JO SHERWOOD FINE ART
Specializing in Original Oil Painting Portraiture
Figurative, Landscape, and Still Life Painting

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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.


EDUCATION

Academy of Fine Arts Honors Graduate, Rotterdam, Holland

Continuing studies with Dan Gerhartz, Michael Lynch, Richard Schmid, Bettina Steinke, Howard Terpning, Henriette Wyeth, and Yugi Wang

Member of the American Society of Classical Realism, Oil Painters of America, Portrait Society of America, and The Art Renewal Center in New York

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008

Coda Gallery, New York, NY

The Wilshire Ebell Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2003

Davidson’s Gallery, Huntsville, AL
William Vincent Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

1998

Private Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (ongoing)

1997

NationsBank Center Gallery, Houston, TX

1996

Bank of Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009

Galerie Kornye West, Fort Worth , TX

2005

National Invitational, Finalist, Oil Painters of America, Chicago, IL
Accepted in Salon International Exhibit, San Antonio, TX

2003

Trinidad National Fine Art Exhibition, Finalist, A.R. Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO
Progress Energy Florida Invitational, Finalist, MainStreet Galleries, Perry, FL

2001

Invitational, Ann Hughes Fine Art Gallery, Dallas, TX

2000

Northwest Invitational, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA (through 2001)

1999

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

1998

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

1997

Vanier Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ

1996

National Invitational Art League, Finalist, Albuquerque, NM

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

 

University of New Mexico, Hodgin Hall, Albuquerque, NM

Council on International Relations, Santa Fe, NM

Center for Museum Resources, Santa Fe, NM

Osteria d’Assisi Restaurant, Santa Fe, NM

Davidson’s Building, Huntsville, AL

El Rey Hotel, Santa Fe, NM

The Shed Restaurant, Santa Fe, NM

St. Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe, NM

National Children’s Advocacy Center, Huntsville, AL

Private Collections throughout the US, Europe, and Asia

HONORS

2008

Certificate of Commendation, City of Los Angeles, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  and Chinese Consulate

2003

Trinidad National Award

2001

International Invitational, International Artist Magazine

1998

Judge for the 74th Annual Hoosier Salon Exhibit, Indianapolis, IN

PUBLICATIONS

2008

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

2007

Feature Article, Pasatiempo New Mexican Newspaper
Feature Article, Santa Fean Magazine

2006

Council of International Relations
Portrait Society of America Newsletter, Issue #33

2004

“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

1992

Note Cards, Sunstone Press

2000

The Artist Bluebook, Taos Gallery Publishers

1998

Best of Sketching & Drawing, Rockport Publishers
Art of the American West, Rockport Publishers

1996

Best of Oil Painting, Rockport Publishers

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.

ARTIST REPRESENTATION

Kennedy & Associates, (203) 434-9777

Coda Gallery, New York, NY (212) 334-0407

Galerie Kornye West, Fort Worth, TX  (817) 763-5227

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