Grants and Awards

2022
Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist

2021
City Artist Corps Grant, The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist

2018
Puffin Foundation Artist Grant, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ 

2015
Juror’s Award, ILLUMINATE, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO

3rd Place Award, PIN-UP SHOW, Maine Media Workshops at B&H, New York, NY

Honorable Mention, SOHO PHOTO NATIONAL COMPETITION, New York, NY

2014
Honorable Mention, WHAT IS A PORTRAIT? Ripe Art Gallery, Huntington, NY

2013
Honorable Mention, FACES, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT

2012
Individual Artist Fellowship For Photography, New Jersey State Council on the Arts

Honorable Mention, THE CAMERA CLUB OF NEW YORK 2012 ANNUAL JURIED COMPETITION, New York, NY

Exhibitions

SELECTED SHOWS

2024
AND YOU WERE THERE, TOO, Griffin Museum of Photography, Wincester, MA

2021
AND YOU WERE THERE, TOO, SRO Photo Gallery, Texas Tech School of Art, Lubbock, TX
AND YOU WERE THERE, TOO, City Artist Corps Grant Pop-Up exhibition, Studio 454, Long Island City, NY

2018
BESEEINGYOU, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA

2017
KEEPING WATCH, Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC), Denver, CO

2015
NOT FOR PUBLICATION, No Roses, Sherman Oaks, CA

2013 
TO BRING IN THE MONEY II,  No Roses, Sherman Oaks, CA 

2011 
TO BRING IN THE MONEY, No Roses, Sherman Oaks, CA

2004
I AM NOT WHERE I AM NOW, Almanac Gallery of Photography, Hoboken, NJ

2003
ROCK AND ROBOTS, Orbit Gallery, Edgewater, NJ 

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2024
JANUARY ARTS LAUNCH PARTY/SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION Moon Huts, Los Angeles, CA
THE GRIFFIN MUSEUM’S POLAROID EXTRAVAGANZA! Instagram Exhibition
THE POLAROID PROJECT, National Taiwan Normal University Museum of Art, Taipei City, Taiwan
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, Berry Campbell Gallery, New York City

2023
WINTER SOLSTICE 2023, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
PERSONAL TERRITORY, Annual Members Exhibition, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA, Online Exhibition
TEXT MESSAGE, ShoeboxProjects, Los Angeles, CA, Online Exhibition
THE POLAROID PROJECT, Fundación Barrié, La Coruña, Spain
29th ANNUAL MEMBERS JURIED ONLINE EXHIBITION, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, Online Exhbition
LOOKING AT OURSELVES: Self-Portraits by Women, The Luupe, Online Exhibition

2022
CONNECTION 2022: Blue Sky’s 3rd Annual Members Show, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland OR, Online Exhibition
COLOR THEORY, The Griffin @ Lafayette City Center Passageway, Boston, MA

2021
OFF THE WALL Affordable Holiday Art Fair, Culture Lab LIC, Long Island City, NY
WINTER SOLSTICE 2021, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
ANNUAL MEMBERS’ SHOW, Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC), Denver, CO

VIRTUAL EXHIBITION to Accompany the 27th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA

RELAX, Analog Forever, Online Exhibition
THE SHELFIE, Griffin Museum of Photography, Online Exhbition

2020
A YELLOW ROSE PROJECT, Spectra Gallery, Honors College, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
A YELLOW ROSE PROJECT DIGITAL EXHIBITION, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
BEST OF QUARANTINE, Float Photo Magazine, Online Exhibition
CORONA: IT’S ALL ABOUT THE LIGHT, Griffin Museum of Photography, Online Exhibition
THE 2020 SELF-QUARANTINING EXHIBITION, Lenscratch, Online Exhibition
DISTINCTION, Photographic Center NW, Seattle, WA
LIC-A SPRING 2020 EXHIBITION, Long Island City Artists, Online Exhibition
MIRROR IMAGE, Don’t Take Pictures, Online Exhibition
THE QUALITIES OF LIGHT, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
OFF THE WALL II, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY

