American, b. 1935
Philip Sherrod is known for his expressive paintings of street and city scenes. He paints the city as one experiences it: with an energy that seems to vibrate from within the painting. Streets, buildings and signs feature heavily in Sherrod’s works, underscoring tenets of American city culture and creating a cacophonous world. His lively and unfiltered psychic outpourings give the viewer direct access to the eyes through which Sherrod sees the world we inhabit.
Sherrod was born in 1935 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. He received a B.A. in painting in 1959 from the Oklahoma State University and attended the Art Students League in the early 1960s before pursuing continued coursework through Jacques Seligmann & Co. and the B. Carroll Reece Memorial Museum at East Tennessee State University in 1968. Driven by a desire to share his knowledge and expertise, Sherrod began working as a teacher with the Morris County Art Association in 1973. He went on to join the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, where he served as an educator from 1977 to 2003. During this time, Sherrod was also recognized as a teacher with the Art Students League from 1984 to 2008, as well as a teacher with the School of Fine Arts at the National Academy of Design in 1994, 1996, and 1998. He was later honored as a master teacher with the Baird Community Center. Sherrod is the recipient of several awards including a National Endowment for the Arts Grant in 1982 and a Pollock-Krasner Grant in 1989.
Sherrod was born in 1935 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. He received a B.A. in painting in 1959 from the Oklahoma State University and attended the Art Students League in the early 1960s before pursuing continued coursework through Jacques Seligmann & Co. and the B. Carroll Reece Memorial Museum at East Tennessee State University in 1968. Driven by a desire to share his knowledge and expertise, Sherrod began working as a teacher with the Morris County Art Association in 1973. He went on to join the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, where he served as an educator from 1977 to 2003. During this time, Sherrod was also recognized as a teacher with the Art Students League from 1984 to 2008, as well as a teacher with the School of Fine Arts at the National Academy of Design in 1994, 1996, and 1998. He was later honored as a master teacher with the Baird Community Center. Sherrod is the recipient of several awards including a National Endowment for the Arts Grant in 1982 and a Pollock-Krasner Grant in 1989.
