- MASTER OF FINE ARTS, Boston
Museum School/Tufts University, Boston, MA, 1991
- BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, STUDIO ART, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1986
- MUSEUM STUDIES CERTIFICATE, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 1996
Exhibitions
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
GALLERY 2, Artspace, New Haven, CT (solo
exhibit, January–February, 2010)
DENMI, Denver/Miami artist exchange, Miami,
FL
COLORADO ART OPEN 2009, Foothills
Art Center, Golden, CO
Curators:
Christoph Heinrich, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Denver Art Museum
and
Michael Chavez, Curator, Foothills Art Center
ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOMEN'S INSTITUTE RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF ASSOCIATES, RedLine,
Denver, CO
SELECTED GALLERY ARTISTS, Plus Gallery, Denver,
CO
PROJECTS '08, Carriage House, Islip Art Museum,
East Islip, NY
TOGETHER, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston,
SC (solo)
FACULTY
EXHIBITION 2007, University of Colorado Art Museum, Boulder,
CO
BEAUTY AND ITS DISCONTENTS, Victoria H.
Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, CO
DECADES
OF INFLUENCE: COLORADO 1985 – PRESENT, Museum of Contemporary
Art / Denver, CO
Curator: Cydney
Payton
2005 BIENNIAL BLOW OUT, Museum
of Contemporary Art / Denver, Denver, CO
Guest Curator: Kenny Schachter
MALFUNCTION JUNCTION, (+)
Plus Gallery, Denver, CO
OCCUPIED: FASTEN SEATBELTS BEFORE TAKEOFF AND LANDING, Victoria
H. Myhren Gallery,
University of Denver, CO
ELEGY: CONTEMPORARY RUINS, Museum
of Contemporary Art/Denver, Denver, CO
JUROR’S CHOICE, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin,
TX
Juror: Kate Bonansinga, Director, University of Texas, El Paso
Art Gallery
DOMESTIC RITUALS, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
PRIVATE ROAD, Ironton Studios
and Gallery, Denver, CO
PILCHUCK GLASS EAIR EXHIBITION, Foster White Gallery, Seattle,
WA
1500 DEGREES, Artyard Contemporary Sculpture Gallery, Denver,
CO
ESCAPE, Right
Galleries, Nicolaysen Museum, Casper, WY
URBAN IDENTITY/PERSONAL ARCHITECTURE: FIVE ARTISTS REVISIT
UTICA, NY,
Sculpture Space (25th Anniversary), Utica, NY
3-FOLD: SUSAN MEYER FENTON, VIRGINIA FOLKESTAD, GAIL WAGNER,
curated by Linde Schlumbohm, Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO
ASSEMBLAGE, Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE EXHIBITION, Patton-Malott and Gartner Galleries,
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
WALKING ON EGGSHELLS, ARC Gallery - Raw Space, Chicago, Ill
THREADS, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins,
CO
CLOSET, Pirate Contemporary Art Gallery - Treasure Chest, Denver,
CO
OBJECTS OF PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE, Metro Center for the Visual
Arts, Denver,CO
BOX ART, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
A DYING LANGUAGE, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design,
Denver, CO
ILLUSION/REALITY, University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo,
CO - 2 person
SMALL WORKS, Artyard Contemporary Sculpture Gallery, Denver,
CO
ASSEMBLAGE, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
WEST MEETS EAST, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities,
Arvada, CO - 3 person
20 ARTISTS/ 20 YEARS, One West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO
EDGE INVITES, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO
ART EQUINOX: A REGIONAL SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Paris Gibson
Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT - catalogue
Jurors: Nancy Tieken, Adjunct Curator of Contemporary Art,
Denver Art Museum:
Richard Notkin, Ceramic Artist
MYTH, Artyard Contemporary Sculpture Gallery, Denver, CO
FOUR STORIES, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder,
CO - 4 person
ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOMEN’S INSTITUTE SHOWCASE EXHIBITION,
Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO
SCULPTURE THREE, Artyard Contemporary Sculpture Gallery, Denver,
CO - 3 person
SOUTHWEST ’96, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM - catalogue,
award
Jurors: Willis Hartshorn, Director, International Center for
