Tony Scherman: Difficult Women

Tony Scherman Difficult Women

October 28 – December 19, 2015

Opening reception 10.28.15 6-8pm

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Encaustic painter Tony Scherman is more than a portraitist, he is a historian. Never shying away from controversial subject matter, he has explored slavery, war and the individuals who have shaped those times. In his October exhibition, Scherman focuses on those who have been labeled “Difficult Women”, capturing the powerful spirit behind each.

For Scherman, this is tribute to the women he admires, and an exploration of the difference between difficult and difficulty. The women he captures are athletes, politicians, teachers and pioneers. They are symbols of struggle and hope. His paintings are an “acknowledgement of - and respect for - the feeling of difference that resides within women – a feeling that men can only think about...”

Scherman earned his BFA in 1971 at Byam Shaw in London, England and received an M.A. from the Royal College of Art in London, England, in 1974. Since then he has exhibited his works in solo and group exhibitions in North America and Europe. He has also been a visiting critic and lecturer at universities, art colleges and art galleries in North America and Europe.

Cover: Serena Williams, 2012-14, encaustic on canvas, 72 x 84 inches Opposite: Malala, 2014-15, encaustic on canvas, 48 x 45 inches

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Eleanor Roosevelt 2012-14 Encaustic on canvas 45 x 42 inches

Unknown Sueragette 2014-15 Encaustic on canvas 60 x 60 inches

Joan of Arc’s First Vision 2012-14 Encaustic on canvas 48 x 42 inches

Cixi 2014-15 Encaustic on canvas 60 x 60 inches

Rosa Parks 2013-15 Encaustic on canvas 60 x 54 inches

Clara Bow 2013-14 Encaustic on canvas 42 x 36 inches

Emmeline Pankhurst 2012-15 Encaustic on canvas 84 x 72 inches

Bonnie Barrett 2015 Encaustic on canvas 48 x 45 inches

Born 1950 Toronto, Ontario

Education

1971 BFA Byam Shaw, London, Englad 1974 M.A, Royal College of Art in London, England

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2015 Difficult Women, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2014 Tony Scherman, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China 2013 New Paintings, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY New Paintings, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA New Paintings, Eastation Gallery, Beijing, China New Paintings, Eastation Gallery, Hong Kong, China 2012 Tony Scherman: Works on Paper, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Spotlight on 40 Years: Artworks from the Canada Council Art Bank, Canada Council Art Bank 2011 Black October, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, Ontario Tony Scherman: New Mythologies, The Gallery at Windsor, Vero Beach, Florida 2010 Tony Scherman: The Animals, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY Tony Scherman: A Major Acquisition, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 2009 Tony Scherman: Drawings, ArtsPlace, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada 2008 Tony Scherman: Drawings, Gallery Connexions (Old Government House), Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada New Paintings, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2007 Facing History: Tony Scherman, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada Pensées Impensables, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada New Paintings, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, Canada About 1865, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, Canada About 1865, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY 2006 Calgary Collects, Douglas Udell Gallery, Calgary, Canada 2005 Pensées Impensables, Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada Works on Paper: A Recent Gift to the University of Toronto Art Collection, February 22 – April 16, 2005, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto, Canada New Paintings, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA

Public Collections The Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama

Denver Museum of Art, Denver, Colorado Museum of Contemporary Art / Musée de l’Art Contemporain, Montréal The Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla Montreal Museum of Fine Art Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca New York Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB Library of Congress, Washington D.C. MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art, Auburn University, Alabama Museum London, London, Ontario Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Selected Corporate Collections University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto

Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario Boots Company, Nottingham, England The Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta Bouwfonds Nederlandse Gemeenten, The Netherlands University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta Barclay's Bank, New York Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario Royal Bank Financial Group, Canada McMaster University Art Museum, Hamilton, Ontario Toronto Dominion Bank, Toronto Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba Heenan Blaikie, Montréal Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Cineplex Odeon, U.S.A. Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia Guaranty Trust, Toronto Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia Fogler Rubinoff, Toronto Arts Council of Great Britain Goodman Phillips & Vineberg, Toronto Contemporary Arts Society, London Goodman and Carr, Toronto Royal College of Art, London Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto Salford Public Art Gallery, Salford, England Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto F.R.A.C. Ile de France, Paris S.A.C.E.M., Paris Le Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris Lieu d’Art Contemporain, Sigean Fundacion Privada Sorigue, Spain California Center of the Arts, Escondido, California San Diego Museum, California Los Angeles County Museum, California The High Museum, Atlanta gallery@winstonwachter.com www.winstonwachter.com