Resume


Education

EDGE Professional Development Program, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA 2008
Photography Certificate, University of Washington Extension, Seattle, WA 2000
Printmaking Certificate, University of Washington Extension, Seattle, WA 1994
M. A. Art Education/Printmaking New York University, New York 1972
B. A. Studio Arts/Humanities University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 1967

Workshops

Solar Intaglio with Dan Welden, Making Art Safely Studio, Santa Fe, NM 2010
Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA since 2000
Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA 1999

Solo Exhibitions

Vernacular, Shift Collaborative Studio, Seattle, WA 2011
On the Way to Somewhere, Gallery 110 (Loft Space), Seattle, WA 2007
So, What’s the Story? Gallery 110, Seattle, WA 2006
Window Dressing, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA 2004
Out of Context, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA 2002

Selected Exhibitions

SHIFT, Group Exhibition, Shift Collaborative Studio, Seattle, WA (January) 2012
7th Annual Juried Show, Juror: Raymond Meeks, Photographer & Book Artist, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR 2011
New Member’s, Shift Collaborative Studio, Seattle, WA 2011
Bowl of Water, Collaborative Installation, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA 2010
TEN: Seattle Print Arts 2010 Anniversary Exhibition, Juror: Michael Darling, Jon and Mary Shirley Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum at the Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA 2010
Rise/Shine, Artist Trust EDGE Graduates, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA 2010
Seattle Print Arts 2010 Salon Invitational, Curator, Patricia Cameron, Patricia Cameron Gallery, Seattle, WA 2010
Small Works, Big Presents, Jurors: Margaret Bullock, Curator, Tacoma Art Museum, Paul Metivier, Green River Community College & Rosemary Ponnekanti, Arts Reporter, Tacoma News Tribune, White River Valley Museum, Auburn, WA 2009
“Touch”, Jurors: Suzanne Beal, Curator, Lisa Harris, Director, Lisa Harris Gallery & Jeffry Mitchell, Artist, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA 2009
On the Verge, Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA & the University of Washington Iron Gallery, Tacoma, WA 2009
SALONS AT THE SALOON, Seattle Print Arts, Collins Pub, Seattle, WA 2007
IMPRIMO, Juror: James Elaine, Curator of Project Series, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, at Gallery 110, Seattle, WA 2006
Small Works Group Show, Some Space Gallery, Seattle, WA 2006
Northwest Fine Arts Competition, Jurors: Michael Shultheis, Matt Timo & Eva Isaksen, Phinney Art Gallery, Seattle, WA 2006
SPA @ CoCA, Juror: Deborah Paine, Curator, Public Art, City of Seattle 2006
Paper Politics (West), Juror: Josh McPhee, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA 2005
The Body Politic, Juror: Gene Gentry McMahon, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA 2004
Printmaking Biennial, Juror: George Brandt, Director, Gallery 110, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA 2003
SPA @ SPU, Juror: David Keihl, Curator, Whitney Museum of Art, NY at Seattle Pacific University Gallery, Seattle, WA 2003
Defining the Homeland, Juror: Greg Bell, Curator, 4 Culture, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA 2003
Seattle Print Arts At Northwest Print Council, Jurors: Gene Gentry McMahon & Barbara Robertson, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 2002
Member’s Show, Juror: Robert Lyons, Photographic Center NW, Seattle, WA 2001
Northwest Photography Competition, Juror: Carla Fraga, current co-director, LuminousWorks, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA 2001
Artists Making Prints, Juror: Chiyo Ishikawa, current Deputy Director of Art, Seattle Art Museum, The Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2000

Awards/Projects/Reviews

Michael Upchurch, Sight, sound and words mix in David Traylor’s ‘bowl of water’ at Seattle’s Gallery 110, Seattle Times (Photo of “CHANCE “) 2010
Preview Gallery Guide vignette, BOWL OF WATER – SUSAN GANS: IMAGES, KIM SCHNUELLE: WORDS, DAVID TRAYLOR: OBJECTS, STU WITMER: SOUNDS 2010
Brian Miller, bowl of water, Seattle Weekly blog (Photo of “CHANCE”) 2010
Glazer’s Camera, Finalist, 8th Annual Holga Contest, Seattle, WA 2010
Dream, Artist Trust Benefit Art Auction, Jurors: Gregory Robinson, Museum of Northwest Art & Sarah Traver, Traver Gallery 2010
Honorable Mention, Lensbaby.com Work for juried book published 2010.
Photo Center NW, Volume #3, 2009, work by Faculty, Alumni & Students – Two images included and Volume # 4, 2010 – One image included
On The Verge, UWT Iron Gallery coverage by Nancy Guppy, ArtZone Two images highlighted
PrintZero Exchanges #5 & #6, Print Zero Studios, Seattle, WA 2009, University of Regina, Canada in 2010, Sev Shoon Arts Center & Pratt Gallery, Seattle, WA 2008
Impressed? - YES! Molly Norris Curtis, Art Access 2006
Press Works Printmaking Co-op 21st Anniversary Show, Art Council of Snohomish County Gallery, Everett, WA 2006
Paper Politics, Josh MacPhee, Curator, catalogue published by Seattle Print Arts 2005
Printmaking Biennial, Kirkland Arts Center, Best in Show 2003
Defining Homeland, Victoria Joslin, Art Access 2003
Seattle Print Arts News, Christopher Gildow review, Vol. 4, No. 1 2003
Renton Annual Art Show Purchase Award for Photographs/Prints, Renton, WA 2001
Ballard High School Foundation, Purchase Award, Seattle, WA 2001
City of Sea Tac Fine Art Exhibits, Purchase Awards, Sea Tac, Washington 1999 & 2000

Memberships

Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Seattle Print Arts, Seattle, WA

Gallery: Shift Collaborative Studio/www.shiftstudio.org

Contact: susangans@yahoo.com

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