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education:
1995-1999 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston MA
BFA / Photography, Graduation with Distinction
selected awards:
Nov. 2010 Emerging Artist nomination for the 2011 San Diego Art Prize
May 2002 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge MA
Second Prize, National Prize Show
Juror: Lisa Dennison, Deputy Director/Chief Curator, Guggenheim Museum New York, NY
Oct. 2001 The Copley Society of Boston, Boston MA
First Choice Juror’s Award, Fall Members’ Exhibition
June 2001 The Photographic Resource Center, Boston MA
Juror’s Award, 2001 Members’ Exhibition
Juror: Deborah Kao, Curator of Photographs, Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University
Mar. 2001 The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough NH
Artist Fellowship
solo exhibitions:
Feb. 2020 Oceanside Public Library, Oceanside, CA
name tbd - an exhibition of recent work
Dec. 2019 Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
Artist Alliance Biennal
Aug. 2019 Hill Street Country Club, Oceanside, CA
‘to reach the clouds’ - an exhibition of recent work
Nov. 2017 Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
‘the reverberations of causes and the avalanches of creation’ / large-scale tape installation
Oct. 2012 Cardiff Public Library, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA
‘let me spin you a story’ - an exhibition of recent work
Sep. 2009 Eric Phleger Gallery, Leucadia, CA
‘in readable ardor’ - an exhibition of new work
Mar. 2009 Encinitas Library, Encinitas, CA
text • context - an exhibition of early & recent bookworks
April 2007 Mog & Rue, Encinitas, CA
shiny happy- an exhibition of new collage works
Feb. 2004 Lucid Gallery, Encinitas, CA
Instar – an exhibition of new sculptural, collage and installation works
Feb. 2001 The Copley Society of Art, Boston MA
Allure - an Invitational Exhibition
group exhibitions:
Dec. 2019 Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
Artist Alliance Biennial
Nov. 2019 1805 Gallery / Porto Vista Hotel, San Diego, CA
‘Material Zones’ - a vending machine exhibition
Nov. 2019 San Diego Mesa College Gallery, San Diego, CA
‘In-Part’, an Interactive / Participatory exhibition
June 2019 1805 Gallery / Porto Vista Hotel, San Diego, CA
‘Correspondence’ - a vending machine exhibition
Apr. 2019 San Diego International Airport
‘Forces of Nature’, a year-long installation
May 2018 San Diego Central Public Library
‘A Method for Reaching Extreme Altitudes’
Apr. 2018 Hillcrest Country Club
‘Journey’
Apr. 2018 San Diego Mesa College Gallery
‘Art That Cuts’
Apr. 2018 ArtAttackSF
‘Into the Wild’
Aug. 2017 Athenaeum Music and Arts Library
26th Annual Juried Exhibition, La Jolla CA
Jan. 2017 Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
Nasty Women San Diego
July 2015 San Diego Art Institute, Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego, CA
(CON)Text - Rethinking Language in Art
Nov. 2014 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection
Aug. 2011 Alexander Salazar Gallery, San Diego, CA
New Contemporaries IV, an exhibition of work by the Nominated Emerging Artists for the 2011 San Diego Art Prize
Sep. 2010 Eric Phleger Gallery, Leucadia, CA
Paper Work
Jan. 2010 Art Expressions Gallery, San Diego, CA
Movers & Shakers 2: Who’s Who in the San Diego Visual Arts World
Nov. 2009 Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
ZOOM: an open-call juried survey of current developments in contemporary artistic practices from regional states
Eric Phleger Gallery, Leucadia, CA
Unzipped: Work by Artists in the 92024 & 92007 Zip Codes
May 2009 Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
“Novel Constructions: Contemporary Artists Create Monumental Books”
Aug. 2007 San Diego Art Institute, Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego, CA
"The Contemporary Scroll: Visual Explorations"
Juror: Bettie-Sue Hertz, Contemporary Art Curator, San Diego Museum of Art
Oct. 2002 The Copley Society of Art, Boston MA
Fall Members Show
Sept. 2002 Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego CA
Without Borders: Transcending Terror
June 2002 Forest Hills Educational Trust / Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston MA
Spirits in the Trees (outdoor installation)
Jurors: Nick Capasso, Curator, the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Beth Galston, artist, and Sherry Geldersma, Landscape
