Jo Sherwood

Jo Sherwood has spent decades capturing remote and isolated cultures through her art, before they succumb to globalization. Her work holds a harmony and stasis that lends emotional depth to all of her subjects, and offers a glimpse into their rituals and way of life. Although she was trained in the classical oil techniques of the Masters, she prefers to render modern day traditionalism through her documentation of remote cultures.

Sherwood's most recent solo exhibition, "The Disappearing Cultures of Rural China," was shown at the Wilshire Ebell Fine Art Gallery in Los Angeles. Other solo exhibitions include William Vincent Fine Art Gallery and Bank of Santa Fe gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, NationsBank Center Gallery in Houston, Texas, and Davidson's Gallery in Huntsville, Alabama. Her group exhibitions include the Oil Painters of America, National Invitational Art League, Ann Hughes Fine Art Gallery, and Howard/Mandville Fine Art Gallery.

The Los Angeles Chinese Consulate and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa have honored her most recent paintings, inspired by the Miao people of southwest China. Sherwood is also the recipient of the Trinidad National Award and received an award at the International Invitational by International Artist Magazine. She has been featured in several national publications, including Departures, International Artist Magazine, California Homes, Asia Pacific Arts, Art of the American West, Best of Oil Painting, and Best of Sketching and Drawing.

Born in Rotterdam, Holland in 1941.  Honor Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, Rotterdam, Holland.  Sherwood has become a foremost figure, portrait, and landscape painter.  She follows in the footsteps of her great-grandfather, Sebastian van der Pennen, an established oil painter in the late 1800's.  Her father, would take her to the great European museums where she would sketch from the Masters.  She has continued developing her technique over the last 27 years through studies with Dan Gerhartz, Michael Lynch, Richard Schmid, Matt Smith, Bettina Steinke, Howard Terpening, Henriette Wyett, and Yugi Wang.  She maintains memberships in the American Society of Classical Realism, Oil Painters of America, Portrait Society of America and The Art Renewal Center in New York.

Jo Sherwood has been married to Peter for over 40 years.  She enjoys family time spent with her two daughters and five grand children.  Sherwood divides her time between Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she has maintained a studio since 1983 and the rest of the world, where she travels with her husband and, of course, her travel easel - the window to the world.

Solo Exhibitions:

Davidson's Gallery, Huntsville Alabama 2003

William Vincent Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM - 2003

Nations Bank Center, Houston, TX - 1997

Bank of Santa Fe, NM - 1996

Group Exhibitions:

Oil Painters of America, National Exhibit, Chicago, Il, 2005 (Finalist)

Acceptance Salon International Exhibit Juried Show, San Antonio, TX, 2005

Trinidad National Fine Art Exhibition, Pueblo CO, 2003 (Finalist)

William Vincent Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, 2002-2003

Northwest Invitational, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, VA, 2000-2001 (Finalist)

Ann Hughes, National Invitational, Dallas, TX, 2001 (Finalist)

The Taos Gallery, Taos, NM, 1999-2000

Regional Invitational, Oil Painters of America, Pueblo, CO, 1999 (Finalist)

National Invitational, Oil Painters of America, Scottsdale, AZ, 1999 (Finalist)

Galerie Kornye West, Fort Worth, TX, 1999-present

Venture Fine Art, Tucson, AZ,  1998-2002

International Invitational, Santa Fe Classic, Santa Fe, NM, 1998 (Finalist)

Concetta D. Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, 1997-1998

Scotch Mist Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 1997-2003

Selected Collections:

Center for Museum Resources, Santa Fe, NM

Osteria D'Assisi Restaurant

The Davidson Building, Huntsville, AL

El Rey Hotel, Santa Fe, NM

The (renowned) Shed Restaurant, Santa Fe, NM

St. Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe, NM

National Children's Advocacy Center, Huntsville, AL

Private Collections in the US, Europe and Asia

Honors:

Trinidad National Award, CO, 2003

International Invitational, International Artist Magazine, 2001

Publications that have featured her work:

2008 - Life Among the Miao : James F. Paradise

2008 - Writings of James Scarborough

2008 - Los Angeles Chinese Consulate - Post Event Review

Artist Signature Scarecrow (American and European Painters), Roman and Littlefield 6th Volume, 2004

"How Did You Paint That?" - 100 ways to paint people, places, and figures (Volume II), International Artist Publishers, 2004

Portrait Society of America - Members Gallery 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

The Artist Blue Book, Taos Gallery Publishers, 2000

Art of the American West, Rockport Publishers, 1998

Best of Sketching and Drawing, Rockport Publishers, 1998

Best of Oil Painting, Rockport Publishers, 1996

Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe New Mexican, Rio Grande Sun

Los Alamos Monitor, Departure Magazine by American Express

NBC television guest, Houston, TX Southwest Art Magazine

American Art Review and the International Artists Magazine 2003

Juror of Selection for the 74th.  Annual Hoosier Salon Exhibit, Indianapolis - 1998