
2013 Dogwood Juried Regional Arts Exhibition, The Emporium Center, Knoxville, TN
2013 12x12 A National Selection of Small-Scale Works of Art, Online Gallery. Juror: Jochen Wierich, Middle Tennessee State University, TN
2013 KENTUCKY NATIONAL 2013 Clare M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State College, Murray, KY
2012 COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ARTS (CSA) Nashville Top Artists Coping Skills Collector Series via seedSPACE Gallery, Nashville, TN
2012 DOGWOOD REGIONAL FINE ARTS EXHIBITION - Love, Honor, & Obey (?) Installation The Emporium Center, Knoxville, TN
2012 TAKE CARE: BIOMEDICAL ETHICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, MI
2012 TAKE CARE: Biomedical Ethics in the 21st Century. Austin Peay State University, TN
2011 TAKE CARE: Biomedical Ethics in the 21st Center. Vanderbilt University, Gallery 204, Nashville, TN
2010 OBJECT-ive Small Scale Sculpture Review, Davis Art Advisory, Nashville, TN
2008 The 2008 Regional Art Exhibition. The Renaissance Art Center, Dickson, TN
2008 INCENDIARY Invitational Exhibition, Alternative Spaces, Nashville, TN
2007 ENCAUSTIC XPRESSION, Artists: Maria LaTour, Lisa Manheim & Sher Fick, West Chester University, PACurator: John Baker. West Chester, PA
2006 EARTHwork Invitational Exhibition, Nature Conservancy Convention Event, Nashville, TN
2006 FLUX Todd Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
2006 BLOOM Untitled Artist Group, Crystalwood Gallery, Nashville, TN
2005 EXCAVATION 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 REVOLUTIO Untitled Artist Group, Nashville, TN
2004 DRAWINGS FROM WOMEN New Language Art, Hermitage, TN
2003 IN THE DETAIL 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 - older available upon request
Sher Fick - Published Artwork
PARENT ARTISTS INDEX - A searchable database of artists making work about reproduction and child-rearing
STUDIO VISIT MAGAZINE, Winter 2019. Volume 41 & 42.
“COPING SKILLS,The Inspiration & Art of Sher Fick”
By For Art’s Sake Studios.
Publishing date: September 2010.
By Drs. Karen Bruhn and Nancy K. Kelker
Published November 2009, Credited Research Assistant: Sher Fick
15 Illustrations, 1 Chapter on Creation of Faux Masks by Sher Fick
By Drs. Karen Bruhn and Nancy K. Kelker
Published November 2009, Credited Research Assistant Sher Fick
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
Ovation TV home page = Featured Artist Week of January 19, 2010 (artwork: Under Pressure, 2010)
Sher Fick - Collections (Private & Corporate)
Private Collector, Hiroshima, Japan
Foundations Recovery Network, Corporate & Outpatient Clinics
Nashville International Airport
Gibson-Gardner Office
Fort Walton Beach Art Museum - Purchase Award
50 Individual Collectors for CSArt Programs
Haven Kimmel, New York Times Best-Selling Author (Main Private Collector)
John Svara
Dr. Dirk Dunbar
Professor D. Ann Waters
Professor Lisa Rollins, MTSU
W. John (& Sarah) MacMullen, Professor of BioSciences, University of Illinois
Brenda Diller
Dr. Christopher & Mary Lou Hutson
Dr. Tyson & Kat Brown, Duke University
50 Individual Collectors for CSArt Programs
John & Tisha Carter
Sher Fick - Bibliography
Randy Purcell, “Hindsight is 2020” Nashville Collage Collective Group Exhibition, Feb 7, 2020
Nashville.gov, A New Exhibit at Centennial Art Center, Jan 7, 2020
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 41 & 42, Winter 2019. Open Studio Press. Boston.
Clarksville Online, Clarksville’s Customs House Museum and Cultural Center hosting Family Ties exhibit by Sher Fick in the Bruner Gallery, March 25, 2014
Bonnie Boggs, Installation Artist Sher Fick Exhibits at The Customs House Museum, Clarksville NOW, March 21, 2014
seedspace 282 page Catalog 2010-2013, ISBN 978-1-63173-063-4, Sher Fick appears on pp. 17-30, 178, 181 with images. copyright 2014
FAMILY, A Woman's History Month Exhibition, Customs House Museum, pp 1, 16-18. Catalog 2014
Leaf Chronicle, Family Ties Exhibit of Straight Jackets at Customs House Museum, March 21, 2014
Angie Mayes, Local Artist Finds Her Niche, The News, TN, Aug. 6, 2013
Kelly McBride, Lawton Gallery to Host Biomedical Ethics Exhibition, Inside Newsroom of University of Green Bay, Feb. 27, 2012
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
Clarksville Online, New Art Exhibit Examines the Bioethical Dilemma of Modern Medical Technology, Jan. 12, 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 2010 Exhibition Catalogue, pgs. 2 - 5
6th Edition Pool Art Fair Miami Beach 2010, Catalog, pp. 4, 22-23. Frere Independent New York/Paris/Guadeloupe
Rachel Bubis, New Art Project Space In Nashville, The Examiner, March 9, 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
Nashville Arts Magazine, "Cheekwood Celebrates The Summer", June/July 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
2019 - Juror & Award Selection, Annual Arnie Hart Juried Student Exhibition, Northwest Florida State College, Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries, Niceville, FL with Art Talk
2015 and prior - grant writer for non-profits in art, Nashville, TN and State of Florida
2014 Artist's Talk & Encaustic Demonstration during MY VINTAGE SOUL, Solo Exhibition
2014 Artist Talk, Bruner Gallery, Customs House Museum, for Solo Exhibition FAMILY TIES
2014 - Juror, Arnie Hart Annual Student Exhibition, Northwest Florida State College with Artist Presentation
2013 - present. Artist Advisory Board, SeedSpace (a lab for site-specific Installation, Sculpture and Performance Art) Nashville, TN
2013 Video Art Interview & Talk with Q & A, during COPING SKILLS 10 year Retrospective, Foundation Recovery Network, moderated by CMO, Lee Pepper
2011 Juror, 4th Annual Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibit, Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN
2011 Presenting Artist, Williamson County Art League, Video.
2010 Artist Presentation and Talk, Williamson County Art League Lunch Lectures
2009 Co-Juror, Arnie Hart Annual Student Exhibition, Northwest Florida College, Niceville, FL
Sher Fick - Education
2017 Experimental Printmaking with Andrew Saftel & Shane Darwent, Arrowmont School of Art & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2012 RF Paints' Advanced Teaching Encaustic Certification Workshop with Laura Moriarity at Wax Works West, Corralitos, CA
2006 Encaustic Workshop - Arrowmont School of Art & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2006 BFA: Painting/Minors: Painting/Sculpture & Art History - Middle Tennessee State University, FL; Summa Cum Laude
2003 Associate of Arts - Okaloosa-Walton College k/n/a Northwest Florida State College, 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 Arts Center Galleries, Okaloosa Walton Community College, Assistant
Esther Wertheimer Sculpture Workshop
Sher Fick - Grants
2015 Tennessee Arts Commission Professional Development Grant
2012 Tennessee Arts Commission Professional Development Grant
2011 Tennessee Arts Commission Professional Development Grant
2009 Tennessee Arts Commission Professional Development Grant
