Susan Begy fine artist abstraction contemporary realism

BIOGRAPHY

CURRICULUM VITAE Click for ARTIST STATEMENT

EDUCATION:
1984 BA Studio Art, Western State College of Colorado
1996 Independent Study with Ed Stitt of Boston, MA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2004-05    Co-Director, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA
2003-04    Co-Founder and Director, Satsuma Gallery, N. Hollywood, CA
2007-present   Private Drawing Instructor, Santa Fe, NM

EXHIBITIONS:
2006    Udall Center on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, Avant Garde Pushpin Show
2005    Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA, 2005 Juried Open, Patricia Howard, juror
2005    The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA, Artwalk
2004    California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA, California Landscapes
2004    Channel Islands Art Center, California State University at Channel Islands,
              5th AnnualJuried Exhibition
2004    Satsuma Gallery, N. Hollywood, CA, Inaugural Exhibition
2004    Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA, Got the Blues
2004    Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA, Taming of the Elements, with Laurent Diemer
2003    Brewery, Los Angeles, CA, Artwalk
2003    Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA, The Written Word
2002    Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA, 2002 Juried Open, Patricia Correia, juror,
              Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, CA
2000    Gallery at High Falls, Rochester, NY, Where Are the Best Painters in Rochester?
2000    Elizabeth Collection, Rochester, NY
1999    KICK'S, Rochester, NY, A Little of This, A Little of That, solo exhibition
1998    St. John Fisher College Theater, Rochester, NY, solo exhibition
1996    Gallery at High Falls, Rochester, NY, National Exhibition of Women's Works on Paper VI
1996    The Creator's Hands, Rochester, NY
1996    Group in the Loop, Rochester, NY, Figure Drawings
1996    St. John Fisher College Theater, Rochester, NY, solo exhibition
1993    Shoestring Gallery, Rochester, NY, National Exhibition of Women's Works on Paper III
1993    Angel Fire Gallery, Rochester, NY, The SERIES and the Found Object
1991    Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY, Utopian Ideas and Multiple Realities,
              collaboration with Ann Clarke, fiber artist

AWARDS:
2002    2002 Juried Open, Howell Green Gallery Award
1996    National Exhibition of Women's Works on Paper VI, Juror's Award
1984    Western State College Annual Purchase Award

LECTURES:
1996 Guest Speaker, Center at High Falls, Rochester, NY, Women's Symposium
1993 Guest Lecturer, Averill Council of the Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Topanga Messenger, April 2004
Lake Effect Magazine, May 1996
Upstate New Yorker Magazine, February 1994
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, March 1993
Mountain Thought Review, Spring 1984

COLLECTIONS:
CT USA Bank, Naples, FL
Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO
Private Collections in USA and Canada

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Selected Works "Desire & Discovery" "Tree Portraits" "Ambition..." Commissions Works on Paper Biography Contact Home	BIOGRAPHY CURRICULUM VITAE Click for ARTIST STATEMENT EDUCATION: 1984 BA Studio Art, Western State College of Colorado 1996 Independent Study with Ed Stitt of Boston, MA PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 2004-05 Co-Director, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA 2003-04 Co-Founder and Director, Satsuma Gallery, N. Hollywood, CA 2007-present Private Drawing Instructor, Santa Fe, NM EXHIBITIONS: 2006 Udall Center on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, Avant Garde Pushpin Show 2005 Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA, 2005 Juried Open, Patricia Howard, juror 2005 The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA, Artwalk 2004 California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA, California Landscapes 2004 Channel Islands Art Center, California State University at Channel Islands, 5th AnnualJuried Exhibition 2004 Satsuma Gallery, N. Hollywood, CA, Inaugural Exhibition 2004 Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA, Got the Blues 2004 Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA, Taming of the Elements, with Laurent Diemer 2003 Brewery, Los Angeles, CA, Artwalk 2003 Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA, The Written Word 2002 Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA, 2002 Juried Open, Patricia Correia, juror, Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, CA 2000 Gallery at High Falls, Rochester, NY, Where Are the Best Painters in Rochester? 2000 Elizabeth Collection, Rochester, NY 1999 KICK'S, Rochester, NY, A Little of This, A Little of That, solo exhibition 1998 St. John Fisher College Theater, Rochester, NY, solo exhibition 1996 Gallery at High Falls, Rochester, NY, National Exhibition of Women's Works on Paper VI 1996 The Creator's Hands, Rochester, NY 1996 Group in the Loop, Rochester, NY, Figure Drawings 1996 St. John Fisher College Theater, Rochester, NY, solo exhibition 1993 Shoestring Gallery, Rochester, NY, National Exhibition of Women's Works on Paper III 1993 Angel Fire Gallery, Rochester, NY, The SERIES and the Found Object 1991 Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY, Utopian Ideas and Multiple Realities, collaboration with Ann Clarke, fiber artist AWARDS: 2002 2002 Juried Open, Howell Green Gallery Award 1996 National Exhibition of Women's Works on Paper VI, Juror's Award 1984 Western State College Annual Purchase Award LECTURES: 1996 Guest Speaker, Center at High Falls, Rochester, NY, Women's Symposium 1993 Guest Lecturer, Averill Council of the Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, NY BIBLIOGRAPHY: Topanga Messenger, April 2004 Lake Effect Magazine, May 1996 Upstate New Yorker Magazine, February 1994 Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, March 1993 Mountain Thought Review, Spring 1984 COLLECTIONS: CT USA Bank, Naples, FL Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO Private Collections in USA and Canada Click to read ARTIST STATEMENT