Identifying with the Action Painting Movement drips and splashes ..some of his paintings are based on his personal experience dreams and of growing up in the city of Detroit. Sherman quote:
" I came up during Hanna -Barbara cartoons, Pop- art movement, Motown music, great sports battles ,Blaxploitation films. All of this influenced my work, there's no real style or label." In High School Sher
man won several awards and an art scholarship to Ferris State in Big Rapids Michigan. Sherman did not take advantage
of this educational opportunity, and quit school with one semester from graduation, he did menial jobs washing windows, painting murals and signs. But before all of this.. one of the awards that was granted to him was a study of art history at the Detroit Institute Of Arts for the summer, as a teenager riding his bike or taking public transportation to the DIA...
little did he know that he would spend the next few decades at the museum
working ,first as a security officer and then later as a museum installation technician . In these positions Sherman was able to make studies, examinations and sketches of some of his favorite old master artists up close. The television outlets along with jazz music became a source of inspiration. Sherman also drew and painted n**e models. "When I have problems or been in a slump ,going directly to the human form quickly gets me out . A high school art teacher said "If you can paint the human shape and form you can paint anything." Originally Sherman was seriously considered being a cartoonist and was being groomed by his father to pursue this field. Later he turned to political cartooning ,and you can see a combination of impression ,abstract and forms of cartoons in his work. Angelo had the pleasure of meeting some of his art heroes while working at the museum ; Romare Bearden, Al Loving and a few more notables. Sherman painted mostly the black heroes of the day: from Muhammad Ali, Jack Johnson ,James Brown, Billie Holiday and any black person that was famous. After having shown his work in many Detroit galleries , Sherman continues to have his work exposed to broader audiences. He also collaborated on mural projects with several well known Detroit artists in 2003. Sherman credits the 15 year experience of working in a major museum environment , life observations and visiting the main library as keys to his evolving art education. Angelo Sherman has exhibited or collaborated with these artists:
Mark Arminski
Carl Lundgren
Rachel Reed
Jeremy Harvey
Niagara
Pablo Davis
Sabrina Nelson
Mario Moore
Carolyn Reed Barritt
Gabriella Boros
Bernie Brooks
James Brown
Tim Burke
Nathan Chavez
Ray Domzalski
Donald Calloway
Benjamin Eliasz
Dave Fischer
Cynthia Foley
Mary Fortuna
JenClare B. Gawaran
Ken Giles
Henry Heading
Donald Anderson
Chris Hoobler
Hiroko Lancour
Joe Levickas
Lauren Lincoln
George Lorio
That Evil Mess
Robert Mirek
Rebecca Moore
Don Kilpatrick with Mark Murphy
Julie Nauman-Mikulski
Tracy Olane
Jon Pickell
Lisa Poszywak
Gary Schwartz
Tara Severance
Donita Simpson
Leona Webb
Jide Aje
Nina Ashraf
Darius Baber
LaMar Barber
Imel Battle
Harold Braggs III
Judy Bowman
Joe Buchan
Rashawn Campbell
Paul Curtis
Darin Darby
Christian Davis
Renee Dooley
Daniel “Eccentric Danny”
Geanes
Lynette Gibson
Darian Greer
Torrence Jay
Joyce Jefferies
Kidane Johns
Waleed Johnson
Kacey Kal
Franchesca Lamarre
Keyon Lovett
Chelsea Lucus
William Mandela Matthews
Steven Mealy
James Charles Morris
Jason Phillips
Demetrius Roberts
Ackeem Salmon
Darryl Terrell
Patricia Millender
Adwoa Muzea
Brian Nickson
Rufus Royster
Ira Russel
Naomi Tajonera
Ken Walker
Errin Whitaker
Miiko White
Tony Whlgn
Gracie Xavier
Khella Young
Ta**us Burns
Tony Roko
Michelle Boggess
Will Schippert
