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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
Utah Museum of Art
Salt Lake City, Utah
De Young Museum
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, CA
Des Moine Art Center
Des Moine, Iowa
Columbus Museum
Columbus, Ohio
Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
St Louis, MO
Contemporary Museum
St Louis, MO
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