David Benjamin Sherry

David Benjamin Sherry is an American photographer and painter who is challenging and reinvigorating the American Western landscape tradition. His work revolves around interests in the analog film process, environmentalism, color, mysticism, abstraction, human connectedness in the digital age, minimalism and queer politics. He’s best known for his iconic monochromatic darkroom printed landscapes, a project born from his love of the outdoors and the protected natural landscapes of North America.

David Benjamin Sherry (b. 1981, Stony Brook, NY) currently lives and works in Santa Fe, NM. He received a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 2003, and his MFA from Yale University in 2007. His work was included in Lost Line, at LACMA (2013); What Is A Photograph?, at New York’s International Center for Photography (2014); Splitting Light, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (2015); Photography and America’s National Parks, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY (2016); and Overgrowth, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA (2016); All Matterings of Mind: Transcendent Imagery From The Contemporary Collection, The Nasher Museum, Durham, NC (2017); Ansel Adams in Our Time, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (2018). His work is in permanent collections at The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art at Rollins College, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, FL; Charles Saatchi Collection, London, UK; Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; The Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC; RISD Museum, Providence, RI; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.

Artworks

David Benjamin Sherry
Communion (New Mexico), 2024
Oil on canvas
42 x 34 inches
(106.7 x 86.4 cm)
Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Contact, February 12, (New Mexico), 2024
Oil on canvas
38 x 24 inches
(96.5 x 61 cm)
Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Night swim (New Mexico), 2024
Oil on canvas
30 x 22 inches
(76.2 x 55.9 cm)
Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Save me (White Sands National Park, New Mexico), 2021
Chromogenic print
90 x 70 inches, image size
(229 x 178 cm, image size)
©David Benjamin Sherry. Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Bears Ears National Monument, 2021
Chromogenic print
50 x 40 inches, image size
(127 x 101.6 cm, image size)
©David Benjamin Sherry. Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Ghost, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
90 x 70 inches
(228.6 x 177.8 cm)
Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Stone butch blues, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
90 x 70 inches
(228.6 x 177.8 cm)
Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Waves become wings, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
90 x 70 inches
(228.6 x 177.8 cm)
Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Glory falls around us, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
90 x 70 inches
(228.6 x 177.8 cm)
Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas, 2021
Chromogenic print
90 x 70 inches, image size
(228.6 x 177.8 cm, image size)
©David Benjamin Sherry. Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas, 2020
Chromogenic print
73 x 90 3/4 inches, image size
(185.4 x 230.5 cm, image size)
©David Benjamin Sherry. Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Methuselah Tree, Inyo County, California, 2017
Chromogenic print
90 x 70 inches, unframed
(229 x 178 cm, unframed)
©David Benjamin Sherry. Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
North Cascades, Washington State, 2019
Chromogenic print
48 x 60 inches
(122 x 152.5 cm)
©David Benjamin Sherry. Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Muley Point I, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, 2018
Chromogenic print
71 x 88.75 inches
(180.5 x 225.5 cm)
©David Benjamin Sherry. Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Newspaper Rock Petroglyph, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, 2018
Chromogenic print
71 x 88.75 inches
(180.5 x 225.5 cm)
©David Benjamin Sherry. Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Rio Grande Gorge, Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, New Mexico, 2018
Chromogenic print
88.75 x 71 inches
(225.5 x 180.5 cm)
©David Benjamin Sherry. Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Muley Point II, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, 2018
Chromogenic print
71 x 88.75 inches
(180.5 x 225.5 cm)
©David Benjamin Sherry. Courtesy of Morán Morán

David Benjamin Sherry
Escalante River, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, 2018
Chromogenic print
71 x 88.75 inches
(180.5 x 225.5 cm)
©David Benjamin Sherry. Courtesy of Morán Morán