Born in Toronto in 1950, Scherman spent his childhood and young adult life in Paris, Europe and then London from 1955. His father Paul was professionally active as a conductor and violinist in Canada, Europe and England. In 1974, Scherman received an MA from the Royal College of Art in London, and returned to Toronto in 1976. He has had more than 100 solo exhibitions across Canada, in the United States and Europe, and in Beijing and Hong Kong. His solo exhibition Chasing Napoleon circulated to six American university museums in 2001-2002. The concurrent book was published by Cameron & Hollis, UK in 1999 (distributed by D.A.P. in North America and Thames and Hudson, world-wide). Scherman has been included in numerous group exhibitions internationally.
