Sher Fick
Profile
Sher Fick holds a BFA Painting/Sculpture (2006) from Middle Tennessee State University and has studied at the Santa Fe College of Art and The Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. While living in the Florida Panhandle, Fick was nominated for the Cox/Bravo Channel’s Champion for the Arts Award. Fick’s work explores personal and cultural archeology and includes the following series: Womens’ Wear (2006-2007); Your Story Begins at Home (2005-2006); Excavations (2004-2005); Spiritual Memory Collages (2002-2003); Even God Goes on Vacation (2001-2002); EARTHworks (2000); and Remains & Ruins (1998-1999). Motifs include childhood remnants and found objects, safety pins and disassembled doll parts. Materials utilized include mixed media assemblages with encaustic, altered garments, and fiber constructions. Art Critic David Maddox found Fick’s work, “dealing with childhood and domestic matters” handled in “ . . . a pleasurably lively manner” and that the materials were arranged in a “ . . . ceremonial and ritualistic” way.
