Creative studio Yabu Pushelberg has opened its Toronto gallery to host the debut solo exhibition of photographer and creative director Christopher Sherman, titled Your Shame Bores Me. On view from October 9 to 18, 2025, the show presents thirty-nine photographs that dismantle the weight of shame and move toward joy, longing, and radical vulnerability.
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The exhibition positions itself as both declaration and provocation. Sherman challenges viewers to confront their own discomfort, excitement, or longing, inviting them into a world where shame no longer dictates identity. “Shame is predictable. Exhausting. It bores me,” Sherman says. “My work asks what happens after shame. It lives in the space of desire and joy, where honesty and horniness become radical acts of existence.” His photographs pursue this tension, finding beauty in openness and intimacy.
The works feature a mix of public figures and personal icons. Jeanne Beker, Canadian storyteller and Sherman’s mentor, appears as a central image embodying resilience and reinvention. Beker, who transformed Canadian fashion television and later became a prominent voice for breast cancer research, represents the exhibition’s theme of rewriting hardship into strength. Other portraits include filmmaker David Cronenberg, an intimate shot of Francis Ford Coppola with actor Adam Driver, and Canadian Screen Award–winning artist Vivek Shraya. Each subject carries their own layered narrative, reinforcing Sherman’s exploration of honesty and vulnerability.
For George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, the exhibition reflects a philosophy they have long embraced in their own practice. “In our lives and work, we have always led with vulnerability. We never tried to be perfect. We own our mistakes and show who we are,” they note. “That trust matters, and empathy grows from it. We see the same impulse in Christopher’s work. His voice is clear, distinct, and necessary.” Hosting Your Shame Bores Me continues the studio’s Salon Series programming, which cultivates conversation and collaboration between creative communities in New York and Toronto.
Sherman’s body of work is steeped in what he calls the “endlessly horny human condition,” expressed through projects like Have A Horny Day and The Horny Podcast. In this exhibition, horniness becomes a radical lens, an unapologetic framework for beauty, intimacy, and play. The show dares audiences to peel back the protective layers of social conditioning and experience the possibility of freedom in vulnerability.
Your Shame Bores Me is on view at Yabu Pushelberg’s Toronto gallery, 55 Booth Avenue, from October 9 to 18, 2025, open weekdays from 1 to 7 PM and Saturdays from 12 to 6 PM.
