A multimedia artist for more than two decades, Elizabeth Sher began her career as a painter and printmaker at the University of California at Berkeley, receiving her MA in 1967. Although she spent much of the past twenty years immersed in film and video as a means to reach a broader audience, Sher has consistently been involved with concept and process.

WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MY FILM AND ART WORK?
For me, "it" has always been about process - it´s just a matter of using different tools - the right tools for the job. I am very excited about the recent advances in digital technologies and enjoy playing with this amazing new tool. I realize that 2 decades ago I was making artwork that presaged what the computer makes even more fascinating today. Often I combine handwork with digital processes - working back and forth, scanning images in, printing them out, working on them with paint and mixed media, then scanning them again - making my aesthetic decisions as I always have, but finding new possibilities through the addition of digital tools.

Sher is a Professor of Art at California College of THE Arts (formerly CCAC) in Oakland and San Francisco where she teaches classes in computer graphics, drawing, and time based art. Her fine art prints and paintings are included in the public collections of museums and univerities and in private collections across the country.

SELECTED RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
February 2002 - Solo Exhibiton, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
March 2001 - Solo Exhibition, SCA Gallery, Menlo Park, CA
December 2000 - Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA Not Vanity, a cosmetic surgery installation with video and theatrical premier of Younger, Thinner, Smoother - a one hour documentary film

SELECTED RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
April 2005 - New Editions: Old>New>Digital, a national juried exhibition of artist made books, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA. (co-curator)
November 2004 - BIG, Toomey-Tourell special exhibition, San Francisco
September 2004 - Counting Sheep in Times of Stress, light box w/ audio, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
September 2003 - Remembering Alma Remembering, installation, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
September 2002 - The Book of Ruth, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
September 2001 - Group Exhibiton, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
September 2000 - Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA Not Vanity, a cosmetic surgery installation with video
March 2000 - Small Paintings, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco

For Film & Video Shows, Screenings, Festivals & Broadcasts for to Films

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
United States Information Agency, Washington, DC
Carnegie-Mellon University Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Oakland Museum of California
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Austin Museum of Art, Texas
De Anza College Art Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA
The Hechinger Collection, Washington, DC