Erskine, Clotho, 2016, digital photo, self-portrait.
Sherry Erskine's work in art education recently earned awards including a grant from the US Dept. of State Fulbright Specialist's Program to Uganda. Her lens-based work with IGUANA Collaborative received funding from The Mellon Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts through the Bay Area Video Coalition, was long-listed by Aesthetica Art Prize 2022, nominated for best experimental film by Aesthetic Short Film Festival 2022, and long-listed by the Royal Dublin Society Visual Art Awards 2017.
Residencies include ARTLab at Nagenda International Academy of Art and Design in Kampala, Uganda; Diani Beach Art Gallery in Kwale, Kenya; The Royal College of Art and Design in London, UK; and Polli Talu Fine Arts Center in Rame küla, Estonia.
Sherry’s solo and collaborative work has been curated and exhibited by national and international organizations in the US - Houston, New York, Miami, Detroit, Grand Rapis, Muskegon and Midland (MI), and Cincinnatti; as well as abroad - Toronto, Prague, Seoul, London, York, Kampala, and Galway.
Raised in Detroit, Sherry earned a Master of Fine Art in interdisciplinary lens based media from the National University of Ireland Galway Burren College of Art and both a Bachelor of Fine Art and a Master of Art Education from Michigan State University. Sherry co-founded Iguana Coalition with life long collaborators, Bonnie Sue Stein and John K Erskine (the name changed to Iguana Collaborative in 2019). Iguana Collaborative creates hybrid interdisciplinary works utilizing lens-based media, performance, installation and sound art.
Sherry’s career in the arts has encompassed a wide array of interdisciplinary interests and experiences ranging from co-founder of One-Twenty in the Shade Art Gallery, Lansing, MI; vocalist on two vinyl EPs for Trainable [7X33 and Doubletake]; and technical director for The Asia Society Performing Arts Center, NY, NY. Since 1988, she has been the Vice President of Education for GOH Productions, a non-profit international arts services organization founded by Bonnie Sue Stein in New York City. Sherry Erskine’s extensive teaching career includes public school visual art and college level art education.