2019
THE POLAROID PROJECT, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA
WINTER SOLSTICE, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
MEMBERS’ SHOW, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
UNBOUND8!, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
VISUAL AUDIO, Analog Forever, Online Exhibition
URBAN DANCE, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
THE POLAROID PROJECT, Musée McCord, Montreal, Canada
9th ANNUAL SELF-PUBLISHED PHOTOBOOK EXHIBITION, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
ABSTRACTION ATTRACTION, Lafayette City Passageway, Boston, MA

2018
CONSTRUCTS: Building Images with Instant Film, Analog Forever, Online Exhibition
9th ANNUAL SELF-PUBLISHED PHOTOBOOK EXHIBITION, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY
THE POLAROID PROJECT, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore
SIZE MATTERS, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA
THE POLAROID PROJECT, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
QUIÉN? QUÉ? DONDE?, Lafayette City Passageway, Boston, MA
STRUCTURE, Don’t Take Pictures, Online Exhibition
THE POLAROID PROJECT, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
WINTERTIME, Don’t Take Pictures, Online Exhibition
SMALL WORKS BARUCH 2018, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, New York, NY
TREE TALK ON-LINE EXHIBITION, Griffin Museum of Photography Virtual Gallery

2017
THE POLAROID PROJECT, WestLicht Museum for Photography, Vienna, Austria
PORTRAITS: WITHIN TIME + SPACE, SXSE Gallery, Molena, GA
SIZE MATTERS, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
UNNATURAL ELECTION, Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck, NJ
THIRD ANNUAL GROUP SHOW, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson NY
SOHO PHOTO NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION, Soho Photo, New York, NY
THE POLAROID PROJECT, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX
UNNATURAL ELECTION, Out North Contemporary Art House, Anchorage, AK
UNNATURAL ELECTION, Kimmel Galleries at NYU, New York, NY
THE CURATED FRIDGE, Somerville, MA
MASKS, Don’t Take Pictures, Online Exhibition

2016
AMERICA, Light Leaked, Online Exhibition
WINTER SOLSTICE 2016, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
POLITICO POPUP2, New Orleans Art Center, New Orleans, LA
WATER, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2ND ANNUAL GROUP SHOW, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY
GRIFFIN MUSEUM 22TH JURIED EXHIBITION, Winchester, MA
THE ELEVATED SELFIE, Griffin Gallery at Stoneham Theater, Stoneham MA
THE ELEVATED SELFIE, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR

2015
POLITICO POP-UP, New Orleans Art Center, New Orleans, LA
GREETINGS FROM...,  5 Press Gallery, New Orleans, LA
ILLUMINATE, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
WINTER SOLSTICE 2015, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
SIZE MATTERS, Medium Festival of Photography, Low Gallery, San Diego, CA
PIN-UP SHOW, Maine Media Workshops at B&H, New York, NY
I/THOU, Stovall Family Galleries, Kimmel Center at NYU, New York, NY
ME AND MY SELFIE, Photographic Center NW, Seattle, WA
THE CURATED FRIDGE:The Inaugural Show, Somerville, MA
YOU’VE GOT MAIL, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
SOHO PHOTO NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION, Soho Photo, New York, NY
SKY, Lafayette City Center Passageway Gallery, Boston, MA
EARLY WORKS, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA

Publications

(Upcoming)
A YELLOW ROSE PROJECT, Texas A&M University Press

2018
BESEEINGYOU, self-published book, printed by Conveyor Arts, 76 pages, 150 copies, 20 with print
ABSTRACTION ATTRACTION Griffin Museum exhibition catalog

2017
THE POLAROID PROJECT: At the Intersection of Art and Technology, Thames & Hudson, London
FINDINGS Harper's Magazine, March 2017, p.96
THE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY’S 22th JURIED SHOW:The Peter Urban Legacy Exhibition catalog

