Adrienne Sherman creates works that celebrate the mystery of life, anchored in history, and inspired by dreams, everyday magic, and stories passed from one generation to the next. Her unique narrative paintings, grounded in realism, are strongly influenced by the Italian Renaissance, and like most enduring fairytales, they balance truth with tragedy. In her "Endangered" series, the artist focuses on birds and animals at risk and on the precarious times in which we live. EXHIBITIONS: Deck the Walls, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2022Group Show, Untitled Gallery, San Francisco, 1991 Solo Show, Untitled Gallery, San Francisco, 1992Windows at Tiffany & Co., San Francisco, Summer 1992Schoharie County Arts Council National, Small Works Exhibit (first place award), 1992Miniatures, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, October 1993Menagerie: Animal Images by Contemporary Artists, Community Arts, Inc., Los Angeles, September 1993 and San Francisco March 1994New Old Masters, Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, April to June 1994Imaginary Landscapes, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, April to June 1994Altered Realism, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, September 1995Celebration Especially for Children, Art of the Theatre, Bellevue Museum of Art, Bellevue, WA, December 1995 to February 1996Group Show, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, May 1996Paintings (solo show), Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, September to November 1996Paintings (solo show) Davidson Galleries, Seattle, October 1997New Paintings (solo show) Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, September to October 1998Old Masters Revisited, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, May to June 1999New Paintings (solo show), Davidson Galleries, Seattle, October 1999Art and Artists in the Millennium, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, December 1999Animal Magnetism, sponsored by Northwest Building Corporation, Norton Building, Seattle, March to June 2000New Paintings (solo show), Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, September to October 2000 Small Packages Show, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville December 2000 New Paintings (solo show), Davidson Galleries, Seattle, September 2001 Introductions, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, October 2001 Small Packages Show, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville ,December 2001 Small Packages Show, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, December 2003 New Paintings (solo show), Davidson Galleries, Seattle, December 2003 Small Packages Show, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville December 2004New Paintings (solo show), Davidson Galleries, Seattle, September 2005 “Altared”, Kirkland Center for the Arts, Kirkland, WA, March to May 2006 “Symbolisim - Unheard Voices - The Symbolic Language of Contemporary Artists”, Gage Academy, Seattle, September to October 2006 Holiday Exhibition, Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, December 2006 New Paintings (solo show), Davidson Galleries, Seattle, October 2007 Holiday Exhibition, Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, December 2007 New Paintings (solo show). Davidson Galleries, Seattle, September 2010 Small Works, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, December 2010 Holiday Show, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, December 2011 Tiny” Group Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, December 2012 “Delicious” Group Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, March 2013 Tenth Anniversary Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, December 2013 “Imaginarium” (solo show). Thomas Reynolds Gallery, September 2014 " Small Treasures” (group show). Thomas Reynolds Gallery, Dec. 2014 Centennial Art Show (group show), Metropolitan Club, April 2015 "Tiny" Holiday Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, December 2015 "Great Spirits Among Us", group show, Nails in the Wall Gallery, Metuchen, N. J. September to December 2016, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe 120th Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY. December 12016 MISCELLANEOUS:Nominated for the Eureka Fellowship Foundation Grant, 1993Cover for Nob Hill Gazette, October 1997 issue, “Roman Holiday - Cara as Audrey Hepburn”Featured in the publication New American Painting, December 1997 (Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA)Cover for The East Bay Monthly, September 1998 issue, “L’Architetto”Recommended for the IN/Site Art Award (formerlySECA Award), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2002 CORPORATE COLLECTIONS: A. G. BeckerAllstate Insurance CompanyAmoco Production Co.Atlantic RichfieldAustin American StatesmanBank of America, San FranciscoBristol Hotel, Washington, D.C.Borg WarnerCPM CorporationCitigroupCoca Cola, Houston and AtlantaMorgan Stanley throughout USExxon Chemical CorporationGeneral Electric GTE SprintHyatt Regency Hotels, throughout US Lloyd’s BankNorthwest Building CorporationPaine WebberPortman-Barry, AtlantaSheraton HotelsWells Fargo BankArthur Young and Co. EDUCATIONSchool of Visual Arts, and widely self taught