Architect/Director of Open Space for the City of Somerville, MA
June 2002 Gallery 28 at New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, Boston MA
Think Photo (a 3-person invitational show)
May 2002 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge MA
National Prize Show
Juror: Lisa Dennison, Deputy Director/Chief Curator, Guggenheim Museum New York, NY
Mar. 2002 The WorkSpace Gallery, New York NY
Parsing the Line
Mar. 2002 The Photographic Resource Center, Boston University, Boston MA
6 Months, A Memorial - a 9/11 memorial exhibition
bibliography:
Sept. 2019 Featured on The Jealous Curator blog
Oct. 2017 ‘Rainbow Tape Art by Cheryl Sorg’ / Tape Art Blog
Feb. 2017 Studio Series: Cheryl Sorg / Indiewalls Studio Series Blog
Nov. 2016 Holiday Gift Guide 2016 / San Diego Magazine
May 2016 Featured on The Jealous Curator blog
Jan. 2015 Art New England
Odd and Unbound: Altered Books - review of Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection at Yale University Art Gallery by
Andres Azucena Verzosa
Dec. 2014 New York Times Creative Deconstruction of Books - A Review of ‘Odd Volumes: Book Art From the Allan Chasanoff Collection,’ at Yale University Art Gallery
Nov. 2014 Apollo Magazine / First Look: ‘Odd Volumes: Book Art’ at Yale University Art Gallery by Jessica Kempner
Jan. 2013 NY Daily News
Cheryl Sorg will take your (book) thumbprint: California artist employs clippings to stunning effect - by Alexander Nazaryan
2013 Leselykke Magasinet Bookunst - Møt Cheryl Sorg - a 5-page story on my work
Fall 2013 Poetry Northwest Volume VIII Issue 2 Fall & Winter 2013-2014 - a piece of mine was featured across pages 28 & 29
Fall 2012 Poetry Northwest Volume VII Issue 2 Fall & Winter 2012-2013 - two-page spread of my work on pages 20-21
Sept. 2012 The Library as Incubator Project - Featuring: Cheryl Sorg - interview and feature about my work
April 2012 UPPERCASE Magazine Issue #13 - a piece of mine was featured on p. 18
Dec. 2010 Riviera Magazine, December 2010 ‘Arts & Power’ Issue - “In Living Color! A teetotaling gallery, a creative power duo rising out of ashes,
and art’s new animal house. With so many personalities crammed into S.D.’s creative crowd, we bring you 13 to watch right now.
Profiles by AnnaMaria Stephens, Seth Combs and Meredith Hattam
Oct. 2009 San Diego Union-Tribune, October 4, 2009
“For her, the beauty’s in the text (and subtext): Cheryl Sorg focuses on books and on the words in them - as objects, as art” - Profile by
Robert Pincus
July 2009 District Weekly, Wed. July 22, 2009
PAPER HEART - “Long Beach Museum of Art’s epic ‘Novel Constructions’” - review by Ellen Griley
July 2009 ArtScene, August 2009
“NOVEL CONSTRUCTIONS”, Through August 16, 2009 at Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach
review by Shirle Gottlieb
Mar. 2009 KPBS Culture Lust Arts & Culture Blog, March 12, 2009
“Artist and Book Lover Cheryl Sorg Destroys Books to Make Art” / feature by Angela Carone, Arts Producer
Oct. 2006 A Companion to Herman Melville Ed. Wyn Kelley, Pub. by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
"Creating Icons: Melville in Visual Media and Popular Culture", Chapter 34, written by Elizabeth Schultz
Sept. 2002 San Diego News, Sept. 5, 11 & 12 (DowntownNews, LaJolla Village News, The Peninsula Beacon)
“Local Exhibit Transcends Last Year’s Terrorist Attacks” / review by Cindy Chapman
June 2002 Boston Globe, June 21, 2002
“Enchanted Forest: Exhibit connects with nature’s spirit at Jamaica Plain cemetery” / review by Louise Kennedy
Art New England, June/July 2002
“Making a Life out of Making Art: Three Emerging Photographers Strive for the Elusive Balance Between Art and Everything Else” / article by
Sara Dassel
Cambridge Chronicle, June 5, 2002
“Cambridge Art Show Anything but Bashful” / review by Candi Carter
May 2002 Time Out New York, May 2-9, 2002 Issue No. 344
“Parsing the Line” / review by Sarah Schmerler
Boston Globe, May 31, 2002
Apr. 2002 New York Times, April 19, 26 and May 3, 2002
“Parsing the Line” / review by Ken Johnson
Mar. 2002 Boston Herald, March 15, 2002
“Commemorating a Nation's Missing Peace” / review by Joanne Silver
Feb. 2001 Boston Globe, February 8, 2001
Beauty Gets a Makeover in ‘Allure’” / review by Cate McQuaid of solo exhibition
collections:
Yale University Art Gallery
Allan Chasanoff Bookworks Collection
Texas A&M University
Hilton West Palm Beach
Clemson University
Broadstone Springs Residences
Renaissance Waverly