E. (Mur) SHERMAN HAYMAN

 

BIRTHPLACE

Newport News, Virginia

EDUCATION

Hollins College (now Hollins University), Hollins, Virginia ;
Paris, France (private instruction);
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS - selected

2022

Cerulean Arts (Philadelphia)

2020

Cerulean Arts

2019

Cerulean Arts

2017

Cerulean Arts

2016

Goggleworks (Reading, PA)

2016

A Show of Hands (Philadelphia)

2011

Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Eustis, Florida

2010-11

James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia

2008

Rosenfeld Gallery (Philadelphia)

2005

Arlington Arts Center (now Museum of Contemporary Arts Arlington, Virginia) (Solo Series)

2003

Abington Art Center (Solo Exhibition Series)

2001

Main Line Unitarian Church Gallery (Pennsylvania)

1999

Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts (Wilmington)

1998

Esther M. Klein Art Gallery (University City Science Center, Phila.)

1997-98

The Artfront Partnership - window installation (1419 Locust ST.)

1997

Peninsula Fine Arts Center (Newport News, Virginia)

1994

Bucknell University (Pennsylvania)

1992

Franz Bader Gallery (Washington, D.C.)

1991

Piedmont Arts Association (Martinsville, Va.)

1990

Rosenfeld Gallery (Philadelphia)

1988

Rosenfeld Gallery


CURATED & GROUP EXHIBITIONS - selected

2024

Powell Lane Arts (Collingswood, NJ), “Materials Matter”

2024

Pictor Gallery (NYC), “Summer Breeze”

2024

Dirty Frank’s (Philadelphia), “InLiquid Toasts 25”

2024

Powell Lane Arts, “Bird Is The Word”

2024

Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition Retrospective, Main Line Art Center (Haverford, PA)

2023

Powell Lane Arts (Collingswood, NJ), “It Is Written”

2023

Heller Museum (NYC), “One Nation”, with catalog

2023

National Liberty Museum (Philadelphia) “Deconstructing Bowie Pop-Up”

2022

National Liberty Museum, “Deconstructing Bowie”

2022

InLiquid Gallery (Philadelphia), “Nursery Rhymes For Questionable Times”

2022

Powell Lane Arts (Collingswood, NJ), “Paperswork”

2020-21

The National Liberty Museum (Philadelphia), “Philadelphia’s Freedom” Artist Spotlight

2020

ChaShaMa Gallery (Matawan,, NJ), “Thoughts & Prayers - Another Round of Vacant Stares”

2019

City Hall Gallery (Philadelphia), “Visual Democracy”

2014

Temple Judea Museum (Elkins Park, PA) – “Step Into My Studio”

2012

Peninsula Fine Arts Association (Virginia) “Who We Are, Past and Present”

2011

Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, “Little Treasures, Big Rewards”

2009

Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York City, “A Book About Death”

2009

Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, “A Book About Death”

2009

Agnes Scott College (Georgia), “All Small Redux”

2006

Art in City Hall, New Work by Past Artists (Philadelphia)

2005

Projects Gallery (Philadelphia) (4-person exhibition)

2004

The Philadelphia Foundation (along with The Philadelphia Art Alliance)

2003

Moore College of Art - Muse Gallery’s 25th Anniversary

2003

(see below) Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, “15 Exposures”

2002

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Alumni at USArtists, “15 Exposures”

2002

Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts (Millville, NJ), “15 Exposures”

2000

Fairmount Park Commission & The Fund for the Water Works sponsored auction, "Art Works / Water Works”

1997

Abington Art Center - Works on Paper Biennial (9 artists)

1997

The Painted Bride - Muse Gallery’s 20th Anniversary Show

1996

Sande Webster Gallery (Philadelphia) - “Just Jazz”

1994

Bryn Mawr College - “Works by Women Artists”

1991

Philadelphia Art Alliance - “Secret Views”

