Cindy Sherman

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Artist: Cindy Sherman

Born: 1954 Glen Ridge, NJ and raised in suburban Long Island

School: Earned a BA Degree in 1976, Buffalo State University of N.Y., where she initially studied painting. She failed the requisite introductory photography course because of her difficulties with the technological aspects of making a print. She credits her next photography teacher with introducing her to conceptual art, which she says had a liberating effect on her.
Graduated in 1977 and moved to N.Y.

Exhibit: First survey exhibition of her work, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1982 followed by a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y. 1987
The complete series (Film Stills) was first exhibited at the Hirshhorn Museum in
Washington D.C., 1995
Lives and works in N.Y.

Film Stills: Series of black and white photographs created from 1977 to 1980, series of 69, includes 7 color works ranging in date from 1980 to 1992
Many taken in Sherman's apartment, she plays every role herself, although they are not self-portraits. She does not reveal herself, but shows the many masks of
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