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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.
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EDUCATION
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Academy
of Fine Arts Honors Graduate, Rotterdam, Holland
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Continuing
studies with Dan Gerhartz, Michael Lynch, Richard Schmid,
Bettina Steinke, Howard Terpning, Henriette Wyeth, and Yugi
Wang
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Member
of the American Society of Classical Realism, Oil Painters
of America, Portrait Society of
America, and The Art Renewal Center in New York
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SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
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2008
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Coda Gallery,
New York, NY
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The Wilshire
Ebell Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2003
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Davidson’s
Gallery, Huntsville, AL
William
Vincent Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
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1998
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Private
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (ongoing)
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1997
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NationsBank
Center Gallery, Houston, TX
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1996
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Bank of
Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
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GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
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Galerie Kornye West, Fort Worth , TX |
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2005
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National
Invitational, Finalist, Oil Painters of America, Chicago, IL
Accepted
in Salon International Exhibit, San Antonio, TX
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2003
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Trinidad
National Fine Art Exhibition, Finalist, A.R. Mitchell Museum,
Trinidad, CO
Progress
Energy Florida Invitational, Finalist, MainStreet
Galleries, Perry, FL
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2001
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Invitational,
Ann Hughes Fine Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
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2000
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Northwest
Invitational, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA (through
2001)
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1999
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Galerie
Kornye West, Fort
Worth,
TX (ongoing)
Taos
Gallery, Taos, NM (through 2000)
National
Invitational, Finalist, Oil Painters of America, Scottsdale, AZ
Regional
Invitational, Finalist, Oil Painters of America, Pueblo, CO
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1998
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International
Exhibit, Finalist, Santa
Fe
Art Classic, Santa Fe, NM
Scotch
Mist Gallery, Tucson, AZ (through 2002)
Venture
Fine Art, Tucson, AZ (through 2002)
Concetta
D. Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
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1997
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Vanier Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ
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1996
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National
Invitational Art League, Finalist, Albuquerque, NM
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SELECTED
COLLECTIONS
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University
of New Mexico, Hodgin Hall, Albuquerque,
NM
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Council
on International Relations, Santa Fe,
NM
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Center
for Museum Resources, Santa
Fe,
NM
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Osteria
d’Assisi Restaurant, Santa
Fe,
NM
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Davidson’s
Building, Huntsville, AL
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El Rey
Hotel, Santa
Fe, NM
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The Shed
Restaurant, Santa
Fe,
NM
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St. Vincent
Hospital, Santa Fe, NM
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National
Children’s Advocacy Center, Huntsville, AL
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Private
Collections throughout the US, Europe, and Asia
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HONORS
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2008
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Certificate
of Commendation, City of Los Angeles,
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Chinese Consulate
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2003
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Trinidad National Award
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2001
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International
Invitational, International Artist Magazine
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1998
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Judge
for the 74th Annual Hoosier Salon Exhibit, Indianapolis, IN
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PUBLICATIONS
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2008
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Feature
Article, Asia Pacific Arts ,Fine Art Collector,
LA Daily News, Art Knowledge News
Writings
of James Scarborough
Life
Among the Miao : James F. Paradise
Los
Angeles Chinese Consulate - Post Event Review
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2007
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Feature
Article, Pasatiempo New Mexican Newspaper
Feature
Article, Santa Fean Magazine
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2006
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Council
of International Relations
Portrait
Society of America Newsletter, Issue #33
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2004
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“How Did
You Paint That?” 100 Ways to Paint People, Places &
Figures, Vol. II, International
Artist Publishers
Artist
Signature Scarecrow
(American & European Painters), Vol. 6,
Roman
& Littlefield
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1992
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Note Cards,
Sunstone Press
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2000
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The
Artist Bluebook,
Taos Gallery Publishers
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1998
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Best
of Sketching & Drawing, Rockport Publishers
Art
of the American West, Rockport Publishers
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1996
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Best
of Oil Painting,
Rockport Publishers
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Additional
Publications: Albuquerque Journal, Departures Magazine,
International Artists Magazine, Los Alamos Monitor, Rio Grande
Sun, Santa Fe New Mexican, California Homes, Art Ltd., Los
Angeles City Beat, and has been a guest host on NBC in
Houston, TX.
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ARTIST
REPRESENTATION
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Kennedy
& Associates, (203) 434-9777
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Coda Gallery,
New York, NY (212) 334-0407
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Galerie
Kornye West, Fort
Worth,
TX (817) 763-5227
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