1990

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, “Art Furniture, Furniture Art”

1989

Villanova University, “Ten Philadelphia Artists”

1985

Woodmere Art Museum, “Fragments Assembled”


SELECTED JURIED SHOWS

2018

Art in City Hall (Philadelphia) - “Summer of Love”

2017

Art in City Hall (Philadelphia) – “Small Sculpture”

2016

Reece Museum (Johnson City, TN) – “The Fletcher Exhibit”

2016

Touchstone Gallery (Washington D.C.) – “Art as Politics”

2014

PhilaMOCA, (Philadelphia) , “ ‘Murica”

2012

PhilaMOCA, “Message and Medium”

2011

Square Foot Art Basel/Miami, through Projects Gallery

2011

Art in City Hall – “The French Connection”

2010

Art in City Hall – “Inside/Outside”

2007

Main Line Art Center – “Across & Between”

2005

Allentown Art Museum – “Myth, Magic & Meaning”

2004

Maryland Federation of Art – “Drawing Conclusions”

2003

Attleboro Museum (MA.) - “Small Works”

2001

Arcadia University - “Works on Paper”

2000

Main Line Art Center - “Multiples”

1998

Patricia C. Phillips studio visit (Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts published brochure with essay and photos)

1995

The State Museum of PA. - “Art of the State” **Third Prize (Painting)

REVIEWS AND ARTICLES:

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1/23/23, “The National Liberty Museum honors David Bowie’s legacy”, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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February 5, 2017, Theartblog.org – online review and photo, “Big Thoughts, Tiny Packages” (Art in City Hall, ‘Small Sculpture’)

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July 23, 2014, Theartblog.org – online review and photo, “ ‘Murica” at PhilaMOCA

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March 8, 2012, Knight Arts Foundation, online review and photo “Message & Medium” at PhilaMOCA

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Fall 2011, Pulse Magazine, Florida, Ella Paets, “Art Tackles Death”

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September 30, 2011, Orlando Sentinel, Christine Cole, “War, death, love, sex…..”

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March 2, 2009, www.burnaway.org (a visual arts website), “All Small Redux”

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February 27, 2009, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Catherine Fox, “All Small Redux”

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June 15, 2003, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Victoria Donohoe, “Abington Art Center”

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May 29, 2003, The City Paper - Juliet Fletcher “The Mark Portraits”

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Jan. 22, 1999, The Philadelphia Inquirer - Edward J. Sozanski “Paint and Pistols

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December, 1997, Art Matters - Burton Wasserman - (ARTFRONTinstallations)

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April 27, 1997, The Philadelphia Inquirer - Victoria Donohoe ( “Works on Paper” at Abington Art Center)

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July 26, 1996, The City Paper - Robin Rice (“Just Jazz” at Sande Webster)

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July 19, 1996, The Phila. Inquirer - Edward Sozanski (“Just Jazz”) w/ photo

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July 28, 1995, The City Paper - Robin Rice (“Installation for the Home”)

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March, 1987, PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINE - Lillian Bregman - “What Price Art?”

COLLECTIONS:

Lens cloth design, Innervision,”Philly Artists in Focus” 2022

The State Museum of Pennsylvania

The Scott Collection of Women Artists, Bryn Mawr College (Pennsylvania)

Progress Bank (corp. headquarters Plymouth Meeting, PA

E.I. DuPont de Nemours Corp. (Wilmington, DE)

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pennsylvania

CIGNA New York

CIGNA Wilmington

The Breyer Collection (Philadelphia)

The Chrysler Museum (Norfolk, VA)

INTERVIEWS:

2020, National Liberty Museum, “Philadelphia's Freedom” Artist Spotlight Campaign

May 29, 1988 - The Philadelphia Inquirer, interview with Darrell Sifford

October 14, 1987, WBUX - Radio Interview - The Joan Stack Show

GRANTS:

1991

Visiting Artist for The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts