Past Art Exhibit

“SCAPES”

Art Show January 13 - February 22, 2023

The Sherman Library is pleased to announce a new art show titled “SCAPES” which features photographs by M J. Newman. Inspired by architecture, nature, the body, and everyday happenings. M J. Newman has used his camera to capture the beauty in the land-scapes, city-scapes, and body-scapes found in the world around him.

Traveling for work, Newman has visited 50+ countries over his 20+ years. In 2012, he started taking pictures, learning through photography classes and self-study, while diving into the works of Donald Boyd, Kim Jenssen, Carl Vanassche, Karen Waller, Steven Menendez, Cedric Roulliat, Tom Bianchi, and many others. His creative outlet has now grown into a small enterprise of love, MJ.N PHOTOGRAPHY, his company which is jointly based in Sherman, CT and Brooklyn Heights, New York.

Newman has a master’s degree in International Politics from the University of Hull in the United Kingdom and a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and French Language from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, The Universite Laval, in Quebec City, Canada, and the Institute for American Universities in Aix-en-Provence, France. He worked at Google/Youtube for over 15 years in HR/Recruiting, Marketing, and Global Sales. He currently is working as head of Program Management for International Expansion within the Commerce Platform for Amazon Web Services. Managing a team of 12 Sr. Program Managers over 4 departments, he and his team are responsible for launching highly complex global product roll out programs end-to-end throughout APAC, EMEA, and AMS regions. Newman is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Sherman Artists Association. This is his first solo exhibit.