2015
NEIL YOUNG: Heart of Gold, Harvey Kubernik, Backbeat Books
SKY, exhibition catalog

2014
BLOW ME A KISS, Alice Harris, PowerHouse Books
THE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY’S 20th JURIED SHOW:The Peter Urban Legacy Exhibition catalog
IMPROMPTU, exhibition catalog

2013
FACES, exhibition catalog
CENTER FORWARD 2013, exhibition catalog
SMILE, exhibition catalogue, A Smith Gallery

2011
BLONDIE, UNBOWED,  NEW YORK MAGAZINE  8.21.11

2010
LUCKY CATS, self-published book, Blurb
DARYL HALL, NEW YORK MAGAZINE, I2.26.10

2009
CHILDHOOD, LIGHT LEAKS MAGAZINE issue 14
ROAD TRIP,  LIGHT LEAKS MAGAZINE issue 13

Press

2024
THE FEMALE GAZE: Sheri Lynn Behr: On Gazing and Being Gazed Upon, FRAMES, Diana Nicolette Jeon, 10.2.24
MEMBER IN FOCUS: SHERI LYNN BEHR, Griffin Museum website, 4.21.24

2023
POIGNANT PICS no. 76: ON SHERI LYNN BEHR’S “NEW NORMAL”, OneTwelve, Diana Nicolette Jeon, 6.29.23

2022
PROOF: SHERI LYNN BEHR: AND YOU WERE THERE, TOO, Lenscratch, Michael Honegger, 2.7.22

2021
WOMAN CRUSH WEDNESDAY: SHERI LYNN BEHR, Museé Magazine, Ariella Cohen, 8.4.21
BESEEINGYOU Book Review, Float, Dana Stirling, 7.21
LACP PORTFOLIO REVIEW – a Portfolio exhibition, Singular Images, Douglas Stockdale, 1.29.21

2020
SHERI LYNN BEHR - THE INTERVIEW, Photography Insights Podcast, Andrew Walmsley, 11.18.20
FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: Sheri Lynn Behr's Series "Beyond Recognition" Analog Forever Magazine, Michael Behlen, 11.1.20
SUFFRAGE PHOTOS BUILD A BRIDGE FROM THE PAST TO THE FUTURE, The Picture Show-NPR, Shannon Thomas Perich, 8.26.20
A YELLOW ROSE PROJECT, Lenscratch, Aline Smithson, 8.18.20
DISTINCTION AT THE PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER NORTHWEST, Lenscratch, Aline Smithson, 5.2.20
THIS WEEK IN PHOTOGRAPHY: SURVEILLANCE IS EVERYWHERE, aPhotoEditor, Jonathan Blaustein, 4.10.20

2019
THE POLAROID PROJECT, What Will You Remember? Elin Spring, 12.11.19

2018
UNDER SURVEILLANCE, Edge Of Humanity Magazine, 7.16.18
BEST PHOTO PICKS FOR SUMMER, What Will You Remember? Elin Spring, 6.28.18
YOU OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES, What Will You Remember? Suzanne Révy, 6.21.18
ON PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE, L'Oeil de la Photographie, 2.6.18

2017
PORTRAITS: WITHIN TIME + SPACE, Elizabeth Avedon Journal, Elizabeth Avedon, 11.6.17
KEEPING WATCH:HASAN ELAHI, LAUREN GRABELLE, AND SHERI LYNN BEHR, LENSCRATCH, Aline Smithson, 8.3.17
SHERI LYNN BEHR, Underexposed Magazine, Davìda Carta, 5.20.17

2016
A JUROR’S VERDICT, REENACTORS, and ABDUCTEES at Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston Globe, Mark Feeney, 7.25.16
SECOND THAT EMOTION, What Will You Remember?  Elin Spring, 7.28.16
KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THE CAMERAS, Slate: BEHOLD, David Rosenberg, 3.29.16
THE SUCCESS OF “EARLY WORKS”, All-About-Photo, Ann Jastrab 2.29.16

