Portrait by Simon Burstall

Dana Sherwood received her BFA from the University of Maine, Farmington. In 2022, Sherwood installed her first solo museum exhibition at Florence Griswold Museum, CT. Sherwood has exhibited in dOCUMENTA 13, Mass MoCA, Storm King Art Center, Nassau County Museum of Art, FluxFactory, Socrates Sculpture Park, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, and Marianne Boesky Gallery. Sherwood has had solo exhibitions at Denny Dimin Gallery (New York, 2016, 2019), Kepler Art Conseil (Paris, 2017), and Nagel-Draxler Reisbureau Galerie (Cologne, 2015). Her work has been featured or reviewed in publications including The New York Times, Forbes, Hyperallergic, Surface, The Village Voice, Food & Wine, The Huffington Post, Art F City, and the Miami Rail. Sherwood has received several prestigious residencies including Swing Space by LMCC, Pilchuck Glass School, and OMI International Arts Center. Sherwood has further upcoming exhibitions at the Berkshire Botanical Garden and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery.

To learn more, here is Dana Sherwood's catalogue from her museum retrospective at the Florence Griswold Museum and a link to the museum itself.

Other Dessert Landscapes (still), 2021, digital video, courtesy of Dana Sherwood and Denny Dimin Gallery

Inside the Belly of the Reindeer, 2022, Oil on panel, courtesy of Dana Sherwood and Denny Dimin Gallery.

Pollinator Urn, 2022, Ceramic, courtesy of Dana Sherwood and Denny Dimin Gallery