bio / cv
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
Jan. 2001 The Copley Society of Boston, Boston MA
Pearl Art Supply Award – Winter Members Show
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
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:
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, 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
bibliography:
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’"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
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
