Claire Sherwood, "Sample Survey"
NFS. Refuse from recycling bin, plaster, paper pulp, paint, and epoxy, 12"x12"x8”, 2020.
Artist statement
Drawing inspiration from the embedded history of materials I work to create an object the viewer will long to touch. In the intrusion series, bits of refuse and packaging, reclaimed from my family’s recycling bin, have been slathered with plaster and paper pulp, then carved, painted, sanded and slathered again. This cyclical building process transforms the chosen debris and creates an odd catalog of my family’s consumption. The work purposefully questions my own consumerism while elevating my household chores and detritus to juicy artifacts, presented for third party inspection. Other bodies of work are cast in cement by creating intricate molds from the exterior of my home or using my own body as a template. Although created with different processes, each body of work dovetails to the next through careful examination of surface textures, transformation of materials, and my examination of the domestic and industrial landscape in America.
Artist bio
Claire Sherwood received her MFA from the University of Maryland as a David C. Driskell fellowship recipient. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States in venues such as, the U.S. Smithsonian National Botanic Garden, the Corcoran Museum of Art, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Cornish College in Seattle, WA, Grounds for Sculpture, in Hamilton, NJ and numerous galleries, museums and colleges in upstate NY and the New England region.She has received numerous awards and grants, including, the New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant, New York State Strategic Opportunity Stipend, Elizabeth Murray Residency Grant, Southeast College Art Association Award of Distinction, Ohio River Border Initiative Grant and the International Sculpture Center/ Sculpture Magazine: Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture. Community development is an important part of sherwood’s practice; she serves as the Regional Coordinator for The Feminist Art Project (TFAP) and co-coordinator for the Capitol District Artist Mother group.
NFS. Refuse from recycling bin, plaster, paper pulp, paint, and epoxy, 12"x12"x8”, 2020.
Artist statement
Drawing inspiration from the embedded history of materials I work to create an object the viewer will long to touch. In the intrusion series, bits of refuse and packaging, reclaimed from my family’s recycling bin, have been slathered with plaster and paper pulp, then carved, painted, sanded and slathered again. This cyclical building process transforms the chosen debris and creates an odd catalog of my family’s consumption. The work purposefully questions my own consumerism while elevating my household chores and detritus to juicy artifacts, presented for third party inspection. Other bodies of work are cast in cement by creating intricate molds from the exterior of my home or using my own body as a template. Although created with different processes, each body of work dovetails to the next through careful examination of surface textures, transformation of materials, and my examination of the domestic and industrial landscape in America.
Artist bio
Claire Sherwood received her MFA from the University of Maryland as a David C. Driskell fellowship recipient. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States in venues such as, the U.S. Smithsonian National Botanic Garden, the Corcoran Museum of Art, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Cornish College in Seattle, WA, Grounds for Sculpture, in Hamilton, NJ and numerous galleries, museums and colleges in upstate NY and the New England region.She has received numerous awards and grants, including, the New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant, New York State Strategic Opportunity Stipend, Elizabeth Murray Residency Grant, Southeast College Art Association Award of Distinction, Ohio River Border Initiative Grant and the International Sculpture Center/ Sculpture Magazine: Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture. Community development is an important part of sherwood’s practice; she serves as the Regional Coordinator for The Feminist Art Project (TFAP) and co-coordinator for the Capitol District Artist Mother group.
NFS. Refuse from recycling bin, plaster, paper pulp, paint, and epoxy, 12"x12"x8”, 2020.
Artist statement
Drawing inspiration from the embedded history of materials I work to create an object the viewer will long to touch. In the intrusion series, bits of refuse and packaging, reclaimed from my family’s recycling bin, have been slathered with plaster and paper pulp, then carved, painted, sanded and slathered again. This cyclical building process transforms the chosen debris and creates an odd catalog of my family’s consumption. The work purposefully questions my own consumerism while elevating my household chores and detritus to juicy artifacts, presented for third party inspection. Other bodies of work are cast in cement by creating intricate molds from the exterior of my home or using my own body as a template. Although created with different processes, each body of work dovetails to the next through careful examination of surface textures, transformation of materials, and my examination of the domestic and industrial landscape in America.
Artist bio
Claire Sherwood received her MFA from the University of Maryland as a David C. Driskell fellowship recipient. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States in venues such as, the U.S. Smithsonian National Botanic Garden, the Corcoran Museum of Art, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Cornish College in Seattle, WA, Grounds for Sculpture, in Hamilton, NJ and numerous galleries, museums and colleges in upstate NY and the New England region.She has received numerous awards and grants, including, the New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant, New York State Strategic Opportunity Stipend, Elizabeth Murray Residency Grant, Southeast College Art Association Award of Distinction, Ohio River Border Initiative Grant and the International Sculpture Center/ Sculpture Magazine: Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture. Community development is an important part of sherwood’s practice; she serves as the Regional Coordinator for The Feminist Art Project (TFAP) and co-coordinator for the Capitol District Artist Mother group.