Susan
Singer
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
2011 Not Barbie: A Celebration of Real Women
– Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA
2010 Sacred Flesh – Visual Art Studio, Richmond, VA
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 – 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
2012 Au Naturel – National exhibition,
Clatsop Community College, Astoria, Oregon, juror Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson
2011 Shades of Pastel – National exhibition sponsored by
Maryland Pastel Society, Workhouse Gallery, Lorton, VA, Polly Mitchell Memorial
Award for Best Portrait, juror Liz Haywood-Sullivan, PSA
Artists
and Writers – collaboration with
Valley Haggard, Flippo Gallery,
Randolph Macon College, Ashland, VA, curated by Katie Shaw
Celebrate
Gay Marriage – Foundry Gallery,
Washington, DC, regional show, juried by Dr. Jonathan Katz of the Visual Studies Program (SUNY-Buffalo), and
co-curator of "Hide/Seek" exhibit at the American Art Museum
Patterns
and Textures –Fredericksburg Center
for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA, National Show, juried by Hubert Jackson
WORK, Visual Arts Center,
Richmond, VA
All
Media Show
– Petersburg Art Center, Petersburg, VA, Honorable Mention for Grace
All
Media Show
– Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA, Honorable Mention for Bathed in Light, juried by Christopher Wynn
All
Media Show – Crossroads Art Center,
Richmond, VA, First Prize for Lady in a
Hat, juried by Michael Colligon
2010 All Media Show - Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA, Honorable
Mention for Soaking it in, juried by
Lee Baskerville
All
Media Show – Petersburg Regional Art
Center, Petersburg, VA, 1st prize for Bling Lady, juried by Anne Hart Chay
All Media Show – Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA, 2nd prize for Presence
2009 All Media Show –
Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA, 2nd prize 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 prize for The Dancer at 89, juried by Christopher Winn
Connections – Fredericksburg
Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA, national show, juried by
Tatjana Beylotte, 2nd prize 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
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 prize
Bodacious:
A Figurative Show – Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA, juried by Eileen
Mott
MOCA
Darlings Show – Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
2003 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
2000 Multimedia Show – Shockoe Bottom Art Center, Richmond,
VA, 2nd prize for Blind
Shadowed Pregnancy
1997 The Polymorphic Possibilities of Polymer Clay - ...but is
it art? 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 (see exhibition list for details)
1982 Fulbright Scholarship,
Freiburg, West Germany
E D U
C A T I O N
2010-2011 Workshop with Rob VanderZee at
VanderZee School of Painting, Alexandria, VA
2000-2010 Ongoing work with Thomas Bosket,
Assistant Professor at Parsons School of Design, NY, NY
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
1977 – 1978 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
S E L E C T E D
P U B L I C A T I O N S
2011 “Beyond Barbie – Caught in a Fun House Mirror”, by Matt Wetsel,
RVAMag, Nov 2
“Letting
Go of Barbie”,
by Karen Newton, GayRVA.com, Oct 27
“Event
Review: Beyond Barbie – Caught in a Fun House Mirror”, by Matt Wetsel,
“…Until Eating Disorders Are No More”, www.arenomore.wordpress.com, Oct 24
“Exhibit
Reveals More Than Just Skin”,
by Alix Bryan, Richmond.com, Sept 21
“Naked
Truth: Susan Singer’s ‘Not Barbie’ lets it all hang out at Crossroads Art Center”, Style Weekly, Sept 13
“REAL
WOMEN: Exhibit Focuses on Beauty and Body Image”, Richmond Times
Dispatch, Sept 12
“Body
Work”,
Richmond Magazine, Sept
“Susan
Singer”
i.e., June 2011, http://www.ie-rva.org/?p=301
“Mama
Nuzzling Baby”,
published on Women Painting Mother and Child, http://womenpaintingmotherandchild.blogspot.com/2011/02/susan-singer.html,
