Filmmaker, Photographer, Visual Artist

Sherman is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer and visual artist. His practice has always centred on the human condition and our relationships with others within the larger milieu. Sherman has premiered works in Art Biennales, major Film Festivals and Museums around the world, including the Venice, Singapore and Jakarta Biennales, Mori Art Museum Tokyo, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, Musee du Quai Branly Paris, Centre Pompidou Paris, Institute of Contemporary Arts London, Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, VideoBrasil International Electronic Art Festival, Singapore Art Museum, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Philippines Cultural Centre, South Australia Contemporary Art Centre and Vilnius Contemporary Art Centre, Lithuania. He has held solo exhibitions in Singapore, New York, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Fukuoka and Siem Reap, and artist residencies in Japan, Vietnam and Tanzania. As an educator, he conducted workshops in Singapore, and in Cambodia together with Antoine d’Agata (Magnum) for Young Asian photographers. He is an Associate Artist of the Substation and the Artistic Manager for the Singapore International Photography Festival, and has served as a jury at various film festivals. In 2009, he was invited to participate in the Singapore Pavilion, Venice Biennale which garnered a Special Mention for Ming Wong/Singapore Pavilion, a major honour for Singapore.