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Background
Susan is a Colorado native who trained as a commercial artist at the Colorado Institute of Art. She has exhibited her art throughout Colorado and in many national juried venues. Her work is owned by a number of private collectors.
Selected Juried Shows
2007    Solo Exhibition
Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI
2007    Quilts for Art's Sake 5 Invitational
Makeready Press and Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2007    Expressions the Art Quilt
Manchester, NH and Nashville, TN
2006    Elements: Children's Hospital, Invitational
Children's Hospital, Denver, CO
2006    Expressions the Art Quilt
Tims Art Quilt Studio, La Veta CO
2006    Fabric, Furniture, and Furnishings
Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts, Steamboat, CO
2006    Material Matters: FRCQ
Kimball Art Museum, Park City, UT
2006    On the Wall: SAQA professional member show
Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of CO, CO Springs, CO
2006    Art and Soul of Quilting (AWARD: Solo Exhibition)
Anderson Center for the Arts, Kenosha, WI
2006    Art Quilts X: Xhilarating, Joy in the Making
Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ
2005    Sacred Threads
Reynoldsburg, OH
2005    HeART Goes Red for Women (AWARD: Third Place)
Gallery Z, Providence, RI
2005    Form not Funtion
Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN
2004    Habitat for all Species (AWARD: Theme Interpretation)
Aullwood Center and Farm, Dayton, OH
2004    STAC Fiber Arts Exhibition
Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY
2004    13th National Art Exhibition and Sale
Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
2004    Art Strings
Marianna Gallery, Greeley, CO
2003    Elements (traveling)
Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO, Touring
2003    Art Quilts VIII
Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ
2003    Wrapped in Cloth
Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2003    Art Strings
Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO
2002    Pot Luck (traveling)
Invitational Exhibition, Touring Exhibit
2002    Member Solo Exhibition
Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO
2002    Art Quilts at the Sedgwick
Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA
2001    A Colorado Perspective, 2D Juried Exhibition
Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO
2001    Front Range Contemporary Quilters
Denver International Airport, Denver, CO
2001    Flora
Aullwood Audobon Center, Dayton, OH
2001    Art Strings Contemporary Quilts
Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO
2000    Out of Time
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
2000    Lines into Shape
Estes Park, CO
2000    Gilpin County Arts Festival
Invitation to Exhibit, Denver, CO
1999    Front Range Contemporary Quilters
Denver International Airport, Denver, CO
Publications and Awards
Reviews:
Denver Post, Denver CO; Joanne Ditmer
Independent Coast Observer, San Jose, CA; Irene Lorenz-Fife
Sedgewick Review, Philadelphia Enquirer, Photo: Precarious Balance
Various SAQA Journals 2005 2006

Publications:
SAQA Journals Winter 2006, Fall 2006, Summer 2007
FiberArts Sept 2006
Berthoud Summer Guide 2005, Cover and Featured Artist

Awards:
2006 Solo Show Award; Artist as Quiltmaker
2005 The Fire Within, 3rd Prize, The HeART Goes Red for Women
2005 Under the Pier, Best Theme Interpretation, Habitat for all Species

Professional Organizations/Positions:
Regional Representative, Studio Art Quilters Assoc., 2005-present
President, Front Range Contemporary Quilters, 2002-2004, member
Artist Remarks
The joy of being an artist is found when an observer's personal experience is discovered in the art. The observer's own connection to the work brings the art full circle, regardless of the motivation in it's creation.

The inventive aspect of art is what compels me to create.