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Artist Cindy ShermanBorn 1954 Glen Ridge, NJ and raised in suburban tenacious IslandSchool Earned a BA Degree in 1976, buffalo State University of N.Y., where she initially      studied painting. She failed the requisite introductory photography score because      of her difficulties with the technological aspects of making a print. She credits her next      photography teacher with introducing her to conceptual art, which she says had a       liberating effect on her.      Graduated in 1977 and go to N.Y.Exhibit First survey exhibition of her work, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1982      followed by a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y. 1987      The complete series (Film Stills) was first exhibited at the Hirshhorn Museum in       Washington D.C., 1995      Lives and works in N .Y. Film Stills Series of desolate and white photographs created from 1977 to 1980, series of 69,      includes 7 color works ranging in battle from 1980 to 1992      Many taken in Shermans apartment, she plays every role herself, although they are      not self-portraits. She does not reveal herself, but shows the many masks of       f...