Statement
all concepts welcome
I am not limited to a specific style of art. There can be cubist, realistic, action painting, geometric, language, forms of all kinds in the same work. Anything and everything can happen. I invent and discover as the painting evolves, as writers often say their characters create their destiny. When I was in Rome at the American Academy I fell in love with the umbrella pines and that has been a continuous source of inspiration. There are other works that are focused on one subject, such as figures, landscapes, and abstraction. I hope that my paintings each present a singular experience that is profoundly engaging and compelling.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Cassian de Vere Cole Fine Art, London, England
2013 Cassian de Vere Cole Fine Art, London, England
2011 Galerie Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica
2011 Wei Celeste Gallery, London, England
2009 “Stone Pines of Rome,” Broadbent Gallery, London, England
2007 Chard Art, Devon, England 2005 A. D. D. Gallery, Hudson, NY
2003 Landmark Gallery, Tarrytown, NY
2002 Show Walls Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Cassian de Vere Cole Fine Art, London, England
1999 Zella Gallery, London, England
1997 Zellermayer Galerie, Berlin, Germany
1997 Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1995 Zellermayer Galerie, Berlin, Germany
1993 Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Feld+Haus, Frankfurt, Germany
2011 Watermill Museum, Watermill, NY
2011 Meinblau e.V., Berlin, Germany
2008 Angus Broadbent Gallery,Three Artists, London, England
2008 Regarding Global Warming, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.
2008 CCC Arts, Hudson, N.Y.
2006 A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2006 “Design + Art”, CCC Arts, Hudson, N.Y. 2005 “Abstract Art”, CCC Arts, Hudson, N.Y.
2004 Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York, NY
2004 A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2003 A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Visiting Artist, American Academy of Rome
Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
Yaddo Fellowship
Fellowship for Cite des Arts, Paris, France
Louis Comfort Tiffany Award
Skowhegan School Purchase Prize
Columbia University: Full Scholarship First Prize, Graduate Exibition
Philadelphia College of Art, First Award Sculpture, Second Award Fine Arts Dept., Skowhegan Scholarship
EDUCATION
Philadelphia College of Art BFA
Skowhegan School of Art
Columbia University MFA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Susan Elias, ‘Stars,’ by Karen Yager, 2014
‘Susan Elias,’ by Gary Brandwynn, 2011
Register-Star, January 15, 2005
Pulse Magazine, January 13, 2005
New York Times, December 14, 2003
Taconic Weekend, November 20, 2003
James Steele, Architectual Digest, December 1996
Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin, February 25, 1995
“Current Abstractions”, Michael Darling, February 1994
“Susan Elias”, Peter Frank, December 1994
European Travel & Life, February 1994
L.A. Times, March 18, 1994
“Coastal Abstractions”, Peter Frank, September 1993
Braunschweiger Zeitung, May 9, 1989
Wolfenbütteler Zeitung, April22, 1989
L.A. Herald Examiner, Septmber 27, 1987
Art News, Summer 1977
Parnassus, Spring 1977