Photography, New York, NY;
Luis Jimenez, Artist; Charlene Teeters, Artist
SHAPE-SHIFTING: TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE ART OF THE BOOK, Mariani
and
Michener Galleries, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley,
CO - Book Arts Slide
Project (slide publication), catalogue, traveling
FORM AND METAPHOR, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales,
NM - catalogue
THE 19TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION, Tokyo Metropolitan Art
Museum, Japan
SMALL WORKS, Schemer Art Center and Museum, Phoenix, AZ
LA
PHOENIQUERA XII, Mars Gallery, Phoenix, AZ - award
Jurors: Debra Hopkins, Asst. Director of Art for Exhibitions, Scottsdale Center
for the Arts;
Peter Wirmursky, Director, Lisa Sette Gallery; Margaret Archuletta, Curator of
Fine Art, The Heard Museum
2nd ANNUAL EXHIBITION FOR ARIZONA ARTISTS, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
NATIONAL 93: SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION, Schoharie Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
Juror:
Ann Philbin, Director, The Drawing Center, NY
COOPERSTOWN NATIONAL, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
Juror: Ivan Karp, OK Harris Gallery, NY
THINGS WE MADE, 11 East Ashland Gallery, Phoenix, AZ - 2 person
11TH
ANNUAL SEPTEMBER EXHIBITION, Alexandria Museum of Art, LA - cata., award
Juror: Marilyn Zeitlan, Director, Washington Project for the Arts
THESIS EXHIBITION, Gallery 11, Tufts University, Medford, MA (solo)
UP AND COMING, Starr Gallery, Newton, MA
GRADUATE STUDENTS OF NEW ENGLAND, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
Residencies
-REDUX CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, Charleston,
SC, 2008
-PLATTEFORUM, Denver, CO, Nov.
- Feb. 2004
-PILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL, Stanwood, WA, Sept.
- Nov., 2000
-ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER, Snowmass, CO, Oct. - April, 1998 - 99
-UCROSS FOUNDATION, Sheridan, WY, April – May, 1997
Lois Nellie Gill Award
-SCULPTURE SPACE, Utica, NY, Feb. - March, 1997
-ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOMEN’S INSTITUTE, Denver, CO, 1995 - 96
Selected Bibliography
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a happy medium in quantity, quality, The Denver Post,
April 10, 2009
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “Colorado Art Open” is,
literally, all over the map, In Denver Times, April
10, 2009
- Calendar, The New York Times, September 14,
2008, photo
-
Liz Finnegan, Zigzagging across the medium spectrum,
Projects 08’ at Islip Art Museum’s Carriage
HouseThe Suffolk County News, September 4, 2008
- Chris
Dixon, Charleston’s Inexpensive Sights,
The New York Times, July, 24, 2008, photo
-
Dottie Ashley, Sci-fi exhibit, Charleston Post
and Courier, July 13, 2008, photo
-
Kevin Murphy, Susan
Meyer’s installation is a
brave new world in glass and silver: A Mini-opia,
Charleston City Paper, July 9, 2008, photos
-
Celi Dailey, Susan Meyer: Together, Daily Serving
(www.DailyServing.com), June 21, 2008, photos
- Critic’s
Choice, Visual Art, Charleston Magazine,
June 2008, photo
-
Olivia Pool, Susan Meyer at Redux, Charleston Post
and Courier, June 19, 2008, photos
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “Top of the
Rocky 2006-2007: People; Installation Artist: Susan Meyer,” Rocky
Mountain News, Sept. 8, 2006
- Michael Paglia, “Basis Loaded, Decades of Influence is
a home run at the Center for Visual Art.” Westword,
June 29-July 5, 2006
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “Important ‘Decades’ exhibit
tracks arts,” Rocky
Mountain News, June 24, 2006
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “72-artist ‘Influence’ provokes comment,” Rocky
Mountain News, June 16, 2006
- Kyle MacMillan, “Best Bets, Decades of Influence,” The Denver Post,
June 16, 2006
- Michael Paglia, “Best of Denver 2006: Best Museum Exhibit, 2005
Biennial Blowout, Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver,” Westword, March 23–29,
2006
- Mary Voelz Chandler, "Top of the
Rocky 2005-2006: People; Installation Artist: Susan Meyer," Rocky
Mountain News, Nov. 4, 2005
- Elizabeth Marglin, “Part urban
cowboy, part suburban angst”, Daily Camera, July 17,
2005, illus.
