About
Cherie Bauer (b.1955) creates her artwork at her home studio in Lakewood, Ohio. Her practice entices one to stop and look longer. Complex layers of marks, symbols and patterns invite the viewer to reflect on the tragedy, loss, survival and growth of life’s journey. Over a period of 48 years, she has exhibited at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Virginia Museum, Ohio Arts Council and Ohio University, studied and taught art. It has been a lifelong pursuit culminating with the completion of her MFA in painting from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2026.
cheriekbauer@gmail.com
2025 MFA Painting Candidate, Savannah College of Art and Design | Savannah, Georgia
1981 MA Art Education, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Institute of Art
1977 BA with Departmental Honors in Printmaking, Hollins University | Hollins, Virginia
EDUCATION
2022 NewNow22 Juried Exhibition Artists Archive of the Western Reserve | Cleveland, Ohio
2019 Art Educators as Artists, Riffe Gallery, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
2019 and 2017 State of the Arts Exhibition. Ohio University | Athens, Ohio
2016 and 2013 BayArts Juried Art Show Bay Village, Ohio
2002 Cleveland Photography Show, Cleveland State University, Ohio
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1994-1997 Ohio Arts Council, Fellowship
2017 Cleveland Institute of Art, Summer Residency
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1997 Hollins University | Roanoke, Virginia
1996 Cleveland Playhouse | Cleveland, Ohio
1984 Women’s City Club | Cleveland, Ohio
1981 Mather Gallery, CWRU | Cleveland, Ohio
1998 “In the Trenches” Art Educators as Artists, Juror: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
1978 May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1977 Virginia Museum, Richmond, Virginia
1976 Roanoke Fine Art Center, Roanoke, Virginia
2017 and 2014 Metro Health, Women’s and Children’s Pavillion, Cleveland, Ohio
1997 Cleveland Institute of Art
COLLECTIONS