Contact Information
Michael.Sherwin@mail.wvu.edu
Phone: (304) 293-3839
2503A Creative Arts Center
http://www.michaelsherwin.com/
Michael Sherwin
Assistant Professor/Coordinator of Photography
MFA University of Oregon
Using the mediums of photography, video and installation, Michael Sherwin makes art that reflects on theexperience of observing nature through the lenses of science and popular culture. He has won numerous grants and awards for his work, and has been exhibited widely, including recent shows at CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, New York, SPACES Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio, PUNCH Gallery in Seattle, Washington, and the Center for Emerging Visual Artists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Reviews and reproductions of his work have been featured in The Photo Review, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh Post Gazette and in the 2006 book, Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity by Michelle Bates. He has been invited to present his work at universities and conferences across the nation, including the South East College Art Conference, the Society for Photographic Education Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, and the 2011 Society for Photographic Education National Conference in Atlanta, GA. Sherwin earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Oregon in 2004, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Ohio State University in 1999. He has been a member of the faculty at the University of Oregon and Central Washington University. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Photography and Intermedia at West Virginia University and the lead instructor for WVU’s Jackson Hole Photography Workshop