- MFA, CUNY Hunter College , New York, NY (2020)
- Universität der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Germany (2019)
- BA in Fine Arts and Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Summa Cum Laude (2016)
- Interstices, Hunter College MFA Thesis Exhibition, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY (2020)
- Hunter College 2020 MFA Thesis Spotlight, interview by Joachim Pissarro, Hauser & Wirth Online (2020)
- Imagine, curated by Lara Arslanian and Chloe Smith, Sotheby's Institute of Art, New York, NY (2019)
- Family Portrait, curated by Nora Boyd, Hunter MFA Gallery, New York, NY (2019)
- IIAF, curated by Andrea Valencia Aranda and John Elammar, New York, NY (2018)
- Six Months In, Hunter MFA First Year Show, New York, NY (2018)
- Sam Sherman: Paintings, Aloft Lexington, Lexington, MA (2016)
- Chautauqua School of Art Annual Student Exhibition, Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua, NY (2016)
- Sam Sherman at Saxbys, Saxbys Coffee, 4000 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA (2016)
- Fine Arts 2016: Senior Thesis Exhibition, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2016)
- 23 Individual Works of Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2015)
- Sam Sherman: Paintings, University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA (2015)
- Sites of Color, Convergence, and Hybridity - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2015)
- Perspectives in Painting, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2014)
- Painting Out of Bounds, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2013)
- Unplugged: Painting at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2013)
- Marblehead Festival of Arts: Drawing Exhibit, Marblehead, MA (2013)
- "Troup," University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Juried Show, Philadelphia, PA (2013)
- Apprenticeship, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA (2016)
- Chautauqua Institution Visual Arts Residency, Chautauqua, NY (2016)
- The Leeman Boksenbaum Scholarship in Art, New York, NY (2019)
- Recipient of the Jeff and Judy Posner Scholarship Fund and the VACI Partners Scholarship, Chautauqua, NY (2016)
- Alpha Chi Sigma Award - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2016)
- Phi Beta Kappa - Delta Chapter, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2015)
- University of Pennsylvania Fine Arts Award in Painting and Drawing (2013, 2015, 2016)
- Wilhelmina Denning Jackson Art Scholarship (2012-2016)
- Marblehead Arts Association Scholarship (2012)
- Sherman, Sam. "The
Aesthetics of Uncertainty." plain china, November 2016.