Sherrill Roland

Curriculum Vitae

Sherrill Roland
Born 1984 in Asheville, NC

Education:
2018 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, MA.
2017 Master of Fine Arts: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.
2009 Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester, UK.
2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.

Solo Exhibitions:
2023 “do without, do within,” Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 
2022 “Sugar, Water, Lemon Squeeze,” Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC 
2022 “Fenced Waves,” The Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI (two-person show)
2022 “Sherrill Roland: The Odds,” Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, NC
2022 “The Odds,” The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC.
2022 “Hindsight Bias,” Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY.
2019 “Inertia,” Shirley Fiterman Art Center, Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY.
2019 “The Jumpsuit Project DC,” Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
2018 “The Jumpsuit Project presents ArtFor(us),” ARTSpace, Raleigh, NC.
2017 “The Jumpsuit Project- Hollywood,” LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), Los Angeles, CA.
2017 “The Jumpsuit Project (3-day Residency),” Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library), Brooklyn, NY.

Selected Exhibitions:
2024 “Seeing Through Stone,” San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
2024 “For What It’s Worth: Value Systems in Art since 1960, The Warehouse, Dallas, TX.
2024 “No Justice Without Love,” The Gund, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH.
2023 “South Arts and ArtFields presents Southern Voices/ Global Visions,” Jones-Carter Gallery, Lake City, SC.
2023 “No Justice Without Love,” Ford Foundation Gallery, New York City, NY.
2022 “#fail,” Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA.
2022 “RECKONING AND RESILIENCE: NORTH CAROLINA ART NOW,” Nasher Museum at Duke University, Durham, NC. 
2021 “I AM A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD,” BMCM +AC, Asheville, NC.
2020 “Barring Freedom,” San Jose Museum Art, San Jose, CA. 
2020 “Deliberate Acts: Art & Incarceration,” The Vanderbilt Department of Art and Space 204, Memphis, TN.
2020 “South Arts State Fellows exhibition for South Arts,” Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA.
2020 “North Carolina Annual Artists Juried Exhibition,” CAM Raleigh, NC.
2020 “Walls Turned Sideways: Artists Confront the American Justice System,” Tufts University Art Galleries, Medford, MA.
2019 “Citizen: Artists Investigate Civic Liberties,” John Jay College of Criminal Justice Art Gallery, New York, NY.
2019 “… and justice for all,” Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC.
2019 “Harlem: In Situ,” Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA.
2019 “The O.G. Experience,” HBO Exhibition, 545 W 24th Street, NY, NY.
2019 “Distance,” Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY.
2018 “On the Inside Out,” Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
2018 “Walls Turned Sideways: Artists Confront the American Justice System,” CAM Houston, Houston, TX.
2018 “Black Blooded,” The New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC.
2017 “Fictions,” Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY.

Performances:
2020 “The Jumpsuit Project,” Right of Return x Represent Justice Experience, Eastern State Penitentiary Philadelphia, PA.
2019 “The Jumpsuit Project DC,” Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
2019 “Future IDs at Alcatraz,” Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, CA.
2019 “The Jumpsuit Project,” North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, NC. 2018 “For Freedoms Town Hall: Freedom of Worship,” Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH.
2018 “For Freedoms Town Hall: Freedom of Worship,” Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH.
2018 “Shadows of the Prison,” Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
2018 “A Night of Philosophy and Ideas,” Brooklyn Public Library, New York, NY.  

Fellowships, Residences, Awards and Scholarships:
2023 Society 1858 Prize Awardee for Contemporary Southern Art, the Gibbes Museum of Art
2023 Smithsonian Research Artist Fellowship
2023 Duke Artistic Research Initiative Fellow 
2023 Watershed Center for Fine Art Publishing and Research, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR.
2022 University of North Carolina at Greensboro - College of Visual and Performing Arts Distinguished Alumni Award 
2021 Civil Rights Corp Artist in Residence, Washington, DC.
2021 Hambidge Center Residency, Rabun Gap, GA.
2021 Creative Capital Awardee
2020 Art for Justice Grantee 
2020 South Arts Southern Grand Prize Winner & State Fellowship 
2020 Betsy Sykes Award Winner, “North Carolina Annual Artists Juried Exhibition,” CAM Raleigh, NC.
2020 Wake County District Attorney’s Office, Raleigh, NC.
2020 Jo Ann Williams Fellowship Residency, Anchorlight Studios Raleigh, NC.
2019 McColl Center for Art + Innovation Residency, Charlotte, NC.
2019 Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL.
2019 Rights to Return Fellowship, SOZE Agency, New York, NY.
2018 Post-MFA Fellow in Documentary Arts, Duke University, Durham, NC.
2018 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, MA.
2017 OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA.
2017 Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library), Brooklyn, NY.
2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Service Award, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.
2017 Winner of the Greensboro Picnic (Partners in City, Neighbors In Community), Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC.  

Permanent Collections:
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC
The Warehouse, Dallas, TX
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC. 
Fountainhead, Miami, FL.
Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC.
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY.