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Alex Sher Art

American

Alex Sher is an award-winning American underwater fine art photographer whose admiration of feminine sensuality heralded him to worldwide acclaim.

Sher was born in Ukraine in 1962 and started taking photographs at the age of twelve. He graduated from Kyiv University in 1984. Two years later, he volunteered as medical personnel to support the Chernobyl nuclear disaster recovery. When asked about that time, Sher says "Having no clue how much radiation you are getting makes you appreciate every breath — pretty much what you feel underwater."

Sher started showing his photographs in the early 1990s; however, he considered himself an amateur until his work was stolen from an exhibition in Kyiv.

Sher immigrated to the United States with his family in 1995 and currently resides in Los Angeles. As a former biologist and an ocean diver, Alex is deeply concerned with the decimation of kelp forests along the California Pacific Coast.

Sher’s underwater photographs emerged in 2011. In 2015, after participating in a photo competition, his works were exhibited in Paris at the Louvre Museum and later at museums in London, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other major cities. Sher's first personal photo exhibition was held in 2016 in Los Angeles by the Bruce Lurie Gallery. Since then, he has had six exclusive exhibitions, has been in numerous group exhibitions, and has participated in major US art fairs.

Sher's artistic style is marked by the transition from photographing marine wildlife at the very beginning to figurative nudity, with a majority of monochrome black and white works. His most recent pieces showcase minimalism and abstraction with bright colors through a quiet, eye-catchy, and charming combination of figurative and abstract art.

Sher is an excellent underwater coach who trains his models on how to control their breath and buoyancy, as well as their feelings. He also teaches spiritual blending with the water and modeling techniques for different underwater cameras.

Sher generously shares his artistic and technical innovations. His ideas inspire underwater photographers around the world. His first photo book, Mermaids, was published in 2018. He has been represented by Touchon Gallery since 2019.

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(Biography provided by Touchon Gallery)

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Artist: Alex Sher
Sunbeams - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 35x23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white nude photograph of a young woman wrapped in sunbeams. There were five grandpianos at her house, a pool on the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Circus - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 24"x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This ethereal underwater photograph showcases minimalist composition in rich teal and turquoise tones, capturing a performer suspended in crystalline waters. The topless young woman ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Real Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23.4x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a model swimming in the pool. "There were five grand pianos at her house, a pool at the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of that pool me. I jus...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, Archival Paper

The Real Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35x52"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a model swimming in the pool. "There were five grand pianos at her house, a pool at the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of that pool me. I jus...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Cold Song II - underwater photograph - print on aluminum 17 x 24
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a man diving in a pool, leaning toward a flower. A very bright photograph with plenty of sun and positivity. Original digital print on aluminum plate signed...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Metal

The Lust - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 25" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young woman on red background. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, furnished with certificate of ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Lust - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35" x 47"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young woman on red background. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, furnished with certificate of ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Hot Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x59"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in bubbles. This is a bright high resolution photograph with rich green and golden tones migrating onto blue and orange. Ori...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

The Lust - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43" x 58"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young woman on red background. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, furnished with certificate of ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Apriel - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 18 x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a beautiful topless young woman, Apriel swimming in the pool. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed b...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Porcelain II - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 16" х 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young woman on neutral black background. Porcelain aside from being an exquisite material is the name of my project. The premise of the project my...
Category

2010s Naturalistic Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Tutu Skirt - underwater black & white nude photograph - print on paper 43" x 70"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white nude photograph of a young female dancer in the pool. The dancer is putting on her tut skirt. The photograph depicts her beautiful naked butt about to hid...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Tutu Skirt - underwater black & white nude photograph - print on paper 21" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white nude photograph of a young female dancer in the pool. The dancer is putting on her tut skirt. The photograph depicts her beautiful naked butt about to hid...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Marble Cave - underwater nude photo - print on aluminum 12 x 8"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a naked young woman in a pool. Original print on aluminum plate with solid black backboard. The artwork needs no additional framing: it can...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Metal

Slow Motion (blue) - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 23.5" x 16"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and mysterious underwater photograph of a young naked woman slowly falling down through the pool water. Her strong body drops a bizarre shadow on the bottom of the pool ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Brushstroke - underwater photograph series REFLECTIONS - archival pigment 13x24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
In a delicate smear of faded blues intermingled with the curves and lines of the pale colors of the skin, Alex Sher’s “Brushstroke” uncovers his phenomenal ability to capture the tr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Blood and Milk III - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 23" x 17"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a topless young woman with white tulle scarf taking off her red skirt on bright red background. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archi...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Spark - underwater nude photograph - series Reflections - archival pigment print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Spark” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series REFLECTIONS - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of masterpiec...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Bent Mirror - underwater photograph - print on paper 17 x 23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a topless young female dancer in the pool. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, furnis...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hot Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 18x24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in bubbles. This is a bright high resolution photograph with rich green and golden tones migrating onto blue and orange. Ori...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Salsa - underwater photograph from series Reflections - print on aluminum 24x36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Salsa” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series REFLECTIONS - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of masterpiec...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Metal

Dragon Dreams - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival paper 35x52"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white nude photograph of a model on black background. Her distorted reflection in the inner water surface reminds some mysterious creature. Original gallery qua...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Balance - underwater nude b&w photograph - archival pigment 24х16"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white nude photograph of young woman and her reflection in the water surface. Original digital archival pigment print signed by the artist. Limited edition o...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Water Sketch II - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white nude photograph of a young woman in the pool. Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment print on archival paper wi...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sensu - underwater black & white photograph - archival paper 35x51"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a young woman gracefully poised beneath the dark water surface. Her tulle dress merging with her reflection on the underside of the water for...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Networking - underwater nude b&w photograph - archival pigment 35x48"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A sepiatoned artistic rendering of an underwater scene, where two naked female forms are intricately enveloped by a fishing net, suspended within a luminous environment of sunbeams a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Open - underwater monochrome photograph - archival paper print 35x50"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater monochromatic photograph capturing a young woman in a light tulle dress and unbuckled bra turned away from the camera. The subdued tones create an ethereal tranquility...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Scream - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 43"x63"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An abstract composition capturing the dramatic interplay between vibrant crimson and stark white elements. The photograph presents a swirling vortex of deep red textures that dominat...
Category

