Dr Gene Sherman AM
Chairman and Executive Director, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
Dr Gene Sherman AM is Chairman and Executive Director of Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation.
She was formerly Director and Proprietor of Sherman Galleries, representing major artists across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region (1986–2007). She is Adjunct Professor, College of Fine Arts (COFA), Deputy Chair of the National Portrait Gallery Board, a member of the Australian Institute of Art History Board, University of Melbourne, an Asialink Asia Literacy Ambassador, and a member of the Art & Australia magazine Advisory Board, the Tate Asia-Pacific Acquisitions Committee and the International Association of Art Critics. The Foundation is a member of CIMAM, the International Committee of ICOM for Museums and Collections of Modern Art. Dr Sherman’s awards include the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2003), Doctorate of Letters honoris causa (The University of Sydney, 2008) and Member of the Order of Australia (2010).