Wave Walk - From the Flux & Form Series - 2006

About the Artist
Originally from Southwestern Ohio, Michael Sherwin received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from The Ohio State University in 1999, and in June of 2004 he received his Master of Fine Arts in Photography from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. He has taught a variety of photography and digital imaging courses at institutions including: the Center for the Arts in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Maude Kerns Art Center in Eugene, Oregon, the University of Oregon and Central Washington University. After an eight-year stint in the Northwest, Michael recently returned to the East to accept a position as Assistant Professor of Photography and Digital Imaging at West Virginia University. He has won numerous grants and awards for his work, and has been exhibited widely. He is also an active and participating member of the Society for Photographic Education, and the College Art Association.

Society for Photographic Education Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference - Nov. 7-8, 2008
I will be giving a lecture titled "Extending the Photographic Image: The World Wide Web and our New Sense of Place" on Saturday, Nov. 8th, from 10:30-12:00 in Pittsburgh.

"EXPERIMENTS IN WONDER" - BOWMAN GALLERY
A solo exhibit of my work is currently up in the Bowman Gallery at Allegheny College through Dec. 3rd.

THE MEDICINE FACTORY
My video installation "Relative Positions" was recently shown at this experiemental exhibition space in Memphis, Tennessee.