2010s Abstract Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Thunderweb - underwater black & white nude photograph - print on aluminum 24x36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of beautiful naked young woman in a pool filled with sun light. The bottom of the pool is covered with a mysterious web of ripple shadows and...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Metal

Blood and Milk VIII - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 24x18"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman standing on her hands on the bottom of a pool. Her perfect body on the red background and classic heavy breasts leave spectators speechle...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Marble Cave (triptych) - underwater b&w nude photograph - 3 prints 35"x23" each
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Marble Cave is a series of three underwater black and white photographs depicting a young naked woman swimming in a pool. Her strong body drops a bizarre shadow on the bottom of the ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slow Motion - underwater nude photo - print on aluminum 12 x 8"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a naked young woman in a pool. Original print on aluminum plate with solid black backboard. The artwork needs no additional framing: it can...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Metal

Sensu - underwater black & white photograph - archival paper 24x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a young woman gracefully poised beneath the dark water surface. Her tulle dress merging with her reflection on the underside of the water for...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Moonlight - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35x47"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and sophisticated underwater photograph of a young naked woman on her back on the bottom of the pool. This is a monochrome photograph close to black and white with rea...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Dragon Dreams - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival paper 23x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white nude photograph of a model on black background. Her distorted reflection in the inner water surface reminds some mysterious creature. Original gallery qua...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Open - underwater monochrome photograph - archival paper print 16.3 x 23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater monochromatic photograph capturing a young woman in a light tulle dress and unbuckled bra turned away from the camera. The subdued tones create an ethereal tranquility...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Open - underwater monochrome photograph - archival paper print 24.3 x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater monochromatic photograph capturing a young woman in a light tulle dress and unbuckled bra turned away from the camera. The subdued tones create an ethereal tranquility...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dragon Dreams - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival paper 16x23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white nude photograph of a model on black background. Her distorted reflection in the inner water surface reminds some mysterious creature. Original gallery qua...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Sensu - underwater black & white photograph - archival paper 16x23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a young woman gracefully poised beneath the dark water surface. Her tulle dress merging with her reflection on the underside of the water for...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Ripples - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude black and white photograph of a perfect female torso wrapped in sunlight. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, fur...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Crossfire - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 14x23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young woman processed in an abstract black and white symmetrical composition. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper sig...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Night Flight - underwater black & white nude photograph - print on paper 17"x23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white nude photograph of a young woman in the pool. The photograph was taken with black backdrop. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x65"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photo of a naked young woman wrapped in air bubbles. The photograph depicts only her body, the face is not visible. A very bright eye catching artwork. The pool was freez...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Rounds - underwater black and white photograph - archival pigment print 22x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white portrait of Justin Jedlica - The Human Ken Doll Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, furnished with ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink

Night Flight - underwater black & white nude photograph - print on paper 43x59"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white nude photograph of a young woman in the pool. The photograph was taken with black backdrop. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bent Sound - underwater portrait of Njomza Vitia - archival pigment print 35x50"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater portrait of the singer Njomza Vitia. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, furnished with certificate of authenticit...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Steps - underwater photograph - print on aluminum 48" x 39"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A light and very becoming underwater photograph of a girl walking down the steps in pool toward you. The light blue photograph shows no swimsuit neithe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Metal

Ripples - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude black and white photograph of a perfect female torso wrapped in sunlight. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, fur...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Ripples - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude black and white photograph of a perfect female torso wrapped in sunlight. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, fur...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Freediver - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 24x18"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young naked dark hair woman in the pool. A transparent silk scarf slid off her shoulders opening the breasts and partially covering the hips and pubis....
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Friday Fishing - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23x17"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman caught in fishing net. Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the artist, furnished with certificate of authenticity...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Hot Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 25.3x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in bubbles. This is a bright high resolution photograph with rich green and golden tones migrating onto blue and orange. Ori...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Pointe - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 35x25"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of ballerina tying up her pointe shoes. "Four years ago I wrecked my sailboat and was selfmedicating with vodka at a Russian restaurant when I suddenly noticed...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Constellation - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43" x 63"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater almost monochrome photograph of a naked young women wrapped in fishing net. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, fur...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Song of Songs - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35" x 50"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman with golden scarf on black background. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, furni...
Category

2010s Naturalistic Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Mermaids - a book of underwater nude and ocean wildlife photographs
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The book “Mermaids” has the best of Alex Sher’s underwater photography for eight years (2010-2018). It blends human erotics with the beauty of the ocean wildlife - transforming the c...
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2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

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Magazine Paper

Hot Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35x48"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in bubbles. This is a bright high resolution photograph with rich green and golden tones migrating onto blue and orange. Ori...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

No Way - black & white nude photograph - print on paper 16" x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a perfect woman's buttocks and her handcuffed hands giving a finger. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Alex Sher art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Alex Sher art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, red, green and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Alex Sher in archival pigment print, pigment print, paper and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Alex Sher art, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Trenity Thomas, Brian Finke, and Patty Carroll. Alex Sher art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $80 and tops out at $5,520, while the average work can sell for $744.

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