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ICP Appoints Sherman Senior Curator, Director of Exhibitions Share This on LinkedIn   Tweet This   Forward This

12 December 2022

The International Center of Photography has named Elisabeth Sherman its senior curator and director of exhibitions and collections, effective Jan. 17, 2023. In additiion to the ICP exhibition and collections program, she will head the growth and development of ICP's curatorial team.

Sherman comes to ICP from the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she has worked since 2010. She curated Time Management Techniques, the photography exhibition currently on view through Jan. 8, 2023. She co-curated Dawoud Bey: An American Project (2019-2022), which had a four-venue tour and won the Lucie Award for Photo Museum Exhibition of the Year in 2021. She also oversaw the Whitney's presentation of Zoe Leonard: Survey, the first large-scale overview of the artist's work in an American museum.

"I am absolutely thrilled to be joining the team at ICP, an institution I have long admired, watched and learned from," Sherman said. "As ICP's vital legacy continues to evolve, I look forward to interpreting its significance in culture today and foregrounding the contemporary artists and voices in the field who are paving the way forward in visual culture."

"Elisabeth has a great reputation for her work with living artists and a distinct ability to showcase their visions," aid David E. Little, ICP executive director. "She understands the unique opportunity at ICP to work with contemporary artists in an institution equally committed to its museum program and school which together nurture the next generation of impactful imagemakers."

David Campany remains ICP's curator-at-large.

Elisabeth Sherman Named Senior Curator and Director of Exhibitions and Collections at International Center of Photography

NEW YORK -- Elisabeth Sherman has been named Senior Curator and Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the International Center of Photography. She joins ICP from the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she has worked since 2010. Sherman will lead the ICP exhibition and collections program, as well as the growth and development of ICP's curatorial team. She begins her new position on Jan. 17, 2023.

Sherman has curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions at the Whitney, including Time Management Techniques, a photography exhibition currently on view through Jan. 8, 2023. She co-curated Dawoud Bey: An American Project (2019-2022), which had a four-venue tour and won the Lucie Award for Photo Museum Exhibition of the Year in 2021. Sherman oversaw the Whitney's presentation of Zoe Leonard: Survey, the first large-scale overview of the artist's work in an American museum.

"Elisabeth Sherman is known as a strong leader and collaborator across complex initiatives with curatorial and artistic teams. She has a deep understanding of photography and its connection to contemporary art -- evident in projects like the Dawoud Bey and Zoe Leonard exhibitions. In addition to work on major curatorial undertakings, her experience building collections has contributed to an expanded engagement with emerging artists in all media" said David E. Little, Executive Director of ICP. "Elisabeth has a great reputation for her work with living artists and a distinct ability to showcase their visions. She understands the unique opportunity at ICP to work with contemporary artists in an institution equally committed to its museum program and school which together nurture the next generation of impactful imagemakers."

Previously, Sherman co-curated Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950 -- 2019 (2019 -- 2022) and Between the Waters, both in 2018. Earlier curatorial credits at the Whitney include: Bunny Rogers: Brig Und Ladder (2017), the installation Torbj_rn R_dland: Blue Portrait (Nokia N82) (2016), Flatlands (2016), Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner (2015) and the installation of Michele Abeles: Baby Carriage on Bike or Riot Shield as Carriage (2015). Sherman has written for numerous exhibition catalogues and artists' monographs, as well as contributed to Artforum and Art in America. She is a board member of Burnaway in Atlanta. She received her B.A. from Dartmouth College and her M.A. from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.

"I am absolutely thrilled to be joining the team at ICP, an institution I have long admired, watched and learned from," said Elisabeth Sherman. "As ICP's vital legacy continues to evolve, I look forward to interpreting its significance in culture today and foregrounding the contemporary artists and voices in the field who are paving the way forward in visual culture."

David Campany remains ICP's Curator-at-Large and ICP will continue its model of working with a network of international curators to bring diverse perspectives and varied expertise on lens-based culture to ICP in its downtown home.


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