cheryl sorg - about me

 


selected awards:


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

Jan. 2001        The Copley Society of Boston, Boston MA

                        Pearl Art Supply Award – Winter Members Show

Oct. 1999        Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan CT

                        The Space Machine Advisors Award – Spectra ’99

May 1999        Massachusetts College of Art , Boston MA

                        Senior Travel Grant Award (to photograph in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Mar. 1999        The Copley Society of Boston, Boston MA

                        First Prize – 10th Annual Student Show


personal:


Born 1967, Married August 2005 to Xavier de Mollerat du Jeu, son Hugo born June 2006, daughter Esmé born April 2008

education:


1995-1999       Massachusetts College of Art, Boston MA

                        BFA / Photography, Graduation with Distinction


solo exhibitions:


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

June 2007        Bakerloo, Carlsbad, CA

                        'a la gamine' - an exhibition of recent collage and 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:


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, Balboa Park, 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

Apr. 2002        The Copley Society of Art, Boston MA

                        Spring Members’ Show

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

Oct. 2001        The Copley Society of Art, Boston MA

                        Fall Members’ Show

June 2001        The Photographic Resource Center, Boston University, Boston MA

                        2001 Members’ Exhibition

Jan. 2001        The Copley Society of Art, Boston MA

                        Winter Members Show

Dec. 2000        Gallery Bershad, Somerville MA

                        modernMODULAR

Aug. 2000        The Copley Society of Art, Boston MA

                        2000 New Members Show

May 2000        The STAGE Gallery, Merrick NY

                        Face to Face II

Apr. 2000        MatrixArts, Sacramento CA

                        International 2000 Exhibition:  Woman Consuming/Woman Consumed

Apr. 2000        The Copley Society of Art, Boston MA

                        Stuff:  Art from a Material World

Mar. 2000        The Print Center, Philadelphia PA

                        The 74th Annual International Competition:  Photography

Oct. 1999        Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan CT

                        Spectra ’99

Sept. 1999       The Copley Society of Art, Boston MA

                        Manifest:  A Biennial Survey of Contemporary Art


bibliography:


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’"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.org / Culture Lust 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

July 2002         Boston Phoenix, July 11, 2002

                        “Here, Now and Hereafter:  Going 3-D at Forest Hills Cemetery and the ICA” / review by Randi Hopkins

                        Boston TAB / Cambridge TAB, July 5, 2002

                        “A Walk Among ‘Spirits’: Trees inspire artists at Forest Hills Cemetery” /  review by Ed Symkus

June 2002        ArtsMedia, Summer 2002

                        “Art to Die For” / review by Noemi Giszpenc

                        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

                        Boston Herald, June 2, 2002

                         “More Isn’t Merrier in all Group Shows” / review by Mary Sherman

May 2002        TimeOut New York,  May 2-9, 2002 Issue No. 344

                         “Parsing the Line” / review by Sarah Schmerler

                        Boston Globe, May 31, 2002

                        “Variety in Scope and Skill Mark CAA Prize Show” / review by Cate McQuaid

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

Dec. 2000        Boston Herald, December 17, 2000

                        “Bershad Show Spotlights Masters of the Modular” / review by Mary Sherman