Tony scherman artist biography

Tony Scherman (born 1950 – Toronto, Canada)

At a time when Pop Art continued to prevail and Conceptualism was on the rise in the 1970s, Tony Scherman chose to pursue image and figuration, working exclusively in the uncommon wax and pigment encaustic technique.

His paintings and works on paper weave through the history of art and embrace image-imprints through the modern technologies of camerawork and film.  Over the past 30 years, portraiture has become a primary subject matter that are his contemporary meditations encompassing villains and celebrities, bombshells and intellectuals.

Born in Toronto in 1950, Scherman spent his childhood and young adult life in Paris, Europe and then London from 1955.  His father Paul was professionally active as a conductor and violinist in Canada, Europe and England.  In 1974, Scherman received an MA from the Royal College of Art in London, and returned to Toronto in 1976.

He has had more than 100 solo exhibitions across Cana