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Cheryl Sorg

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:

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:

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:

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

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