Anna Sherman

Anna Sherman’s work explores the philosophy of the human condition.

This is the acknowledgement that humans are contradictory in behavior. Our individual actions and desires do not always align with the ideals of life. Each person recognizes that they are capable of good, but many do not tread deep enough to discover that they too are capable of the equal degree of evil. Through introspection it is determined that we are both the selflessness and selfishness, good and evil, present in the world around us. She has come to determine that our truthful selves are subjective, and based on our own perceptions. Here she examines others’ altered states from vices, focusing on heavier subject matter on loss, lacking, and disconnect. Her art has drawn historical influence from other artists as well as psychologists, including Joseph Kosuth and Wilhelm Wundt. Likewise, Sherman wants to open dialogue with her viewers and inspire introspection and questioning of themselves and their own world.

About Anna Sherman
TYL Metals/Jewelry/Cad-Cam ‘23

Anna Sherman is a BFA candidate in the Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM department at Tyler School of Art and Architecture. A member of the Diamond Peer Teaching Scholarship program, she is gathering teaching experience while a student herself. Anna has worked in beading since 2014, recently transitioning into metalsmithing. Her work explores the philosophy of the human condition. In varied approaches, she has explored physical and psychological depictions of being with the intention of inspiring introspection in her viewers. She is focusing her heavier subject matter on loss, lacking, and disconnect. Anna lives and works in Philadelphia.