- Michael Paglia, “Third
Time Around: The 2005 Biennial at the MCA is an
absolute must”, Westword, July 14-20, 2005
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “A wide view of the West at MCA”, Rocky Mountain
News, July 8, 2005, illus.
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “Critics’ Choice: Art”,
Rocky Mountain News, Feb. 5, 2005, illus.
- Kyle MacMillan, “Best Bets”,
The Denver Post, April 2, 2004, illus.
- Mary Voelz Chandler, "This
Malfunction works well", Rocky Mountain News,
March 26, 2004, illus.
- Michael Paglia, "Serious
fun", Westword, March 11, 2004, illus.
- Aliana Gonzales and Emily Gillet, “Itinerary, State
of the Art”, Colorado Homes and Lifestyles,
volume 24, number 3, April, 2004, illus.
- Michael Paglia, “Artbeat”, Westword, February
26-March 3, March 4-10, March 17-24, Mar 25-
March 31, April 1-7, 2004
- Kyle MacMillan, "Meyer's
Status as an artist soars", Denver
Post, March 5, 2004, illus.
- Molly Beth Brenner, “Top 10 Contemporary Art Shows
of 2003” (Juror’s Choice 2003, Women
and Their Work Gallery), Austin Chronicle, January 2, 2004
- Austin Now, KLRU – TV, Juror’s Choice 2003
at Women and Their Work Gallery featured, Feb.
6, 2004
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “Photos build art among ruins”,
Rocky Mountain
News, January 24, 2003
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “Critics’ Choice: Art”, Rocky Mountain
News, Oct. 12, 2002
- Kyle MacMillan, “Landscapes compelling in contemporary view”, The
Denver Post, Oct. 11,
2002, illus.
- Mary E. Murray, “Urban Identity / Personal Architecture: Five Sculptors
Revisit Utica, NY”,
Sculpture Magazine, April, 2001, Vol. 20 No. 3
- Kyle MacMillan, “Best Bets”, The Denver Post, May 11, 2001, illus.
- Michael Paglia, “Artbeat”, Westword, May 10 - 16, 2001, illus.
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “Snowflakes fly at 1500 degrees“, Rocky Mountain
News, April 13,
2001, illus.
- Kyle MacMillan, “Drawn to Doilies, Glass Sculptures celebrate texture,
shapes, fragility”, The
Denver Post, April 10, 2001, illus.
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “Bittersweet year in art leaves imagination hanging
- The year in
Review”, Rocky Mountain News, Dec. 24, 2000
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “Media Mosaic”, Rocky Mountain News, Nov.
21, 2000, illus.
- Michael Paglia, “Art Beat”, Westword, Nov. 23-29, 2000
- Jeff Tollefson, “Boxes Full of Art”, Casper Star Tribune, Oct.
23, 1998
- “Galleries”, Chicago Reader, July 3, 1998, illus.
- Joe Miller, “Report from Colorado”, Art in America, May 1998
- Jeff Bradley, “The Gallery Scene”, The Denver Post, Sept. 27, 1997
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “On Art”, Rocky Mountain News, June 27, 1997,
illus.
- Michael Paglia, “Chinese Food for Thought”, Westword, March 27
- April 12, 1997
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “On Art”, Rocky Mountain News, Dec. 29, 1996
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “Critics Choice: Art”, Rocky Mountain News,
Nov. 24, 1996, illus.
- Jennifer Heath, “Four Stories’ show refreshes with inventive, fun
art”, Boulder Planet,
Oct. 30, 1996
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “On Art”, Rocky Mountain News, Oct. 11, 1996
- Richard Tobin, “Southwest ‘96”, THE Magazine, May 1996
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “Critics’ Choice: Art”, Rocky Mountain
News, June 16, 1996, illus.
- Marilynne S. Mason, “Essence and Experience: New Visions form Emerging
Artists”,
Colorado Expression, volume 4, number 4, winter 1995, illus.
- Mary Voelz Chandler, “On Art”, Rocky Mountain News, Sept. 8, 1995