Feb 1
“389
Nude Photos of Me: so this is what I look like naked.” By Valley Haggard, belle, p. 19, February 2011
“The Foundry Gallery Award Winners: Susie Kissing Sally”, http://www.examiner.com/art-scene-in-washington-dc/the-foundry-gallery-award
-winners-picture#main,
Feb 2
2010 “Naked Self Portraits”, http://madelynmiller.blogspot.com/,
by Madelyn Miller, Dec 28
Featured
Artist on C3’s webpage, http://www.c3richmond.org/features/susan-singer/,
Dec
“flesh, sacredness, and exposure”, theloushe.typepad.com/spark/2010/11/index.html,
by Jess Lucia, Nov 6
“Merely Dozing: Do Not Bury”,
www.RichmondMagazine.com, by Harry Kollatz, Jr. Nov 10
“Sacred Flesh”,www.RichmondCultureWorks.org, John Bryan’s Blog, Oct
11
“Body
Talk”,
Richmond Magazine, October, p. 45,
image of “Just Thinkin’” with write-
up of exhibition
“Sexy
Fruits and Beautiful Women”,
http://www.examiner.com/crafts-in-richmond/sexy-fruits-and-beautiful-women,
Richmond Crafts Examiner, by Patricia Morris, April 7
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
“Review
of art by Susan Singer”,
http://www.aidan.co.uk/photo7673.htm, by
Aidan O’Rourke, Jul 6
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
2011 Organizer, Beyond
Barbie: Piecing Together Today’s Woman, 7 performance series starring
Richmond women sharing their gifts, griefs, and glories. Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA
Provocateur,
i.e.*, Richmond, VA
Instructor, Crossroads Art Center,
Open Studio Class for Advanced Artists, Richmond, VA
Curator,
Pastel
Exhibition, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Artist,
Monster
Drawing rally, 1708 Gallery,
Richmond, VA
Workshop
Leader, Body Shop: exploring our bodies through word and image, home studio, Richmond, VA
Guest Speaker, Red
Tent Meeting, Illumination, Richmond, VA
Visiting Artist,
University
of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Workshop
Organizer, Thomas Bosket’s Fun-and-Mental, Crossroads Art Center,
Richmond, VA
2010 Guest Speaker, Unitarian
Universalist Church Women’s Group,
Richmond, VA
Visiting Artist, Richard
Bland Community College, Petersburg,
VA
Juror, Reflections
art contest for Elementary School, Richmond, VA
Presenter, Talk
20, for C3 at 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Participant, Monster
Drawing Rally, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Workshop Organizer, Thomas
Bosket’s Artist Retreat, home studio, Richmond, VA
2009
– present Member,
Collaborative
Arts Group, Richmond, VA
Blogger, www.SusanSingerArt.blogspot.com
2008 Workshop Organizer, Thomas
Bosket’s Artists’ Materials home studio, Richmond, VA
2007
– present Group and Individual Art Instructor,
Private, Richmond, VA
2006
-
2008 Workshop Instructor, Bay
School of the Arts, Drawing, Pastels,
Mathews, VA
2006 Juror, Hanover Art League Annual Juried
Art Show, Richmond, VA
2005,
06, 09 Juror, Richmond Woodworking Show, Richmond, VA
2005 Workshop
Organizer, Thomas Bosket’s On Becoming an Artist, home studio, Richmond,
VA
2003
– present Instructor, Visual
Arts Center, Pastels, Photorealism, Richmond, VA
1999
- 2000 President, ...but is it art? Cooperative
Gallery, Richmond, VA
1998 Board Member, ...but is it art? Cooperative
Gallery, Richmond, VA
C U R
R E N T G A L L E R I E S
Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, Virginia
Pea Island Gallery, Salvo, North Carolina
Richardson Gallery, Onancock, Virginia
C O L
L E C T I O N S (selected list)
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Capitol
One, Richmond, VA
Marcus
and Carole Weinstein, Richmond, VA
James
and Bianca Martin, Stuttgart, Germany
Kenneth
Manheimer, Washington, DC
Chris
Clarke & Kathy Benham, Richmond, VA
Kathy
Benner, Richmond, VA
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William
Byrd Community House, Richmond, VA
Mary
Virginia Currie, Richmond, VA
Gerlinde Wagner, Vienna, Austria
John
Bainbridge, Chapel Hill, NC
Fred
Brumbach, Manteo, NC
Linda
and John Hollett-Bazouli, Richmond, VA
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