Kathleen McSherry

“My work explores the world of the lost object: obsolete, cast off, and discarded. I take the objects from the past that have lost their usefulness, and combine and alter them in such a way that they come together and rise up, like a phoenix from the ashes to discover a new language, new meaning and a new form.“
-Kathleen McSherry

A graduate from School of Visual Arts in New York City, Kathleen McSherry has had a long career in advertising working at major agencies in New York City. She has taught at the School of Visual Arts, Syracuse University, Pratt Institute, University of the Arts, Temple University, and Drew University. Additionally, she is an avid cartoonist, and her work was exhibited in Europe, Japan, the Middle East, and South America.

When McSherry was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she created her first found object sculpture using needles from her medication. This series was called The Art of Acceptance. She has worked in found object sculpture ever since. McSherry's most recent work is called Altars of Alteration. The full breath of her work can be viewed here.

McSherry's work has been in exhibitions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Currently, her studio is in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Education
BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Affiliations and Memberships
New Hope Arts
Arts Bridge
Lancaster Arts Association
New Hope Arts League
Cerulean Gallery, Member, Philadelphia

Influences
Joseph Cornell, Louise Nevelson, and Robert Rauschenberg

Bucks County Connection
Needing to thrive in a vibrant artistic community, McSherry moved to Bucks County permanently in 2002 and has ever since concentrated on found object sculpture. Her studio is located in Bucks County, and the artist continues to exhibit locally and in New York City.

Major Solo Exhibitions
Altars to Alteration, Cerulean Arts Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
Recycled, Repurposed + Redefined, JB KLINE Gallery, Lambertville, NJ, 2016

Major Group Exhibitions
Earth, Wind, & Fire, Exhibit B Gallery, Souderton, PA, 2019
Artsbridge & New Hope Art League Joint Members Show, 2019
24th Annual Art Ability at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA, 2019
Mixed Media, Straube Center, Pennington, NJ, 2019
The Grand Exhibition, Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
Soho Art Show, Dacia Gallery, New York City, NY, 2019
Works in Wood, New Hope Arts, New Hope, PA, 2019
Members’ Juried Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bernardsville, NJ, 2019
4th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Oxford Art Alliance, Oxford, PA, 2018
7th Annual Juried Exhibition, Stover Mill Gallery, Bucks County, 2018
23nd Annual Art Ability, Malvern, PA, 2018
89th Juried Art Exhibition, Phillips' Mill, 2018
NRAA 103rd Annual Open Juried Show, New Rochelle, NY, 2018
Members Juried Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, 2018
Tenth National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York City, NY, 2018
48th Annual Juried Exhibition, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, 2018
Hunterdon Art Tour, Mad Lavender Farm, Milford, NJ, 2018
17th Annual Juried Exhibition, New Hope Arts Ellarslie Open 35, Trenton, NJ, 2018
New Hope Art League Juried Art Show, 2018
Artsbridge Members Show, Prallsville Mill, NJ, 2018
Grand Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2018
New Hope Art League, Fall Members Show, Bucks County, PA, 2017
The Witching Hour, Phoenix Art Supply, Bucks County, PA, 2017
Stover Mill Juried Show, Bucks County, PA, 2017
22nd Annual Art Ability at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA, 2017
88th Juried Art Show, Phillips' Mill, Bucks County, PA, 2017
Summer Blessing, River Queen Gallery, Lambertville, NJ, 2017
National Juried Exhibition, Lancaster County Art Association, Lancaster, PA, 2017
BWAC, Wide Open 8, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, 2017
YICCA, International Contest of Contemporary Art, 2017
21st Annual Art Ability Exhibition Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, PA, 2016
Peculiar Stuff, River Queen Gallery, Lambertville, NJ, 2016
Heads of State, Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, NJ, 2016
BWAC, Fall Juried Art Show, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, 2016
BWAC, Really Affordable Art Show, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, 2016
New Hope Historical Society Juried Art Show, 2016
HOME IS WHERE, West Windsor Arts, NJ, 2016
National Juried Exhibition, Lancaster County Art Association, Lancaster, PA, 2016
Wall Worthy: A Juried Exhibit of Mixed Media Artwork, Lakefront Gallery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, NJ, 2016
7th Annual Juried Show, New Hope Art League, 2016
The Next Big Thing, River Queen Gallery, Lambertville, NJ, 2016
5th Annual Artists of Yardley Juried Show, 2016
A New Gambol, River Queen Gallery, Lambertville, NJ, 2016
37th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, 2016
Art About Music, JB KLINE Gallery, Lambertville, NJ, 2016
Member Miniatures, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, 2016
Call For Chelsea, New York City, NY, 2015
Holiday Bizarre, River Queen Gallery, Lambertville, NJ, 2015
4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Stover Mill Gallery, Bucks County, PA, 2015
The Starter Kit’s 1st Juried Art Show, Papermill Community of Artists, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
New Hope Arts Members’ Salon, 2015
Naked in New Hope, Sidetracks Gallery, New Hope, PA, 2015
5th Annual Friends of Delaware Canal Juried Art Show, 2015
Artworks/TerraCycle, Artworks, Trenton, NJ, 2015
National Juried Exhibition, Lancaster County Art Association, Lancaster, PA, 2015
30th Annual Chelsea International Fine Art Competition, Agora Gallery New York City, NYC, 2015
BWAC, Wide Open 6, Red Hook, Brooklyn, 2015
Art on Main, Yardley, PA, 2015
29th CBCC Byers Bucks Fever Art Exhibition, 2015
4th Annual Artists of Yardley Juried Show, 2015
Artsbridge Members Show, Prallsville Mill, Stockton, NJ, 2015
5th Annual 3rd Street Gallery Community Exhibition Philadelphia, PA, 2015
Music Month Art Show, J.B.Kline Gallery, Lambertville, NJ, 2015
Childhood in Decline, Blank Canvas Gallery, New Hope, PA, 2015
Big Art in Small Packages, Monmouth Museum, 2015
36th Annual Juried Exhibiton, Monmouth Museum, 2015
37th Annual Bucks County Sculpture Show, 2014
4th Annual Friends of Delaware Canal Juried Art Show, 2014
Summer ARTiculated, Osilas Gallery, Concordia College, Bronxville, New York, 2014
Wish You Were Here 13, A.I.R. Gallery’s Annual Postcard Show, Brooklyn, NY, 2014
What’s So Funny?: Humor in Art, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, 2014
National Juried Exhibition, Lancaster County Art Association, Lancaster, PA, 2014
3rd Annual Artists of Yardley Juried Show, 2014
Small Art Big Impact, Manhattan Art International, 2013
Summer ARTiculated, Osilas Gallery, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY, 2013
Annual Mid Atlantic Competition Group Show, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA, 2012
More Art from Found Objects, Lincroft NJ, 2012
34th Annual Bucks County Sculpture Show, Doylestown, PA, 2011
Verde Art Gallery Kingston, NJ, 2011
West Windsor Art Council, NJ, 2011
Faculty Show, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 2002
DaVinci Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1995
Members Show, DaVinci Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1994
DaVinci Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1994
Center City Armory Preview II, Philadelphia, PA, 1994
Women and Humor, Pavillion Gallery, Mt. Holly, NJ, 1993
Art at the Armory II, Philadelphia, PA, 1992
Ward-Nasse Gallery, Soho, NY, 1989
Artist as Therapist, Vasarely Center, Soho, NY, 1988
The New Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn, NY, 1988
Artists Slide Registry, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 1988
Cultural Crossroads Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 1981

