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Undergrads Get First Taste of Agency Life with Texas Central Partners

January 28, 2019 Sherman Finch Design

Texas Central is the company undertaking the development, design, construction, finance, and operation of the innovative new high-speed (Bullet Train) passenger train line that will connect the fourth and fifth largest economies in the country, North Texas and Greater Houston, in less than 90 minutes, with one stop in the Brazos Valley.

As part of a semester course in User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), research, and practice, three of my graphic /interactive design undergraduate students were selected to work as a team on a UX research project to study and design prototypes in regards to the booking experience for the Texas Central Bullet Train. This was a major undertaking which resulted in strong designs as well as an article by Launch DFW. LAUNCH Dallas – Fort Worth has evolved into a forward-thinking media company with a focus on content and connectivity.

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“Kinetic Iterations” Dairy Art Center

June 21, 2018 Sherman Finch Design

This Friday, I will be in a 2-person show titled “Kinetic Iterations” in Boulder, Colorado. This exhibition includes artist Jiffer Harriman and features work that bridges the gap between visual art, sound, kinetics, and viewer interaction. The work in this exhibition is meant to be interacted with in order to produce their full effect, whether creating sound, a visual experience, and/or movement. Although different in approach, both projects focus on kinetics and physics in the design of their unique, interactive pieces.
McMahon Gallery | On view June 22-July 29, 2018 | Reception: Friday, June 22

“Off the Wall” Spartanburg Museum

May 15, 2018 Sherman Finch Design

May 17 – August 6, Spartanburg Museum, “Off the Wall”, curated by
Associate Curator, Ashleigh Shuler

While in classical sculpture, art was made from raw materials, in the present day it is often constructed from pre-existing, reclaimed objects. Contemporary sculpture is about understanding the ways in which objects both acquire and lose meaning, and using this understanding to imbue them with new values. Off the Wall examines 11 sculptors who use this “alchemy of objects” to create new physical, conceptual, and political spaces.

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Art League Houston

January 4, 2018 Sherman Finch Contemporary Art, Exhibitions

My solo exhibition Perceptual Perpetual opens at The Art League Houston in the Front Gallery space, January 26th, 6-9pm. The exhibition features a new body of work that explores visualization, interaction, physics, and conceptual art. The show includes sonic sculptures, wall assemblages, and a mechanized drawing performance. The work relies on audience participation to activate a visual system, which allow variations of order and chaos to influence how the work is perceived. I describe the work as a kind of “physics machine,” similar to the anatomy of a pachinko game or a children’s handheld spinner toy, where gravity, kinetics, and a variety of other forces, cause surfaces to spin and objects to move. Each piece offers a unique interactive framework that creates random fluctuations in movement and audio mechanics. As the work is activated, a conversation emerges between visual aesthetics and embodied interaction. This results in a playful approach to the art experience. Continue Reading →

London Experimental Film Festival 2017

December 4, 2017 Sherman Finch Design

Showreel 2017
Very happy to be included in this year’s London Experimental at the Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum in Walthamstow, London.
The London experimental chooses unusua alternative places to show art films, in this case they used an old London subway car to screen the projects.

Exhibition: Field Work, ArtScape 2017

July 5, 2017 Sherman Finch Contemporary Art, Exhibitions

Artscape: Field Work is an indoor exhibition, hosted in Maryland Institute College of the Art’s Pinkard Gallery, that will include artworks demonstrating an influence from the earth sciences and mathematics. In addition, as seemingly unpredictable natural phenomenon often arrange themselves in patterns– bees build a honeycomb, minerals form crystalline structures, pine trees produce cones – many of the works included in this exhibition also have a structural form or are made through a methodical process. Curator of this exhibition is Kim Domanski. Continue Reading →

Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition

May 6, 2017 Sherman Finch Contemporary Art, Exhibitions

26 May – 10 September, 2017
York Art Gallery, UK

A platform for innovation and originality, the Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition invites audiences to engage with captivating projects from some of today’s leading artists, both established and emerging. From individual narratives to global concerns, the artworks comment on contemporary culture and explore themes such as globalisation, perceptions of space and alienation in the digital age.

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2017 Digital Fabrication Symposium

April 15, 2017 Sherman Finch Contemporary Art, Exhibitions, Innovation, Interaction Design

Traveled to Denton, TX to install three of my works for this year’s 2017 Digital Fabrication Symposium at the University of North Texas. Digital fabrication is the creation of physical objects from digital files utilizing a variety of approaches including 3D printing, laser-cutting, and CNC machining. It is being increasingly integrated into a wide range of disciplines and at all levels of education from grade school to higher education.

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“Iteration”, Gallery 263, MA

February 13, 2017 Sherman Finch Contemporary Art, Exhibitions

Gallery 263 is pleased to present Iteration, an exhibition featuring the work of 37 artists from across the nation. With an array of media, including; ink, paint, graphite, fiber, encaustic, drypoint, video, photography, and much more, these artists embark on obsessive and meditative journeys.

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4th Louisiana Biennial: National Exhibition

January 28, 2017 Sherman Finch Contemporary Art, Exhibitions

Lecture: Thursday, January 26th 5 pm TVAC 103

Opening Reception and Awards Presentation: 6 pm

The Louisiana Biennial is the School of Design’s fourth national juried exhibition. This is a multi-media show for two and three-dimensional works, as well as video and installation, works exploring any theme. Through a nationally advertised call for entries, The School of Design received over 175 artist submissions and a total of over 800 artworks from across the United States. Continue Reading →

Creators Project features Billboard Creative

January 1, 2017 Sherman Finch Contemporary Art, Exhibitions

Billboard Creative gets a write up in “Creators Project”. Check out some of the articles and work by the other participating artists.

Los Angeles commuters are getting an on-the-house arts education for the month of December. The Billboard Creative (TBC) filled the city’s ubiquitous roadside advertisements together with the help of nearly 50 artists.

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