Sylvia Sussman: Artist Statement

CURRENT, RECENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Open Studios, Sat. and Sun. June 5, 6, 12 & 13, from 11am – 6pm
2227 Parker St., rear; Berkeley

Carol Brighton and Sylvia Sussman have recently launched a printmaking studio at the same address, it will also be open, displaying prints and some paintings by both artists.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2002 Berkeley Art Center

2000 metro @ home, Oakland, CA, Oils

1996 The Gallery at Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA, "Horizon as Structure"

1995 Glendale Federal Bank. Piedmont, CA. Paintings, watercolors and pastels.

1984 Joslin Art. San Francisco, CA. Paintings.

1978 Gallery Spaces. San Anselmo, CA. Pastels, watercolors.

1977 Richmond Art Center. Richmond, CA. "Recent Paintings".

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 "The Art of a Community," Arts Benicia, Benicia CA.

2008/9 California Modern Gallery. San Francisco, CA; “Reflections of the Bay”

2009 Arts Benicia. Benicia, CA; “The Art of a Community”

2007 Oakland Museum of CA, Collectors Gallery. Oakland, CA. “The Naked Pencil: Ten artists draw the figure.”

2007 Prescott Jospeh Center, Oakland, CA. Through Women’s Eyes

2006 Market St. Gallery, S.F. CA; Impressive Impressions: Juried exhibition of Bay Area Printmakers

2006 Gaia Arts Center .: 9 at Gaia, interpreting the landscape. Berkeley, CA

2006 Addison Street Windows Gallery: “Nature, for instance”—five artists contemplate nature. Berkeley, CA

2006 Three at Gaia Arts Center: Carol Brighton, Sidney Mullen, Sylvia Sussman. Berkeley, CA

2005 California Modern Art Gallery. Holiday Exhibition. San Francisco, CA. Also online at www.mesart.com

2004 "You Be The Judge: An exhibition of 6 East Bay Artists," Oakland, CA

2003-2004 City Council Chambers, Old City Hall, Berkeley, CaFour Local Artists. Curated by Patrice Wagner

2003-2005 Berkeley Civic Center Exhibition (continued from '01). Berkeley CA. Curated by Robin Henderson.

2003 Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery. Drawings and Prints

2003 Granville's Gallery. San Francisco, CA

2002 Addison St. Windows Gallery. Berkeley, CA. Seven Local Artists. Sponsored by Berkeley Civic Arts Commission.

2002 The Lola Gallery. San Francisco, CA. "Riding the Range": An exhibition of Western Art

2002 Monotype Marathon VIII, exhibition and auction, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose CA.

2002 Swann's Windows, Oakland, CA curated by Corine Inis.

2002 Chi Gallery, Oakland, CA "Doors of Tranquility"

2002 Chi Gallery, Oakland CA Selected Paintings, Special Spring Exhibition

2001 Berkeley Civic Center Exhibition (to 4/2003). Curated by Robin Henderson

2001 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA (Members' show). Award winner

2000 Berkeley Art Festival Presents: Quartet +1, Berkeley, CA

2000 Alta Bates Hospital, North lobby gallery. Berkeley, CA. "7 Friends" (by invitation)

2000 Eastmont Self Sufficiency Center of Alameda Cnty. Social Services Agency, Oakland, CA.

(by invitation, Curator, Betty Kano of Pro Arts, Oakland)

1999-2000 City of Berkeley, City Offices, "Berkeley Is" (by invitation, 1900 Addison St.)

1999 Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA. Juried Annual. (Jurors: Peter Selz, & Rachel Osajirna).

1999 Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek CA, "Water + Color" (juried)

1999 Berkeley Arts Center, Annual Members Showcase (honorable mention)

1998 Bradford Smock Gallery, San Francisco CA, "The Merav Show" (by invitation)

1994 Weir Gallery. Berkeley, California. "Bay to Delta". (juried)

1994 Lynn House Gallery. Antioch, Califonia. "In Our Own Backyard" (juried)

1983 Mc Fee Union Gallerie. San Luis Opispo, California. "California Mystique" (juried)

1979 Kaiser Center Gallery. Oakland, California. "Images of Women" (juried)

1978 Manaslu & Goldman Arts. Oakland, California. "Primavera".

RELATED ACTIVITIES

2009 Since 1987, Life Drawing Workshop, peer group. Hosted at my studio, Berkeley, CA

2009 Participated in East Bay Open Studios sponsored by Pro Arts of Oakland CA (also 89, 88. 94-08)

2009 Since 1981, Instructor, Qualitative Research Methods. Sanville Institute, (formerly CA Institute for Clinical Social Work) Berkeley, CA

2009 Participated in Berkeley Art Center Members Show Case (also '99 thru 08)

2006 Curated: “Nature for Instance”, for 5 artists, Addison Windows Gallery, Berkeley CA.

2002 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Monotype Marathon VIII; invited and sponsored to participate in workshop held at Kala Inst., Berkeley

1971-73 Instructor, San Francisco Art Institute Humanities Dept.: 20th Century Art & Ideas, Social Science.

REVIEWS

De Witt Cheng. “Representative Democracy: Berkeley Art Center Member’s Showcase offers a Huge Slate” East Bay Express. Jan. 7. 2009

Theres Rohan: “ Sylvia Sussman: Horizon as Structure", pg.28, in The Gallery at Villa Montalvo by Theres Rohan., Montalvo, 2001

Patrice Wagner. Curatorial Statement, Berkeley Art Center Solo Exhibition 3/02

Mary Hull Webster. "The Gallery at Villa Montalvo: Theres Rohan's Horizontal Vision", (2. Pneuma, pg. 12) critical essay in THE GALLERY AT VILLA MONTALVO: Selected Exhibitions from 1996 through 2000, curated by Theres Rohan. 2001, Montalvo.

Don Mc Connell. "Born of the Earth: Art of Sylvia Sussman at Glendale Bank"., Piedmonter. 7/l8/95.

Robert Mc Donald. "Images of Women-Censored & Uncensored", Artweek, 2/l7/79

Charles Shere. Berkeley Gazette, 1/77.

Anna Katherine. Artweek, 2/l2,/77.

EDUCATION

2001-3 Printmaking workshops with master printer, Carol Brighton

1968-71 San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco, California. Honors program painting, l971.

1963 University of London. London England. Ph.D. Sociology, ("The Ideology of Aestheticism").

1960 University of California. Berkeley, Califonia. Bachelor of Arts, Honors.

HOME | STATEMENT | OIL ON CANVAS | OIL ON PAPER