Photography Exhibitions
Humor Photo, Omiya, Japan, 1997, 1996
DaVinci Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1995
17e International Fotofestival, Knokke-Heist, Belgium, 1995
7th Annual Art for the Animals Classic, Chicago, 1995
Medunarodni Salon Karikature, Cvorak, Croatia, 1994
V Festival Internacional de Humor, Oeiras, Brazil, 1994
HUMORGRAFFE, Lisboa, Portugal, 1994
Homer Davenport Cartoon Contest, Oregon, 1993
Biennial of Humor and Satire in the Arts, Gabrovo, Bulgaria, 1993
7th International Cartoon Symposium, Kagoshima City, Japan, 1993
HUMOURfest 92, Foligno, Italy, 1992
12th International Aksehir Nasreddin Hoca, Istanbul, Turkey, 1992
Siauliai Internation Cartoon Exhibition, Lithuania, 1992
14e Festival International du Dessin Humoristique, Anglet, France, 1992
31st International Cartoonfestival, Knokke-Heist, Belgium, 1992
9e Salon International Du Dessin D’ Humour, Saint-Just-le-Martel, France, 1991

Cartoons
McSherry's cartoons have appeared in Front Page Detective, Amelia Magazine, The Black Bear Review, and
Best Cartoons Of Nippon.
Cartoon Calendar, Knokke-Heist, Belgium, June 2000
Cartoon Calendar, Knokke-Heist, Belgium, November 1999

Awards
Best in Category, The Grand Exhibition, Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
Award in Loving Memory Of Frank M. Miller, Master Craftsman, 7th Annual Juried Exhibition, Stover Mill Gallery, Bucks County, 2018
3rd Prize in Sculpture, NRAA 103rd Annual Open Juried Show, New Rochelle, NY, 2018
Certifcate of Excellence, Artavita Online Art Contest, 2017
2nd Prize, 22nd Annual Art Ability at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA, 2017
1st Prize & 2nd Prize, Wall Worthy: A Juried Exhibit of Mixed Media Artwork, Lakefront Gallery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, NJ, 2016
Certificate of Excellence, 30th Annual Chelsea International Fine Art Competition, Agora Gallery New York City, NYC, 2015
Honorable Mention/Citation Prize, Humor Photo, Omiya, Japan, 1997
Grand Prize Winner, Homer Davenport Cartoon Contest, Oregon, 1993
Winner of Prixe de L’Office Municipal de Tourisme, 14e Festival International du Dessin Humoristique, Anglet, France, 1992