2015
SHERI LYNN BEHR: NOMATTERWHERE, aCurator, Julie Grahame, 11.3.15
SHERI LYNN BEHR: JANICE MONGER'S PICK, L'Oeil de la Photographie, 2.23.15 
NOSAFEDISTANCE, TheSIP, The Shpilman Institute for Photography, Tel Aviv, Israel 2.1.15
THE PHOTO REVIEW 2014 COMPETITION: STRUCTURES, The Photo Review 4.15
LAURA MOYA AND LAURA VALENTI: EARLY WORKS, Lenscratch 2.6.15

2014
CASTELL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, L'Oeil de la Photographie, Elizabeth Avedon 11.7.14
PHOTOGRAPHY WEBSITE MAKEOVER: SHERI LYNN BEHR, Feature Shoot 8.14.14
SHERI LYNN BEHR: No Safe Distance, Elizabeth Avedon Journal 8.5.14
WHAT YOU SEE, Orta Format (Turkey), Issue 13, 7.14
NO SAFE DISTANCE, ToneLit Magazine, Issue 8, 5.14
UP, CLOSE & PERSONAL, New York Photo Review, Norman Borden, 4.14
UP, CLOSE & PERSONAL @ FUCHS PROJECTS, American Suburb X, Ellen Wallenstein, 4.14

2013
NOSAFEDISTANCE, Square Magazine issue 4.3, Christophe Dillinger
PORTFOLIO: I AM NOT WHERE I AM NOW, Toy Camera, Spain
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT, Feature Shoot interview, Ben Marcin, 10.23.13
PHOTOLUCIDA-SHERI LYNN BEHR, wall-space gallery | the flat file, Crista Dix, 7.2.13
PHOTOLUCIDA-SHERI LYNN BEHR: 3 SERIES WITHOUT PERMISSION, LENSCRATCH, 6.27.13
SHERI LYNN BEHR, New Landscape Photography, Willson Cummer, 6.26.13
NOSAFEDISTANCE-SHERI LYNN BEHR, PEOPLE’S PHOTOGRAPHY (China) 5.29.13 
FRACTION 50, Fraction Magazine, Issue 50-Group 1, David Bram, 5.1.13

Benefits

2024
January Arts Launch Party/Small Works Exhibition/Fundraiser, Moon Huts, Los Angeles, CA
Postcards From the Edge 2024, A Benefit for Visual AIDS, Berry Campbell Gallery, New York, NY

2023
Postcards From the Edge 2023, A Benefit for Visual AIDS, Ortuzar Projects+Online, New York, NY

2022
Postcards From the Edge 2022, A Benefit for Visual AIDS, Online exhibition and sale

2021
Postcards From the Edge 2019, A Benefit for Visual AIDS, Online exhibition and sale

2019
Postcards From the Edge 2019, A Benefit for Visual AIDS, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY

2018
Exhibition + Print Sale to Benefit The Southern Poverty Law Center, Bond Street Print Shop, New York, NY

2017
Postcards From the Edge 2017, Metro Pictures, New York, NY

2016
18th Annual Postcards From The Edge, A Benefit for Visual AIDS, Sikkema Jenkins & Co. New York, NY

2015
17th Annual Postcards From The Edge, A Benefit for Visual AIDS, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY

2014
Design on A Dime 2014, Paddle8 online auction, Housing Works

2012
Design on A Dime 2012, Housing Works

2011
Life Support Japan, wall-space gallery

2010
Photographers for Haiti, Verge Art Fair

12th Annual Postcards from the Edge, A Benefit for Visual AIDS, ZieherSmith, New York City

2008
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space

Texas Photographic Society Auction XIV

Collections

Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ

Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC), Denver, CO

AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City, NJ

Newark Public Library Special Collections Division

Photographers Network: Selection - Thomas Kellner Collection

Comer Collection of Photography, University of Texas at Dallas

California Museum of Photography

The Media Center at Visual Studies Workshop

The Polaroid Collection 
and The Polaroid International Collection