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Susan Sommer
Résumé
susansommer@msn.com :
| Solo and Group Exhibitions |
| Feb/April 2008 |
Riverside Art Museum
Riverside , CA , "Plein Air Abstraction" |
| Feb/May 2005 |
Moore Galleries at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Philadelphia , PA , "Improvisations" |
| July/Aug 2002 |
Ceres Gallery , New York
Tenth Annual Friends Show, "Rebound" |
| May 2002 |
Labriola Gallery, Stamford , CT
Solo show, "Recent Works" |
| March 2002 |
Wooster Projects, New York , NY
Solo show, "Selected Work From the Last Seventeen Years" |
| 2001 |
Alumnae Show, Moore College of Art and Design
Group Show, "Meaning in the Mundane: Inspirations from Daily Life" |
| 1997 |
Moore College of Art and Design
Levy Gallery for the Arts in Philadelphia
Group Show, "Seven From the Seventies" |
| 1995 |
Schick Art Gallery , Skidmore College
Group Show, "Quiet Spaces" |
| 1987 |
Ariel Gallery , New York
Solo show; Group show |
| 1974 |
Alumnae Show, Moore College of Art and Design
Philadelphia , PA |
| Juried Competitions |
| 2004 |
Art Students League of New York
"Study with Red Ribbons" 5 each 8 x 6 oil/canvas board
Displayed in the 2004 Juried Members Exhibition |
| 2004 |
Art Students League of New York
"Study with Red Ribbons" 5 each 8 x 6 oil/canvas board test test
Displayed in the 2004 Juried Members Exhibition |
| 2004 |
National Arts Club On-Line Exhibition
"Time Machine", 24 x 36 inches, oil/linen, selected as winner of The Special Guest Judge Award by Edwin Schlossberg |
| 1998/1999 |
Ceres Gallery , New York
Tenth Annual Friends Show, "Rebound" |
| Education |
| 2007 |
Women's Studio Workshop
Roni Henning, Silk-screen Monotypes |
| 2002/2003 |
Smith Anderson Editions
Worked with Paula Kirkeby on Monotypes |
| 1968/1972 |
Graduated with Honors in Painting
Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia , PA
Worked with Robert S. Koffler, Harold Jacobs, and Dianne P. Vanderlip |
| 1965/1970 |
The Art Students League of New York
Worked with Macabi Greeenfield, Nathan Cabot Hale, and Rudolf Baranik |
| 1967/1970 |
During the summer months, I worked for Emory Roth & Sons, Architects. This was the architectural firm that drew the plans for many of the skyscrapers that make up Manhattan , including the World Trade Center . Working with them I learned mechanical drawing and architectural lettering. |
| Publications: |
Susan Sommer Oils, Charcoals & Pastels , Bob Bianco © 1990
Maiden Lane Publishing.
Mustique, Roger Vaughan, © 1994 (pg. 96-97
Maiden Lane Publishing
Plein Air Abstraction at the Foothills of the Catskill Mountains
Maiden Lane Publishing, A Monograph © 2007
Who's Who in American Art (2005-2006)
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| Public Collections: |
Moore College of Art & Design
Club Quarters Hotel, San Francisco , CA
de Saissett Museum of the University of Santa Clara, CA
Government House at Saint Vincent, West Indies
Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville , TN
Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Albuquerque , NM
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| Memberships: |
Art Students League of New York |
| Personal: |
Brooklyn , New York , February 23, 1950 |
| Reference Libraries: |
Susan Sommer Oils, Charcoals & Pastels , Bob Bianco © 1990 may be found in the reference libraries of the following institutions:
The Saint Louis Art Museum
Saint Louis , Missouri
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond , Virginia
The Institute of Contemporary Art
Boston , Massachusetts
The Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo , Ohio
The Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore , Maryland
Akron Art Museum
Akron , Ohio
Delaware Art Museum
Wilmington , Delaware
Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati , Ohio
High Museum of Art
Atlanta , Georgia
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Smithsonian Institute
Washington , DC
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Washington , DC Samuel Dorsky Museum
State University of New Paltz
New Paltz , NY
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Plein Air Abstractions at the Foothills of the Catskill Mountains , by Susan Sommer © 2008 can be found in the reference library of the following institutions:
The Saint Louis Art Museum
Saint Louis , MO
The Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo , OH
Delaware Art Museum
Wilmington , DE
Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts
Cincinnati , OH
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago , IL
Akron Art Museum
Akron , OH |
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