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Artist: Cindy Sherman

Born: 1954 Glen Ridge, NJ and raised in suburban Long Island

School: Earned a BA Degree in 1976, Buffalo State University of N.Y., where she initially
studied painting. She failed the requisite introductory photography course because
of her difficulties with the technological aspects of making a print. She credits her next
photography teacher with introducing her to conceptual art, which she says had a
liberating effect on her.
Graduated in 1977 and moved to N.Y.

Exhibit: First survey exhibition of her work, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1982
followed by a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y. 1987
The complete series (Film Stills) was first exhibited at the Hirshhorn Museum in
Washington D.C., 1995
Lives and works in N.Y.

Film Stills: Series of black and white photographs created from 1977 to 1980, series of 69,
includes 7 color works......

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Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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