Nora Sherwood
Portraying Nature to Educate and Inspire
"In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand,
and we will understand only what we are taught." – Baba Dioum
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Affolter Gallery, McMinnville, OR, In the Valley
2017 Lincoln City Cultural Center, Lincoln City, OR, Lincoln City's Open Spaces
2016 Stimulus Pacific City, Pacific City, Creatures of the Oregon Coast
2016 Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR, Seasonal Transitions
2015 Lincoln City Cultural Center, Lincoln City, OR, The Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge Through the Eyes of a Natural Science Illustrator
2015 Lincoln City Café C’est La Vie, Lincoln City, OR, Near Here
2015 Compass Gallery, Salem, OR, The Living Estuary: An Illustrated Study of the Siletz Bay
2014 Cafe Bambino, Seattle, WA
2014 Cremona Books, Cremona, Italy
Group Exhibitions
2023 Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR Reserve Inspiration
2022 Portland, OR, Sitka Art Invitational
2021 Visual Arts Center, Newport OR, Reserve Inspiration
2021 Lincoln City Cultural Center, Lincoln City, OR, Reserve Inspiration
2021 Portland, OR, Sitka Art Invitational
2019 Roberson Museum and Science Center, Binghamton, NY, Juried Exhibit, Focus on Nature XV: Natural and Cultural History Illustration
2019 Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Juried Member Exhibit Rendering Science - Clarity and Concepts
2019 Portland, OR, Sitka Art Invitational
2018 Portland, OR, Sitka Art Invitational
2018 Walters Cultural Center, Hillsboro, OR, Oregon Chapter of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators: Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve
2017 Portland, OR, Sitka Art Invitational
2016 Portland, OR, Sitka Art Invitational
2016 Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, Oregon Chapter of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators: Tide Pools
2015-16 Pacific Maritime Heritage Center, Newport, OR, Tide Pools Illustrated: Art by the Oregon Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
2015 University of Washington Tower, Seattle, WA, Birds of the Pacific Northwest
2015 Compass Gallery, Salem, OR, Eco Icon: Art About Environmentalism
2014 Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, The Way We See It – Science Through the Eyes of Illustrators
2014 Seattle, WA, The Gage Academy of Arts Student Exhibit