Susan Singer
3440 Northridge Road * Richmond, Virginia 23235 USA * 804.267.3455
SusanSingerArt@msn.com * SusanSinger.com * SusanSingerArt.blogspot.com
E X H I B I T I O N S
Solo Exhibitions
2010 The Temptations of Food – The Listening Room Gallery, Ashland, VA
2008 There are Ten Naked Men in Town – Friend House Gallery, Petersburg, VA
88 Pieces: a Retrospective Exhibition – Montpelier Center for the Arts, Montpelier, VA
2007 Sexy Fruits and Veggies – Friend House Gallery, Petersburg, VA
2006 Landscapes, Color Studies and Portraits – St. Michael’s, Richmond, VA
Reflections on the Landscape – Visual Art Studio, Richmond, VA
2005 Into the Mist – Visual Art Studio, Richmond, VA
2004 Scar Series – Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
2003 Twelve Naked Men – Visual Art Studio, Richmond, VA
Scar Series - Visual Art Studio, Richmond, VA
2002 Faces, Places, and Human Spaces - Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA
2001 Parent and Child - Collegiate School Parent’s Gallery, Richmond, VA
Body Celebration - Shockoe Bottom Arts Center, Richmond, VA
2000 Selected Works - Annual Quaker Women’s Retreat, Point of Rocks, MD
1998 The Shape of Space - ...but is it art? Fine Crafts Gallery, Richmond, VA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 All Media Show – Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA, 2nd place for Presence, juried by Robert Walz
All Media Show – Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA
2009 All Media Show – Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA, 2nd place for Beauty with a Veil
Layers – Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA, national show, juried by Anne Cook
WORK – Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
radius250 – artspace gallery, Richmond, VA, juried by Marlene Rothacker
All Media Show – Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA, 2nd place for The Dancer at 89
Connections – Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA, national show, juried by Tatjana Beylotte, 2nd place for Connected
Body of Work - Two Person Show, The Gay Community Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA, curated by Petie Bogan-Garrett
2008 Visual Arts Center Faculty Exhibition – Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
The Heat is On – Friend House Gallery, Petersburg, VA
2007 Visual Arts Center Faculty Exhibition - Gallery 5800, Richmond, VA
How Far the Ties of Blood? Artistic Visions Through Five Generations – Uptown Gallery, Richmond, VA
Desire – Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center, Richmond, VA, juried by Paul Ryan
2006 Small Works Show, Gallery 5800, Richmond, VA
Defining Moments: An Exploration of Birth Through the Arts – Firehouse Theatre, Richmond, VA
2005 Figuratively Speaking – Bainbridge Art Center, Richmond, VA
2003 December Show – Elizabeth Roberts Gallery, Washington, DC
It Figures – Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA, juried by Betsy Kellum, 2nd place
Bodacious: A Figurative Show – Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA, juried by Eileen Mott
MOCA Darlings Show – Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
A Family Affair: A Mother and Two Daughters – Blue Ridge Arts Council, Seneca, SC
2002 Seeking Beauty – Pine Camp Arts Center, Richmond, VA
Joie de Vie – Visual Art Studio, Richmond, VA
2001 Private Moments – Two Person Show, Gallery 5800, Richmond, VA
1997 The Polymorphic Possibilities of Polymer Clay - ...but is it art? Fine Crafts Gallery,Richmond, VA
H O N O R S & A W A R D S
2003 Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
2000-present Many prizes in local, regional and national art shows
1982 Fulbright Scholarship, Freiburg, West Germany
E D U C A T I O N
1999 - 2003 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Masters of Interdisciplinary Studies
1981 - 1982 Paedagogische Hochschule, Freiburg, Germany, Fulbright Scholarship
1978 - 1981 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, BA in German, with Honors
S E L E C T E D P U B L I C A T I O N S
2009 “Circular Reasoning”, Brick, June 25, p. 10, image of “Grace” with review
“A Brilliant Smile”, Richmond Times Dispatch, January 11
2008 “Ten Naked Men”, Petersburg People’s News, March 5
2007 “Artist Reviews: Susan Singer”, Photojournal Intime, Vol 1, featured article, June
“Artistic Visions through Five Generations”, V Magazine for Women, p. 14, February
2006 “Sunrise #1 in Avon,” Virginia Living, p. 29, October issue
“Fiery Sunrise,” and featured gallery article, Richmond Guide, Fall issue
2005 “I didn’t see any Naked Women in Richmond,” by Madelyn Miller, TravelLady Magazine, travellady.com, August issue
“I saw 12 Naked Men in Richmond,” by Madelyn Miller, TravelLady Magazine, travellady.com, March – April issue, received over 100,000 hits/day
EarShot, Televised Interview, Fox TV’s Richmond Entertainment Show, March 9
“Misty Woods,” Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA, January 23
2003 “Singer’s ‘Naked Men’ gets people talking,” The Commonwealth Times, Richmond, VA,
November 6
“Chris,” Style Weekly, Richmond, VA, October 29
“Art in the Family,” Daily Journal, Seneca, SC, May 2
“Dylan’s Tooth”, Richmond Times Dispatch, February
2002 “Four Faces” and “Dylan”, Richmond Times Dispatch, November 14
Featured Artist on Richmond Cultural Arts Center Web Page, richmondarts.org/gallery/index.html, Fall 2002 – Spring 2003
Interviewed on Gallery, WCVE, in conjunction with Faces, Places and Human Spaces, October 27
“Susan Singer, Draftsman“, Style Weekly, October 16
“A Summer’s Day“, Richmond Times Dispatch, July 25
2001 64, photograph published, Richmond, VA, July
Interviewed on Gallery, WCVE, in conjunction with Private Moments, February
“Bold Woman“, Style Weekly, February 6
2000 “Nonda Reed“, Style Weekly, photograph and article, April 18
“Local Gallery Features Lakeside Elementary School Kids‘ Art Work“, Northside Magazine, featured as President of ...but is it art? in Richmond, VA, March 2000
1998 Polyinformer, National Polymer Clay Guild Newsletter, author, front page article covering Annual National Retreat
1997 Interviewed on Midday with Stephanie Pyle, WCVE, in conjunction with The Polymorphic Possibilities of Polymer Clay
P R O F E S S I O N A L A C T I V I T I E S
2010 Talk 20, presenter, for C3 at 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2009 – present Collaborative Arts Group, Member, Richmond, VA
2007 – present Group and Individual Art Instructor, Private, Richmond, VA
2003 – present Visual Arts Center, Instructor, Pastels, Photorealism, Richmond, VA
2006 - 2008 Bay School of the Arts, Workshop Instructor, Drawing, Pastels, Mathews, VA
2006 Hanover Art League Annual Juried Art Show, Juror, Richmond, VA
2005, 06, 09 Richmond Woodworking Show, Juror, Richmond, VA
1999 - 2000 ...but is it art? Cooperative Gallery, President, Richmond, VA
1998 ...but is it art? Cooperative Gallery, Board Member, Richmond, VA
C O L L E C T I O N S (selected list)
Capitol One, Richmond, VA Marcus and Carole Weinstein, Richmond, VA James and Bianca Martin, Stuttgart, Germany Kenneth Manheimer, Washington, DC Chris Clark and Kathy Benham, Richmond, VA | Mary Virginia Currie, Richmond, VA William Byrd Community House, Richmond, VA Gerlinde Wagner, Vienna, Austria John Bainbridge, Chapel Hill, NC Fred Brumbach, Manteo, NC |