BioSusan is an interdisciplinary artist who has exhibited both nationally and internationally. In addition, she has taught art through various institutions and settings. She has a B.A. in History of Art, a B.F.A. in Graphic Design, an M.A. in Art Education, and an M.F.A. in Studio Art. She was a member of The Plowhaus Cooperative in East Nashville and exhibited with the group from 2006 to 2012. She also exhibited on occasions with the Nashville Untitled group from 2002 to 2012. Her work has been shown at a number of other galleries as well. Currently she volunteers as a docent at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville and teaches at Columbia State Community College. Central to her work is the relationship between thinking practices and art making practices in which she explores various materials and ideas to create a vibrant interactive situation between the audience and the art work. Susan Striepe's current body of work explores the concept of the posthuman and the anthropocene.
Suggested Readingsrelated to simulacra and absence
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RésuméEducation
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2017 (MFA Studio Art) University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 2012 (MA Art Education) Alan Le Quire, Nashville, Tennessee, USA 2010 (Open Studio) Watkins College of Art and Design, Nashville,Tennessee, USA 2006 (Graphic Design) Johannesburg Art Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa 1987-1988 (Open Studio) University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 1981 (History of Art) Exhibitions Group: LACDA (Los Angeles Center for Digital Art), Los Angeles, CA: December 2017-January 2018 Centennial Art Center, Nashville, TN: November-December 2017 Pryor Art Gallery, Columbia, TN: February-March 2017 Riggs Leidy Gallery, Baltimore: July 2015, July 2016, June-July 2017 Plowhaus, Nashville: October and December 2006, January 2007, September and December 2008, February and April 2009, October 2010, September 2012 Untitled, Nashville: November 2002, July 2006, March 2009, September 2012. Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville: 2003 Juried: 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles: August 2018 JCC, Nashville: June 2016 Provence, Nashville: April-July 2016 Riggs Leidy Gallery, Baltimore: August 2015 Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Gallery, Nashville: November 2003, October 2004, January 2005 Solo: Driftwood Studios, Rainbow Valley, East London , South Africa: May 2017 Pence-Chowning Art Gallery at Campbellsville University, Kentucky: November-December 2015 Mere Bulles, Nashville: 1990 Vanderbilt Women’s Club at the Vanderbilt University Club, Nashville: 1989 Film Festivals FAFF (Fine Arts Film Festival) held by VICA (Venice Institute for Contemporary Art) (official selection and screening): May 2016 Toronto Film Week (official selection): March 2016 New York Film Week (official selection): February 2016 Women's Only Entertainment Film Festival: January 2016 Published Journal of Museum Education, July 2013, article: "How Some Art Museums Can Appeal to Teenagers" Friends of South Africa, website: http://www.fo-sa.com/, 2010-2013 Newburg Children’s Museum, brochure, 2009 Nashville Business Journal Book of Lists, photograph, 2006 Nashville Scene, cover illustration, March 24, 2005 Awards Gold student ADDY for logo design, 2006 Silver student ADDY for stationery letterhead package, 2006 Silver student ADDY for logo design, 2005 Graphic Design Experience Freelance Work: Friends of South Africa, 2010-2014; Newburg Children’s Museum of Natural History, 2008-2010; Bridges of Williamson County, 2008; Detour, 2006; Nashville Cares, IntermarkRide Group, WithinProjected Productions, 2005; Around the Box Creative, December 2007-May 2008 Vanderbilt University, July-November 2007 Art Education Experience Adjunct Faculty at Columbia State Community College, Columbia, TN, 2014-present Docent at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, USA, 2011-present Artclectic Juror, 2014, 2015 Adult Education workshops through the University School of Nashville Evening Classes, Nashville, TN, USA, 2011 Exhibition co-ordinator and curator for the Plowhaus Co-op Gallery, Nashville, TN, USA, 2006-2010 |