| Susanna Bluhm |
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| b.1976 Lancaster, CA, USA | ||
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| EDUCATION | |
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| 2004 | M.F.A. in Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
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| 1998 | B.A. in Studio Art, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California |
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| EXHIBITIONS | |
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| 2011 | The Bell In My Head That'll Ring 'Til I'm Dead, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo exhibition) | |
| Islands: Susanna Bluhm and Cable Griffith, SOIL, Seattle, WA (two person exhibition) | ||
| Scattershot, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA | ||
| Bloom & Collapse, SOIL, Seattle, WA | ||
| 2010 | Vs. The Matador, SOIL, Seattle, WA | |
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| NEPO 4, NEPO House, Seattle, WA | ||
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| Now/Then, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA | ||
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| New Members Show, SOIL, Seattle, WA | ||
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| SOIL at ACT, ACT Theatre, Seattle, WA | ||
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| Soil in Residence, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA | ||
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| Meet Greet Rinse Repeat, Monarch Contemporary, Seattle, WA | ||
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| In a Shadow Box, Galerie Crystal Ball, Berlin, Germany | ||
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| 2009 | The Srangercrombie Piñatas, Vermillion, Seattle, WA | |
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| A Book About Death, Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York, NY | ||
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| aLIVe, Seward Park, Seattle, WA | ||
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| 2007 | Syndicalism: The Art of Tend and Befriend , Curated by Deborah Lawrence, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA | |
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| Waltzing Me All The Way Home, Shift Collaborative Studio, Seattle, WA (solo) | ||
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| High Tide, SPUR Projects, Portola Valley, CA | ||
| 2006 | The 2006 CoCA Annual, Curated by Jennifer Gately, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA | |
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| Open Stables, SPUR Projects, Portola Valley, CA | ||
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| Shift 3, Shift Collaborative Studio, Seattle, WA | ||
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| The Mary Parade, FAA Gallery, Washington, D.C. (solo) | ||
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| Dublin All Frosty and Fiery, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA (solo) | ||
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| New Lines: Drawn, Stitched, and Sculpted, SPUR Projects, Portola Valley, CA | ||
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| Full Acquittal, Secret Show Series, Nashville, TN | ||
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| 2005 | Laundry Line, curated by Patrick Meagher, 119 West 25th St., New York, NY | |
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| Susanna Bluhm: New Paintings, Karl Hofer Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (solo) | ||
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| Susanna Bluhm: New Drawings, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (solo) | ||
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| 2004 | Susanna Bluhm, Fine Art and Artists, Washington, D.C. (solo) | |
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You Are Here, I Space, Chicago, Illinois | |
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Emerging Illinois Artists, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois | |
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Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
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| 2002 | No Lifeguard on Duty, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, Washington | |
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Susanna Bluhm, Sue Roberts, Cindy Small, and Sally Hayden, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, Washington | |
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| 2000 | 2000 Northwest Juried Exhibition, Juror Peggy Weiss, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, Washington | |
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Made to Order, Ladyfest, Olympia, Washington | |
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| AWARDS | |
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| 2005 | Artist Residency at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland | |
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Artist Residency at the Karl Hofer Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany | |
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| 2004 | Award for Excellence in Teaching, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
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| 2001-2004 | Teaching Assistantship and Tuition Waiver, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
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Brodie Materials Grant, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
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| 1998 | Art Alumni Perpetual Scholarship Award, Art Department, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California |
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| RELATED EXPERIENCE | |
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| 2010–present | Member Artist, SOIL artist-run gallery, Seattle, WA | |
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| 2010–present | Teaching Artist, Gage Art Academy, Seattle, WA | |
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| 2011 | Teaching Artist, Westside School, Seattle, WA | |
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| 2009 | Presenting Artist, Mini Painting Symposium, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
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| 2006-2007 | Teaching Artist, The Nature Consortium, Seattle, WA | |
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| 2007 | Member Artist, Shift Collaborative Studio, Seattle, WA | |
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| 2005 | Visiting Artist, Sociology Department, University of North Carolina, Asheville | |
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| 2001-2004 | Instructor, Art Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
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| 2003 | Creator, Director "The Affordable Art Sale", Champaign, Illinois | |
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| 2000 | Teaching Assistant to Deborah Lawrence, Visiting Artist of Washington State Arts Commission, Roosevelt High School, Seattle, Washington | |
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| 1998 | Teaching Assistant to Teresa Stanley, Beginning Painting, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA | |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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| 2011 | David M. Roth, Squarecylinder, "Susanna Bluhm @ Michael Rosenthal," 11/8/11 | |
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| Joey Veltkamp, New American Paintings Blog, "Strange, New Islands By Bluhm and Griffith," 9/21/11 | ||
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| Jen Graves, SLOG, "Currently Hanging: Are Visual Artists Whose Works Look Alike Necessarily Alike?" 9/1/11 | ||
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| Rachel Shimp, CityArts, "Islands: Susanna Bluhm and Cable Griffith," 9/1/11 | ||
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| Bond Huberman, Flavorpill, "Islands: Susanna Bluhm and Cable Griffith," 8/31/11 | ||
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| Jen Graves, The Stranger, "Blart: The Gorgeous Inarticulateness of Susanna Bluhm," 8/30/11 | ||
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| Joey Veltkamp, Best Of, "Islands: Susanna Bluhm and Cable Griffith," 8/29/11 | ||
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| Renate Wiehager, Discourses in Art: Paintings, Prints, and Object Art from the Daimler Art Collection, 1908 - 2010. Berlin, Germany: Hatje Cantz | ||
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| Jen Graves, SLOG, "For why should I be like one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?" 7/18/11 | ||
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| Joey Veltkamp, Best Of, Artist Interview: "Say hello to Susanna Bluhm," 2/22/11 | ||
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| Renate Wiehager, Discourses in Art: Paintings, Prints, and Object Art from the Daimler Art Collection, 1908 - 2010. Berlin, Germany: Hatje Cantz | ||
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| New American Paintings No. 91, Open Studio Press | ||
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| 2010 | Jen Graves, SLOG, "Currently Hanging: Vs. the Matador," 12/16/10 | |
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| Regina Hackett, Another Bouncing Ball, "Susanna Bluhm - the impossibility of no," 2/11/10 | ||
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| 2009 | Jen Graves, The Stranger, "The Strangercrombie Piñatas," 11/24/09 | |
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| Jen Graves, SLOG, "The Anti-Hummers," 8/27/09 | ||
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| Regina Hackett, Another Bouncing Ball, "In honor of spring, a tribute to the generative principle," 5/27/09 | ||
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| 2006 | Matthew Kangas, The Seattle Times, "Seattleites Are Standouts In Otherwise Flat CoCA Annual," 12/8/06 | |
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| New American Paintings No. 67, Open Studio Press | ||
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| 2004 | Eleanor Heartney, 2004 MFA Exhibition Catalog, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
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| Tom Albrecht, You Are Here exhibition essay, I Space, Chicago, IL | ||
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| New American Paintings No. 53, Open Studio Press | ||
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| GALLERY AFFILIATION |
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| Prole Drift, Seattle, WA | ||
| Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA | ||
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